Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-16
THB FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
tFirst Regular Session.}
CCUkrn

SENATE
WASHINGTON, June 1l.-Shortly ate
four o'clock yesterday afternoon TIT
conference report on the war revenu'
bill was agreed TO by the senate, aftel
g discussion lasting four hours Tn,
debate on the measure was withoui
special incident and was entirely de-
void of acrimonious features. 1t was {
foregone conclusion that the report
would be agreed to, and the only ques
ton of interest involved was how sooI
q vote could be reached.
The debate indicated generally that
the bill. as agreed upon by the con
f~erees, was reasonably satisfactory tc
everybody except as to the bond pro
vision The votes cast against the
adoption of the report reflected the
opinions of those senators who are
opposed to any increase in the interest
bearing debt Of the country.
The report was agreed to by the de.
cisive vote Of 40 to 23.
Every republican voted for the
measure, and their votes were supple
mented by those of eight democrats,
n silver republican and one indie
pendent. The democrats who voted
for the adoption of the report were
Messrs. Gallery, German, Lindsay, Nc
Enerny, Mitchell. Morgan, Murphy
and Turpie, the silver republican was
MIR. Mantle, and the independent was
Mr.. Kyle.
The vote against the report was cast
BY 10 democratic, three silver republic
ans and three populists.
AS soon as the engrossed bill can be
signed by the presiding officers of the
two branches Of congress it will be
sent to the president.
Just at the close OF the session last
evening q bitter personal discussion
was precipitated by Mr.. Butler (pop., N.
g. who attacked Mr.. Kyle for having
voted for the issuance Of bonds Mr..
Butler, speaking as the chairman of
the populist national committee, off,
cially declared that Mr.. Kyle did not
represent the populist party.
MIR. Kyle replied warmly, saying that
he was responsible for his political
actions, not to Mr.. Butler, but to his
conscience and to his constituents.
Subsequently he denounced as '1nten-
ttonal and malicious f~aisehoods" some
statements made about him by Mr..
Pettigrew.
The feature Of the days session was
the securing of On agreement to con-
slider and vote upon the Newlands
resolution to annex Hawaii. Begin
ming to-day the debate will proceed
until next Wednesday when o vote will
be taken. The annexationists yester-
day determined to force consideration
and for three hours the opposition fill.
bustered-
Consideration of the resolutions
could have been prevented as, under
the rules, a recess until the evening
session necessarily would have been
taken at five o'clock, hut 1t was plain
that the annexationists would win
their victory to-day.
Realizing this and knowing the res
olutions would pass and goto the coun--
try, involving a prominent issue. the
opposition treated for liberal debate,
and their demands were granted read
lily.
Eight democrats voted with the an
neXationists in the movement to force
consideration Of the resolutions, they
being Messrs. Berry (Ky.), Devires
Cali, Livingston GA, Brucker,
(Mich.l Cummings, Sulzer and Vohs-
lage IN. " and Cochran (Mo.)
It Is claimed that at least 20 demo-
Gratis will favor the passage of the
resolutions.
The bill to enable volunteer soldiers
to vote at congressional elections was
passed, and a number of minor meas
ures, chiefly of a private nature, were
considered