Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-06-02

Washington, May &c. - Late yester-
day afternoon Mr.. Allison or Iowa, in
charge of the wal revenue bill in the
senate endeavored to secure unanimous
consent hat a final vote on the meas
ure be taken on Saturday X before
adjournment. Mr.. Teller of Colorado
objected. Mr.. Daniel of Virginia, in re-
iterating Mr.. Teller's objection. sound
ed the first note of delay against the
measure that has been heard since the
debate upon it began. He declared
that there was no emergency which re
quired the immediate passage of the
bill. and announced that If certain pro-
visions Of the bill proposed by the Dem
ocrats on the finance committee were
not agreed to by the senate, he would
offer some amendments to the measure
that would probably precipitate de-
bate. He strongly intimated, too, that
II the wal should not be prolonged. 1t
might not be necessary to provide as
much revenue as the pending bill
would raise, and he indicated q desire
to await developments that. in all nkl-
hood, were close at hand. before pass
ing upon a bill that meant SO much TO
the PEOPLE as this one. Speeches on
the general features of the pending
bill were delivered by Mr.. Stewart, Mr..
Allen and Mr.. Caffery. Before the rev.
enue bill was taken up in the morning
the pension deficiency appropriation
bill was passed. 1t carried nearly So
000, GOO.
In the House.
After the passage of a bill granting
certain public lands to the territory of
New Mexico the session of the house
was devoted to eulogies upon the late
Senator George of Mississippi.
Washington, May Pho substantial
progress was made by the senate to-
ward the disposition of the val reve-
nue. measure, although ii was under
consideration for three hours. Speeches
were delivered on the bin by Mr..
White Of California and Mr.. Teller of
Colorado. The former opposed the is
sue of bonds and strongly advocated
the coinage of silver seignorage and
the tax upon corporations. In his dis
cussion CT the last feature Mr.. White
drew out the fact that an amendment
was to be offered TO the bill by Mr..
German placing a tax of one-half OF |
per cent on certain large corporations.
Mr.. Teller dwelt largely upon the
proposition to levy an income tax. He
had not concluded his argument when
the bill was laid aside in order that
eulogies might be pronounced upon the
late Senator Walthall of Mississippi.
In the House.
In a long session yesterday the house
passed few bills, but the discussion
involved a wide range of subjects. At
ter a brush over the civil service,
brought on by a paragraph in the de-
ficiency pension bill providing for some
temporary clerks in the war depart
ment, the house considering a bill to
amend the internal revenue laws,
listened to lengthy speeches from Mr..
Shaforth of Colorado and MI. Grow Of
Pennsylvania upon the free coinage of
silver and greenbacks as legal tender,
respectively. Pending a yea and nay
vote upon the internal revenue bill the
house adjourned.
Washington, May %. - A notable
speech on the war revenue measure
was delivered In the senate by Mr..
German Of Maryland. In the course
OF an argument in support of n tax
on corporations he denounced as Fin
famous the decision OF the supreme
court declaring the income tax law of
1894 as unconstitutional. The warn
Ing sOundqd nv some senators that If