Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-09
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

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Washington, June Marked prog
ress was made by the senaIe towards
the final disposition of the war reye-
nue. measure. The committee amend
Il ents on nearly sixty pages Of the
bill were passed upon and the senate
nearly reached the point Of the ques-
tions at issue between the contending
parties. The interest of the session
centered in the action taken upon the
amendment of Mr.. German (dem.,
Md levying a tax OF quarter OF ono
per cent. upon the gross receipts OF
all corporations doing business ex-
ceeding a quarter Of a million dollars
a year. BY a direct vote the amend
ment was rejected, 27 to "a. Mr.. Pet
tigrew IS. d. offered the German
amendment with the clause containing
the quarter of a million dollars exemp
ton stricken out, but 1t was defeated
by vote of % to 81 Mr. White
dem, CALI then proposed the German
amendment so modified that it levies
a tax of one quarter of one per cent.
upon all corporations engaged in re-
fining sugar or petroleum. He eX
planned that his desire was to see a
tax levied on the American Sugar
trust and the Standard oil company
The amendment prevailed by vote
Of SO to %. 1t was supported by %
democrats, four republicans, five pop
ulists, two silver republicans; and OPP
posed by "a republicans and two
democrats.
Washington. June 1.-The session
Of the house was given to considera-
ton and the unanimous passage of
the bill called up by Mr.. Jenkins (rep.,
Wis., to remove all political disabili-
ties incurred by the third section of
the fourteenth amendment to the con-
stitution The debate gave rise to
notable speeches from Messrs. Gros-
venor rep, o. and Settle (dem.,
KY upon the obliteration of all sec
tional feeling and the reality at last
of a reunited country.
The statement made by Mr.. Lacey
(rep., Ia. } that Major General Wheeler
(Ala.) was absent from the house on
leave brought Mr.. Bailey (dem., Tex
to his feet. Il rise" he said, "to cor
rect the false statement of the gentle
man from Iowa The gentleman from
Alabama is not absent on leave of the
house and will not be with my con-
sent so long as I am a member. "
"Mr, Speaker" cried Mr. McMillin
dem, Tenn y, interrupting, there is
not a member in this house who does
not love the gentleman from Alabama
for going TO the front to serve his
country" Mr.. Bailey explained his
position, arguing at length on the IN
constitutionality OF any one holding
military and a civil office at once
Mr.. Grosvenor endorsed the position
taken by Mr. Bailey and incidentally
declared that his belief was that
no mans patriotism could be called In
question because che stands rigidly
by the terms OF the constitution and
its manifest spirit
Mr. Grosvenors speech called forth
a response from Mr. Settle (dem., KY
upon the part of the south that has
been not often surpassed in phrase
ology and eloquence. He reviewed the
growth of cordial feeling between the
sections following the war, when
neither loved the other, until the pres
ent when the united country confront
ed the enemy. Her sons, referring
to the south. Eat the end of the civil
war laid down their arms in good
faith upon the altar of their country.
In the same spirit they now take their
step to the music of the union. ! do
not believe the American people were
ever so united as they are today"
Continuing he said the American peo-
pie would free, not only Cuba, hut
blood wherewith we now being
baptized shall come forth,
doubt not, new men and new
women clean of every whit Of
sectional hate and sectional bitterness
clean gone forever" When Mr.. Set
tie concluded several minutes elapsed
before order was restored. Members
from all quarters Of the chamber
crowded to the Kentucky members
seat and congratulated him.
Washington, May 31--In the senate
Mr. Money OF Mississippi presented
the credentials Of William b. Sulli-