The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-27

ternaI revenue bill. the house adjourned.
The vote will betaken Immediately after
the house meets tomorrow.
TIL house passed a resolution directing
the secretary of war to prepare and sub
nit plans ana estimates for the improve
meut of Arkansas Pass channel and har-
Dor. Texas
Also bill providing for the sale Of unal-
lotted lands of the Pottawatomis and
Kickapoo Indians in Kansas and bill
amending the law for times and places
of holding the United States courts in
Idaho and wyoming.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois called up<the pen
sion deficiency bill as amsnded and pass
ed by the senate yesterday. The bill car
ried a paragraph inserted by the senate,
providing that temporary appointments of
clerks may be made without civil service
examination Mr.. Cannon said the tempo
rary character of the appointments and
the urgent necessity for them made the
provision wise.
Mr. Mahan Rep., N. " and Mr.. Un-
derwoed Dem, Ala.) questioned the civil
service provision, the latter insiting that
temporary appointment should be made
on the eligible list furnished by the CIV
II service commission. Mr.. Underwood
moved to non-concur in the provision.
Mr.. Hepburn Rep, Iowa. proposed an
amendment declaring: Provided that
none of the clerks herein provided for
shall be placed in the classified service.
Mr.. Moody Rep., Mass) made point
of order agoinst the amendment. The
speaker sustained the point, but mean
time Mr.. Cannon took occasion to call at
teution to the nature of the pending mea-
sure az an appropriation bill.
'T don't propose" said he, "tc open
debate upon the civil service or any other
hobby. If you interject the question OF
civil service in this bill and let 1t go to
debate in the house and senate, then pen
sions and the war can both go to the
devil. so far as some men ara concerned,
il they have opportunity to talk on their
hobby"
The house concurred In the senate
amendment to the bill.
The senate amendments to the bill
granting additional powers to railroad
companies operating lines in the Indian
Territory were concurreo IN.
The house then went into committee of
the whole to consider the bill to amend
the internal revenue law relating to dis
titled spirits.
Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Bromwer (Rep., o.
briefly explained the measure. It's chief
provisions reduce the bonded warehouse
period from eight years as fixed by the
law OF 1889, 10 seven years, and increase
the outage period from four to seven
wears, making the periods of equal length.
Other provisions of the measure are in
tended to reduce frauds which are now
committed with the stamp feature in the
present law.
Mr.. Moray Oem) attacked vigorously
the bill as framed to give dfstAlers i'm
proper concessions.
Mr. Berry (Dem, Ky.) advocated the
measure as calculated to place American
distIllers on an equal footing with Tor
eigners and also to discourage distillers
in rushing their whisky to sale and con-
sumption before properly matured, and
causing American citizens to drink 1t TO
the risk of their systems and the destruc-
ton of their stomachs."
Incidental to the discussion, Mr.. Shat-
roth (Colo.) and Mr.. Grow (Rep., Pa
made speeches upon silver coinage and le-
gal tender currency.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Dingley
was adopted, declaring that any spirits
exported and subsequently imported
should pay the same internal tax that II
would have been required to pay at the
time Of importation had it not been ex-
ported. It was intended, Mr.. Dingley ex-
planned, to prevent the export of spirits
for bonding purposes. to which reference
had been made In the debate.
vote was taken on the bill as amend
ed. The yeas and nays we're demnded
hut pending the roll call the house ad-
iourned. at 5:15 O'Clock p. m.