The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-05-06
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took the Senate nearly two hours On
the 10Th TO pass the declNration of war.
because the old contest over belligerency
There was asa s e a
rs to the adylsability OF saying war had
existed since April a.. Senator Davis,
s ss1ss session the sse se ss1s sh
be no unseemly exhibition before the pub
lie. Senator Tnrpie offered an amendment
to give the. Cuban insurgents helligeTent
nen sera Dy g y4e e e
luton without an opposing voice.
The Senate spent the entire day on the
10th on routine business. 81 ss8s
The Senate was In session only an hour
and a half on the 9th, No business OF ini-
portance pressing for consideration, the SEN
sts began the Ct bs On
Journed. - X E St s$zel IS 81.
The chaplain Of the Senate on the 2ath
invoked the Divine blessing upon the army
and navy L Of the, United States, praying
nG
and bringing their EFFORTS to a speedy and
glorious success. Mr.. Pasco Of Florida
presented memorials from the Florida
with the coastwise trade by the present
condition Of war. Mr.. PascO said the mat
ter was becoming serious, as American yes-
sells were being forced to refuse business.
ought to consider the subject promptly and
the memorials were referred to that COM
mittee. Mr.. Butler Of North Carolina In.
the bonded indebtedness: Of the United
States should not be increased, but that
the necessary means to carry on the war
against Spain should be raised by fncreas-
ing the revenues Of the government, In
n
silver certificates against the .seigniorage
now In the treasury, and by such additional
issues Of United States legal tender notes
over. The Senate then, ut 1:45 D. m, on
melton Of Mr.. Chandler of New Hampshire,
went into executive session and at 2 O'Clock
adjourned. " r.. $50 - 49,,
At the session Of the Senate on the Doth
Precipitation bill was preEented and agreed
little nss g ne ot fsEFss
S the eeey Of tRe
nue. cutter service was passed. After a
short executive session the Senate adjourned
until the 3D.. 49,
The House on the 25th passed the bill de.
claring the existence OF state of war be.
Of Spain in a manner which cannot fail to
impress the world. The representatives of
10000, 600 people voted for it without d
word Of 4, debate, without dissenting vote
appreciation Of the gravity of their moment
GUS action. 1t required but one minute and
forty seconds to accomplish this. There
ton can be recorded in the legislative annals
Of any country. The House of Represen-
tatives had simply, paused in the considera-
ton of war. Just prior to adjournment
Speaker Reed signed the bill declaring the
existence of state Of war.
The war revenue bill was reported to the
House on the 18th and an arrangement was
session until the 2Sth. At o'clock on that
day the vote will be taken.
: The general debate upon the measure
formed by the ways and means committee
to meet the extraordinary expenditures of
the 27th~ "A night session was devoted to
brief speeches by members who were un-
able to secure time during the day. Many
mission to extend their remarks in the rec.
ord.
The general debate on the war revenue
bill closed on the night of the 9th after an
eight and a half hours Of speech making.
There was little discussion of the internal
revenue features Of the BILL The Demo.
Gratis continued their assaults on the bond
h snd a eer was Of the
tute proposition by the Republicans The
authority to borrow money was defended by
thea Il as absolutely necessary. There is a
difference OF opinion on the Democratic side
as to whether the bill should be voted upon
on it's final passage after the minority
amendments mn,sndnna are voted down Some Of the
5 Mr OF New
voting, but the majority Of the Democrats
believe they could not Justify vote for d
bond bond Isl issue: An effort Is being made t.
to prevent an exhibition. of this division
and 1t seems probable that it will be sue.
cessful. There may be some difficulty about
the committee amendments decided upon
nte rule on the Doth. If the amendments t.
these sections should exhaust the time be
would be ruled out and would have to bt
inserted by the Senate. T -. ~, Il
The House on the Doth passed the wal
revenue bill with only the amendments
t6o e's ways pG and means Committee added. In
order to accomplish this, parliamentary
naneuver was necessary as the whole time
for amendments e: was exhausted ., by the mt
Of the bill. Mr.: Dingley. offered as a sub
stitute an entirely new bin containing these
amendments after the biz had been re-
years ago. The Morrill, tariff law was
passed in this way in it's original form after
Il had been loaded down with amendments
tnents We're offered to the bond feature OF
the bill ranging from a proposition for thu
substitution Of an income tax provision It
greenbacks. But all were voted down. Al
the last minute the Democrats decided tt
offer the motion to recommit with instruc
tions to report back the income tax PROPOSE
Of as substitute for the bond provision
This was due to the fact that number Of
Democrats had declined, to vote to strik,
Sef as eGad 70 H. r Gns R ReeSScsn
voted with the Democrats and Populists OF
| this vote. But on the final passage Of thu
bill (Which was carried-1S1 to 1871 thu
tions. voted solidly against the bill; RI,
Democrats who voted for the bill wer'
Messrs; Cummings and briggs Of New York
McMillin Of Tennessee: Fitzgerald Of Massa
Wheeler of Alabama. Two Republicans
Messrs. Linney of North Carolina and Thor
Of Virginia, voted with the opposition
Quite a, number of Democrats declined tt
vote. .. .,-
The session of the House on the aoth wa,
nava ap Of 1ha
bill presented bxNEhairmnn Boutelle. III
report was rejec1 Gafter three hours Of de
T ats onS %Sch W.T. The f09 sS
against the IepI was made was found II
the Senate elne Ament to compensate nava
officers for ggkrnment use Of their inyen
claims for such compensation adjudfcate,
IN the court of ella inns. A resolution, in
troduced by Mr.. Cannon, insisting upol
lis to 42-and the naval bill was ngain sen
to conference.
"A Day Without Breakfast.