The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-08

/ severally upon the senate amendments
upon which no agreement hal been report
/ ed in conference. OF these there are forty
/ five. The house considered today eight
! Of these, acting favora1by upon three and
rejecting the remainder. Considera ton
/ will continue tomorrow The house adj
journed, pending discussion of a measure
10 enable volunteer soldiers to vote at
! congressional elections during the war.
/ 1t involved constitutional questions and
! by unanimous consent it will be taken up
I tomorrow, following the sundry civil con-
. ference report.
The house passed bill directing the sec
rotary of war to return TO the state OF
/ Ohio the fage carried in the civil war by
the Twenty-first, FIfty-eighth and Six
tieth regiments of Ohio infantry, and to
New York the flag Of the 18th infantry,
and the Seventh heavy artillery.
! Mr.. Cannon Rep) called up the urgent
war deficiency bill, with amendments as
passed by the senate. and moved to con-
cur in the senate amendment and add two
house amendments providing $4,000 for
additional printing in the navy department
and for work in the bureau of engraving
and printing. The motion prevailed.
The senate resolution was passed au-
thorizing the president to waive the one
year suspension from promotion and order
denomination in the army in certain
corps during the existing war.
Mr. Cannon, from the committee on APP
propria lions. presented a conference re-
port of partial agreement upon the sun
Z oi,-iI HIN which y,-a- ooraa1 m
\ separate vote was then had on some
of the amendments. One increasing the
limit of cost $250, 900 of the public building
at st. Paul, Minnesota, was agreed to,
providing for a quarantine station at As
toria, Ore, carrying $50 900, agreed to; ap-
propriating $4,000 to secure a site for
public building at Butte, Mont. disagreed
to.
Pending the vote upon amendments, Mr..
Gaines Dem., TENN secured the floor TO
present a newspaper criticism upon the
agents of the government who had pur-
chased the Merrfmac at an alleged cost
of $15O.OO0 IN excess of the boats cost of
construction.
The amendment providing for a fish cul-
ture station In the state of Washington
was accepted.
Consideration Of the amendment was not
completed, Mr.. Cannon asking postpone
ment until tomorrow.
The bill providing for participation OF
volunteer soldiers in congressional cleo
tions during the existence Of the present
war was then taken up, It having been
made the special order for today.
Mr.. Lavey (Rep., Iowa) said the bill
found constitutional warrant in the sec
ton giving congress power to make or
alter regulations prescribed by the state
legislatures affecting the time places and
manner of holding elections for represent
atives Bailey Dem. Texas and Mr..
Williams Dem, Missy raised the question
of the consututionality of the provisions.
declaring the requirements of the state
laws as 10 registration shall not apply to
the electors.
They questioned IL on the ground that
the registration was a feature OF qualif-
cation and was exclusively within the
province OF state powers and not mat
ter of times, places and manner" con-
ternplated in the constitution.
The further consideration Of the meas
ure preclpltated long debate, in which
several members Joined. It was apparent
that the bill involved fine questions Of con-
stitutional construction.
A desire to postpone consideration was
manifest and Mr.. Lacey's request that the
bill be made the continuing special order
was granted. II was stated by the
speaker however. that the sundry civil
conference report would take precedence.
At 5:02 p. m. the house adjourned