The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-05-27
CONGRESS.



made by the senate in the consideration of the
bill. Two-thirds of the measure has been
read, the committee amendments generally
having been agreed to- Mr.. McLaurin dem,
S. c. opened the discussion of the bill Thurs
day with carefully prepared speech touching
all of its features He expressed the hope
that the bill would pass as reported
by the majority of the committee on finance,
with the exception of the stamp tax, which he
thought quite unnecessary. The proposition
to place stamp tax upon proprietary articles
and perfumery articles now in stock aroused u
lively discussion. 1t was regarded as retro
active legislation and. such, was opposed by
many senators. The paragraph has not been
disposed of finally.
HOUSE-The adjournment OF the house to
Monday postponed until next week any posi-
BILE consideration of the Hawaiian resolutions
On the opening of the days session Chaplain
GOuden referred feelingly to the late William
E. Gladstone. In the death of this grand
old man." the chaplain said, Our hearts go out
in gratitude to Thee for his great
character as writer, statesman and
Christian, which has been felt throughout
the world" Mr.. GroSVenor rep, o. called
up the labor arbitration bill as amended and
passed by the senate. He explained the
amendments as being either Salutary or IN
necessary. saying they had been approved by
the friends of the bill outside Of congress
He moved to concur in the Senate'S amend
ments. After debate, confined to the PROPOSE
tion to send the bill to conference, in which
many members participated a rOll-call upon
agreeing to the senate'S amendments. thereby
effecting the bills passage, was ordered, re-
Sulting in yeas 2l9. nays 4.
WASHINGTON May 21.-SENATE-At the CON
cluSion of Fridays session of the senate the
reading of the war revenue measure had been
completed. About Seven-eighthS of the amend
ments proposed by the senate committee have
tO oiY,i1 TO
naturally, the most important in the bill and
will provoke a deal of discussion. The prin-
cipal amendments yet to be passed upon
are those relating to the ISSUE of bonds and
certificates OF Indebtedness. the tobacco
tax the tax on proprietary articles. the issue
of grcenbaclIs, the coinage of the silver seig-
niorage, the issue of silver certificates, the in
heritance tax, and the tax corporations
The action upon some Of the amendments will
be dependent upon that on others. Mr.. Aid
rich rep, r. l. Friday offered a substitute
for the paragraphs relating to the coinage of
the seigniorage, the issue of silver certificates
and the issue of legal tender notes, the
bond provision prepared by the republican
minority of the committee on finance. If the
| bond provision should be accepted by the SEN
ate. the amendments offered by the democrats
in lieu of it will naturally be rejected. Mr.
/ Daniel (dem.. Va delivered an extended
speech opposing an issue of bonds and sup
| porting the substitute paragraphs proposed by
| the democratic majority of the finance COM
mittee.
HoUsE-Not in session.
| WASHINGTON. May 24-SENATE-For five
| hours Monday the senate had the war revenue
measure under discussion. The entire time
was occupied by Mr.. Chiffon dem. Tex; Mr..
| Lode (rep.. Mass.), and Mr. Turley' dem,
TENN. While Mr. Lodge confined
| himself to a discussion of the pro-
! nd h1n
| deposits. strongly urging that such taxes be
not imposed; Mr. Chiffon and Mr.. Turley COW
| cred pretty fully the general features of the
| bill. Their speeches dealt cOmprehenSively
! with the theories of taxation and were there
fore. in the very nature of things legal and
! technical dissertations upon the subject. No
| action of any kind was taken upon the bill.
HoUsE-The day in the house was devoted
| chiefly to the consideration of District of Co
| lumbia legislation. Two bills of minor i'm
! portance affecting the volunteer military were
passed.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-SENATE That fea-
ture of the war revenue measure placing tax
of one quarter OF one per centum upon the
| gross receipts Of corporations under dis
cussion in the senate throughout Tuesdays
! session. Incidentally the proposed tax on
bank deposits was adverted to. The principal
| speeches were delivered by Mr.. Platt rep.
! Ct) and Mr.. Lindsay dem, Ky) both OF
| whom vigorously attacked the corporation
tax. The weight Of the formers argument
was thrown against the tax on the grouad
! that it was unconstitutional because the tax
was not levied alike upon all persons engaged
| in particular lines of business. He main
| tanned that an occupation tax could be levied
| provided that the conditions were fair and
| equitable but that the business of u corpora
| ton could not be taxed, simply because Is
was conducted by corporation Mr.. Lind
| say vigorously antagOniZed the pro-
| posed issue of legal tender notes. de-
! claring that it accentuated the existing
| menace to the gold reserve of the treasury and
was, besides, the dearest money ever dew led.
| He held that such an issue would be blow
| to the nations financial credit. He also pre-
| sented an argument against the proposed cor
| pOration tax. maintaining that if enacted into
| law it would breed a batch of lawsuits in
| stead of providing what the government need
| ed-ready money with which to conduct the
| war operations
| HOUsE-The session of the house Tuesday
| was brief. Several bills were passed. notably
| those for the organization of the naval hospital
corps: to facilitate military trials for small Of
| lenses; and to authorize the appointment of .
commission to allet certain lands and to secure
| the cesSiOn of others from the Utah Indians,
| in their reservation in Utah.
! WASHINGTON. May 26.-SENATE-Late Wed
nesday afternoon Mr.. Allison Ia.). in charge
] of the war revenue bill in the senate endeav-
| ored to secure unanimous consent that q final
| vote on the measure be taken Saturday
next before adjournment Mr.. Teller (Col)
| objected. Mr.. Daniel (Va.). in reiterating Mr..
Teller'S objection, sounded the first note of de-
| lay against that measure that has been heard
since the debate began. He declared that
| there was no emergency which required the
| immediate passage OF the bill and frankly an
| nOunced that if certain provisions of the bill
| put into it by the democrats on the finance
| committee were not agreed to by the senate he
would offer some amendments to the measure
| that probably would precipitate debate. He
! strongly intimated too, that if the war Sho Id
! not be prolonged. it might not be necessary to
| provide so such revenue as the pend
! ing bill would raise and a
desire to await developments that
| in all likelihood were close at hand before
| passing upon bill that meant much to the
! people as this one. Speeches on the general
features of the pending bill were delivered
| Wednesday by Mr.. Stewart (pOp.. Nev.): Mr..
! Allen pop. Neb.). and Mr.. Gallery (dem. La.)
| Before the revenue bill was taken up Wednes-
! day morning the pension deficiency appropria-
| ton bill was passed. 1t carried nearly 50 COO =