The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-15
HOUSE.

AIter ulspOslnB OF tne urgent war
deficiency bill, as passed with amend
ments by the Senate, the House Tues
day adopted the conference report
upon the sundry civil bill, so far as 1t
embodied agreements. The House
then began voting severally upon the
45 Senate amendments. upon which no
agreement had been reached in con-
ference, acting favorably upon three
and rejecting the five.
The House passed bill directing
the secretary of war to return to Ohio
the flags carried In the civil war by
the Twenty first, Fifty-eighth and
Sixtieth regiments of Ohio infantry,
and to New York the flag of the One
Hundred and Third infantry and the
Seventh heavy artillery.
Mr. Gaines (Dem., Tenn.) presented
a newspaper criticism upon the agents
of the Government who had pur-
chased the Merrimac at an alleged
cost Of $150,000 In excess of the boats
cost of construction.
The bill providing for the participa-
tlon Of volunteer soldiers In congress
sional elections during the war was
taken up. Mr.. Bailey (Dem., Tex)
and Mr.. Williams CDem., Miss.) raised
the question of the constitutionality
of the provision declaring "the re-
quirements of the State laws as to
registration shall not apply to the
electors"
The session Of the House wednes-
day, began and ended with Hawaiian
incidents, Mr.. Grosvenor (1ep., o.. a
leader of the annexationists, figuring
They grew out of the anxiety of those
who want early consideration lest the
opposition win a victory and effect un-
due delay, IL not the defeat of the reso-
lutions. at this session. Mr.. Grosve-
mo ell al ...s.
and have referred to the committee on
rules resolution providing for giving
the Hawaiian resolutions precedence
over all other business, except confer
encc reports. until disposed of. Many
objections squelched him.
The House Thursday agreed to the
conference report on the war revenue
bill. The vote was 154 to 1O7 The re-
port was presented by Mr.. Dlngley. 1t
includes the acceptance by the House
OF many Senate amendments, includ-
ing those putting taxes on beer. special
taxes on proprietary medicines, cor
porations producing petroleum and
sugar, and on tea. The Senate recedes.
among other things, from its coinage
OF the silver seignorage, a substitute
providing for the coinage of not less
than $1.500.000 month.
Mr.. Dingley said the great ends
which the House had set out to accom-
plish were the raising of approximate
ly H75,000,000 from taxation, and from
$400, 100000 to $600,000,000 from other
sources. He said the House conferees
made no effort to eliminate the tax on
tea. owing to the decisive vote by
which the Senate had Incorporated 1t,
and because the new crop was just
about to arrive. stocks on hand were
very low. and the consumption in the
country amounted to 100. 600, 900 pounds
annually. Relative to the coinage of
silver bullion. Mr.. Dingley explained
that the provision would result ulti-
mately In an increase of circulation
outstanding by the amount of the pres
ent seigniOrage, or about $42 900, 900
The provision was not materially Diff
ferent from the law of 1890.
The feature Of Fridays session of the
House was the securing of an agree
ment to consider and vote upon the
Newlands resolution to annex Hawaii.
The debate will continue until next
Wednesday Afternoon. when vote will
be taken