Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-29
FiFTY-ElFTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE
Washington, April o2.--Thc senate
agreed to tho conference report on tho
volunteer hill The death OF Senator
Walthall of Mississippi was then announc.
cd and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Conference report on the volunteer bill
was agreed to without debate.
SENATE
Washington. April l5--Ths senate aftcl
the funeral services of Senator Waltha!l,
adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
The house to-dayat tho urgent request
of the president aud the secretary of wa,
passed the army reorganization bill.
SENATE.
Washington. April 81 Tho senate
PASSED the naval appropriation bill and
l"': up the army reorganization bill. All
amendment WIS inserted III the naval bill
appopriatiug IS, 600 to enable tho sec.
i.r,ary nf the navy to enlist men for the
navy. Inside of twenty minutes the bill
passed When tho presidents message
was received it WA, at once referred to the
foreign affairs committee When the house
resolutions tlecla ring war WAS mcSsugcd
over the senate II once took it UP and after
debate extending over an hour and Il half
it was passed aS it came from thc house
House.
Upon receipt Of The presidents message,
til" chairman OF the foreign affairs com
mittce reported the following, which was
unanimously adopted within ono minutc
and forty-onc seconds
First That war be and is hereby de-
clarcd 10 exist. and that var has existed
since the 2lst Of April, lS!'S, between the
United States Of America and the kingdom
Of Spain. ScrundThat tho president OF
the United States be and he Is hereby di-
rcctcd and empowered TO use the entire
land and naval forces Of the United States
and call into actual service the United
States militia Of the several states to such
All extent as may be necessary to carry
tins act into cttcct.'
SENATE
Washington, April st. Tho president
nominated w. r. Day to be secretary of
state and John 3. Moore. of New York, to
be first assistant secretary of state, and
the senate aftcrwartl confirmed the nOm-
nation of Day. Senate agreed to the con-
ference report Oh the army rcorganiza ton
hlls Seventy-four private pension bills
were passed.
The war revenue bill was reported to the
house to-day and by an arrangement made
tho debate will begin tomorrow and con-
Time at night sessions until Friday. At 4
O'Clock Oh that day tho vote will be taken.
NO business OF importance was transacted.
SENATE
Washington. April 21.-Stewart of Ne
vada introduced u resolution calling on the
secretary of war for an estimate Of the
cost of arming and provisioning the Cuban
army until tho Spanish army is driven out
OF Cuba. Allison said the whole subject
was covered by the resolution already un-
der consideration by The proper committees
OF congress. The resolution WAS referred
to the committee on military affairs.
Tho general debate upon the measure
framed by the ways and means committee
to meet the expenditures of the war with
Spain occupied the day. Diuglcy and
Bailey concurred in the necessity Of raising
hundreds Of millions for this pur.
pose. The section providing for $500.
! OOD.000 of bonds became the target oil
the democratic and nopulistls opposition,
and Bailey. in an hours speech. argued for
an income tax which wonld raise SlOO. 900,
0GO Il year the coinage of the silver scign-
forage and the issue of SIS 900. coo Of legal
! notes rs an alternative proposition. Ding
ley declared that it was almost incredible
that anyone could seriously propose III sucl
CRISIS that the government should
! rely for funds upon the proceeds OF
| another law suit over q proposition which
! the supreme court had already decided
| against the government. Tho pop,lists al
vigorously opposed the bond proposition
| Dolliver made the most notable speech O1
! the day.
WASHISGroN. April 3S.--Buticr of Norti
| Carolina introduced Il resolution that the
United States bonded indebtedness should
not be Increased, but the cost of tho wal
be betrayed BY the taxing of incomes
| and the coming Of the silver srienoragc.
1t went over. After passil" Il number
Of bills to which no objection was offered
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The general debate on the war revenue
bill closed toni g|t. after eight and "a hall
hours tspcechluaking. The debate to-day
lacked both spirit aud interest There
was little discussion of the internal rev
| cn,lc features of the bill. The democrats
continued their assaults on the bond
feature and their advocacy of the income
tax. The latter was ridiculcd us II sub
sttltc proposition by the republicans
Addresses were made by Payne, Wheeler,
DOckcry. Dalzcll NcNlilcn, Hopkins.
Mann. Mcclellan, Henderson, and several
others.
BRITISH BARS UP.