The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-11
FIGHT TO BE MADE IN SENATE
But FRIENDS OF THE RESOLUTION
SAY 1T WILL BE ACCEPTED.
President May Transmit n Message
Urging the Military Necessity of
Taking Observation-Disclosures
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| Special to the indianapolis Journal
| WASHINGTON, June lo.-Congress is
r;aking history. Late this afternoon the
Senate adopted the conferene report on the
war revenue BILL and the measure now only
awaits the signatures of the presiding off,
GERS of the two houses and of the President
to become law. In the House the Hawaiian
| annexation proposition has been given the
right Of way. The latter feature was ac-
complshed in the face of determined fill
buster which had the tacit sympathy, at
least, of the speaker and number of influ-
entail Republican representatives Hawaii
will hold the floor in the House for four
| days a vote having been ordered at o'clock
on Wednesday, Then it will so to the Sem
ate. small but aggressive faction. headed
by White. Allen, Pettigrew and Thurston,
| threaten to fight the resolution in the Sen
ate until the other members get tired ana
| consent to an early adjournment. There is
| one way, and one way only, by which quick
| and affirmative action can be had in the
Senate-that is for the President to send
| message to Congress asking 1t and giving
| the proposition the cooring of military me-
| cessity urgently demanded by the adminls-
| tration responsible for the conduct OF the
war. The friends of annexation say that Ell
| fective opposition against annexation Under
| such circumstances would be impossible.
| and that not half dozen men would dare TO
| antagonize an issue presented in that way
| by the executive. The President is consid-
| ering a message
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, one of the
| Democratic leaders. was responsible for the
| sudden and unexpected agreement reacned
| in the House to take up the Hawaiian ques-
| ton The Democrats had 1t in their power
| 70 use UP the entire day in successful NIL
| buster but Mr.. Richardson suddenly real
| lied that the majority would have control
| tomorrow and might force annexation
| through without debate. He therefore, huss
| tied around and suggested an agreement
giving four days for the debate which IS
ample time for everybody to be heard who
| has anything to say. The annexatlonlsts
! were willing to agree to anything, and the
| flibuster was cut off short.
| Senator Frye who, in the absence OF Sem
ator Davis. is acting chairman OF the
Senate committee on foreign relations, SAID
| to-day that he would ask the Senate to take
up the Hawaiian annexation resolution as
soon as it should pass the House. He thinks
/ it will be possible to get the resolution next
| Thursday. and expresses the opin-
| ion that the Senate can be held III session
1 long enough to secure action. The adVo-
| Gates of annexation appreciate that the con-
test they will have to make will be against
| the general desire to adjourn which is great
because of the weather and the fact that
the session has already been somewhat pro-
longed They have, however, looked the
| situation over carefully, and express the
| opinion that a majority of senators Will
| aeree to remain. In this struggle they are
| counting advsedly on the active co-opera-
tion of the President.
The closing hours of the debate on the
war revenue bill in the Senate were sing
ularly free from exciting incidents. At no
time were half of the senators in their seats
during the debate, and the galleries were
| almost empty This absence of interest is
| considered remarkable. in view of the fact
/ that the bill under consideration is one OF
| the most important revenue measures acted
on by Congress in many years. The pas
| sage of the BILL however, was foregone
| conclusion, and, besides, it was generally
supposed that vote would not be reached
before the middle of next week. The Senate
has adjourned over until Monday. but 1t is,
nevertheless. in the power of the Vice Pres
ident to affix his signature to-day. which
will be done If the President signs the bill
to-day, it will go into effect Monday morn-
! ing. If the bill should not reach him until
| Monday, 1t would not go into effect until the
| day following, which would result in three
| days additional accumulation of taxable
| stock escaping taxation A great many
thousand dollars being involved, the nec-
essary signatures will be attached to-day.
! Arrangements have been practically COM
| pleted for inviting subscriptions to the first
issue of bonds authorized under the war
revenue bill The first Issue will be for
| $500 600 900. The people will have oppor-
| tunity of subscribing at 62 900 places. Sub
| scriptions will be taken at p. 900 money-order
| postoffices. $4,000 express Offices and 1000
banks The act compels the secretary OF
! the treasury TO give a preference to the
! smallest indvidua, subscriber and discour-
! ages large subscriptions. The heavy bank
ing institutions are practically debarred
/ from participating unless by indirection.
! They can only secure bonds by subscribing
through the agency of individuals This will
be rather undignhed way of getting bonds
and the more important institutions .,il
not resort TO Il. On this account the ag-
gregate amount of subscriptions will be cut
down Immensely. Secretary Gage estimates
that with competition free and untrammeled
the 500 100000 issue would be subscribed for
i've six times over. If the individual
subscriptions should fall short OF the $500
100000, or If the popular loan feature should
rot prove to be success, as some astute
| fnanciers fear may be the case. Secretary
Gage may advertise for bids and the big