The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-05
WORK OF CONGRESS

enue bill was reported to the house,
bate will begin to-day and continue at
night sessions until Friday. At 4
o'clock on that day the vote will be
taken. The contested election case of
Wise VS.. Young, from the Second Tir-
ginia district, was decided in favor Of
the contestant Dr.. Wise, who is Re,
publican, by party vote. Speeches
for the contestant were made by
Messrs. Crumpecker Of Indiana and
Grosvenor Of Ohio. Mr.. Jones of Vir-
ginla followed for the contestee. The
senate amendments to the naval ap-
preparation bill were nOn-cOncurred in
ana a conference requested. The
speaker appointed Messrs. Boutelle,
HllborN and Cummings cOnfereeS. A
Dill was passed granting to the Santa
Fe " Grand Canyon Railroad company
right of way through the Grand
canyon forest reserve. At 1850 O'Clock
the house adjourned.
Senate Passes the Army Bill.
During the two hours session of the
senate the conference report on the
army reorganization bill was agreed
to and the measure engrossed and
signed. The remainder of the session
was devoted to the passage of seventy
four private pension bills and numer-
GUS measures from the general calen-
dar. At 2 o'clock, on motion of MI.
Allison Of Iowa, the senate went into
executive session, and at 2:15 adj
journed.
Washington, April 23.-The general
debate upon the measure framed by
the ways and means committee to
meet the extraordinary expenditures
of the war with Spain opened in the
house yesterday. 1t will continue
through to-day and on Friday at i
o'clock the vote will be taken. There
was signal absence of that partisan
rancor which has always heretofore
characterized debates Oh revenue
measures. Both sides, speaking
through their representative leaders.
Messrs. Dingley and Bailey, concurreu
IN the necessity which existed for i'm
mediately raising hundreds of millions
to prosecute the war, but the opposing
doctrines which they held clashed at
the first outset over the methods by
which the revenue should be raised.
The section providing for $5OO,OOO,O 900
of bonds became the target of the
Democratic and Populstic opposition,
and MI Bailey, in an hours speech,
argued for an income tax which would
raise SlOO,OOO,OOO a year, the coinage
OF the silver seigniOrage and the issue
of $5S,OOO,OOO Of legal tender notes rs
an alternative proposition. MI. Ding
ley declared that it was almost incred-
ible that any one could seriously pro-
pose in such a crisis that the govern
ment should rely for funds upon the
proceeds Of another lawsuit over
proposition which the supreme court
Had Already Decided
against the government. Mr.. Sayers
Of Texas, the ranking minority men,
Der of the appropriations committee,
devoted his time to an argument to
demonstrate that the money to be
raised by the bill was excessive and
would breed reckless profligacy. The
expenses of the civil war in 1864,
when the government maintained two
million men in the field and had four
times as many ships as it had to-day,
were only $1,1OO,OOO,OOO. In view OF
that fact, he contended that to raise
S69O,OOO,OOO to carry on a war, insig-
niicant in comparison, must result in
useless waste and extravaganza. The
Populists all vigorously opposed the
bond proposition. Mr.. Dolliver of
Iowa, in by far the most notable
speech of the day, added to his repu-
tation as a brilliant orator. He as
sailed the position Of the opposition in
the early portion of his speech, but it's
partisan flavor disappeared toward
the close and he aroused the house
and galleries to cheers as, with elo-
quent words he touched the high, I'M
selfish cause of humanity in which the
United States had drawn the sword,
and then melted his audience to tears
as he referred to the blowing up of
the Maine and the new common
wealth we would rear as a monument
TO guard the memory of the unforgot-
ten dead. The evening session was
devoted to brief speeches by men,
bers unable to secure time at the day
session.
In the Senate.
The senate was in session but an
hour and half, during which time no
important business was transacted.
Washington, April 29.-The general
debate on the war revenue bill closed
last night after eight and half hours
of speech-makaing. The debate lacked
both spirit and interest There was lit
tie discussion of the internal revenue
features of the bill. The Democrats
continued their assaults on the bond
feature and their advocacy of the in
come tax. The latter was rdiculed as
sub proposition by the Republicans.
The auathority to borrow money was
defe lded by them as absolutely neces
sary. The most notable speeches were
delivered by Messrs. Payne Rcp.. N.
~, Dalzell Rep., Pa.), Mcclellan
1Dem., N. W, Mcmillan Dem, Tenn.),
Henderson Rep, Iowa. and Hhea
tDem., KY.
The Senate Is Waiting. .
Again the senate was in the attitude
OF waiting for business to reach it. A
few bills of unimportant character
We're passed, but no business Of gen
eral interest was transacted.
Washington, April 80. - The house
passed the war revenue bill with only
the amendments agreed upon by the