The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-01
Ths osnats Spends Another Day
Wrengling Over War Matters.
REVENUE BILL TAKEN UP
HaWau AnneDasSou and Nicaragua Canal
Tackod On - Amendments. but
Nothing Done Towards Bring
ING Things b q Head.

. Not the slightest material
progress was made at to-day's session
toward disposing of the bills. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Mason. rep. III.
Looga. req. Mass, and Elkins. rep,
w. w. MI. Mason strongly advocated
an amendment TO the bill placing a tax
with clay or with corn flour and pre-
sented q long statement by the Ma
tionai Association of Miiiers in support
Of his contention. Mr.. Lodge had in
tended to defend his action In offering
Hawaiian annexation resolution as
an amendment to the pending bill but
~refrained because, he said. q secret ses-
sion would be demanded II that discus
sion were started. After commenting
somewhat severely upon the arrogance
OF the minority which prevented action
upon . question which the administra-
ton and . majority I'm both branches OF
congress desired to dispose of. he be-
gan q discussion Of n of the questions
arising out of the present war. Evil
IDENTIFY believing this not a proper sub
ject for public discussion. Mr.. Turpie,
dem, Ind, forced q secret session.
In the open session that followed fir.
Elkins discussed the general features
Of the pending bill. opposing the corpo-
ration tax. tax on bank deposits and
t0e ISSUE OK ~8TeenDaCkS ana strongly
advocating the issue of bonds.
Mr.. Money OF Mississippi presented
the credentials of William b. Sullivan.
appointed q senator from Mississippi
oy Governor McLaurin TO I'LL the va
cancy caused by the death of senator
Walthall. The oath was administered
TO b new senator, who received hand
some floral pieces.
Lodge made a speech I'm which he
protested against the position in which
the majority OF both Houses were
placed in the matter Of Hawaii. Al
though q majority were in favor Of
annexation, a vote had not been taken.
Ihis was due to unlimited debate.
When Mr.. Lodge began discussing the
war situation, IL was insisted that the
debate should be behind closed doors.
n the senate went into executive ses-
Consideration OF the war revenue bill
was then resumed. Mr.. Lodge made
his statement concerning his motives
in Offering the Hawaiian annexation
resolution as an amendment TO the war
revenue measure. In beginning. Mr..
Lodge said that he had no special de-
sire to speak behind closed doors, he
would not call up the amendment
which he had offered to the pending
bill. He said that II was a generally
principle In this country
that the majority ought to rule and
that any violation OF that principle was
a travesty on Justice. He referred to
the practical and emphatic exposition
OF the principle In the Ffffy-frst con-
gress. and declaring that since that the
proposition then made had been APP
proved by the courts and BY the peopie.
A situation had now arisen. however.
In which IL was being demonstrated
that the minority was still ruling. and
in this case II was a minority origin
ally selected by the majority MIR
I00Ra maintained that
was proposed to congress which the
administration desired should be en-
acted into law, and which commanded
the support of a majority of both
branches Of congress. II ought. in all
justice. TO be passed. Such a measure
had been presented, but in the circum-
stances there seemed nothing left for
the "hapless majority 10 do but TO
enter its feeble protest against the ar
roeant minority. on the floor of the
senate. he said. II was possible for a
humble member to cal the fact 10 the
attention of the country. He deemed II
particularly desirable in this time of
war that the country should be made
acquainted with all the facts of the
present anomalous legislative session.
Mf. white. dem, Cal. leader OF the
anu-annexation minority in the senate
said that when any OF the ~ponen OF
annexation had attempted to discuss the |
ouestions growing out of the war thew
had been forced into a secret executives
session. He had himself desired to dis
cuss the Hawaiian question in the open.
but the privilege had been denied 10 |
him. He thought no discrimination |
ought to be made.
turning 20 the victory of Admiral
Dewey. Mr.. Lodge said that we were
compelled to go back as far a. TrafaI-
gar to md a victory more complete and
more sweeping in its results than that
~ 4
mas Manila under his guns and entirely
a. his mercy, IL Is all important. said
M. Lodge, that we should support him.
The American people would never for
CIV the administration IL IL should fail
10 give him that support which is only
MS Just due. They would do as did the
people of England when Gordon was
left TO his fate at Khartoum. Mr.. Lodge
had just his belief that Ad-
miral Dewey was in greater need of re-
lief than most people imagined. when he
was interrupted by Mr.. Turpie with a
demand that the senate proceed to the
consideration OF the subject under dis
cussion in executive session. Under
the rules the demand had TO be acceded
70. and at EOS p. m. the doors were
closed.
At 4:45 p. m. the senate resumed in
session discussion of the pending
bill. Mr.. Elkins. rep. W. Va. objected
10 the TAX on corporations. on bank de-
posits and TO the stamp tax. He main
tanned especially that the tax on bank
deposfts was wrong In principle. as IL
was a tax on debts. Concerning the cor
poration tax he held that the tax on
gross receipts was manifestly Unjust.
az II bore upon property which the cor
porations did not possess. The net re-
turnings were a proper subject of tax
alton.
Mr.. E.kins discussed territorial ex-
pansion. The present war. only a
month old. had sent the country further
on in the progress of the world than in
q hundred years before. II had wrought
changes in the public yind. brought on
new conditions and problems. and we
must look more and more to extending
our markets for our own products. and
10 that n must acquire more terri
tory than may come through fortunes
Of war. w must have merchant
marine ships on the seas. control the