The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
THE WAR REVENUE BILL.
Senator Mason Advocates TaA on
AduIterated Flour.
FAVOR THE ANIMATION or HAWAII.
Military Necessities Demand
Prompt Action.

Washington, May 31.--At the opening o
the session today the chaplains Invocation
was a tribute to the life and character
Mr.. Gladstone. the greatest of all com
moners. the noblest person OF our times
great In his gifts. greater In the use n
made OF them.
Mr.. Money (NIiss.) presented the creden
tials of william sullivan, appointed sea
ator from Mississippi By Governor McLau
rim TO fill the vacancy caused by the death
or Senator Edward C. Wslthall The oatf
was administered to the new senator by the
vice president. Mr.. Money then escorted
him to the desk. Senator Sullivan was the
recipient Of handsome flowers.
! Consideration OF the war revenue bill
was then resumed.
Mr. Mason (Ill.) offered as an amendment
to the pending measure a bill favorably
passed upon by the manufacturers commit
tee. 1t provided that adulterated flour shall
be properly and correctly labeled when Of
fered tor sale and that all aduterated flour
must pay tax to the government. In ad-
yocating this amendment, MIR. Mason said
year. In support of the proposed amend
ment Mr.. Mason had read an appended
statement prepared by the National AssU-
citation of Milers.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Mason's speech
Mr. Lodge took the floor to make his eX
pecied statement concerning his motives IN
offering the Hawaiian annexation resolution
as an amendment to the war revenue meas
ure. In beginning Mr.. Lodge said that as
Igd a TiuI Iretp l. Is. -
closed doors he would not call up the
ar endment which he had Offered to the
pending bill. 1t has buen said | intended
to use the amendment as an illustration of
my argument, but | dispense with the illus
tration and proceed directly TO the argu-
meut."
He said 1t was a generally recognized
principle In this country that the majority
ought to rule and that any violation of that
principle was travesty on Justice He re-
lerred TO the practical and emphatic exposl.
tioh of the principle of the Flfty-thiri
congress, and declared that since that time
the exposition Their made had been approved
by The courts and by the people. \ situa-
uon had now arisen. however, IN which II
was being demonstrated that the minority
Vas still ruling and In this case it was a
minority originally selected by the major
n.y. Mt Lodge maintained that If a meas
IRE was proposed to congress which the
American people desired should be enacted
INTO law, and Commanded the support OF a
majority OF both branches of congress IT
ought in all justice TO be passed
running to the victory OF Admiral Dewey.
MI Lodge said that We were compelled to
20 pack as far as Trafalgar TO find a vic
Tory more complete and more sweeping in
It's results than that Of Dewey. Now that
Dewey has made his brilliant capture, we
should support him. We feel as did the
p oplc of England when Gordon was loft
II bis fate at Khartoum
Mr.. Lodge had just announced his be-
net that Admiral Dewey was in greater
need OF relief than most people imagined
"hen he was interrupted by MIR Turpie
WIN demand that the senate proceed TO
consideration In executive session Under
the rules the demand had to be acceded to
ana al zoo p. IN. the doors were closed.
Az 40 p m. the senate resumed con-
bill. Wv 'eNuinS
Mr. Blkins (w, Va objected to the
'aN on corporations on bank deposits and
20 'he stamp tax. He maintained especial
~ that the tax on bank deposits was
wrong In principle, as it was lax on debts
concerning the corporation tax he beId
,nat lhe TAX on gross receipts was mani
lcs.y unjust as it bore upon property
when the corporation did not possess. The
NY earnings We're a proper subject of tax
alton. He was strongly in favor nj a ims,
and equitable system of war taxatinn 'N''
MI. ElNins discussed the Territorial ov-
pahslon. The present war, only month
olu' nad sent the country further on in ,ba
progress OF the world than in n hundred
years before. 1t had wrought changes in
tne puoitc mind. brought on new conditions
n NV. P'ooieins ana we must look more and
more 10 extending our markets and "
cNlne through the war. We must hnya
merchant marine ships on the sea cnr
lVoi the shipping on the great oceans tba,
WASH our shores and a navy greater ana
more powerful than any now ahoat. This
Is manifest destiny. i"'s
Mt Elkins said that because Of orr fro.
sul'lohai policy Of isolation ana oppositIon
10 acquiring territory In the past we NM,
~ ~ pu, ASIDE what comes to us by war
ine Nicaraguan canal and the Hawaiiar
's9hus' SAID he. rise above the horizon
"nu come IN sight more plainly than
Ever and whatever opposition there NAV
~ zen 70 building one and acquiring
progress J." '''e lace OF
~, NoAcluding, he said: Long ago. in 1909
lno,nas Jefferson favored the annexation
VI Nuba and Canada to tho United states
one now comes 10 us through war W.
u1u.u not avoid and our trade relations
Nm Nv, ,he other are in fair way of being
tries" W oo'n couh-
Inc senate, at The conclusion of Nh.
o'clock tomorrow. N'e"e at II
on motion of Mr.. Allison the senate =.
o clock went into executive session ana
soon afterwards adjourned. "'N
THE HOUSE.