Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-01
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.



pos"d tar ON corporations ana banh
deposits, strongly urging that such tAaea ~
not Imposed. Mr.. Chiffon and MIR Turiey COW
.rvd pretty fully the general features ~ the
MI Their speeches dealt comprrhenslvely
WIN the theories Of taxation assi we're there.
forc. In the very nA,uf. Of thing. legal aud
technical dissertations upon the subject Ne
action OF any Kind was taken upon the blIi
hotst-Thc day In tho house was devoted
chicny % the consideration Of District 81 10.
lumoa legislation Two bills 81 mlnor i'm
poftSne' affecting the volunteer military were
passed
wAsniNcroS. May r. SHNArr That fca.
tnto ~ the war revenue measure placing "A tat
OF one quarter OF ono per ccntun upon IA,
tfoss receipts of corporations wNa under dts.
'u-sl"n In the senate throughout Tuesday /.
session Incidentally the proposed Ia on
BANK deposits WAS adNcrtcd tn Tho pstnCiuai
speeches we're delivered ~ Mr. i'iatt ,rrp
'tl ana Mr. Lindsay ,dcn ISy) both of
whom vigorously attacked the corporat iop
tax The weight ~ tho formers arrumen,
Was thrown against the tat on ths ground
That " was unconstitutional because "a. tas
was not lcvlcd alike upon all psrsons engaged
Ia particular lin"s 81 business Ito main.
tanned that an occupation tai could iic t.xtsd
provided that the conditions were TAI, aud
equitable but that the business 81 corpora.
ton could not be taxed simply becausr 4,
Was conducted by corporation Mr. Lind.
SAY vlsorously antagonis.d the pro.
notes.
claring that IL acocntuatcd the csistine
monaco 90 the gold reserve 81 the treasury aud
was. besides. the dearest money ever ds ,iscd
Ito held that such mn ISSUE would be- blow
70 the nations financial credit lie also pre-.
scented AN argument against tho pronosed eo,.
poration tar. maintaining that IL enacted in,.
law u would breed batch Of lausuit. In.
stead of providing what the government need.
cd-r'adt money with which 70 conduct the
war operations
en-.
was brief Several bills were passed notabiy
those Tor tho Organization of the naval bospltal
corps Ia facilitate military trials Tor small 81.
lenses. aud 90 authorize the appointment Of a
commission % nllot certain lands ana % secure
the ccssion 81 others from the Utah Indiana
In their reservation Ia Utah
wAsHiNGros May 20 -srrArr Tat. We'd.
nosday afternoon Mr Allison un1 la charge
~ the war revenue hili In the senate nndaa,.
orcd 90 secure unanimous consent fhnt "a nnai
vote on the measure he taken on enu1r,is a
next before ndiourumont Mr. Teller fC0lD
objected. Mr Daniel CVnD in reitofatinp Mr.
iolier's objection. sounded mo nfst note Of DC.
lny against that measure that has been heard
since tho debate began Ito declared that
micro WIS no emergency which required she
immediate passage ~ tho bill nnd frankly nn-
ncunced that " certain provisions az tho bul
put into ~ hy the dcruncrats ON tho npaurr
committee were not agreed to ~ me senate be-
would oncr some amendments "a the measure
that probably would prcripitatr debate Tts
strongly intimatcd too. that n the war should
not bc prolonged. 81 might not be necessary to
provide so such revenue ~ tho pend
ing bin would raise aud a
desire 90 await deveiopmcnt, TINT
Ia All likelihood were close ~ hand before
passing UPON bili that meant ~ much 10 iho
people 40 this one SPEECHES on The goper,t
features Of the pending bin were delivered
"wednesday by Mr. stewart (pop. SoyJ! Mr..
Alton fpup. NebJ, and Mr. Caifcry fdru. Ian
Before the revenue biii was taken up Wednes-
Gay morning iho pension deficiency appf0pria-
Ton OH was passed ~ carried nearly 1901
HousE After the passage Of n bin granting
certain public lands q tho territory ~ New
Mosico. the house devoted Wednesday .es-
sion 70 euiogioa upon the iato senator George.
OF Mississippi
wAsHisGros May "a. -sEsArE No sub.
sthntial progress vas mado by the senate
Ihursday towards the disposition 81 the war
revenue measure. although it was under con-
sidcrailOn for three hours Speee hos were dc.
lycred on Tho hli by Mr White fdem cali
ana hr Teller tCol.b The former opposed the
Issue % bonds aud strongly advocated the
coinage % the silver Hcigniofage and
the TX upon corporations 10 his
discussion 81 the last feature Mr. white
Grew out the fact that an amendment was " De
onercd 20 the biil by SIR OOrman (dom Md
placing tax ~ ouo-haf Of ono per cent upon
certain large corporations Mr. Teller dNcit
largely upon the proposition u levy an income
tax he bad not concluded his Argument when
the biii was laid aside IN order that euioglss
might be- pronounced upon the late senator
Waithali. ~ Miss.
H0usE-in a long session Thursday the
houses passed feN bills but INC discussion In.
volvcd a vide range % subjects After a brpah
over ciyi service brought on By u PARAGRAPH
~ the d"hcioncy pension bill providing for
some temporary clerks sn the war dspartneuf
the house considering btIi ~ amend the a.
HTnal revenue laws. listened 70 lengthy
speeches from Mr. Shaforih coli and Sir
SroS pa upon the free coinage Of silver ana
grcenbachs a. legal tender respectively Pend.
ing yea and nay vote upon the internal rev
cuue ON the house adjourned The vote will
be taken immediately after The house meets
Friday.
WAsmsCTOS May - -sFsATg-A notable
speech on the Ear revenue measure was deily.
cred Ia the senate Friday afternoon b. NJ
German dem. ND. Ia the course % 40
argument in support ~ % tsz on corporations
Dc denounced a. "infam0as" she decision %
the supreme court declaring the Income taF
Law n los ~ unconstitutional Mr Teller
hlFer rep. COLI concluded bis speech
begun Ihpradsy advocating tha coin
aRe u She scigniorare ,hs leyyina a
an income tax. and tho issue ~ legal tender
notes, aud oppOsiug she issue - bonds ur
Nelson tfcp. MIMI presented = carefully pre-
pared argument against the issue - legal ten
a
ret dem. MOI discussed the nnanciai ques-
tlon ID contention between the Democratic a1d
republican parties fs urged that she bisl a.
reported ~ thc majority ~ fhe nnanoo com
fniticc Ougnt 90 D. enacted into law
Horsk-1hc house was Friday afternoon IN
active Tor more tnan 81 hour ahlle "a rolI rafl
was taken. and she sfrEeluf-nt- arms aar en-
fasea in bringing Del aDscnt members % make
2 quorum. TIE absence % which We disclosed
~ the roll cal The suspeuslon saf rsused
nF Wrangic growing Gus ~ Mf Tonrae'a
iore attempt % deliver % general peasion
.pteen Wpen 500 house vas consfdering = pri-
waite pension measure Mr Daigeu PaJ la
tAe chair Nr Hlrharlsou fdrn Team made
tne point ~ order fnat fhe speech of
~ lulgue Hss 1ot grrmara go tte rcnlfne
DID NJ Cann1n lrep iilI tnof issle wen
thn Ifnnrasnf member The speaker .ffss
talnfl ihr HYnp1rt 81 orIirr ard ~ Cann1r arr
peaioi from fue decision. rula fnr n1f.1r 81
DR. hir1arfeoa to table thc appeal n voted ir
Gee Affirmative anf 90 in ftc nrrstlve 81
tannnn riado fne point ~ no quorar anI
shrn ia.l upon fls table yeas fs rars B. ar.I
consideration % private bilis proceeded
second Asaistaut seerstarY - war
NAsnIs 0roT MHv ls Soon after
the senate convened nt ii O'Clock VII
day morning. Mr. Carter rorortcd from
the military affairs committee fu
providing f1r "a second assistant srcre.
tarJ ~ war to 81 named by tne ur.sI.
dent and go receive salary ~ s4n01
The blil was passed
Nofasi, f.~rinEfon IisfrothaL
LtNisoror. ~. May -s The coz