The record-union., 1898-05-03
III TIE ROUSE.
The Passage OF the Emergency Wa
Eil1 the Feature.

" WASHIEGTON, May 2.-The passage
Of the emergency war bill was the fea
ture Of to-days action by the House.
The naval appropriation bill, with the
Senate amendment, providing for the
payment Of officers Of the navy fOr the
Use OF their inventions by the Govern
nent, stricken out, was reported from
the conference, and passed. 1t now
goes to the President.
Cannon, in explaining the necessity of
the emergency war appropriation,
pointed OCT that there was not q dol
lar available from any source TO meet
these demands. Prompt action was de-
manded in each instance to place at the
disposal Of the authorities means to
equip and make most ehicient the
forces Of the United States.
Mr.. Steele OF Indiana, interrupting,
said he had been advised at the War
Department that the Federal Govern
ment would pay and desired to lay i'm
E1ediately volunteers from the moment
OF their enrolment, and Sayers added
that the Government would pay all the
expenses of volunteers incident to their
movements from their homes to place
of enrolment.
DingIey Of Maine called attention to
the probable expense Of the war and
necessity for extraordinary revenue.
He said the $J0,090,000 appropriated for
defense had been exhausted that the
present emergency bill carried S3G. .00).-
eco, and the expenditures made neces-
sary by reason Of the war would prob
ably amount very soon to S10J,GU33O0
because Of the fOrtifcation apprOpria-
tions.
The bill was then passed without di-
vision
| Lacey Of Iowa presented the confer
ence report on the general Alaskan bill
extending the homestead laws to and
granting railroad rights Of way in the
Territory.
| Loud reserved a point Of order pend
! ing an explanation of the measure as
/ involving new legislation. The confer
ence measure carried among other i'm
| portant provisions, one for the crea-
ton of a commission to consider the
North Atlantic fishery question, and
another to promote reciprocal relations
! between the United States and Can
ada.
| Dingley protested against the feature
Of the report creating a commission to
y
/ question and other controversies. Fe
! believed the conferences had exceeded
their authority in Incorporating tho
resolution, and moreover the position in
itself was not such to command such
support.
Shafroth of Colorado spoke in support
of the conference report.
| Speaker Reed sustained the point of
! pt,5la do +
was declared rejected and another cen
ference asked with Messrs. Lacey,
Shafroth and Ellis as House confer
rees.
Boutelle, of the cOnferrees on the ma
val bill, announced the result of a fur
ther conference with the Senate in an
agreement whereby the amendment
providing for the compensation Of naval
officers for governmental use Of their
inventions had been stricken out It
was this amendment to which the
House objected on Saturday. and it
| having been eliminated the bill and con-
ference report We're accepted.
The bill to increase the number of
surgeons in the army was passed.
Loud of California called up a resoIu-
ton providing for the creation of !
Congressional commission to make an
| exhaustive examination into the postal
service. In support of the resolution
A1essrs. Loud and Fleming Of Georgia
said frequent statements had been
made in Congress and the press, sug-
gesting abuses that had grown in the
service, and the field. apparently, was
one inviting investigation.
The resolution was passed.
The bill providing for the suspension
of certain statutes relating to the Com
missary Department was received from
the Senate with a Senate amendment
and, on motion Of Hull the House voted
10 nOn-cOncur
At 40 O'Clock the House adjourned