The Monticellonian., 1898-06-03
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Senators and Representatives in Washington.


 THE senate on the e3d had the war rcven Ie i measure under discussion for five hours and 1 then laid il aside. The entire time was occu- | pied by Senators Chiffon CTeX3, Lodge (Mass) 1 and gurley CFehn). x nators Chiffon and Fur | ley covered pretty fully the general features Of | the bill, their speeches dealing prehensively with the theories of taxation. while Senator Lodge confined himself tc discussion of the | proposed tax on corporations and bank depos- its, strongly urging that such taxes be not i1n- | posed. Senator Frye Mass then reported a I bill for admitting t0 American registry the | steamer Zealandia It was passed Senator | Chandler N. H. introduced bill giving the | president enlarged powers for retiring and ap- | pointing army and navy officers ---. The day in the house was devoted chiefly to the cOnsid- eration of District of Columbia legislation. | Two bills affecting the volunteers were passed | One provided for the payment Of volunteers | from their enrolment and to pay troops en- barking for Manila one month in advance, and
 the other bill provided that officers of the regu- lar army who may be staff officers in the voiun- teer service shall not Vacate their offices in the regular army Mr Pearce (Mol introduced bill for building additional war vessels, A bill
 introduced by MT. Peters tkan9 for eonstrnet- ing q bridge across the Missouri river near Kansas City. Kan, was passed.
 THE senate on the 24th discussed the clause Of the war revenue measure placing tax upon corporations the principal speeches being de- liVered by Senators Platt tConn.) and Lindsay Qky.), both of whom opposed the tax The session of the house was brief. but several l bills were passed, notably those for the or ganizatiou of the naval hospital corps. to fa- eiiitate military trials for small offenses, and
 to authorize the appointment of a commission 10 allot certain lands 70 and secure the cession of the Uintah Indians
 SOON after converting on the 25th the senate passed the pension deficiency appropriation bill It carried nearly 1000 100 When the debate on the war revenue bill was resumed Senator Stewart (Nev) took the floor and in q free silver speech denounced the revenue meas
 Hre as most miserable and Yitfainous piece of legislati9n He attacked the bond proposi- tton and urged the coinage of the silver seign- forage and the issue Of legal tender notes. Senator Allen (Ncb) in his speech declared that there Was no necessity for issuing bonds
 It this time and it was possible to pay as we go instead of creating dn enormous debt Sen ator Gallery tLa1 presented legal argument against the proposed tax on corporations
 An amendment by Senator McEaery d4a) eXemptinE from lhe corporation tax ltm- fed liability corporations engaged in farming
 Was laid on the table by vote of 36 10 10 Bills were afterwards passed to grant additional powers 10 railroads in the Indian territory and
 for the revision of statutes relating to patents,
 trade marks. etc....The house passed bill
 granting certain public lands to New Mexico.
 Mr Little tArk) introduced bill to establish
 a federal court at Giaremore, L T. Mir. =nton lM0D introduced a bill to allow telegraph and
 telephone companies to maintain lines in the
 Indian territory. The balance Of the session
 was given up to eutogies on the late Senator George lMIss.).
 TIE senate on the V8th continued the debate
 on the war revenue measure Speeches werede-
 livered on tbe bill by senator White Cab and
 Senator Teller (Coll. The former opposed
 the issue of bonds and strongly advocated the
 coinage of the silver seignioFage and the tax
 upon corporations Senator Teller tGot3
 3welt largely upon the proposition to levy an
 income tax. He had not concluded his arPu-
 ment when the bill was laid aside in order
 That eulasies might be pronounced upon
 fhe late Senator Wathan CAtiss) .a..
 The house passed resolution directing tbe
 secretary Of war to submit plans and estimates
 for the improvement of AranSaS pass harbor.
 lex; also bill providing for the safe of un-
 allotted lands Of the Pottawatomie and Kic<a-
 poo Indians in Kansas and a bill amending the
 law for holding United States courts in Idaho
 and Wyoming The senate amendments to
 the bin granting additional powers t3 railroad
 companies operating lines in the Indian terri
 tory were also cOncurred ln
 THE senate on the 2zth still had under debate
 the war revenue bill. the most notable speech
 being made by Senator German tMd). IH the
 course of his argument in support of a tax
 corporations he denounced as "infamous9 the
 decision of the supreme court declaring the iH-
 come tax law of 1924 unconstitutional He also
 look issue with many Of his fellow democrats
 upon the proposition toeoin the silver seienior-
 age and to issue legal tender notes and made
 a powerful argument In favor Of the issuance
 of bonds to raise funds with which oprosecute
 the war. Senator Nelson CMinn) made an arr
 gument against the issue of legal tender notes,
 Senator Cockre!l CMo) urged that the bill as
 reported by the majority of the finance com
 mittee oueh; to be enacted into law Sena-
 tors Lodge tMasS anG Morgan tAla. offered
 amendments to the bill providing for the an-
 nexation Of the Hawaiian islands ..,, The house
 lost over an hour while the segeant-at-arms
 hunted up members To make quorum, the ab-
 sence of which was disclosed by a wranEle
 growing out of the attempt Of MT Tongue
 tOre) te deliver general pension speech
 when the house was considering private pen
 sion measure The senate resolution author
 i1ing the presentation of sword Of honor to
 Admiral Dewey and bronze medals to his ofl-
 eers and men, to commemorate the battle of
 Manila, was passed without debate At the
 night session 2S pension bills were passed An
 adjournment was then taken to the 3lSt.