The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-03
EMERGENCY WAR
BILL PASSED
Chaplain in Senate Gives Thanks for
DeEey'S Victory.
LITTLE DEBATE OVER BILLS
Made Necessary by the Crisis Had In
Either House.
ENLISTMENT OF 10000 IMMuNEs
VIII Be in Addition to Number Of Volunteers
Called by the President Chiffon Will
Fill WaIlthaI's Place on the
- Finance Committee.
ENLISTMENT OF 10000 IMMuNEs

Washington, May 2.-The passage of the
emergency war appropriation bill was the
feature of todays action by the house.
The naval appropriation bill, with the sem
ate amendment providing for the payment
of officers of the navy for the use of their
inventions by the government stricken out
was reported from conference and passed
1t now goes to the president.
Mr. Cannon in explaining the necessity
of the emergency war appropriation point
ed out that there was no. a dollar availa-
Bile from any other source to meet these
demands. Prompt action was demanded
in each instance to place at the disposal
of the authorities means to equip and make
most efficient the forces of the UIA i
States.
Mr.. Steele, of Indiana, interrupting, said
he had been advised at the war department
that the federal government would pay
and desired to pay Immediately volunteers
from the moment OF their enrolment, and
Mr.. Sayers added that the government
would pay all expenses of volunteers incl
dent to their movement from their homes
to the place of enrolment.
The Expense of the War
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, called attention
to the probable expense of the war and
necessity for extraordinary revenue He
said the $50,000,000' appropriated for defense
had been exhausted, that the present emer.
gency bill carried S36,000,000 and the ex-
penditures made necessary by reason of the
war would properly amount very soon to
$1OO,O00,000 because of the fertilization APP
populations
The bill was then passed without divis-
ion
Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, presented the confer
ence report on the Alaskan bill extending
the homestead law to and granting railroad
rights of way in that territory.
Mr.. Loud reserved point of order pend
ing an explanation of the measure as in
volvng new legislation. The conference re-
port carried among other important pro-
visions the creation of a commission to con-
slider the North Atlantic fishery question
and another to promote reciprocal trade re-
lations between the United States and Can
ada.
The Fishery Question
Mr.. Dingley of Maine protested against
the feature of the report creating a COM
mission to consider the North Atlantic
fishery question and other controversies. He
believed the conferees had exceeded their
authority in Incorporating the provision,
and moreover the proposition in itself was
not such as to command support.
Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts spoke and
concluded by making the point of order
against the amendment that 1t was beyond
the jurisdiction of the conferees as being
beyond their duties.
Mr.. Shafroth of Colorado spoke in sup
port of the conference report.
Speaker Reed sustained the point of or
der made by Mr.. Moody, and the report
was declared rejected and further con-
ference was asked, with Messrs. Lacey,
Shafroth and Ellis as house conferees.
Result of Senate Conference
Mr. Boutells- of Maine one of the conferees
on the naval bill, announced the result of
a further conference with the senate in an
agreement whereby the amendment pro-
vidipe for the compensation of naval off,
GERS for governmental use of their inven-
lions had been stricken out. 1t was this
amendment which caused the disagreement