Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-11
REVENUE BILL
DISCUSSION.
Power Of the Senate to Originate
Revenue Legislation.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.
MIR. Tawney Raises 10 In the House
Price Of Armor Plate Comes
Up In senate.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE desk of
Representative Albert D. Shaw, Of New
YORK. late COMMUNICATIVE Of the
@. A. r., who died suddenly Sunday
morning Of apoplexy, was draped In
black and covered with azalias and
roses when the House MT today. The
chaplain In his invocation referred feel
ingly to Gen. shaw's death. Owing TO
the extreme pressure Of the public bust
ness II was decided by the House lead
ers that II would be inexpedient to adj
journ Immediately out Of respect TO his
memory.
Immediately after the reading OF the
journal Mr.. Payne, chairman OF the
committee on ways and means. by the
direction OF the committee, reported
back the war revenue act as amended
by the eSepate and moved the adoption
Of resolution ITO disagree to the SUBJ
stitute proposed by the Senate as an
amendment thereto and ask for con-
ference"
Mr.. Tawney (Minn.), a member Of the
ways and means committee, asked for
a division OF the proposition so as 10
vote separately on disagreement and
the request for n conference This was
agreed TO and the House, without d.
vision voted 60 disagree to the substi-
tute. The main question was then pre-
cipitated by Mr. Tawney. The House,
he said, had Just voted TO disagree to
substitute for revenue bill which sub
stitute had originated In the Senate,
Under the Constitution, he insisted the
Senate had no power 10 originate reve-
nue. legislation. and he made the point
Of order that the House could not ASK
for conference upon measure origin
ating in the upper house OF Congress
contrary to the Constitution without be-
coming a party to the violation made
by the Senate, and without waving its
constitutional privilege to originate rev.
enue legislation. He declared that the
speak er had no right 10 entertain q mo-
ton to ask FOR a conference upon the
substitute passed by the Senate.
Mr.. Hopkins interrupted Mr.. Tawney
to declare that In his opinion the Con-
stitutlon had not been violated. In ef-
feet the Senate's proposition was only
an amendment.
Mr. Tawney cited Webster in support
Of his contention that the House had
the exclusive right TO originate money
bills, and that the. Senate's power was
limited to altering or amending II"
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Feb. 1l.-When the Sem
ate convened today at II o'clock Mr..
Turley (Tenn.) presented the creden
tials Of his successor, Edward w. Car
mack, elected senator for term OF
six years beginning March 4, 1901.
Mr.. Teller (Colo.) presented the Gre
dentials Of Thomas NJ. Patterson elect
ed senator from Colorado for the term
of six years. beginning March 4. 1901.
The credentials Of both senators-elect
were filed
bill providing for an additional dis,
trict Judge in the northern district of
Illinois, was passed.
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up.
Mr.. Tillman Is. CO had expected to
discuss the armor plate question which
was before the Senate when the bill
was laid aside on Saturday. He said
llt utoith " Pito'nA tNtuthNt NllNh
would show the bad faith with which
the Carnegie and Bethlehem compan-
les had treated the government. The
had said positively they were
unable TO make Krupp armor for less
than s545 per ton, yet they had entered
into contracts for armor at lower
price. He would be satisfied he said, IL
the chairman OF the naval affairs COM
mittee. Mr.. Hale, would corroborate
what he said.
Mr. Hale replied that there was no
question about the accuracy Of Mr.. TILL
mans statement.
Mr., Pettigrew said that when men,
Der OF one OF the armor plate concerns
was before the appropriations commit
Tee he admitted that the Carnegie and
companies had an agree
nent to bid the same sum for the ar
nor