The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-08
OF THE SENATE FOR DISCUSSING THE
SHIPPING BILL
SOME PLAIN TALK BY SENATORS
In Opposition to the Bill and the Night
Appropriation Bills Unsompleted So
the Shipping Bill Can be Passed sem
ate Passes Military Academy and War
Revenue Bills.
SENATE.

Washington, February 6.-Two i'm
the senate today-the military acade=
my appropriation bill and the war reve-
nue. reduction measure.
The former was under consideration
less than an hour. The only change
made in it was the STRENGTHENING of the
provision aginst hazing at West Point.
Senator Allison. of Nebraska, offered
the phraseoiogy of the committees
amendment relating to- hazing. AS
agreed to the hazing paragraph reads
as follows:
THAT the superintendent Of the mill
tary academy shall make such rules.
to be approved by the secretary of war,
as will effectually prevent the practice
of hazing, and any cadet found guilty
of participating in or encouraging or
countenancing such practice shall be
summarily expelled from the academy
and shall not thereafter be reappoint-
ed to the corps of cadets or be eligible
for appointment as an officer in the
army or navy.
The bill as amended then was passed.
During the remainder of the after
noon session the war revenue reduction
bill was before the senate. A deter
mined, but unsuccessful effort was
made to reduce the tax ON bank checks
and to provide that telegraph and ex-
press companies should bear the bur
den of the tax on messages and pack
ages sent. The finance committees
amendment levying tax upon cigars
md aicr roc m e.
bate on unbroken packages of tobacco.
in addition to several others of mi
nor character were adopted.
An amendment substituting an in
come tax for the war revenue measure,
offered by Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, was rejected by party vote-21
to 3S. -------s-s
The first amendment added to the
words "promissory notes" (providing
for the repeal Of the stamp act on such
instruments) the words land any re-
newals thereof
The second modified the paragraph
removing the stamp tax on bonds,
making it read as follows:
Bonds of every description, not in
Guiding, however. the bonds provided
for in the first paragraph of schedule A
of said act or bonds for indemnifying
any person or persons. hrm or corpo-
ration, who shall have become bound
or engaged as surety for the payment
of any sum of money or for the due ex-
ecution or performance of the duties
of any office or position. and to ac-
count for money received by virtue
thereof
The amendments were agreed to.
The amendment of the committee
fixing the tax upon transaction in
stocks through socalled bucket shops"
was agreed to with an amendment Of
fered by Senator Mason providing that
a tax of two cents Gnstead of one cent?
ION each one hundred dollars in sales
Of the merchandise covered or pretend
ed to be covered"
An amendment providing that the in
ternal revenue commissioner should
place the stamps provided for in the
bill on sale at the postoffices of the
country was agreed to.
The bill was then passed without
division.
Senator Aldrich then moved that
recess be taken until o'clock tonight
and Senator Jones. of Arkansas, moved
to adjourn.
The vote on Senator Jones motion
resulted-15 ayes to 36 noes.
Senator Aldrich's motion then pre-
vailed without division. and a recess
was taken at 5:45 p. m. until o'clock.
When the senate reconvened at 8
o'clock Senator Jones. Of Arkansas, re-
marked: "By actual count there are
just twelve republican senators pres
ent suggest the absence OF quo
rum.'
At that time twelve democratic SEN
ators were present. Senators hurried
in, but at the roll-call only forty two
responded.
Senator Frye demanded that the roll
Of absent members be called. and other
senator's entered. including Senator
Hanna, who had risen from a sick bed
Finally the chair announced that a
quorum was present.
Senator Frye then called up the ship
ping bill and it was laid before the
senate.
Senator Jones declared that the
night sessions involved a deliberate
purpose to break down opposition SEN
ators physically and prevent the pas
sage OF the appropriation bills. The
Shipping bill. he asserted. was the
most perfectly detestable measure pre-
sented to the senate for years, and was
part of a great scheme to place all che
Independent facilities under one con-
| troll. $50 help high heaven" he shout
| ed. "if you will have night sessions you
must have a quorum all the time, as
we do not propose to contribute in any
way to a tyrannical effort to suppress
| free speech by brute force.
Senator Aldrich. Of Rhode Island, re-
piled that no appropriation bills were
pending. All that was asked. he said,
| was that after full and free discussion
a vote be taken. The threat of the
senator from Arkansas is that for the
| first time in our history the minority
| proposes to kill bill by filibustering.
Senator Teller. of Colorado. entered
his protest against holding night ses-
sions to consider a bill "to loot the
treasury for the benefit of few sh'
| owners"
Senator Jones characterized the bill
as a Jimmy TOR breaking into the