The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-03
CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WAsH1NoToS, March 2,

.. SENATE.
WAsHINo1oS, March ?,
The reading Of the journal Of yester-
days proceedings was dispensed with
and number Sf bills reported by the
Commissioner OF Pensions were passed.
The credentials of s. B. MorCy United
States Senator from Texas, was read and
placed on file. Sundry civil appropia-
lion bills were received from the House
and referred to the Committee on Appro-
pEiations. Ma. ~ > +.
On motion Of Mr.. Morton the bill to
provide against invasion ofStates, known
as the Force bill, was read the second
time by its title,
Mr., Bayard objected TO the third
reading and Il was laid over, no motion
having been made to refer 1t to any COM
mittee by q vote Of 81 yeas to 22 nays.
The bill for equalization of bOnnttes was
then taken mp.
Mr., Bayard objected to tho third read
ing and the bill was laid over, no motion
being made to refer 1t to any committee.
Mr., Logan moved to take up house bill
To equalize tho bountics Of soldiers who
served In tho late war for the Union.
Agreed to-yCas 81, nays %.
Mr.. Stewart from the conference COM
mittee on the bill to provide for the In
corporation and regulation Of railroad
companies Of the Territories Of the Uni
ted States, made report which was
agreed to,
Mr., Chandler, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported back the river and
harboF bill without amendment and with
out RECOMMENDATION. He said that the
committee made this report on account
Of the action Of the Senate last night In
laying the tariff bill on the table. II was
placed on tho calendar.
The Senate then proceeded withthe bill
to eQualize bOunties, .etty
Mr, Alcorn moved 10 amend by adding
an additional section repeating all laws
prohibiting the payment Of pensions TO
soldiers OF the revolutionary war and
the war Of 1912, and widows Of deceased
soldiers on account OF disloyalty.
Mr.. Logan said that this bill would call
for less money than any Of the other
bills which have been before Congress for
several years past. II was impossible
for any person TO mako an accurate state.
hent as to what bill Of this kind would
cost, The calculations by the Auditors
we're erroneous, and he believed the bill
would not require moro than 30,7l2,662.
\ The amount Of bounty paid by States
was $2O6, ,7Sl 1855, and the amount paid by
government amounting to $4Ob, ,0OO, 900,
was all to be deducted. A soldier who
had recteyed the full amount OF bounty
from any State would get nothing under
this bill, Hc urged the passage OF lhe
bill because he believed II was a just
claim -,
Ar. Sherman sdid llo would vote for
any bill to pay any legal obligations due
soldiers by the Government, or to give
them any b6unty duct them under the
existing law which they havo not 70.
ceivod, but The country was In no condi-
ton now to pay the amount Of money
called for by this bill. The soldiers
could never 10 paid for their services In
saving the Union, evenif oil the money
In the treasury and all the property Of
the Government should be turned over to
them, Tho Second Auditors Office csti-
mated that the bill would reqnire fifty.
nine millions Of dollars, and the Pay
master.G General estimated II at ono hun.
dred millions. He thought the bill
should be postponed until there was
money. enough In the treasury to meet
the demands Of the Government
Mr.. Edmnnds moved to amend the
amendment Of Mr.. Alcorn so a. TO In
Cludo tho soldiers who served In the
Mexican war. 'l-s.''a = i-'"'-'-''' .'''---
Alter some further discussion Mr.. Al.
corn withdrew Ills amendment.
Mr.. Perry moved to strike out the
words "or State" In tho sccohd and fifth
sections which provides for q deduction
for bounty already paid by the United
States or State laws. Agreed to, yeas 81
nays q,
Mr. Chandler, from the Committee OH
Commerce, reported adversely on the bill
TO promote efficiency Of tho light house
service In tho United States and II was
indefinitely postponed. Also Avorably
on the House bill amendatory Of the net
Of March 8, 1873, authorizing the con.
struction Of a bridge across the MiESis.
sippi river al ST. louis. Placed on caleh.
dar.
Mr.. Cameron, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported unfavorably
on tho Senate resolution, recognizing The
Independence OF Cuba and the Commit.
tee discharged Il from further consider.
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