The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-23
Last Nights Dispatches.
XLvT CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENA1k.
WASHINGTON, Feb. % The senate
refused 29 to % to make the Grant retire
ment bill the special order for to morrow
The legislative bill was considered anc
Senator Blair advocated an increase II
the pension Office.
Senator Logan, upon the conclusion oi
his appeal in behalf of the pensioners o
the country, was applauded by the gal
leries.
Senator Beck regarded the amendment
as inefficient, as it did not propose q rem
edy for inherent defects in the pension of.
fee system. Is would still allow dishonest
pensioners and dishonest agents to take
advantage of the officers Of the govern.
ment, as new clerks and those who would
be sent ont by the bureau of employment
to hurry up the work. would be merely
partisans, not selected OF retained for ft.
ness, but because of political usefulness.
He preferred to have an investigation in
to pension operations before providing al
increase of the force.
Senator FIunb replied TO Senator Beck
allusion to partisaEship ID appointments
in the pension force. He said that he had
seen a newspaper statement that an Ohio
Democratic Representative had secured
during his two years Of service, the ap,
poiHtment of SIS personal and political
friends in the department bureaus. He
inferred from this that partisanship in the
departments had been acce eptable to the
Democratic party.
Senator Burnside remarked that as he
preferred labor for soldiers to mere talk
for them, and as he could not talk as loud
or as long as some other Senators,
be would at least not detain the Senate by
repetitions of his utterances. He said
that he noticed the Senator from Illinois
(Logan) smiling at this statement, and he
would now say that he had not the slight
est objection to having the Senator know
that what he (Burnside) had stated about
repetitions had reference to his logan 81
speech
Senator Logan replied that be would
like to know under what rule the Senator
from Rhode Island could prevent another
member from smiling. He Uogan) had
thought it a compliment to q Senator to
be smiled at when speaking. but 1t seem
ed to be the opposite case with the Sena-
tor. 1t was not his (Logan's) fault if the
Senator could not answer arguments 10
any other way than by little filings He
had DO objection to the statement he had
repeated himself, but thought if he
Logsp) should make the same speech
over again hundred times, the Senator
from Rhode Island would get information
and acquire knowledge every time.
The amendment Of the committee wts
finally adopted without division.
The remaining amendment of The senate
committee was agreed to without discus
sion, when the bill was read the third time
and passed.
The senate bill for the settlement of the
Ponca tribe of Indians and tor other pur-
poses relating to their welfare was placed
on the calendar
Senator Cockrell reported favorably.
with amendments, the senate bill to pro-
vide for the investigation and examination
of the accounts of certain land grants to
railroads. etc 10 accordance with the
decision OF the supreme court. and for a
full report of the results Thereof to con-
gress. Ordered printed together with the
report on the sutject and placed on the
calendar,
q bill to repeal the export tax on tobae
CD was referred
The new congressional library bill was
laid over as unfinished business.
Adjourned.