Daily globe., 1881-02-02
TIE Senate.


d substitute amendment. The substitute is a
concurrent resolution as follows:
Be 1t resolved by the Senate, the House of
Representatives concuring, that the two
Houses Of Congress shall assemble in the hall
Of the House OF Representatives on Wednes-
day, tbs 9th of February, at - NJ, and the
president of ths Senate shall be the presiding
Officer, and that one person be appointed teller
on the part of the Senate and two on the part
of the House, the Representatives to make a
ist Of votes as there shall be declared, that the
result shall be delivered 20 the president Of the
Senate, who shall announce the state of the
vote of the persons elected to ths two Houses,
assembled as aforesaid, which shall be deemed
and Vice President of the United States and
together with a list OF votes shall be entered
IN the journal Of the two Houses.
Section two provides that if It shall appear
that any votes Of electors for President and
Vice President of the United States have been
given in any other way than that fixed for the
casting of such votes by act of Congress in
pursuance Of the constitution of the United
etates, the counting or emitting TO count such
votes shall not essentially change the result of
the election, they shall be reported by the presi
dent Of the Senate In the following manner:
|"Were the votes of the electors cast on the
- day of -, 1880, to be counted, the re-
suit would be for A. B., for President of the
United States - votes, and for c. D., for
Vice President of the United States - votes,
bat in either event ---- is elected as President
of the United Stetes,'' and in the same manner
for Viee President
Senator Morgan asked the present consider
alton OF the resolution.
Senator Edmunds said inasmuch as the Sen
ator from Colorado, Teller and himself, two
members of the committee from which the re-
port had come, either were not invited OF fail
cd to get thsir invitations to the meeting last
might at which he understood this amendment
was agreed upon, he thought they would like
Ito see It in print before committing themselves
for or against it. He therefore asked it to go
over for one day under the rules.
Senator Thurman inquired of Edmunds what
he meant in speaking Of the meeting last
|night-if there had baen meeting OF the
COMMITTEE last night?
Senator Edmunds replied his statement had
reference to a meeting of some body, which he
understood had been held last night, and at
the meeting this amendment had been agreed
upon.
Senator Thurman added no nesting of the
committee nor of members OF the chamber
had oeen held last night.
The resolution was tabled to be printed.
The remainder of the morning hour until
O'Clock was occupied without action in dis
|cussion of the resolution called up by Senator
Harris (Tenn.) 10 give House bills favorably
reported precedence over other business every
morning after routine business until II o'clock.
The next half hour, which under the new
Anthony rule is appropriated to the calendar,
and until 2:10 was occupied by Senators Kirk.
wood and Dawes in further discussion of the
Ponca Indian affairs introduced by latterron
he previous day.
At the end Of this discussion Senator Logan
said he had intended to cali up the Grant re-
|tirement bill to-day, but not having had an
he asked consent to make it the
special order for Thursday. Senator's Vest and
thought the bill could wait week longer
without injury to it or the public.
Senator Logan said he thought that when
the Senate could afford to listen 10 an
hours talk about dead Indian
IL might be disposed to find
a little time for live general. After discuss
ION, Senator Logan gave notice of his inten-
ton TO move to take up the bill tomorrow.
The pension appropriation bill was then
taken up in committee of the whole The
amendments of the Senate committee were
agreed to. They restrict the fee of the sur
geon for examination to 81, and provide that
pensions payable to inmates Of national homes
for disabled volunteer soldiers shall be paid to
The treasury Of the home instead Of directly to
the pensioner.
Senator Booth, in charge Of the bill, SUBJ
Initted an.amendment which he said had the
approval Of three members of the pension
committee, to whom he had had an opportu-
nifty TO show it, approprlating, 10 supply the
deficiency for the fiscal year of 1881, ST, ,692,.
900, namely for pensions for army invalids and
their widows, minors and dependent relatives,
including arrears to the survivors
of the war OF 1912, and their
widows, provided that the amount
expended for each of the above items shall
be accounted for separately. The amendment
also appropriltes for navy pensions to in
valids, widows, minors and dependent rela-
tives, $500, ,274, provided that the appropria
ton aforesaid fornavy pensions shall be paid
from the income of the naval pension fund, SO
far as the same may be sufficient for that pur-
pose; and provided further, that the amount
expended for each OF the above items
shall be accounted for separately. 1t
also appropriates 0,00O for fees of examining
surgeons as provided by the general acts Of
Congress. The amendment was adopted.
Senator Ingalls, moved to amend the bill by
striking out the provision requiring accrued
pensions to be paid by the commissioner of
pensions in installments.
After debate participated in by Ingalls,, Beck,
Withers and Logan the amendment was re-
iected.
Senator Withers moved to amend by adding
to the first section the provisions Of the bi1
reported by him from the pensions committee
for examination and adjudication of pen sior
claims, commonly known as the sixty sur.
geons bill.
Senator Davis, ". Va, favored the amend
ment. III reviewing the figures of the com
missioner of pensions, he commented particu
larly on the showing that the pension roll oil
the war of 1919 contained the names of 10000
survivors and 25, 600 widows, although the wal
had occurred seventy years ago
and assumed from this that the commissioners
estimate of 100000 900 of expenditure six.
ty years hence on account of the late war
was not an excessive one. Senator Davis as
serted his belief that the pension rolls contain
ed many fraudulent casee, and under more eff
fcient legislation the government would be
enabled to save from S5 ,0oO, ,0GO to $4,000, ,OOC
per year in this item Of pensions According
10 the estimate Of the commissioner this was
the amount Of which the government was now
defrauded.
Senator Logan, in opposition, argued that
tbs commissioner had now by law all powers
essential TO a thorough discharge of his func
tions, and if with the power now vested ir
him, he was unable To stop the frauds, thai
fact was evidence of his iIcompetency HI
thought the trouble wasn't in the law, but il
its administration.
Senator Cameron, Wis, and Platt, defended
the commissioner