The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-18
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FeRTYsSRtENTH CONGRESS.

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FeRTYssRtEtbH CONGRESS-.
FEB. @, the Senate resumed consideration
of Mr.. Ingallss resolution declaring that the
Pension Arrears law ought not to be repealed
Mr. In0aIIs moved TO modify che amendment
declarinu In favor of soldiers of the
American War so as to limit II to NEEDY
Or disabled ones. lie saia seha1ors were
not aware of the proportions which tho
casualty list reached during the war. The
grand total of pensionable cases on the rolls
OF the sso w Va Ind been grted by
reason of death or disabilities, 80 there were
still s3s,ssl pehsiohable cases on which
made This was conclusive an
swer to the charges that the pension list had
been swollen by fraud, ana we may herea alter
without any PRESUMPTION Of fraud as 90 the
aggregate of cases placed there. without
act on the resolution was lald Aside Tor
executive session ..... Representative Bur-
rows tAIich) moved TO suspend the
rules and pass n bin defining the qialihch
cation of Territorial delegates IN the House of
Rept escntatiVes, It provides that no person
guilty Of bgamy or polygamy shall be eilsi-
Territory. The House was in very inatten
tive mood, and when the Speaker put the
question there were few responses, He how.
ever declared the motion carried and the bill
passed. burst OF laughter only then
appraised many members OF the measure
which hal been adopted. motion for the
appointment OF Il commission on the subject
OF alcoholic liquor traffic failed TO receive the
necessary two thirds.
THE bill donating cannon for statue of
Garfield in Washington, amended by clause
authorizing the Secretary of War TO pay 500
to the Society of the Army Of The
Cumberland out of the sales OF condenined
Mr ose sh pawn n t the oor f Sm inc sn
upon the tariff, the Morrill, Commission bin
being taken up to allow him 10 speak. He fav-
ored tarif revision by n committee OF the two
N re
reported favoraby "A joint resolution au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
ascertain the amount expended by Kansas ri
repclline ihvasions and the suppression of
Indian ho7tilltics The Pension ARREARS resos
luton was MADE unfinished business; -; The
Nicaragua claims fili was reported back adj
trrsety In THE House: Mr.. Ryan, of Kan
eas, reported the Indian appropriation
bin 1t appropriates s. ,92o,23 S92l,5lo less
than the estimates and S35LG0O greater
than the amount appropriated for the current
year The number OF agents l. reduced from
81 to 60, The Apportiopmefit bill was taken uI
and amendUents offered fixing the number OF
representatives at 1926, 32l, 1885, 3I9, 1924 and $40
outrage on common sense aid criticised the
speech of Mr.. PRESCOTT, of New York for the
intimation that the apportionment should be
based some what on the wealth of the various
States. Pending discussion the House ad-
iourned.
FEATURE Of debate in the Senate; Oh
the sth was n short hut Interesting speech by
Mr. Vest; - Missouri on the pension arrears
resolution. lie Salu Inat he accepted the full
and legitimate results Of the surrender at APP
pomattox without any evasion. All the peO-
pie of the South asked was that they might be
believed to have been honest in their devotion
to the Confederate catise and honest in the
statement that they accept all the legislative
consequences of their defeat A peoDle who
would not thus reward the sacrifices of life
and limb to save the Unions life
would deserve to be stricken from the
map of Christendom. The remain
der of the day was occupied in
the passage of bills not objected to, one
Of which was to establish ports of delivery at
Kansas City and st. Joseph, Mo.......In the
House. Mr. Bayne PENN, member of the
Committee on Census, defined the bill re-
ported by the committee, while Mr., Coleridge
[Ind.). of the same committee, offered a meas
ure ana supported II own amendment fixing
| the number of Represent atives at 3l6. The
matter then went over and the Sherman fund
ing bin was taken from the Speakers table
and referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means Eulogies were then pronounce up
on the late Representative OConnor, of South
Carolina, and the usual resolutions were
adopted.
THE Pension arrears resolution was fur
ther considered by fhe Senate on the 9th, Mr..
Call submitting an amendment pensioning
needy and disabled survivors of Indian wars
prior to l545, including the Blackhawk, Creek
And Seminole wars, -; In the House Mr..
the meeting of the electors of President and
Nice-President and providing for and regu-
lating the counting of votes for President
and Nlce-Presldent. and decision of the
questions arising therefrom. Referred. Con-
Slueratlon OF the ApportiOnment bill was re-
stunned and 1t again went over. Senate
amendment to House bill appropriating $50
600 for agricultural and mineral specimens at
the Atlanta Exposition, to be placed in the
National Museum, was concurred in.
THE bill o plac Gen. Grant upon the re-
tired list came up in the Senate on the 10TH
but in the absence of Mr.. Logan was laid over
without losing its place on the calendar The
pension arrears resolution was again taken
up aud Mr.. Maxey resume his remarks i'm
support OF the amendment declaring in favor
of the enlargement of the Mexican war pen
sion list. Mr.. Beck said the principle had
been announced that the arrears
of pensions should DE given to the
pensioners of all wars ire
spective of their circumstances, and that if
this was carried out If would bankrupt
the country. He would vote for properly
guarded lie gislation to pension the needy and
deserving of our veterans, but not those who
did not need this aid. The resolution was
laid aside, and Mr. Frye made a speech on
the tariff, announcing himself protection t
from prime tple. 1.-THE bill authorizing the
President to appoint D. l.. Kirby captain in
the army gave rise to long discussion in the
House, but it was passed by a vote of 81 to 63
Both houses adjourned till the 18th