New-York tribune., 1882-02-07
YLVIIru CONGRESS---lsT SESSION

ppc,uAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
.,,, ,xcnrs PENSION ARREARS REsoi' i'ON '.,as,.r
c,,espp IN TIE sENArE-IhE o''i", ,.,l,,,
..,rs ~ THE DIPLOMATIC COEREsfoNpn,s-,n,
cN1rDroR By THE HoUsE-BiLLe ~
AND PASSED. roh q 1852.
SENATE. wAsrINGToN' Moh""'' 60 woman
I'm the Senate to-day petlt'onS i 49,, nv Mr..
,ua.ce were presented from various a,cnusctts of
HOAR N2Hp., Mass) from cit,he" c, for Cyil Service
,rhor, ~ 40 are residents OF Bosto" '''
reform. ,so presented one this
subject. 90, from the Committee
Mr.. MORRILL, Rep W., I'LL lon EMO senate hin
-. pn,dncs reported favoraoN Tue oe"'.o ~ ""
Punnc directing purchase by the SECRETARY
authoriLlnS " ~ nr rho pubc use OF the Frcedmen's
OF .e -, and real estate and parcels OF cround
BanE Tercto h,lon grc 20 the Freedmen sSaVlngS anu
adjacent IN Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington.
Trust v,"mpPii / having secured It's immediate consd
VI - :" stated that il proposed TO pay S23oooo anu
trat IN his opinion, tho property was worth To-Day
TCne The bills ntrodnccd was one by Mr.. HA@LEI Ley
Don Tonnl Tor the retirement Of Brevet MalorGcn.
CI Wcirs with the rank and pay Of retired o1cer
o. w MORGAN Dem, Ala offered concnrrent reso-
THAT IN Increasing commercial intercourse between
a.. peone Of Mexico and the United states. ana the
.cloons of friendship and good will between thc Two
raj Rnpnbcs now happily existing and 40 crafty
tns 10 the people Of both countries make II proper tat
The trade and commerce of tn" two countries. whether
on the overland in the ships owned by cihens
IN either country, should he regulated ny aueaN o
reciprocity mutually advantageous to both countries
lie esked that the resolution he printed aha iaiu S W
the table, he desired to speak upon 1T hereafter 30
ordered. ~ 80, -,
ing an APPROPRIATION OF so 600 for base and pedestal
for the monument of the late Admiral Dupont was taken
up and passed. A.. .,. ,
sions arrears legislation ought not TO be rcpcaled came
up as the unfinished business, hut was ald aSdc III
formally. with the assent OF its author MI ingails
MIR WILLIAMS DEM XVI. 10 whom the moor war az
specially assencd thcn proceeded 10 maize m tcn en-
up this purpose. He av@wed his "ppos%th no ne
measure and favored tariff revision by JOINT commit
N2:i5 p m Mr.. Williams conclnded. and the Senate
resnucd consideration of Mr.. Irgals1 resolution declar-
ing that Pension Arrears law ought not To Dc r.
p'MITt INGALLS, (Rep. KauJ moved to modify the
amendment declaring IN favor Of pensions 10 soldiers ni
The Mexican TO limit 1t I" the needy or ais
Mr.. INGALLS,. replying TO tho speech OF Mr. Beck,
SAID the from Kentucky had Denied INC Ilst OF
senator TO introduce the TcsOluon and as showing
substantial FOR II, the sneaker referred 10 he
crac mpmbes o the House, Two of whom served IN the
,federa,e Army throughout the war lie dd not WISH
have any inference follow rom ms re HS @ H ~
fba Confederate Army under any susmcoh' nut ne
one Of which the country would not fal TO lake notice
The speaker then proceeded to defend his rtson0n AT
Tears law was as 10 the time from which the pension
vss due and payable; and while imposing TINS c0nSd-
s' son ibc fsct that the law Itself was no Innovation
i,nnn the principlc which the Government had uni
f0rmy acted in its pension leglsla'lon' . .-.,
Nr BECK Dem. KY remarked that tho testimony
siyeu by the chief of the pension claim agents. zap
lain DlInmlck, before the House Committee OF Inyes
tigaon that thousands Of papers were Circulated by
the claim agents for signatures
INGALLS, read from another paft OF the tesllinonS
Of CAPTAIN" DimmfCk 10 the chcci tha the ohN per
son ne had reading OF the circulars Issued under
his ansnj, e, was Senator Beck. la gh er There were
sIL he sand accorung to the war Department rolls,
031 SSl prusiunahc cases In which no Applications AT
All had ever been made This was conclusive answer
10 the charge that the pension nst had Doth s"oeh ny
fraud. .,,.----.,, .... -. g.. -.
Mr. IAWLEY REP, Comm said he would vote Tor the
resoution hut that his vote would he, by no means,
euuvaent TO saving the aw ought to have passed III the
yy If did uaes He thought " had passed without shi-
cirt consideration details, especially TO the
graduation of monthly allowances according 10 thc
dc ,rce of disability and to the total expenditure II
fmulsnt to applications. He did not believe the orgi
ma pressure for the law came from te great hOiN OF Tue
soldiers themselves No class would pass scvcrcr judg
ment UpOn eNtraVagaul nrn>l"h- ''- - lhe H"IulctN
THE SPAKERcril ztl hat fine remarks made
b, MT. Voorhees, wntn thS irN"i'i"' was HISI con
adhered in which the holders Oi bonds o the Govern
ment charged with anagoulsU 10 tne pension ar
law He characterized TINS as the autqudteu
s-et .ron thunder the cXtOTtiOus Of the bond
holders and said that Mr Voorhees, had insGted the
soldiers the country by ntlmatOn that in any con
tngcncy they could he rallied to an attacs upon tile
Gnanclai honesty Of the Government by repudiaton.
Without action the resolution was laid aside tor
Nr PLUMB rep, KanJ reported favorably from the
way through public lands to the Palatka and Indian
River Railway Company.
4 bill was introduced by MI HARRISON Htep, lnd.l
defining powers and jurisdiction OF the Mississippi
Commission authorizing the appropriation of land and
material for improvements Of the Mississippi aud its
naVigahlc tributaries, etc
after executive session OF twenty-five
minute the Senate adjourned until tomorrow