The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Was Done in the Senate IL
go ~ Yesterdays Session. sfT
The General Drift OF Washington Talk
and Gossip.



Washington, Jan. 6.-Maxey offered
a resolution in~structing the secretary
Of the interior 10 furnish a report on
the survey Of the United States and
Texas boundary commission, made I'm.
der act Of june .. 1858, and no final re-
port has been made by the commission
to report the fact with the result Of
work 80 fsr as prosecuted. Tie object
Of the survey was to fix the boundary
between the United States and Mexico,
under the treaty OF $780,
Sherman moved TO take up his bill for
the issue Of 8 per cent bonds.
Beck antagonized IL with the tariff
commission bill to be reported on Mon
day.
Mcpherson gave notice Of the amend
ment making bonds redeemable after
January /, 1891, instead Of payable
after Jan. 1, 1887, and extends the time
Of payment TO thirty years. 4
Plumb gave notice Of an amendment
directing the use OF all funds now held
in the treasury for redemption Of United
States notes. In excess of 100000, 900
for redemption of 8 per ceats.
The resolution OF Davis Nv. Va ask
ing for information relative TO the pen
sion frauds, was passed.
BY Beck, directing the secretary Of
the treasury 10 inform the senate at
once what reason II any, he has for
failing to comply with the senate reso-
luton Of. Dec. 81, 81, relating TO the
tariff dues imposed on English and
American goods by France, Germany
and Mexico.
Hoar asked that --the resolution lie
owe one day under the rules.
So ordered.
BY Logan, amendatory Of the pension
laws.
Hale's resolution for q special com
mittee on the mode OF eIecting the
president and vice president, aud Of
counting and certifying the vote. was
disposed Of by its reference TO the con-
mi,tee on elections.
The resolution Of December 18th,
offered by Davis, Of West Virginia,
relating to pension frauds, calling for
statements OF their nature and charac-
ter, what amount Of arrears have been
paid, the number Of cases added To the
pension rolls under the ''~arrears' act"
the number Of applications Hereunder,
the estimated annual expenditure re-
quired, and the total regular pensioa
roll after the arrearages have been de-
termined, came up.
Some discussion occurred upon the
amendment by Edmunds, striking out
the direction to the secretary Of the
interior to report his opinion upen
such legislation as be thought adAis-
able. O.
Edmunds argued that the president
alone was empowered to recommend
legislation
Hill contended that while & was the
duty Of the president TO do this, there
was no limitation on the power Of con-
gress TO get an opinion from others
Davis (we=t Val in the course Of
debate, said the secretary Of the inte-
rior bad estimated that 800, 900, 900
would Be required for the year TO pay
the pension roll, and this estimate,
he learned, had been increased By tie
commissioner to tl50,OCo,Oo. No
body knew where the increase would
stop, and next year, for aught we
know, It would reach sI5o,0Oo.OO0. He
(DavisJ had stated last year that the
arrears pension bill would cot the gov
erument a sum greater than the a
tionzl debt, and the statement was
laughed at Preseat indications oeerned
fully to justify the statement then
made
Logan aid the statement. based on
Inaccurate information, should not Be
allowed TO 20 % the country unc0ntrz-
dicted- The assertion that the pension
arrearzzes would cost more than the
national deLl. Was certainly no based
on any reliable basis. The fnfefEaee
from what has been stated sOgh Be
that our pension DII WOald continue IN
coat 500, - 900 per year right along
with probab1= increase, yet tie report
Of the commissioner allowed HAT, with
. certain force At his e9nnand- the
arrears Of pera5ons ossH be paid in t1O
yezz, and thai a,L-r these were paid
the roll EOah be reduced TO forty, %
not more than fifty mIIliOn- The ssna-
tor from West Virginia eoah not hsIs
knowing this, fox the report Was befsrs
him There gzzs therefore, no rezson
to alarm the county By q statement
mch a the one the senator had jus,
made
The resoGzEbsu, As modified By I'd
uu6s' zrendnenk, WAS sdJpsed
AfrerEzrt the -sIsrg5Fvs sssa5on ad-
iuGrned TIN Moodsy-