The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-28
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS.

THE Senate, on the 10th, passed tie Cen
sus deficiency bill. When Mr.. IngalIs's reso-
luton that the Pensions Arrears act ought not
to be repealed came up, Mr.. voorhees,
said the denunciations of the act by the press
of the country, and particularly by prominent
organs of all kinds of corporation wealth,
We're made without the slightest basis for
their support or justification. A repetition
of these denunciations by members of the
Senate had filled him with amazement and
pain. If the Senator from Kentucky Beck
should make good his allegations against the
PENSIONS Arrears act its supporters would
have couSe to hang their heads in
Sn a ne toeornees1 canned t1, that II
Government, dictated by duty and patriot
ism. The only question raised was whether
the payment OF pension should date from
the wounding, disease or death of a soldier or
should not commence until he had spent If
teen or sixteen years in hunting up proofs of
the fact of his wounds or disease He secuted
as absurd the charge that claim agents pro-
cured passage of the act; the frauds com
that in popular imagination. Mr.. Beck said
that in the passage of the bill both Houses of
Congress were imposed upon by, pension
claims agents, who devised the scheme for
their benefit. and that If its actual cost had
been foretold or in anv way indicated at the
time the bill would not have receiv ed the sup
port of any of the members who voted for It.
He gave an outline of the progress of the bill,
showing it had passed the House under a sus-
pension of the rules which cut off debate
that the measure passed was not the one
recommended by the committee, but one that
haQ not been before the committee, that the
question was passed for action upon the eve
of adjournment, when members were going
home for reelection and were indisposed to
vote against a proposition which upon its
face had only patriotic object. The bill, al
though not understood. was allowed to pass
without discussion. The adoption of the reso-
buttons would be equivalent to telling the
House that il might as well cease to consider
all notifications of the law, as the Senate had
committed itself against them. Mr.. Ingalls,
!" If majority of members think, with the
Sen ator, that the Arrears bill was fraud and
that every man who voted for it was an
ignorant and selfish coward, invita-
ton will be given the House to pass their
BILL" Mr.. Cameron (Pa.) spoke upon the
general subject of taxation, taking as his text
his pending resolution declaring it inexpedi-
ent to reduce the revenue by abolishing all
existing internal revenue taxes except those
upon highwines and distilled spirits. In
the House, Mr.. Rcbeson called up priv
legged question the report of the Committee
on Rules, increasing the membership the
various committees A point of order and
the question of consideration being raised, it
was decided not to consider the question of
privilege. Bills were introduced: By Mr..
Parsons-To define the crime of bigamy; by
Mr.. Hazelton-AuthoriZing fractional paper
currency; by Mr.. Acknowledging four years
the term of Office of Electors and giving them
now 70 act in case of death or disabSlt of
the President or Vice President; by Mr. Bur-
rovs-To retire national bank hotes