The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-18

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and eouefess could not mcfe rlebiy o. mo-
lfnuefully respond 10 tilia dmiand than b
giving the greatest and A'ost inpoginf
class Of people. the fgicnltufAlisil
ne oREgeF'upty E1s sSyDiDse & fpfe's9Is sbo,
that this ideo OF hagibg agriculture 90 Iep
resented was neither new biop cpnhned Il
this country. Mr.. Plumb ant up aud ha,
read q letter Of the late Gtmtetts, trans
4 mitting copy OF the act 4%Aolhhing th,
ministry. OF ofagriculture .inl lance, and 70
fer-ing to action on the subj f1c W Germany
4 Austria, Italy and the Z died States alss
& dispatch on the o2d Of fsecs mber last
Ipnnouncing the arrangement tor oreasine
icomplpted. aud tnat tic Rielt lion Joseph
< Cbambeilain would be the hfst d Giltne
Eotiire. A bill Of this chArssGtef in tte lnter-
\ est Ok the areatsai md nlnst important
4 portion uf thOcontapiiit5 UNght iiat 70 Da
pushed aside in orderto pass bill 10 en-
able claimant to take q half million Of
dolIarsou Of the treasury, which, If passed,
would be followed by a thousand other sim
| liar claims
Mr.. Williams, as one of the very few prac-
/ tical farmers in the senate, WAS heartily in
accord with Mr.. Plumb in all that he had
said in respect to the imp0r-
tance of the agricultural bill, and he
thanked him for his spsech, on his
own accpun' and in behalf Oh the farmers
OF the country. He would 20 as far asany-
body TO promote the interests OF the farm
Plumb's bill when it came up in the proper
way, but he would not vote TO substitute it
for one now before the senate (the holiday
biID.
Mr.. Jones,of Nevada, spoke in favor Of
the holiday bill.
Mr.. George also explained and advocated
the agricultural bill.
Mr.. Davis, of Virginia, tQ,k the floor to
speak in favor of the bill, but yielded at Mr..
went into executive session.
When the doors were reopened the senate
adjourned.
Immediataly after the reading of the
journal, the house went into committee OF
the whole, with Reed. Of Maine, in the
chair on. the pension appropriation bill.
It appropriates $81 ,575 600, OF which $780,
00o, 900 are for army pensions, 4 900, 600 for
navy pensions. $275, 900 tor fees and ex-
penses of the examining surgeons, $780, 900
tor pay and allowance Of pension agents
and SO. 900 for contingencies .t
O'Neil. 0t Pennsylvania, under authority
Of the committee on appropriations, moved
to increase the appropriations FOR army PEN
sions 20 $oouu:UU. Aiter some olscnss1on ya $50
an moslon was aIso aaop.eo N nsking SoS"w-
wv OF tne approprlatlon .or .iee' snu "a
mediately available
O'Neili explained that at the close o. the
present fiscal year there would he unex-
pended balance tn the credit Of the PEN
sion bureau Of S15, ,8000 900, = hich would
bring the appropriation np to the estimate
OF me department.. ~lul lfoov'
me committee then rose ana reported 70
the mousse wnen u was passed.
|, On mo'ion oi Murcn, me se,ecs committee
on cnarees aga'nsf Cnie' CierH baiiey' were
directen u 'nquire " tnat oneer atfempied
at any time to influence legislatinn Tor the
benent OF the Washington dasngnt COM
panv.
Fgney moved 10 cnnsinev n co'nni See
Of the whole the tortiticallon MI a Astfeu
r. Inc bill spproprintes S5.7 oVn. Affcr q
few remarks BY Mcfook; 81 new Ao'f tyo-
testing against The nealect ~ eQngfe "
'eavipg sea-aoast fnrtiticationsin aHe piesS
condition the committee rose and tpa bri
passed. AtiN "
The hnu~ thenprQceeded 20 .the9fl slff,
GRAFTON ot the special order being ~ i1ie. "
ported from the committee on pelSicr
bounty ard back paw S1As.
Blackburn said thnt ub ameGhnept
was riEssst,on ,3jg pRu e.s Went hui
ftR ,.s,,gt Adt N ~ N
to sl0t 7snn n00. Thia hin ~ EI,,priatAs $50 I
1 n.on ooo ma I, :, ro,, I'd III. f,newnanded
lh,t.,,. ,,,irh sbonld ha an hand nj the
e,,a ~ ~ ! cnrrert veer He feared de!
I : ~. -, k;lf - ~ rs,,4 eess,rn n ~. Rl
r.,ss III 7, -, gilts ,,,ox ,ling that ary
,.,.s, ~, ,,h;ia II the 4 svei o- n,ilitarv
sor,;co sboit 4 I'VE iosi ne iehf n ono eve
II \, ~ b. r.., " n II y
,,.., .s'' w r,ontb M Ia n, csses in whica
/ a,,;c.stlv affscts ;piurj.
,nl1ry ~ ""s rvs ~. ~ ~ a. ali t,a
ant;,,od q, m eo,,t.hre increase In his
rars;on 'rot to exceed In tbe vbnl
.mourt t so5 ner month and ali those who
sight If one eve. the sieht ~ the other hav.
ing heen nrevousiy lost. shall he entitled
70 = persion NJ $50 rer month. and all those
who. while IN the miiitarv or naval service
If the United States in line ~
dntv. hv injury receiveS ~ cnufracted dis
ease shall have Inst the hearing Of hosh
fears sha'l he entitled r. a pension of s25
than total deafness IN one or hoth ears thew
shall receive an equitable portion Of full
persion.
Rragg opnosed the bin. The evil Of the
nension law was that congress, under euise
of doing Justice N few. 4
the rankest and fonlest inius''ce 10
,he,r snecisI law. n shonld sproint q com
n,ittee to Grade the pension l'st. 81 that jus.
t;ce sbouid he dome al alske =
,se MI, n ,s.ea--Yeas. I28: nsvs. IS.
H,st gave notice Tuesday TIE 9Th Of Feb
r,.rv he vouId ..k the hou.e 10 sdopf
.nnrorr;.,e resointions ss 10 his predoces.
~, y NJ U-wk
Tho s,aster ls,d b~f,ve the houre letter
Ann ,be clerk of she, house. calling atten-
t;on N tbe recessftv Of making some pro-
~ seton ~, ,hs sccorm mediation M incresss ri
vorresertstives In the merit congress. Re-
o.-'d - = =
s,..~n.a
w..oro, ,sn is-At The close Of