The National tribune., 1883-03-01

of vouchers and items audited by the First
/ Auditor of the Treasury, on account Of expenses
/ incurred by the Department of Justice since
| January ], 1889, with the names of special or
| assistant attorneys, and to state by what au-
| thority of law he audited the accounts Of such
| attorneys. Adopted.
| The Senate then went into executive session
| HOUSE.
In the House. on Wednesday, the 2lst. ulf.
/ the Senate amendments to the annual pension
/ appropriation bill were concurred in. and the
/ bill now goes to the President for his sigua-
! tura
The House then went into Committee Of the
| Whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
! The Clerk read as follows:
! For the support Of the National Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers, rs follows:
For current expense, including construction and
repairs, at the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio,
| 50 &.9ij.Sl.
For current expenses. including construction and
repairs at the Northwestern Branch at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. $50 U:t}.57
For current expenses. including construction and
repairs, at the Eastern Branch at TogIs, Maine,
For current expenses, including construction and
repairs at the southern Braech, al Hampton, Fir-
For outdoor relief and incidental expenses,
$1,000; in all 81 ,l22 Os9.G3.
Mr.. Browne Gnd.) offered the following
amendment which was agreed to:
so amended a. to read as follows
SEC ;. All pensions payable, or to be paid under
/ tins act, to pensioners who inmates of the Ma
uonal Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall
DE pad to the treasurer treaSurtrs of said home
upon security given to the -isiictOn of the mana
gers be dIsbur=cd for the benefit of the pension
er5 without deduction for fines penalties under
regulations to be established by the managers of
Tn" home. said payment 10 be made by the pen
sIon agent upon certificate of the proper officers
of the home that the pcnsoner is inmate thereof
AND iS tilcu still living. Amy balance Uf The pension
which may remain at the date of the pensioners
Cl~"HafSc snail De pill over To MN; and IN OF
lls death ut thc home the shall be paid the
widow or children, in default Of either, 10 his
legal representatives.. And in such case and in
cases where pensions which heretofore have been
p1 to the treasurer OF said horne for the benefit of
i.,.iat.., of the home who have. since brer dis
charged or have died nj the home or ON f,IrIough
amy balance of the pension remaining IL the date OF
such discharge or death shall be paid over to the
pcnsiougr or, in Of bis death, tie wife chill
dren, or legal representatives.
The Clerk continued the reading, as follows:
That from and after the passage Of this act the
board OF managers OF the National Home for Dis
abed volunteer Soldiers shall apply the excess
above - monthly OF the pensions OF all inmates Of
the National Home for Disabled volunteer Soldiers
To the support auG the olic". lli purposes Of said
home. irOyiFef. Hawarer. That tire above Ur,,vi--
ion shall not apply to any inmate 9" sd home who
having II the time of his admission 90 said home
wife. IsiInor child, or parent dependent upon him
for support, snail apply the excess 81 his pension
aboFe s'ut > e'tcn month To said support The
said board Of managers shall annually report the
the #b"F" provision: PFcrtaef. That IN addition TO
the persons now drclarad by law to bc entitled to
admission TO the National Home for Disabled Vol
UntcCr Soldiers any person who served during the
war of the rebellion in the Navy Of the L niled
States and was stouOrsgbly discharged thcrcfr0rn
who i, not otherwise provided Tor bv law and who
l. lncJpHciltted by raa-On of wounds incurred in
the line of duty or disease contracted during his
siud service from earning his support may
be admitted to said home IN the same manner and
Ul4er tne s:ult" conditions as volunteer soldiers
And section Of tine act entitled An act making
appropriate for the payment ot invalid and other
pensions of the United states for the fiscal year end
ing June 90 i-2. and for deficiencies, and for other
purposes approved February 70, 1851, Is hereby
repealed.
Mr.. Dawes .Nass.) made the point of order
that the paragraph changed existing law and
did not retrench expenditures, but was over
ruled. He then offered the following amend
maut:
Insert after the word provision" ;he following
words:
not apply 20 any inmate OF saa home who iS draw
ns pension for the loss OF one leg, arm,
hand, one foot who draws Il pension at any
rate over ~ per month.
After debate. the amendment was rejected
Yeas l., nays II.
Mr. Beltzhooyer Pa moved to amend by
striking ont the clause authorizing the Secre-
iary OF Var to detail FOR service in the sig
nal corps, not to exceed eight, commissioned
officers exclusive OF the second licu,cuunts of
p
eating thus amendment, Mr. Beltzhooyer made
an attack upon the administration of the signal
service under Gen. HuIeu, AID charging him
with covarIicc during the war.
Nh L. 3. Tayior, Ohio in reply, defended
Gen. Ha2cu's iuteEr!i y, and criticised Mr.. BetZ-
hoovers action in r!ailing an assault upon that
officer in a speech which was not openly dellv-
cred. but was printed in the Record.
Mr.. Converse Ohio replied to and denied
the charge OF Hazen's coWariice. lie bore a
muSkeJ ball in his body received in honorable
warfare. yet he was arraigned rs a coward by
man who never saw battle.
Mr. Bultzhooycr said Chat the information on
which he based his charges WAS derived largely
from record evidence, aud asserted that the
records of the Hazen court-nar5ial corrobo-
rated his charge OF coWar1tice.
The amendment WAS rejected.
At this point the committee rose informally,
in order 10 pcrinit Of the House receiving from
the Senate the House bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation with Senate tariff amend
ments. The bill! was ordered printed, and un-
der the rules went to the Speakers table.
The committee resumed its session, but with
out making any progress the House adjourned.
THuEsDAy's PROCEEDINGS.
In the House on Thursday, the 22d ult.,
Mr. Ryan Kan submitted the conference re- I
port on the Indian appropriation bill, and it
was agreed 10. The bill as passed appropriateS
S5&j3, 800, being Sl3.690 less than ii appropri-
ated as it passed the Senate. and >i53,I0O more
than ~ it or gina!Iy passed the House.
Mr. Burrows Ajich.l Submitted the confer
encc report Oh the consular aad diplomatic
appropriation bill, and il was agreed u. l.fhe
bill rs it passed appropriatos 81 ,296,755, being
S33 $40 greater than rs it originally passed the
House.
The HOUSE thsn went into Committee Of the
Whole on the sundry civil bill
The committee recUrred to the portion OF the
bill relating 10 the survey of public lands which
had been passed over informally.
Mr.. Pound Wis., offered amendment re-
peaIing the pre-emption laws together with all
laws authorizing the filing ot declaratory state
mcnts for the entry of public lands by agent
or attorney. Adopted, with the proviso that
it should not affect the rights heretofore ac-
quircd
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House. on Friday, the 23d ult., Mr..
Robson \. J. called up rs Il privileged queS
ton the consideration of the Pound rule
and il was adopted 1t sets apart one hour in
each day for the consideration OF any measure
called up by a committee TO which there shall
not he five objections.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the suudry civil appropriation bill.
The clause relative to the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park having been reached, Mr. McCook
IN. " moved 20 strike out the proyisO author
ling the Secretary Of the Interior to lease por
tions of the park, under certain restrictions,