Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-08
AT THENATION'S CAPITAL
A LIGHTDAY'S WORK THE RULE
IN BOTH HOUSES.

Bills of Personal Nature Under Dis
cussion-Pu purchasers Again Wanted for
Condemned Vessels - Representative
Poland's Bill to be Favorab1y Reported
The Chip from Dakota to be Called
Lincoln.
W AsHlNGToN, March I'm the Senate
to-day Mr.. Williams moved to discharge
the Committee on Military Affairs from
consideration of the bill to regulate the
retiring Of army officers. 1t was a bill.
Mr.. Williams said, which had been intro
duced by Mr.. Beck, who supposed that
he was acting for Mr.. Williams, and the
name of Mr.. Williams had beon voted as
having introduced it. He Mr. Williams )
knew nothing whatever of such a
bill and Gisclaimed all responsibility
for 1t. Mr.. Beck explained that he had
introduced the bin for his colleague, as he
supposed. A young gentleman had come
IN looking for Mr.. Williams, and say
ing that the Senator had agreed to intro
duce the bill. In Mr.. Williams absence
Mr. Beck had introduced it, but he now
found that there were provisions in il for
which neither he nor his colleague would
consent to be responsible. He supposed
that they had been imposed upon. The
committee was discharged from further
consideration Of the bill, which was laid
on the table.
The Senate then took up and after a
snort debate, passed the bill authorizing
tne construction of fire-prOOf building
of brick and metal in the city of WASH
lngton to be used as a hall of records.
The bill as PASSED appropriates $25O, 900 for
tne purpose. In the course of the debate
Mr. vest stated that the upper part of the
capitol is filled with papers, and if a spark
should fall among them it would result in
a IRE which, though it might not perhaps
destroy the capitol, would probably re-
suit IN the burning off of its roof.
The Senate then adjourned
IN THE HOUSE.
The entire day in the House was de-
voted to the consideration of bills of a
private character, and which were princi-
pally for the relief of individuals. The
6lll which occupied great part of last
fridays session, that authorizing the re-
urement OF Alfred PleasOntOn with the
rank OF Colonel, came up as unfinished
business and was finally disposed of bv
being recOmmtted to the Military Com
mlttee without instruction. The House
then took recess till 1870 O'Clock, the
evening session to be for the considera-
tion of pension bills.
At the evening session the House passed
nineteen pension bills, among them one
granting pension to the widow of Gen
JudsOn Fitzpatrick. A bill to increase the
pension of the widow of Surgeon General
Barnes to $50 per month was eloquentIy
advocated by Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia,
who as an eX-rebel appealed to the House
to perform an act of justice to the widow
OF a man who had served his country in
three wars and had stood at the death
peas OF PRESIDENTS Lincoln and Garfield.
hls remarks were warmly applauded, but
Mr.. Warner, Of Ohio, demanded the pres
ence OF quorum, basing his opposition
on the ground that discrimination in favor
OF the widow of a general officer was dis
crimlnatiOn against the widow of an
equally deserving private soldier. Subse-
quentiy Mr.. Warner withdrew his obiec
ton and the bill was passed. The House
then adjourned at 10 o'clock.