The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-26


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n -tiiLIuu iTum M lNr clause Limiting
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PENSION must lH iUIut,
Nj. Williams M1r upu-.i o. all
amendment. offered o. the NuNivan
prusiun lll, ~ Nj. Ingalls, amendment
Bud other amendments were tucked uu,
hu mir. Millinm-i could uut support The
hill, IT, would not bring liuanrihl rum
uu this government iu order Ia secure "a
pitlaur' ut = luuuih for his comrades ia
The army, he had Thought ten daA N
age thr Till would pass with a two,
thirds mhiuriiNi now lac doubted
whether IL would pass except loaded
down with ruinuus provisions, The
nrpuhlivaus proposing Ia amend The
till had pTnl,'ssrd Ia bc it, friends,
"Ioi save my comrades IN the army
said he, "tT0m such friends uS these,
\ majority uf the Mexican pensioners
he continued, "happcned Ia live un the
wrong side Of Mason n piNon's linc,'
Mir, MaNcy offered AN amendment
excepting all senators and Representa-
lives uf this Congress from receiving
any benefit from the proposed pension
Mr.. Voorhees, amendment Ia strike
from Mr., Ingalls, amendment the claus"
limiting arrears, WAS not agreed Ia,
Mr., Williams called attention Ia "a"
fact that the amendment of Mr., ingalls,,
while allowing arrears uf pensions, only
allowed them Ia soldiers al the late war.
This Was discrimination against NcNi-
Cun veterans,
Mr.. sherman said his own vote on this
amendment would, lac supposed, diSnp-
paint u great many persons for whom
he had u great deal uf consideration,
~ this point the suggestion of all
inurnmcnt was made, and the Senate
went into executive session, after which
II adjourned,
HOUSE.
wN>uiNuIuN, June 3n.-rhc following
bills passed;
\ hill reducing from ~ and - cents
Ia ~ cents clearance fees levied upon
vessels engaged in domcsti" commerce.
Senate hill authorizing tho conSirur-
ton uf bridges across the Mississippi
river at ~, Paul, several amendments
were adopted, which uccCSsitatC the re-
turn of the hill Ia the Senate.
\ hill fpriciting the uncarncd land
grant Ia the Sioux city Il ~. Paul rail-
road company.
Tucker. from the committee on Judi
ciary, submitted u report upon the case
of liallct kilbourn W. EN-Scrgcant-at-
Arms Thompson, Referred To the com
miltcc on appropriations.
The report says: "lour committee
think il better To let Judgment stand
without further litigation, and rs the
Judgment against defendant was for acts
done hy him under orders of the House
of Representatives, the committee
recommend that an appropriation be
made Ia pay the amount thereof IN relief
of defendant"
Mutchlcr, from the Committee on
Civil Service, reported u bill 10 repeal
the tonurc-oi-Oilicc act. Placed on the
House calendar.
Cook, from the Committee on Flee
/ ions, reported u resolution declaring
that j. II. Chalmers was elected to Con
grcsS from the Second Mississippi dis
trict. Laid over.
The House then resumed conSidcra-
ton of the tamphcll-MOrcy contested
election case.
Muller, of Pennsylvania. made the
speech in favor of the claims
of contcstcc, and presented II strong
legal argument in rclutation of some of
the principles laid down in the majority
report.
The grounds on which contestant bases
his claims were ably presented by Jor-
dan and Scncy, after which Morcy, the
sitting member, was heard in his own
behalf.
I.owrcy closed the debate, and II vote
was then taken on the minority rosolu-
ton confirming the right Of contcstcc 10
the seat. IoSt-Nc cas-. ~; nays, l@a.
The majority resolution seating Camp
bell was agreed To, and that gentleman
at the bar of the House and
took the oath OfOllicc. The House then
took recess until $ p. M, the evening
session to bc for considerations pension
bills.
At the evening session of the House,
no quorum was present, and it adj
iouruIl