The Mineral argus., 1885-01-22

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esxAH-Among the bills introduced was one
By III. Allison, relating 10 fsss Of pension
claim agents and sstornsya He said hs did
not want 70 b respons 10 for oil the provis-
ions. but they wore identical with the pro-
vlsions OF the pension bill recently passed By
70? we, house va. general Legislation, he
tanned IN the pension appropriation bill OF last
year There was now great complaint that the
legislation OF last year was hasty and unjust TO
me soldiers Of the country. and It hes been indi
| rectiy charged that the senate Was responsible
for that Legislation Tho fact vas that the legis-
iauon OF last year came from the house in .
regular bill Under the rules of the senate there
vss no possibility Of having we'll considered leg
slatlon in a epprcpriaticn bill, because IN
amendment should not b. offered nor debate
had with respect to il He introduced the bill
IN order that i might be referred to tho com
mittee on pensions and carefully cons idered in
NE committee and in the ssoata Il wss said
That under the legslstion Of last year claim
agents. were Oppressing pension opplicants II
20. the fact should b sscertained q the earliest
moment and 2 remedy applisd Other sons
tors spoke on the subject
The senate in executive session decided.
forty TO twelve. not TO mako the text Of ne
Nicaragua treaty public in advance Of the
ectson Of the senate. senator Edmunds vas
ton, and based his argument upon he Con
eotut.Onal right and power Of the senate 10 deal
With treaties unincumbered BY advicc or In
noences from any source, and quoted exteu-
savely from authorities upon the constitutional
p0Wers Of the senate in this respect
eWAn-A bin vas posed directing The
transfer Of one Of the vessels Of the Greedy re-
Lief expedition TO the treasury department for
revenue cutter for use in the waters Of Alas.
h. and authorizing the retention Of the other
two for use In the navy - surveying vessels or
otherwise.
NJ; Cochrell. introduced bill 10 amend the
act placing colOred troops on the same footing
.. 70 bounty - other soldiers by making it Ap-
ply to the heirs Of all colored soidicrs Who may
have died and we're killed while in the military
service Of tho United Statca
The following nominations were received:
Samuel p. Mccormick, collector Internal rev.
enue district Of Virginia; postmaster, John J.
Cutter, Parke, OAK.
ConArmstions-John n Norton, surveyor Of
Of public moneys, Yakima, Wash. I. +. John. |
son, collector OF customs, savannah, Ga. rear |
admirals in the navy, 4. +. Qusckenbush. Earl |
English and J. H. Upshur; II. n. Dcnnison,
Snrea% Of rs ssnSx Of
navy. Senate adjourned for two days.
HoUsE-Mr. Curtin, from the committee on
foreign Affairs, reported resolution calling
for information from the executive relative to
The arrest Of I. H. Moynahan, an American
ritizen, by the government Of Mexico. Adopted.
4r. Curtin also reported resolution calling
On the president for information relating 70
The Congo conference. Adopted. Also .
resolution calling On the president for copies
pf the correspondence between this govern
ment and France in regard 10 the French aud
American claims commission since the I'D OF
November, 1881. Adopted Also resolution
falling on the secretary of state for detailed
statement of the expenditure of the amount
appropriated for the expenses Of the French
ND American claims commission. Adopted
On Saturday, the senate waa not in session,
'ut the house did . good days work. Mr..
Randall directed the attention Of the house to
o the importance Of proceeding with the %.
'ropristion bills, and warned the house that
'niess the measures were speedily disposed
y there was danger Of an extra session OF the
'orty ninth congress. This admonition seemed
o have the desired effect, a. the house refused
take up the public buildings hull, and pro-
eeded with the navy appropriation bill This
Measure was passed with very little discn-sion-
The naval appropriation bill makes provis
on Tor the naval service for the six months
nding June ~, lSsi. on the basis Of the Hill
which passed the house the first session Of this
Congress-, giving for each item OF expenditure
net one-half the amount contained il, the said
MI, with the following exceptions: For cur
ent expenses Of the bureau OF yards and docks
lieu Of one-half. or sl0O.OU, there is given ,
the current expenses Of the bureau Of
onstruct0n and repairs, in lien Of one half,
. eJS, ttV there is given e&5O,OaO; for cur
ent expenses OF the bureau Of steam engineer. {
49, in lien Of one-half, or e375, 600, there 10 1
iyen ssso. GOO. together with the unezpen-
ropriation in 1884 for monitors; for y
10 pay Of the navy and marine corps there
given in lieu Of one half the amount con- Q
lined in the said bill, . sum equal 10 the bal !:
ons for the FIRST six months from the whole r
nm proposed in the said bill. There is moth !.
q in the bill for steel cruisers, appropria- 4
ons to complete them having already been n
ads The bill appropriates in all VI, 10, i55, !.
Inch, added to the sum appropriated for the ]
Ist SIX months ended Dec. 81, 1884, ss, NO. O
IVY for the entire fiscal year Of IsS5, ciI. SO.
!. Or s9l3, ~ less than app sopristed for the l
SENATE There was . sharp discussion in Il
. senate on the resolution Of Senator Haw- n
:, calling upon the secretary Of war for let e
rs and documents bearing upon the contro- O
rsy between Gen. sherman and Jed Davis. :,
7. Vest objected 10 the resolution and made y
'peech Of unusual earnestness, during which e.
said the passage Of the resolution was o. n
necessary ss pockets to . shroud, and spoke Al
Jen Davis ~ an old man who was broken :. :,
'wn and seeking rest from such cOntrovcr- "
~ was involved in the question the senate IL
- asked to consider. senator Ingalls, stirred Ia
the Democratic senator's by some peppery .,
marks which called "ut Morgan, George and A. A.
mar, the latter gentleman making defense u
Mr. Davis against the charge Of being trait p
The discussion continued for about an RI
mr. and was perhaps the most heated that has =,
cured during the past two years. %