Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-17
CONGRESSIONAL


SENATE.
/ In the senate on July 18th Mr. Plumb pre-
/ scented the petition of John A. Kirkpatrick,
/ a pension bill in whose favor had been
/ vetoed. The petition was read in full. He
| asked the senate to do him a small act OF
/ justice and pass this Dill over the veto. 1t
! was evident be said that in yetoing this
Dill the president had reIiuuuished his ofics
and made himself "mersly the mouth piece
or some Quill driving slave Of the eircumlO-
/ cutlon shop, the pension Ofice." If the
president had read the papers he never
] would nave been so silly. lie appealed TO
] congress against the malignant Injustice of
Q the president. Referred 20 the committee
on pensions. The senate then resumed
consider alton Of amendments to the river
ana narDOr DILL the pending question being
an amendment apprOpriatiug SIBJ,OO for
the purchase OF the Sturgeon Bay 81 Lake
D Michigan ship canal and harbOr OF refuge
/ Mr. bpOOner offered an amendment as a
substitute. 1t approprlates $4,000 for the
/ purpose Of making free Of toll the commerce
through the canal. He explained that his
I substitute did not recognize the canal com
pauy as the owners Of the improvement. it
b amply contemplated what the original act
I Of congress contemplated, the making OF
I this canal free 70 commerce, and il was 70
/ be done by reimbursing to the state, or what
was the same thing, the canal company,
such sum Of money as the secretary of war,
after careful investigation should find
70 have been expended over and above the
receipts from the land and the tolls. The
river and harbor bill was tenn orarily laid
aside and the chair laid before the senate
the message Of the president Ystoing the
bill authorizing the construction Of railroads
/ through the Indian territory IN northern
/ Montana The message was read. Mr..
/ Dawes moved to refer the bill and message
l to the committee on Indian affairs. and he
| desired to go with this remarkable message
] the section of the treaty which had affected
/ the president so seusibly. The motion was
/ agreed TO and the bill and message were re-
| ferred. Adjourned.
In the senate July sth. after the presenta-
I ton OF the usual number OF petitions, the
! senate proceeded to the business on the
| calendar. Mr.. HOar stated in reference 70
/ the bill to secure to the United States the
l payment of the Indebtedness Of the Pacific
| railroad company that he understood that
Dill dealing with the same sub ect was likely to
I be considered within a few days, ''else-
/ where" he, therefore, did not propose 70
| ask action on the bill under the existing
| order. The Joint resolution for women suf-
| frage was objected TO by ME- Plat The
l DllIs TO accept and raulty agreements with
/ the Indians ~ Washington territory fOE the
I use Of part of the Aakiuni reservation by the
/ Northern Pacific railroad, and for a right of
I way to the Carson 81 Colorado Railroad
! company through the Walker river ressEVa-
/ ton in Nevada we're passed. The bill to es-
| tablish a forest reservation on the head
waters of the Missouri river and on the
/ headWaters Of Clark's fork OF the Columbia
| river was passed The merits of the amend
R me nrc S5pPsopI "a 9ba 9oGo iP5
] canal and the Lake Superior ship canal
! We're presented by Mr.. COnger, who submit
! ted resolutions Of the Legislatures Of Illi-
! nOls5 Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
| urging congress to make the waterway com
/ posed Of these two canals free to the com
msrce Of the country, and petitions Of
/ various chambers of commerce and boards
/ or trade TO the same effect. The amend
ment was adopted without division. The
| Hennepin canal amendment having been
| reached, 1t was discussed at some length.
HHaaas
/ journed.
In the senate July 9th, Sewel, from the
/ com mittee on pensions, presented a report
/ IN the case of the vetoed bill granting a
/ pension to Margaret ID. Marchaud. widow
/ of Commodore MarChand. The committee
/ repeats its former report, and recommends
[ the passage of tbs bill over the presidents
] objection. Referred. Call offered q r6sO-
luton calling on the president to direct
| the American representative IN Mexico
/ to investigate the truth of the state
l ments made IN the newspapers that cit
1 liens Of the United States we're confined in
/ Mexican dungeons without trial for alleged
] Onen6e8 against the laws Of Mexico. and that
/ their final trial had been postponed without
| cause and requiring the United States gov
I.ernments If such statements are found TO be
: true, to demand the trial Of such persons
! and their lnhunan treatment stopped. The
! senate early went into executive session.
/ Immediately after the doors were closed an
/ order was made, upon motion Of Mr.. Ingalls,,
l that the pub ic should be excluded from the
] upper corridors, balconies and COMMITTEES
[ rooms, which order was carried into effect
[ at once. This resulted in closing the Offices
| OF the associated press and the Western
I Union and Baltimore & Ohio telegraph com
1 panles, and the election of all the reporters
| from their quarters IN the senate wing Of
! the capitol.
In the senate on July 10th, Mr.. Blair, from
the committee on pensions, submitted a re-
port on tWenty-three pension bills vetoed by
the president and recommending that the
bills be passed. notwithstanding the preBt-
/ dents objection. Mr.. Harris resolution call
/ ing on the president for information as to
I the seizure or detention Of American vessels
/ in foreign porte vas taken up and adopted.
/ The senate then resumed consideration Of
/ the calendar. MIR. Riddlebsrger's resolution
/ offered April y, IN relation to the consid-
] Grafton OF executive business Ia open ses-
. sion was objected to and went over, at
making a passionate protest against the
/ course ana appealing against the decision
. of the chair. After Mr.. Rlddleberg5r con-
I Guided his remarks he withdrew his appeal
/ from the decision Of the chair and his reso-
( luton went over. The river and harbor Dill
I was taken up and considered Pending the
I consideration of the bill the senate adj
| journed.
/ In the senate on July 10Th the chair, by re-
I quest. introduced a bill TO stop the payments
( of public money to James B. Eads, his as
/ sOciates or essignees for past, present or
| future services at the mouth of the Missis-
| sippi river until further orders from con-
/ gress. Referred, The house bill granting
! pensions TO soldiers and sailors of the MeEi-
] can war was considered and passed The
] bill as passed directs the secretary OF the
I Interior to place on the pension roll the names
! Of the surviving officers and enlisted men, IN
| Guiding marines militia and volunteers who
being duly Unlisted, actually served sixty
/ days with the army or navy of the United
/ States, IN Mexico or on the coasts or
] frontier thereof or en- route thereto
IN the war with that uatlOn5 or who were &C
! tually engaged in a battle during said war and
were hOnOrably discharged, or their survl-
| wing widows providing such WIDOWS have
. not remarked, and provided that every
I such officer, enlisted man or widow who ls
/ or may become 81 years OF age and who Is
/ or may become subject to any disability or
1 dependency equivalent 70 some cause EecOg-
nizsd by the pension laws as a sufficient
/ reason for the allowance OF a pension shall
bs entitled TO the benefit Of the act, except
I where such disability or dependency was IN
CURED in aiding or ahstting the late rebel
lion. The pensions are to be IS per month";
| payable only after the passage OF the act.
| The law is not to apply to persons already
receiving pensions at or over that rate and
/ where pensioners entitled under this law
are already receiving pensions less than s.
| per month, the pension will only be for the
difference up to So.
/ The senate then resumed consideration of
the river and harbOr appropriation BILL the
I pending question being on the Hennepln
canal and the Illinois and Michigan canal
amendment.
Mr. Plumb argued against the amend
ment. He calculated that at the rate Of
/ $500 coo year as proposed in the amend
| ment il would require thirty or forty years
! to complete this work. IN the course OF
/ his argument he commented upon the fall
ure of the work on Galveston harbOr and
said that the government had been sending
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