New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-07-14
CONGRESS.

ton OF the river and harbor appropriation
bill. The following amendments, among
others, were agreed to:
Appropriating 81, 200, 900 for improving
New York harbor, SO as to secure thirty
foot channel at the Sandy Hook entrance
OF the harbor, upon such plan as the secre-
tary OF war may approve; appropriating
tomac river in the vicinity OF Washington.
In a discussion on an amendment, Mr..
Beck declared
The trouble was that the country had
too much money. The country would SUI
fer more by reason OF the amo cunt OF money
in the treasury land which was increasing
every year by taxationl than it would if
the government had barely money enough
to carry on it's ordinary business. Only
S144 900, 900 OF the debt could be paid off
before September, 1891, and for that there
were 1924 900, 600 lying idle in the treas
ury. Therefore he did not care whether
the bill appropriated ten, fifteen or twenty
millions, so long as the money was proper
ly spent. Let the money be spent this way
and get into the hands OF the people.
The president vetoed the senate bill for
the relief OF Martin L. Bundy. The prcsi-
dent says: The claimant, who was 81 quar-
termaster, after the settlement OF his &C
counts, was found to be indebted to the
government. Thereupon he put in a claim
for forage for horses, more than sufficient
to offset his indebtedness. There is no sug-
gestion that he had orused any horses, and
if he did and failed to make a claim for for
age at the time he settled his accounts,
then he presents case of incredible igno-
rance OF his rights or a wonderful lack OF
that disposition to gain every possible ad-
vantage which is usually found among
those who deal with the government. The
claim is not allowed, on the ground that
it would set a precedent which could hard
]y be ignored, and which, if followed, would
furnish another means of attack upon the
treasury quite as effective as many which
are now in active operation.
HoUsE.-The house went into committee
OF the whole on the general deficiency bill.
Messrs. Bragg and Guenther offered
which were adopted, appro
priating in the aggregate $4,000 to pay
judgments and awards recovered against
the United States for fowage damage.
caused by the improvement OF the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers.
An amendment to the sundry civil bill,
offered by Mr.. Grosvenor in the house, and
adopted as amended by Holman and Her
bert, is likely to stir up some opposition to
the bill in the senate. The amendment,
however, seems likely to correct an abuse
that has gone down to a custom in all the
courts OF the United States, and ii all that
is claimed is true, it will result in a sub
stantial reduction OF the fees and mileage
OF marshals. Whenever an Indictment is
presented against a person who has been
arrested, it has been the custom for the
OF the court to step into the
clerks office and secure bench warrant for
the indicted party and place him under ar
rest. Fees and mileage from the mans
home are then charged upon this warrant,
time in court, as his recognizance compels
him to be on the first day OF the term when
indictments are presented.
sENArE.-Mr Mitchell (Or.) submitted
proposed amendment to the general de-
ficiency appropriation bill, to provide for
the payment to John Roach & Sons of
$20.22O for wharfage and care ofthe mont
tor Roanoke from March II, 1877, to the
time of it's sale in 1888, including towage
and pilotage, and to pay them $3S, $40 in
full for the cost of changing the iron frame
of the Puritan.
The senate considered the amendment to
the river and harbor bill. The first amend
ment that was questioned was an item APP
$780, 900 for the purchase OF
the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal and harbor OF refuge.
Mr.. Edmunds opposed the amendment.
He said
At least 100000 acres OF land in that re-
gion, and he did notlnow how much more,
had been granted to Wisconsin to build
this canal, and now the government was
asked to buy the property which it had al
ready payed for for the reason, as hesup-
posed, first, that it would be refuge to oil
mariners; and, second, a refuge to the stock
holders. He put it in that way SO as to be
polite.
Mr. Ingalls, characterized the amend
ment as shameless private speculation.
The president sent a nomination to the
senate in the following words:
In accordance with the provisions of an
act OF congress approved July 1, 1886,
nominate the person herein named for APP.
pointment in the army OF the United Stat ties.
Fitz John Porter, late colonel in the army
OF the United States, to rank as such from
held by him at the time OF his dismissal
from the army.
HoUsE.-The proposition to pass over the
presidents veto OF the bill granting a pen
sion to G. w. Tiller was debated and post
poned. The rest OF the day was passed in
work on the general deficiency bill.
SENATE-A substitute by Mr.. Spooner to
the amendment to the river and harbor
bill appropriating $4,000 for the pur-
chase OF the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michi-
gan ship canal and harbor OF refuge was
adopted The amendment increasing the
Duluth appropriation from $4,000 to
$75, OOO. was agreed to. A message from
the president was read, vetoing the bill al
lowing the construction of railroads
through Indian lands in Northern Mon.
tana.
HousE-Warm discussions arose over
some OF the presidents recent messages We
toeing private pension bills. Mr.. Bragg OF
Wisconsin was one OF the principal defend
ers OF the president. Mr.. Bragg said:
There seemed to be an idea in the house
that it was the duty OF the president to
abdicate his office in favor OF a ma
!ority OF the committee on invalid
pensions. Whenever. in the exercise OF
and courage to place his hand upon legis-
lation when he thought it improper,
whether it were pension Or railroad :legisla-
ton. Congress had gone altogether too
:ar IN the way OF pension legislation, but
there was a class OF soldiers for whom
there never was a voice raised in the house.
They were the men who in April, May, June
and July, 1861, filled the ranks OF the army
actua ted only by patyiotic desires to sus-
tain the national flag. Rer,re the honse