Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-22

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the seizure or detention of American vessels
in foreign ports was taken up and adopted.
| The senate then resumed consideration of
the calendar. Mr.. Riddleberger's resolution
! offered April L, IN relation to the consld-
Grafton of executive business in open ses-
sion was objected to and went over, at
making a passionate protest against the
course and appealing against the decision
| of the chair After Mr.. Riddlebergsr con-
cluded his remarks he withdrew his appeal
! from the decision of the chair and his reso-
luton went over. The river and harbor bill
was taken up and considered. Pending the
| consideration of the bill the senate ad-
| jOurned.
In the senate on July 18th the chair, by re-
quest, introduced bill to stop the payments
of public money to James B. Eads, his as
| soclatese 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 Mexi-
can war was considered and passed. The
| bill as passed directs the secretary of the
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 nation; or who were &C
tually engaged in battle during said war and
were hOnOrably discharged, or their survi-
! wing widows, providing such widows have
not remarked, and provided that every
such officer, enlisted man or widow, who is
or may become 62 years of age, and who Is
or may become subject to any disability or
| dependency equivalent to some cause recog-
| nized by the pension laws as a sufficient
reason for the allowance of pension, shall
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where such disability or dependency was in
Cured in aiding or abetting the late rebel
| lion. Tbs 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 alreadR receiving pensions less than IS
per month, the pension will only be for the
differencC up to So.
The senate then resumed consideration of
the river and harbor appropriation bill, the
pending question being on the Hennepin
canal and the Illinois and Michigan canal
amendment.
Mr.. Plumb argued against the amend
ment, He calculated that at the rate of
100000 year as proposed in the amend
ment it would require thirty or forty years
to complete his work. In the course of
his argumeIfSAe commented upon the fail
ure of the work on Galveston harbor and
said that the government had been sending
an army of engineers to school there at q
cost of several million dollars. The whole
system, he said, was wrong. Army engineers
lacked the Judgment and proficiency that
were necessary, and whatever success they
did have in such works was the result of
| their employment as engineers in civil life.
The whole business of public works carried
on in the war department was managed in a
! slip shod way, millions being spent for ma
Aor lie 1rovo &c A. 46.o
| Hennepin canal he complained that the
army engfAeers had planned to take it
across high divide which might be avoided
! by diverting the line few miles southwark.
The trouble with these high priced, wall
paper engineers, fresh from school, was that
they always wanted to do s1me outre, i'm
| practicable thing; but the great objection to
all these works was that instead of a sufi-
cient appropriation being made the money
was spent in driblets. Finally the discus
sion closed and the senate proceeded to vote
on the amendment. 1t was agreed to-yeas
81, nays %.
In the senate on July 18th, the chair pre-
sented the resolutions of the convention of
republican editors of Ohio, urging investi-
cation of the charges as to the election of
! Senator Payne. Referred to the committee
| on privileges and elections. Among the bills
on the calendar passed were the following
Twenty five thousand dollars to build a
monument at Syracuse, n. Y, to commend
rate the revolutionary battle there. The
senate resumed consideration of the river
aud harbor appropriation bill. The senate
remained in session until midnight, con-
sidering the bill and then adjourned.
In the senate on July 14th, the following
bill passed: Establishing additional aid to
navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi
river, with amendments. Senator Logan
introduced joint resolution directing the
secretary of war to accept the deed and con-
veyance of the land known as the high wood
tract near Chicago donated by the CONNER
cial club of Chicago, for military purposes.
Pending the consideration of the river and
harbor bill the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house July S.-Compton, of
Maryland, submitted a series of resolutions
expressing the regret with which the house
heard of the death of Hon. Vim. II. Cole,
late representative of the state of Maryland
and providing for the appointment of a
committee of seven representatives and three
senators to superintend the funeral ceremo-
| Mas The hOuse then. at II 20 adjourned a.