The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-02-04
TIE 49TD CONGRESS.
The Widows Increase Bill Passed By
the House.

the House.
Last week was dull in Congress, with little of
! interest to the general reader The Senate de-
voted one day to eulogies on the late Nice-Presi-
| dent Hendricks. and the House lost two busl-
ness days-one By reason of the death of Mr.
! Rankin, of Wisconsin, and the other was given
! TO eulogies On the late Reuben Eiwood, OF llll-
nois member elect, who died in July last
1t was expected that the debate would be
! finished and q vote reached in the House on the
! bill of Mr. Matson (Ipd.) to increase from So to
| $l2 per month the pensions of widows and de-
pendent relatives. Owing to various delays 1t
was laid over
On Monday, Feb 1, this bill was taken up
! and passed under'a suspension OF tie rules, IN
the form reported from the committee, with
out the amendment of Mr.. Browne tlnd.) to
| repeal the limitation of arrears or any OF the
| other amendments proposed. 10 pass Dill
under suspension Of the rules requires two
thirds in the Affirmative, and there were more
than this proportion, the vote being ayes 19S,
noes &c. not voting So But two Members from
the Northern States voted no-Uewitt, of New
York and Bragg ofWisconsin. There were no
negative votes from Maryland, West Virginia
! or Missouri. The remainder OF the Southern
States supplied 81 of the noes. Of those not
voting some were absent and those present were
|
firm friends of the soldiers who would have
voted aye had they been present or not pared.
The following is the vote in detail:
AidbumG-Ayes: None.
tin, Oates, Sadler. Wheeler-S.
| ArhdlSas-AyeS: None.
Noes: Breckenridge, McRae, Peel-3.
! Not voting: Dunn, Rogers.
CaEifornia-Ayes: Louttitt Markham, MoKenna,
| Morrow.
| Noes: None.
Not voting: FELTON, HenleE-2.
| CoIOrado-Aycs: Symcs, l.
! Noes: None
Noes: None.
| De|dwure-A:es: None
Noes: None.
Not voting: Lore, L.
Florida-Ayes: None.
Noes Davidson Dougherty-2.
| Geor9ia-Ayes: None.
Noes: Barnes, Bount Clements, Crisp, Ham
mond Harris, Reese, Turner'S
Not voting: Gambler. Norwood.
| NinoiS--Ayes: Adams, Cannon, Dunham, Eden,
Henderson. Hopkins, handes, Morrison IL, Neeee'
Ward, Worthington-iT.
| Noes: None.
Not voting: Hit. LAWYER Townshend-3.
Ildiaaa-Ayes: Browne, Bynum, Cobb, Ford, tlol-
man, Johnston, Kleiner, Lowry, Matson, Owen
| Steele-1l.
Noes: None.
Not voting: Howard. Ward.
Io%a-Ayes; Conger, frederick, Fuller, Hall, Hen
derson, Hepburn, Holmes. Lyman, Murphy
| Price, Strube, Weaver-l2
| Noes None.
Kansas-Ayes: Anderson. Funston, Hanback,, Nor
ri!l. Perkins. Peters, Ryan,
Kentucky Ayes Hasell. McCreary, Robertson.
| Taulbee, Wadsworth. Willis, Wolford-7.
Notwithstanding, Laffoon, Stones
| Louisidna-Ayes: Gay, Hahn, Kings.
Noes-Blanchard Irion, ST. Martins.
Massachusetts ayes: Alien. Davis, Ely, HAYDEN
Long Lowering, Ranney, Rice, Rockwell, Stone,
Whiting-u.
Noes: None.
of
Natne-Ayes Boutelle, Dingley, Milliken, Reed
Ma,yioad-Ayes: Cole, Compton, Findlay, Nc
Comas, Shaw.
Noes None.
Not voting: Gibson, J.
| MichigGa-Ayes: Burrows, Carleton, Comstock,
Cutcheon, Edridge, Fisher Maybury, Moffatt,
o'Donneli, Tarsaey. Winans-ll.
Minneso'a-Ayes: Gilfllan, Nelson, Strait, Wake
! field, White-5
Noes None.
lississippi-Ayes: Catchings Van Eaton-2.
Noes: Allen. Morgan, Sngleton-3.
Not voting: Barksdale, Barry.
| HisSouri-Ayes: Bland, Clardy, Dockery, Glover,
| Hale, Hatch, Heard, Hutton, Stone, Warner-l0
Noes None.
Ne5roska-Ayes: Dorsey. Laird, Weaver-S. o..
| Necada-Ayes: None.
No; voting: WOODBURY..
Ne,0 Hampsliire-Ayes: Gailinger, Haynes.
Ne,0 .Iersey-Ayes: Buchanan, Green, Hires, Lehl-
bach, McAdoo-5
! Noes: None.
Not voting: Phelps. Pidcocl-2.
! Ne,O }ork-Ayes: Arnot, Baker. Beach, Burleigh,
T. j. Campbell, Dowdney Farquiiar, James
Sawyer, Sessions, Stahlnecker, Viele, Weber,
West-I9
| Noes: Hewitt l.
Not voting: Adams Belmont Bliss, Felix Camp
bell, Davenport. Hiscock. Lindsey. Mahoney,
| Merrinan, Muller, Parker, Pulitzer, Sprigss,
! Swinburne-H.
!
Noes: Bennett, Cowles, Cox. Henderson, John
sion, Reed, Skinner.
| Not voting Green, l.
Ohio-Ayes: Anderson, Brown. Butterworth
Campbell, Cooper, Ellsberry. Foan. Geddes,
Hill, lie Feyrs; Little; Mckinley; 0nthwaite,
Not voting Grosvenor, seney, 1. II. Taylor.
| Warner.
| Oregon-Ayes: Herman, l.
PenasyIsania-Ayes: Atkinson, Bayne. Bound,
Brown. Bunneii, Campbell, Curtin, Ernentrout,
Evans, Everhart Feeger, Harmer, Hiestand,
Jackson, Negley. Osborne, Randall, Scott, Scran-
| ton, Snowdeu, Storm, Swope, Whites.
Not voting: Bingham, Boyle, Brumm. Kelley,
| Rhode isfand-Ayes: Pirce, Spooner-2.
| Noes: None.
| South CaroLinG-Ayes: None.
Noes: Dargan, Dibbe, HenphiIl, Perry, Till
Not voting: Aiken, smalls2.
Tenaessee-Ayes: Houk, Neal, Zach. Taylor.-3
| Noes: Baentine, Glass, McMillin, Richardson,
| J. M. Tayor-5.
Not voting Caldwell, Pettibone--2.
| Te1dS-Ayes: None
Noes: Grain, Culbertsnn, Jones, Lanhnni, Miller,
Mills Reagan, Sayers, Stewart, Throckmorton,
| Wellborn-Il.
| Verliont-Ayes: Grout-1.
Noes: None.
Not voting Stewart.
| Vuginid-Ayes: Brady.
Noes: Caben Croxton, Daniel, O'Fcrrall Trigg,
Tucker-6.
Not voting Barbour, l.ibbey. Wse-3.
| ,cet pjruj1;iU-Ayps SNYDER NllSOn-S.
Noes: None.
Not voting: Gibson. l.
Uiscomsin--Ayes Caswel, La Toilette. Thomas-3.
| Noes: Bragg, l.
Not voting Guentier. Stephenson, Van Schaick
3
Among the new bills introduced last week
were the following:
| PENSION LEGISLATION.
Mr.. Lyman iowa, H. Il. 1896, to extend the
benefit Of the pension laws OF the United States
and granting pensions to all honcrably dis
charged soldiers, sailors, and marines of the
late civil war.
Mr. Cannon Gll.), IT. r. 1897, to simplify pro-
cedure in pension claims and to extend the