Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-30

tofiai condition.
Mr.. Logan then took the Aoor, but
gave way TO Mr.. Dawes for a motion to
adjourn.
The Senate then. at sos p. NJ. adj
journed till Monday next.
fieu,e Of Representative.
After few private measures had
been reported by the committee the
House, at 1:22, went into committee
OF the whole lMr. Hatch. Of Missouri.
in the chair on the private calendar.
The first measure on the calendar was
Mr.. McMillan's bill providing for the
payment OF . Fourth-of-July'' claims.
Mr.. Geddes, OF Ohio, explained that
the bill comprised 943 claims, distri-
buted among eleven States and one
Territory, and called for the expendi-
ture Of 1920, 900.
After a short debate the bill was laid
aside for favorable report. A long dis
cussion arose over the next bill refer
ring to the Court Of Claims for adjudi-
cation the claim Of the personal repre-
sentative Of c. NJ. Briggs, deceased. for
the proceeds OF captured cotton now in
the Treasury. Several amendments
were offered, spoken to at length, and
subsequently withdrawn.
The first amendment upon which
vote was reached was one offered by
Mr.. Holman, authorizing the court to
determine the claim under the proyi-
sioDs OF the Bowman act, and to report
to Congress the cause Of delay in the
presentation and prosecution Of the
claim. This was rejectei-ayes a
noes GO.
On motion OF Mr.. Rowell. Of Illinois,
an amendment was adopted directing
the court to inquire into the loyalty Of
c. NJ. Briggs and Of the person from
whom he obtained the title.
Mr.. Gibson. Of Maine, suggested the
propriety Of amending the bill so as to
require the court to determine whether
The cotton grew on loyal ground, was
picked by loyal hands. and was itself
loyal.
On motion of Mr.. Burrows. OF Michi-
gan, an amendment was adopted pro-
yiding that if Briggs or the person
from whom he derived the title shall
be found to have been disloyal the claim
shall be dismissed.
The committee then rose and report
ed both bills to the House, when they
were passed.
The House then, at 4:30 o'clock, took
a recess until 7;30 P. NJ. the evening
session to be for the consideration of
pension bills.
In the course Of the evening session
MIR. Crisp, Of Georgia, made a strong
speech against the policy of increasing
the rate Of pensions, and in opposition
TO the repeal of the limitation on the
srrears-of-pension acts. lie quoted
from statistics TO show that if the pro-
posed legislation were to prevail the
treasury would be left in a bankrupt
condition, and asserted that one third
Of the Union soldiers enlisted in the
late war were applicants for pensions,
which. if granted, would cost, though
no increase were made in the rate, the
enormous sum Of sl2j.000,000 per
year. 1t did not appear from this that
republics were ungrateful. 1t had
been estimated that if the repeal Law
was passed it would take from the
treasury $500. $50, 200, Of which sum
there would be al immediate payment
Of $1,000, 000. This would run up the
pension appropriations for lSSG. if
not another name was placed on
the rolls. to slC0,00O000. No
Government had the right to
take from the people in taxation dollar
more than was absolutely necessary to
the economical administration Of the
Government and TO provide literally
for the support Of its MANNED soldiers.
Was there never to be a reduction Of
taxation: Were the expenditures
always to come up to and even exceed
the receipts which were now obtained
from exorbitant taxation: The people
be represented did not seek to avoid
any just burdens that were put upon
them by reason Of their participating in
the blessings Of this Government. They
willingly contributed even OF their
poverty TO whatever was necessary for
the grandeur, glory, and prestige OF the
country. They were willing to pay
whatever was necessary, to act in good
faith and literally with the soldiers,
but he submitted that it was hardly
right to ask them to 60 further
than that. All he invoked at the
hands Of the House was that
the same care and the same scrutiny and
principles Of economy that actuated it
in every other appropriation should be
applied to the consideration Of the pen
sion bills. He would not be parsimo-
NOUS. lie would be just and liberal.
but be did think there ought to besome
stoppiDg-place.
Tie House passed fifty private pen
sion bills. and at 9:i5 adjourned till
Monday.
The President and the Senate