The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-06-04

action by the pension bureau was predi-
Gated.
OF the Ayers bill the president says that
the claimant served In his regiment nearly
three years after the alleged injury, and in
May or June, 1863, the claimant deserted,
but was captured in July of that year and
returned to duty without trial.
In the case of Chandler the president re-
views at length the various applications
made for q pension, which disclose the fact
that two of them recount different injuries
received at the same time.
MAY 2j.-On motion of Mr.. Sewell the
senate to-day took up the bill heretofore
| reported by him from the committee on
pensions ito amend the pension laws by
increasing the pensions of soldiers and sail
ors who have lost an arm or leg in the SER
vice." The bill gives $50 q month to SOL
| diers and sailors who lost one foot or hand
In the service; $36 month to those who
lost an arm above the elbow or leg above
| the knee; $45 month to those who lost an
arm at the shoulder joint or leg at the hip
Joint.
Mr.. Miller offered an amendment extend
ing the provisions of the bill SO as to in
clude among the S45-a-month pensioners
the cases when mems legs had been ampu-
tated so near the hip joint as to prevent
use of an artificial limb.
Agreed to, and so amended the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Ingalls, severely criticised Commits
| sioner Black, denOuncing him as an impOs-
tor, who had secured from congress the
highest pension rate as an intellectual and
physical wreck. Mr.. Voorhees, replied that
at the present time the services of a physi-
clan were required to dress General Blacks
| wounds.
MAY 19.-The senate amendment to the
postof1ice appropriation bill was considered
| in the House to-day. No definite cOnclu-
| sion was reached.
A bill was reported from the house COM
| mittee on the electoral count, proposing q
constitutional amendment creating and de-
| filming the office of second vice president,
| provides that in case OF the removal by
death or otherwise OF both the president
| and vice-president the Office of president
shall devOlve upon the second vice-presi-
| dent, who shall be voted in distinct ballots
by the electoral college. In case of the
death or removal of the vice-president from
office, or when he exercises the office of
| president, the second vlce-presdent shall
be the president of the senate, and shall so
| act, but he shall have no vote unless the
senate Is equally divided.
| The committee OH territories reached an
| informal agreement that the senate bill
| providing for the admission Of Southern
Dakota as state should go upon the house
| calendar adversely reported and that the
| Springer bill providing an enabling act for
the entire territory should 30 upon the
calendar favOrably reported.
The House Appropriations Committee
has finished consideration OF the legis'a-
tive, executive aud judicial appropriation
bill The item that Will probably attract
the most attention is that which makes the
| appropriation for the Civil Service Com
| mission. ALI the money required for the
commission is given, but provision at
tached requires that hereafter the commits
sion shall, upon application OF the head of
department for clerk, furnish him list
OF all persons who have passed satiSfac-
| tory examination, from whom he may select,
instead of giving him the choice Of but four
eligibles. 1t is provided also that the limit
as to age OF application must be abrogated
before the appropriation shall be available.
MAY 20.-The question before the House
to-day was the senate amendment to the
| Post Office appropriation bill, appropriatlng
$500, 900 for tile foreign mail service, which
has been under discussion for several days,
1t was rejected. The Philadelphia Board
of Trade sent in a communication asking
that the amendment be adopted. Mr.. Hew-
lit offered an amendment. 1t was to strike
out the appropriation of SSO0,0U and insert
one of 100000 and add tn the Senate
amendment paragraph directing the Post
master General to cause the South Ameri-
can mails of the United States to be carried
as far as possible in American built and
registered steamships at not exceeding fifty
cents per nautical mile.
Messrs Barry, Mills, Morrison and Ran
dali fought the Senate amendment The
latter said that last year the Senate amend
ment similar to the pending proposition
passed the House by reason or absenteelsm.
He invoked every man to so record himself
OH this proposition that he would not find
it necessary to absent himself hereafter.
His remarks were greeted with applause ON
the Democratic side.
Mr.. Blount, in closing the debate, charged
that the Senate sought to force this propo-
sitiOn upon the Administration. There
was an audaclty and boldness exhibited
that needed to be met with courage. The
issue was plain, and he was willing as a
Democrat to take the responsibility for his,
I action. The several amendments offered
in committee of the whole were rejected
The Senate amendment was noncon-
cured in, and the committee rose and re-
ported its action to the House. The recon-
mendations were all agreed to without dlvi-
sion, excepting the foreign mail service
amendment, which was nOn-concurred In
by vote of-yeas, IT'S; nays, so.
MAY 2L-The House to-day resumed con-
sideration of the bill prohibiting the imp0r-
tation of mackerel during the spawning
season. After a long debate the bill was
bill prohibits for period of five years from
the ist of March, 1857, the importation into
the United States or the landing upon its
shores of mackerel Except Spanish mack.
ereD caught between the LIST Of March and
the LIST of June of each year. The penalty
prescribed for violation of the act Is the
: forfeiture of the mackerel imported or
landed, and, III the vessel violating the ACT
be United States vessel, forfeiture OF
its license. Nothing. however, In the act Is
to be held to apply to mackerel caught Off
shore with hook or line from open rowboats
less than twenty feet keel and landed In
, said boats.
MAY 30. After passing few private
measures this morning the House went in
; to committee OF the whole (hIr. Crisp of
Georgia, in the chair, for general debate
on the Dunn free ship bill. 1t was made
the spe cial order for next Wednesday.
MAY 24--The bill to impose tax on
, oleomargarne was before the house to-day
, Mr.. Scott favored the measure, and said
the bill did no injustice to the manufactu
( rer, but simply raised the farmer TO the
! plane of fair and honest competition. lie
described the impurities that entered into
the composition of oleomargar1ne, and dc
clared that the bill should pass II only tC