Little Falls transcript., 1886-04-16
CONGRESsIO n AL SUMMARY.

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| IC(5lS{ikEcSSION ttIMMARY.
IA a IS. -
nousE;-1n ne nouss = passea unaer euspen-
sion ol one Iuies g Dali granting pensions TO
.oiolers ana sailors O one MEXICAN al war: II
y sssla.ea nna sna1 ohete are ron a, 900
1uio,vuu survivors, o1 one mexican war m
cludine bne /, wiuows. ,and a me cost to the
treasury VIII be M rom ., ,OoO, 900 tol 500
vvo o. annually. % I 1Aose VINO opposed the Dill
ula 90 Deeaase y Rrovloes lor penslonng oil
su 3. ene y war; regardless OF
. sne Iac0 Hnetner gley peI,oEmeu any actual
se,sIce e ny. - y nelu tnao enere 10 quite
. =, iatge numpe. o1 men VINO enhsted during
tLe tLe !aso nonen =! te W.! VINO never ie1t
~ the h;n .;,i s.h an us propaoie 9 onat
Eo,,n,a;n;. +h Nc ~ =. Ine SEN
Tba+ +he sacsatarv = ~ - @ tha - ;ntae;, tg wv :;
wy eee' - wy inIert'r I've (, De ol-
!eceea 70 place ene hames OF az t4e surylv'
lns oi1cers, soiuisrs rs anu sailors VINO enlist
~ anu serveu IA etie war with MeSlco Tor
wy wy perioa aurlhg 1he years 1910, 1s45,
lo4f, 1870 ana wnere honorabIy dis.
enarsed ana tnelr surviving WIDOWS, on
Cne pshs.on roA aG tne raoe OF 20 per
J, ot ;roI "uu 1919 a..ei WAC passage Oh 'h1s
"CS curing tnT'r M ltRes.
oectlon q, 1nAG 'he secretary OF The IN
.eA1or 40 u!receeu w make such rules
shu ouis "coln.o elsce p'ovtoea, tnat where 1t
sa"u ~ppess; ess;a" .n@o uiscnarge IS iost
s.Ls.a - ~ ~n1<ly VIC pe:n1Ieeo' anu
na;;,as1 "p. a. t @pp4i.stmo 1<as r. f.
o;a.,t s':sa" .nu @uo, 1u1o s3la,t pe SUM-
,,n1ess ~ aur;S ~ sh aha olscnarge,
y! unteee eI1e eS'oenGe SHOWS tna9 ne procured
~: w lrauu, ana provlded' 1nrtner, that
I:.: "ais aeS suau noe apply 20 persons under
otn..ca. nI. aisMp-oeAes. M,l
h;11 w ..snea n1 "ons3oFa'1on d M OF the army
t.n.,' ~ sse iseuiuea, aug Mn. Logan spoRe IN
| lus.nel advocacy OF heierrlng to case
aeeen'iy e1poseo, OF tne impnsonment OF
| an W. AMERICAN oaolzen III Cupa, Mr.. Logan
e"u
Oor ciei]ens mlgne Dc 1mpr'soned Tor q
year or more IN Cuoa ana we are unable
W assert our strength to secure them
| even trla'. ne o1scla1med any 1eellng
"; po.eotaa. :t oi4Guse u1 ~ "nao senators had
had aimed was that he should. declare him
self on some points at which they had
limited, he (Alr. Logan) would say that he
was no communist. He believed in every
man owning what he had labored for. He
did not believe in murder, the destruction
| OF property, or the burning of towns, but
| in saving that if any man asserted That ho
| 1Mr. Losanl was not tho friend ri Iuo hn~eat nt
labor, that man misconstrued him. II he
had the power he would build fortifcations
that would protect the Pacific coast and
| make the harbors Of ali our oraat c;t;os
| bristle with quns that would Rlovy down
any navy or army that shnnld annroocb
our coast. He would have an army and
! navy that would not be the laughing stock
OF the world,
| Mr.. Malone, from the committee on
public buildings and grounds, reported ia.
| vorably the bill appropriating $3.50, 1000
ior the purchase OF additional ground ad
Joining the public building at St. Paul,
! warehouse, and for paying for the present
public building at that place.
At the executive session OF the senate, a
large number OF unobjectionable nomina-
tions were confirmed, including Oberly and
| Lyman, the civil service commissioners.
~ was expected that there would be a fight
over ooerly, but no One objected to him.
HorsE-The ,,oat-oA;ca annronr;.+;o,,
bin was discussed at len,th And nassad
The banking and currency committee 20.
norted tha b;iI ~ ;ss,,e s;j,ros ona4;e"et q.
Iesa Observation-Disclosures tI,n yso s1n. 'e' ''n'a'es o'
The hill d;rects Tho secrata w NJ tba +roo..
ury to prepare and nav ont nnon ohl;oa.
tions OF the government an nther iawi1}
| money $25, 900, 900 in silver certificates of
the denomination Of 81 and $50, 900, 900 OF
the denomination Of 81, to redeem which
$75, 900, 900 standard silver dollars are to
be held in the treasury. Section 2 provides
! that whenever there shall be in the treasury
at any time silver dollars not required for
any other purpose to the amount OF S..
100000, the secretary OF the treasury may
issue silver certificates to an equal amount
OF the denomination OF S.. $40 or $50.
SENArE.--TheL Logan bill to Increase the
army was debated with great animation,
t1,oo 4
| finally was defeated--19 to 81. The
yeas were all republicans, save Senator
Payne Of Ohio. The nays all dem
| ocratic, save Bowen, Chase, Hale, Ingalls,,
Jones, (Nev.) Plumb, Sherman, Teller
Van Wyck, Wilson, Uown).
HOUsE.-The debateon the silver bill was
resumed.
Mr.. Bland entered a motion to reconn,i+
the bill. He nroceedefj With an ar,n,',a,,t
in favor of the Tree coinage oY silva and
gave a resume OF the circ,, INST ances at+ena. s,,
iuo Tho dsn,onetra - s;1.'e. zs'e44
said: al ~ - LIZ
II he did NOT he];evo !, 3r.,a coi,ooo
he wonld NOT hel;eve IN onv S'.., an;s
age and no man co,,}d snn,,crt h;,a
sell before the county on the pres
ent law. He had never advocated it. He
had taken it simply as a compromise and
as being better than no law at all. The
idea OF making a metallic money of full
legal tender qualities, and ther limiting it's
coinage: was an anomaly. 1t was an out.
rage on the creditors and q disturbance to
the business interests OF the country.
lLaughter].
SENATE.--The bill granting the Kansas>&
Arkansas railroad company the right of
way through the Indian Territory nassed
as did also the conversational ]ihrarv hin
Another site was originallv nronosed hit
Mr.. Morrill, opposed it, and now has suc.
ceeded in securing one according to his lik-
ing. The bill passed the house and went
through the senate with rush. Afterits pas.
Morrill, and Voorhees,, were detected in
owing kisses at each other, and embracing