The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12
Efforts of Mr.. Owen in Favor of Pensions for
All Who Served Sixty Days or More in
the Armies that Saved the Union.
DOnavin Makes Plain Statements as to
the Election of Senator Payne.
A Well-Posted Man Who Thinks the Eustis
Resolution Will Be Adopted, and that a
Financial Panic Will Result.
INDIANA MEASURES.

Mr.. Owens Bill for Service Pension-Other
| Bills introduced by Indianians.
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| WASHINGTON Jan. 1L-Representative Owen
has been receiving food of letters from soldiers
of his district, lately ndorsing his work for bill
| granting universal pension to those who served
| in the late war for the Union. He has received
petitions from about twelve hundred of his SOL
dier constituents, asking him to do what he can
| for the universal pension, and indorsing his
course generally. To-day Mr. Owen introduced
in the House his bill on the subject 1t grants
to every officer, soldier and sailor honorably dis
charged, who served sixty days in the Union
army in the war Of the Rebellion, pension of
! So per month. and all pensioners now having a
less rating than So shall be advanced to that
| amount and one-half of the pension rating they
| now receive shall be added thereto; those hav-
| ing pension rating of $8 or $40 per month shall
| have their rating increased to $12 per month.
| Mr.. Owen is sincere and earnest in his advocacy
of this bi and intends to do all he to secure
| its passage. He has won many friends during
| his short stay in Congress, and if it can be
passed it will be through his instrumentality.
Mr. Owen presented other bills for the relief of
Mary Kser and p B. Browser, of Logansport,
and for Abraham Heilman, OF Kentland; also q
bill to pay the adjusted allowance granted TO
postmasters and ex xpostmasters by the act of
1SS3
Other bills were introduced by Indiana mem
bers. as follows:
By Mr. Steele: For relief of Elizabeth
Woodfl.
By Mr. Holman For relief of Thomas Levi
and VIM. N. Seymour; granting condemned
| cannon and cannon balls for monumental pur-
poses to John A. Plotter Post G. A. r., of
Aurora
By Mr. Browne: Fixing the pension rate for
the disability of deafness as follows Total
deafness of both ears, $50 per month; total deaf
ness of one ear and severe deafness of the other
ear, or severe deafness of both ears, $50: for
lesser grade of deafness equitable proportion
of the above. to be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior; also bills to prohibit lotteries and sale
of lottery tickets and publication of lottery ad-
vertisements in the District of Columbia and the
Territories; granting pension to DR.. John E.
McGaughey, Samuel B. Jones and Eli Hauser.
Mr.. Matsop offered bills for relief of John
Wells, William Mabel, Alex Stugeon, William
E. Hardy. Joseph Mcclellan, Abner Moore
head William H. HamliJ, Andrew Harris, Sam.
ucl Lamberson. John B. Cravens and Thomas
Ward.
By Mr.. Ford For relief of Jeremiah NJ
Parks and Philip Trapp
BY Mr.. Bynum: For the relief of Samuel
Marys of the Woods, in Vigo county, and Ju-
Illus r. Frederick and William Sears.
By Mr.. Johnston: For relief of Lomis j.
Frasher, Henry Johns, Enos Lloyd and Samuel
C. Fisher; granting homesteads to Union SOL
diers OF the late war, and to their widows;
granting pension to all United States soldiers Of
the war of the Rebellion.
By Mr.. Howard: For relief of John Affater,
Franklin r. M. Gilbert Mrs. M. L. Vandewater,
George l.. Key, Thomas Simpson. Matilda
Stockdale, Jacob Cling, John A. Dean, Thomas
Crawford, Milton Hazard and Solomon Davis;
also, bill making an appropriation of 81, ,958 to
reimburse Messrs. Crumbs and Melcher for
money lost on their contract to construct road
way from New Albany to the national cemetery.
near that place. The bill alleges that the Sec
retary Of War ordered the kind of material for
the grade of the road to be changed, which
caused the loss.
General Browne presented a number of peti
tions, among them that of Wallace Foster and
others for increase of pension rate for deafness
from COL William P. Richardson, of New Cas-
tie, for increase of pension; from g. w. Tucker
late postmaster at Columbus, Ind, for passage
of joint resolution directing the Postmaster
general to readjust his salary; from John Bow
man and fifteen other citizens of Wayne county
asking service pension and other relief for
soldiers of the war of 1861; from Robert Dorste
and twenty others, for increase of the pension of
Samuel B. Jones. of Milroy, Ind.
Mr.. Lowry introduced bill providing for the
purchase of the piece of property on the east side
of and adjoining the United States Court house
at Fort Wayne, to be paid for out of the public
treasury.