The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-16

eExAfE.-Nr. Mitchell (Or.) submitted .
proposed amendment to the general do.
actency appropriation bill, to provide for
the payment to John Roach & Sons Of
$2O, 22O Tor wharfage and care oithe mont.
tor Roanoke from March IL, 1877, to the
time Of its isale in 1883, Including towaee
and pilotaee, and to pay them $3s, $40 II
full Tor the cost OF changing the iron frame
Of the Puritan.
The senate considered the amendment to
the river and harbor bill. The first amend.
rncnt that was questioned WAS an item an.
propriating $3.50, 900 for the purchase Of
the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal and harbor Of refuge.
Mr.. Edmunds opposed TIE amendment.
He said:
At least 200. 900 acres Of land In that re.
sion, and he did not know how much more.
had been granted to Wisconsin to build
this canal, and now the government was
asked to buy the property which it had al.
ready payed for for the reason, az he sup.
posed, first, that it would be a refuge to all
mariners and. second, u refuge to the stock.
holders. He put it in THAI way so as to be
polite.
Mr.. Ingalls, characterized the amend.
ment as shameless private speculation.
The president sent a nomination to the
senate in the following words:
In accordance with the provisions OF an
act OF congress approved July 1, 1886,
nominate the person herein named for an.
pointment in the army OF the United States.
Fitz John Porter, late colonel in the army
Of the United States, to rank as such from
May IA, 1861, that being tho grade in rank
held by him at the time Of his dismissal
from the army.
HousE.-The proposition to pass over the
presidents veto OF the bill granting pen.
sion to G. w. Tiller was debated and post
poned. The rest OF the day was passed in
work on the general deficiency bill.
SENArE-A substitute by Mr.. Spooner 10
the amendment to the river and harbor
bill appropriating 100000 for the pur-
chase Of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michi.
gan ship canal and harbor OF refuge was
adopted. The amendment increasing the
1000 was agreed to. A message from
the president was read. vctoing the bill al.
lowing the construction OF railroads
through Indian lands in Northern Mon.
tana.
HousE-Warm discussions arose over
soMe OF the presidents recent messages vc
toeing private pension bills. Mr.. Bragg ni
Wisconsin was one OF the principal defend.
ers OF the president. Mr.. Bragg said:
There seemed to be nm idea in the house
that it was the duty OF the president to
AtOuiSUCC hAo OshSC su lUSoV VI
jority OF the committee on invalid
pensions. Whenever. in the exercise Of
and courage to place his han,l upon leyis.
lation when he thought it improper,
whether it were pension or railroad legisla-
ton. Congress had gone altogether too
far in the way OF pension legislation, but
there was II class OF soldiers for whom
They were the men who in April, May, June
and July, 1891. filled the ranks of the arm:
actuated only by patriotic desires to sus-
tain the national flag. Before the house
went further in pensionins the dridwosm
OF the army, it should make snipe prnvis.
ion for the men who went to the trnHt in
1861.
He sent to the clerks desk and had read
s. letter from one Of those men who isat the
Hampton Soldiers home commendin, his
course in regard to pensions. ridiculng the
policy Of congress, and making use OF such
strong expressions rs to lead NJ. 'rowl
lInd.) to inquire whether it WAS Il veto
tnessage that was being read.
SEsATE.-The resolutions for inquiry IN,
TO the authority under which II sn.raled
state legislature had been organic IT in la.
kota were indefinitely post onrd rhrhi
to accept and ratify an ngrc .'ment will, the
Indians in Washington Territory for the
Use OF part Of tho InkiHa reservation
by the Northern Pacific rnilrohd pissed.
The merits of the amendment appropti
uting $3.50. 900 for the purchase al tho
Portage Lake canal and the Lake Superior
ship canal were presented by Mr.. C"mgcr,
who submitted resolutions uf the legsla-
lures OF Illinois, Michigan, minnesota and
Wisconsin urging congress to. mako tho
waterway composed OF thpse two canals
free to the commerce OF the country. and
petitions OF various chambers ofcommerco
and boards OF trade to the same effect.
The amendment was adopted without di.
vision.
HousE.-Mr. Compton (Md.j submitted
resolutions expressing the regret with WHICH
the house has heard OF the death Of Hon.
William H. Cole, late representative from
Maryland, and providing for the appoint-
meft OF n committee Of seven representa-
tives and three senators tnsuperintend the
fnnerai ceremonies.
The house then, rs IL mark Of respect to
the memory Of the deceased. adjourned.
sENArE.-Senator Hoar called up the
Goode case and made Il speech Of half an
hour. in which he recited the objections to
the confirmation OF Mr.. Goode. which he
First-His incompetency to fill the i'm
portant position to which he was appoint
cd. This was shown by the arguments he
has made as the representative Of the gov
ernment in the United States supreme
court.
Second-his political record. He was
proven to have resorted to ballotbox stuf-
fling, bribery and other frauds upon the
election laws.
Third-Thc charge that he had since his
appointment as solicitor general demanded
a fee for bis influence in securing the re-
ceivership OF the Exchange bank OF Norfolk
for friend.
Fourth-Hs connection with the Pan
Electric scandal, in Drostituting the power
and dignity Of the government to promote
the interests OF his friends who were inter-
ested in the scheme.
The committee in their report and Mr..
Hoar in his speech we're very severe in com.
rnenting upon this incident in Mr.. Goodies
official career, asserted that this alone was
enough to demonstrate his unfitnesG to
hold such an office OF such dignity and I'm.
portance. During Mr.. Hoars speech he
was frequently interrupted in an offensive
manner by Senator Riddleberger, and
Goodies nomination was rejected.
HoUsE.-The day was mostly consumed
in debates upon motions to refer to tbs
committee on invalid pensions several 81
the presidents pension bill veto messages.
The republicans opposed and the demo-
Gratis favored reference. The bills and messa-
ges were all referred III ind icated. During the
ueDACe MT. Springer NAciu'l SRto. S'cHsS
tlemen on the other side Of the chamber
had taken advantage Of the discussion to
attack the president and the Democratic
party, and to charge that they were OPP
posed to granting pensions. Nothing
could be further iroin the truth. During
the entire eight years Of Gen. Grants adj
ministration only 542 private pensions
were granted. During the Forty .sevspth
congress, which was Republican in both
branches, only ISL private pensions bills
were passed; but during the last, or Forty.
eighth congress. which contained ma
iority OF Democrats in the house:
$50 OF such: pension biiis passed. and
during this congress, since December
sast, congress had passed G86 pfk
waite pension bills, OF which about 675 had
either been signed by President Cleveland
or had become laws without his action.
Gen. Black, the commissioner OF pensions,
hsd granted over 100000 certificates to
pensioners since he assumed ofiic6, hejng 10
per cent more than had ever before been -.
sued by any OF his predecessors during tbs
same length OF time. The payment to pen
rioners during the fiscal year just ended ex
ceeded those III the previous fiscal year by
IS, 100000.