The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-21
House Sessions.

156TH DAY.-Mr. Payson Qll), reported
back to thu House the bill forfeiting lands
granted to certain Southern States to aid in
the construction of railroads, with Senate
amendment excepting the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad from the terms of forfeiture.
The amendment was agreed to-yeas, l5i ;
nays, 81. =. Senate amendments to the bill
repeating Pre- emption, Timber Culture and
Desert Land laws were non-concurred IN and
conferees appointed. :. Notice was given
that the vetoed bills granting pensions to
Andrew J. Wilson and another would be
called up for passage over the veto. The
General Deficiency Appropriation bill was
passed.
House message from the President disap-
proving the bill granting pension to Will
liam Boone. Referred. -. Mr.. O'Neill PENN
presented petition signed by 1000 Knights
of Labor Of the Second Congressional Dis
trict of Pennsylvania urging the passage of
pending bills for the protection OF the inter
ests Of labor Referred. :. The General De-
ficiency Appropriation bill was again dis
cusSed.
15SrH DAY.-Mr B,lmont IN. " offered
a resolution calling on the President for
copies of the correspondence relating to the
Imprisonment and release of Julio Santos, a
citizen of the United States in Ecuador.
Referred. Bills were introduced as
follows: By Mr.. Warner (Ohio) - Re-
quiring all the expenditures OF the
Post-O Office Department to be- passed
upon by Comptroller and an Auditor. By
J. NJ. Taylor (Tenn.)-For the transfer Of the
medical records of the war from the War
Department &. The General Deficiency Ap-
preparation bill was discussed.
159TH DAY.-After rearly all the morning
hour had been devoted to a discussion OF one
Of the private pension bills vetoed by the
President, q motion was carried postponlng
further consideration of the matter till
the following Friday. =. The House
went into Committee of the Whole on
the General Deficiency Appropriation bill,
Mr. Hammond, Of Georgia, in the Chair.
Mr. Cannon offered an amendment apppo-
priating s37,60S to meet DEFICIENCIES in the
Salaries of Ministers and Charges d. Afaires;
agreed to- Several other minor amendments
were also agreed to.
16Oru DAY.-The Speaker laid before the
House the twenty-one veto messages trans.
mitted by the President yesterday. The hrst
message read was referred without comment
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions but
the disposition of the next message yetolng
the bill granting pension to Edwin NJ. Har-
rngton consumed more time. Mr.. jackson
| PENN attacked the veto policy OF the
President, who, he declared, was not &C aG,
tuated by any regard for the worth
| and merit of private pension bills. His rea-
son for vetong the bills was not that they
we're unworthy. His reason was apparent
on the face of his messages. He was IN SYM
pathy with a party opposed to pension
ing Union soldiers, and he did not propose
that any Union soldiers should be pen
stoned ii he could avoid it. Mr.. Mcmillan
(Tenn.)-The President has signed more prl-
vate pension bills than any other President
in the same space Of time Mr.. Jackson
And he has vetoed ten times more good ones
than all other Presidents put together. Mr
Bragg (Wis.) was glad to find that at last
there was man in the Executive chair VINO
had the nerve and courage to place his
hand upon legislation when ne
thought it was improper, whether it was pen
sion or railroad legislation. The message
was referred to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions An animated debate also took
place on the message vetoing the granting OF
q pension to Catherine McCarty. which was
also referred
16IsT DAY.-Mr. Swinburne IN. ~ sent
to the clerks desk and had read letter from
Mr. Glass. of Tennessee, stating that he had
been paired with Mr.. Swinburne on the Bar
tholdi Statue amendment, and that had he
been present he would have voted mo" on
that proposition. :. Mr.. Compton (Md.)
submitted a series of resolutions ex-
pressing the regret with which the
House had heard Of the death of VIM. H.
Cole, Ia Q a Representative from Maryland
and providing for the appointment of com
mit:es of seven Representatives and three
Senators to superintend the funeral cere
monies. The House then, as mark of re
soect to the memory Of the deceased, ad
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