The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-27
THE FoRry.NlNTH CONGRESS.


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ping bill passed February abolishing the
fees for measuring tonnage for issuing IL
censes, registry Ger, iiicates and great va
riety Of other fees
Mr. Frye moved to add TO II as new sec
ton the provisions OF tho bill recently re-
ported by him from the committee on COM
merce authorizing the president TO issue
proclamation whenever he may see proper,
denying TO vessels of foreign countries such
privileges as are denied in such foreign coun-
cries to vessels of the United States. This is
the provision authorizing retaliation for the
recent action of the Dominion OF Canada in
excluding United States vessels from certain
privileges in Canadian ports, but the provis
ion of Mr., Fryes bill is not confined TO Can
ada, but is made general so as to apply to all
foreign countries,
After some inquiry by Messrs. Mcpherson
of N. J. and Vess of Mo, and word of reply
by Mr., Frye, the amendment was agreed to
without debate.
The bill as amended by the Senate was then
passed,
The Senate passed several bills,
The chair appointed as a conference COM
mittee MeSsrs. Miller Of n. ", Dolph OF Or,
and Vest MIR Frye had announced that he
was obliged to be absent from the Senate for
an indefinite time.
The pension bill was laid before the Senate
The pending amendment was that heretofore
offered by Mr.. Van Wyck, of Neb., provid-
ing that no soldier under this oct shall receive
less than IS a month
Mr.. Blair, of N. H., moved to amend the
amendment by substituting 81 for IS.
Mr.. Van Wyck said injustice had hereto
fore been done by the methods of the pension
office now and heretofore in weighing and
estimating the amount Of pension that should
be paid under acts fixing maximum sums and
not minimum sums in bills providing for the
payment of pensions according to the pro-
portion Of disability Under such bills we
saw pensioners getting suchridiculously small
mot been to blame in the matter because
Congress had made the law and set the ex-
ample, and the pension office had no doubt
kneasured the disability as well as it could.
Mr. Blairs amendment and also one offered
by Mr. Logan, of Illinois, that all pensions
heretofore granted under S. bo increased to
IS month were rejected.
Mr. Blair moved, as a substitute for tho
pending amendment, proviso that no PEN
sion hereafter to be paid under any law,
to any soldier, shall be rated at less than "a
month.
all amendment to be proposed by him at the
proper time providing for a pension Of So a
month to each surviving soldier OF the Next
can war.
Mr. Hale of Maine presented q memorial OF
the United States and Brazil steamship com.
pdny, the Iacluc Mall steamship company,
the New York and Cuba mail steamship COM
pany, the "Red d. line Of steamers, and the
New York AM Havana and Mexican mail
steamship company. In presenting the me
mortal Mr.. Hale remarked that it denied
squarely what had been stated in certain
newspapers; namely, that attempts had
been made to Improperly influence
dies. Mr.. Hale wished to say in connection
with the recent action of the Senate in regard
to foreign mails that if this great effort to re-
vive American commerce ever prevailed i'll
Congress, it would not be done by the intiu
ence of any lobby. 1t could only come about
because the American people were growing
more and more interested In the subject, and
sooner or later Con ress would have to re-
spond to the popular demand.
| Mr.. Beck of Kentucky in presenting a
memorial in relation to oleomargarine took
occasion to say that Il that article was one
not inconsistent with health it should be
| taxed, and if inconsistent with health tho
| remedy would not be Il tax but in that case
| the manufacture of the article should be
wholly prohibited; referred to the committee
| on agriculture.
| Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts, presented the
petition of the New England Methodist con-
ference, urging the United States to enforce
the terms of the Chinese treaty SO as to pro-
| tect the lives and property Of Chinese sub
| jects i'll the United States; referred.
| The senate passed Il house bill supplying a
deficiency approrr alton ofS6492 to carry on to
! June, 1856, the examinations and surveys re-
| garding the depth of water, etc, at the south
pass of the Mississippi river.
House.
Mr. Boutelle of Me-, introduced bill mp.
propriating $4,000 for the erection in Wash.
ington of a bronze monument to the late Ed
win NJ. Stanton referred.
On motion of Mr.. ODonnell of Mich from
tho committee on education, the rules were
suspended and the House passed--yeas 203,
nays S-a Senate bill to provide for the study
of the nature of alcoholic drinks and mar
cotics and of their effect on the human sys.
tenn, in connection with the several divisions
| of the subject of physiology and hygie ne, by
the pupils in the public schools of the terri
tories and of the District of Columbia and in
the military and naval academies and Indian
and colored schools in the territories of the
United States.
Mr.. O'Neill of Mo-, from the committee on
labor, moved to suspend the rules and adopt
a resolution setting apart June 5 land subse
quent days. for the consideration of business
presented by that committee.
Mr.. O'Neill stated that the bills VIII Oh
would be called up were those prohibiting the
employment of alien and convict labor or
public works, to protect servants and me
chanics in their wages and other like nea.
sllres. The educational bill would not b.
called up under this order.
The motion to suspend the rules and adopt
the resolution was agreed to, yeas 1856
nays IS.