Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-03
HOME HAPPENINGS.
NEW SYSTEM OF OBTAINING GOV.
ERNMENT SUPPLIES.
Terrible Powder Explosion-Brew
cry Boycotted-Virginia Floods
Turf Matters.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nnookD-uMoS.l
New System of Obtaining Proposals for
Supplies.

WASHINGTON, July 2d.-A new system %
obtaining proposals for supplying the mis-
cellaneous items needed at the various |
public buildings situated at different places |
throughout the ooun.-- has been inaEgu- |
rated at the Treasury . artment. Hitherto |
it has been the custom % receive bids from |
residents of the cities IN which the build |
ings needing supplies are situated This |
was found to work badly, especially in |
New York, where it was discovered that in |
some instances the Government was COM |
PEELED to pay more for goods bought than |
they would pay in the open market. Now |
competition is thrown open, and resident |
in Washington can make proposals upon |
goods for buildings in New York or San |
Francisco, or vice versa. A specific list
has been prepared of items for which pro-
posals are asked at the different buildings,
with blank column opposite for the bid
der's name and his offer. These can be
obtained at the Treasury Department by
any bona fide bidder.
Pension Claims and the Presidents |
Vetoes.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The House Com |
mittee on Invalid Pensions has resolved to |
attempt to pass over the Presidents veto |
the Act granting a pension to ANDREW j.
Wilson, of New York, and Mr.. Sawyer to- |
day reported the measure back TO the |
House, giving notice that it would be up |
tomorrow. 1t appears from the report of
the committee that Mr.. Wilson was drafted |
into the army notwithstanding his allega- |
ton that he was suffering from deafness |
and an eye complaint In the service he !
contracted rheumatism and kidney dis
ease, upon which he based his application
for a pension. The application was re-
jected by the Pension Bureau ON the
grounds that he was disabled before he en-
listed, which was also the reason for the
veto. The committee takes the position
that under the circumstances the Govern
ment is stopped from setting up a claim OF
prior disability.
Taulbee, who is member of the Invalid
Pensions Committee also reported back the
bill granting a pension to G. w. Tiller,
with the recommendation that it be passed
over the Presidents veto. This is the case
of the Louisville policemen whose applica-
lion for pension as a dependent parent,
was denied by the Pension Bureau on the
ground that the dependency of claimant
was disestablished.
The Presidents Reasons for Vetoing
Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The President
to-day returned to the House, without ap-
proval, the Act granting pension to Will
lam Boone. 1t appears that Boone who
had never made an application for pen
sion to the Pension Office, enlisted in Au-
gust, 1862, was in action in November of
the same year, and was taken prisoner and
at once paroled. During his parole he took
part in a Fourth of July celebration at
Aurora H., in 1868, and was terribly in
jured by the discharge of a cannon which
he was assisting to manage. In reviewing
the case, the President says he is unable to
discover any relation between the acci-
dent and the military service, or any rea-
son why, if the pension is granted as pro-
posed by the bill, there should not also be |
pension granted to any of the compan- |
ions of the claimant who CHANGED to be in |
jured at the same time. He says, further |
:" A disabled man and wife, a family in |
need, are objects which appeal to the sym |
pathy and charitable feelings of any decent |
man; but it seems to me that it by no
means follows that those intrusted with
the peoples business and expenditures of
money are justified in so executing the
pension laws as that they shall furnish
means Of relief in every case of distress
or hardship
The House and the Pension Bills.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The House held
its usual Friday night session for the con-
sideration of private pension bills. These
are usually attended by not more than
twenty or thirty members, but tonight
there were about seventy-five present. The
large attendance was due to the expecta-
tion that an attempt would be made to pass
over the veto some of the bills disapproved
by the President. Not a quorum was pres
ent, however, and none of the vetoed bills
were called Among the bills passed was
one granting pension of $50 month to
Theodore Dunmire. husband of the di-
Yorced wife of Guiteau, the assassin of
President Garfield. He was member Of
a regiment of Missouri engineers, and
lives in Colorado. His wife was divorced
Cffita he
shot Garfield The case was referred to
Congressman Louttit, of California, as a
subcommittee. He found the case mer-
itorious one, and urged its passage, 1t was
passed by unanimous vote. Next week
some of the vetoed bills will be called up.
New Civil Service Rule.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-Tbe Civil Service
Commission has adopted a resolution
changing the present method of selecting
officers of local Examining Boards. I'm
der the new rule the Board of Examiners at
various Postoffices and Custom houses
throughout the country are required TO
meet on the first Thursday in July in each
year and elect Chairman and Secretary,
the officers elected to be subject to the ap-
proval of the Commission. The resolution,
a copy of which has been sent to all local
Boards, emphasizes the existing rule re-
quiring names and standing of persons on
the list of eligibles to be selected from.
Acts Approved by the President.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The President
has approved the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, the Act authorizing the
Dennison and Wachita Valley Railroad
Company to construct and operate rail-
way through Indian Territory, and five
private pension bills. He also vetoed one
private pension bill
The Eight-Hour Rule Enforced.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The First Comp
troller of the Treasury has made decision
that whenever laborers, workmeD or me-
chanics employed in any of the executive
departments are required 10 work more
than eight hours a day, that they be enti-
tied to extra compensation for extra work,
unless there is contract with. the head of
the department to the contrary. The deci-
sion applies only to the classes named, and
not to clerks and other employees.
sheridan, sherman and Logan Coming to
Sacramento.
WASHINGTON July 2d.-Senator Stanford
has letters from Generals Sheridan, Sher-
man and Logan, accepting his invitation to
be present on Sacramento Day, during the
Fncampment of the G. A. r. Ex-Presi-
dent HAYES writes that he will not be able
to attend Mr.. Stamford is working among
the Senators, inviting them to visit Cali
foraia at that time and there is prospect
that quite number will accept.
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 2d.-The amendment |
TO the legislative appropriation bill for ad- !
ditionsl clerks for the Civil Service Com |
mission was opposed by Vance, who re-
marked that if the Commission was unable |
to do any more business X would be so |
much the better
Salisbury looked upon the Civil Service
Commission from beginning TO end as a
useless piece of machinery. If he had his
way he would repeal the law.
After a lengthy discussion the amend
ment was adOpted-yeas Sc, nays IL.
other amendments were proposed and
rejected, when the Senate took up the river
and harbor appropriation bill, and seon
after adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WAsB,sGroS, July 2d.-The House went
into Committee of the Whole Hammond
of Georgia N the chair on the general de-
ficiency bill.
There was no general debate, and the
hill was forthwith read for amendments.