Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-17

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Ara. MAry A. fhomas, Who had acted
ns volunteer - Nv Nurse and Sapsrin-
senaAut u Nursss 81 Fssderick, Md.
Kha bill vas PASSED.
Tue senate thea resumed eonaiaara-
tion Of the river and baFbor oin. The
Qneation was anAlly taken ON aaraaina
% the Commi.tooas amandmant falne.
ing TIE appropriation IS per eanA. ana
it vas agreed 20; yeas 81. nays ia. Ths
bill vas then passed; yeas ~, naya {.
Tue senate then took up eha nRval
appropriation bill.
Tue amendmonta reported bv the
Committee on Appropriations were al
aereed 70 without question and the bill
Waa pasasd.
TIE senate then adioarnsd
msuae.
WkszIS0roE, Jaly l6.-Tha Hoase ~
gamed consideration oe tho Lsei ialaflEa
Appropriation bill Il was naRsad 10,
thns diaposiog of % many Of the amand-
menea u dispate as wera agreed 10 hy
the Conferences Oomnission.
Canaon Of Illinois moved thai the
House reeeda from ia diaaQreemant a
sue Senate amondmenta proridinq for
an increase Of she clerical fores of the
Civil Service Oommitteo. Agreed %.
Matson Of indiAna called 40 The ~
port Of the CommiItee on knsalid PEN
sions, the message Of the Presid ut ".
toing the bill ponsioninQ q. W. Teller
and the utatemsnt that she ease had
besn reopsned IN the Penaion Onias.
The consideration Of the report Waa
postponed until next ns sion.
Maison then called up tue veto mea-
sage on tho blll RFAniinGa q psnsion e
Elizabeth Lnos Fornsy Of Alabama. and
raised the Qaealioa of c0naidarAtlon,
desiring that the House should take 40
The fortihoalion Appropriation bill. bul
b. a vote IL s. 30 % sac H0asa datse-
mined 20 consider the pension oaas. n
this ease q majority Of the committees
recommended that tho bill paaz. not
Withslanding the Veta % She President,
while the minority reported that the
bill should not pasA
Ths Speaker announced that tha
l question vas on tbs passage at eha blll
over the veto, and 4 Was decided ID TIE
neRative-yeas 1i6, nays 12ti not q osn-
siltutional two-thirds voting "a the az
hrmative. The folIoging Dsmooraf1
voted 20 pass the bill over tha vasns
Carlton, F0ran. Frederick. 0sddas,
Maybpry, Iaraney, Weaver Of Iowa,
Walgord and Wortbington.
Belmont, ot New Xork, from the Oom-
mittae on Foreign AdaiFa, reported the
resolution which vas adepiod. Fequeat-
ina tie President % furnish tie House
with ali tho correspondence n0t hereto
fore made public, between the Govern
meut OF she United states aud she Re-
publios of NioaraRua and Costa Riea
since 1876, 10 reference 70 The looation
and construction Of an inteRooeanio
oanai By san Juan river and Lake Mica
ragua. and relating 20 the treaty and
other rights of bordering Fepablics.
lhe next veto message called up vas
that vet0iRR tbs bill p6nsioninR UathsE.
ins MCCARTHY. On this question also q
majority Of the COMMITTEES on Invalid
Pensions Recommended the passage %
tho bill, while = minority recommended
sustaining The veto Of the President In
tbis, a. IN the previous case. the Speak
o. pro fssl.. Mr.. Mills, Of Texas, raaog.
niEsd Mataon. Of kndiana, who had
signed both minority reports, 10 call for
the previoas question.
Against this the Rspuhlioana vleor-
oasiy protested. oontondinQ that the
Char could hava recognised one of the
me@bers who had signed iho majority
report 10 control the door, instead of
recognising q membsr who held tho neg.
alive side OF TIE question, and giving
him the power % shat % debate.
The House refused 20 pass the bill
over the veto, ytas 122. nays ~, bol z
constitutional tWo-thirda vote In tha
afhFuAtiya.
rhs next message called up vas that
vetslng tue bill 70 grant = pension 70
Joseph homlseF. Ia this ease ths Oam.
mittes % Invalid Ponaions IA unanl.
mously % she opinion that she bill
should Be passed over The veto. The
bill gAs PASSED over the veto, yeaa i7s,
naya35.
1he House then took q roosss until
o'clock. The evening session viii b
for the consideration Of psnsioea.
Representative MoFFill, Of Kansas,
from the Committee en- Invalid Pen
sioas, today reported back 9 bill grant
ing nn increased pension 70 John w.
farTis, of Missouri. with the Feo0mmen-
dation that u be passed oVse she RFasl-
dents veto. The report says that IN
tbs application be alleges tbak the dis
ease q his eyes was the Tasnlt of
diAFFh0a, o0Btfaoted 10 SERVES, a1d
cites the opinion of q medical examlnof
10 the eject thai disease - she eyes
.INILu. I.AuNN NNEE II uIHINLLMAa y al N.aEH
satiou Of thia report be quotes tue iesti-
monF Of several physinisns 30 tha a9sc1
that fhe claimanlia Impaired vision wal
tue direcs efset of diaTrh@a Tha
Commiftse, hcWevsf, does not deem q
absoiniely essential thai Il shall b
proved With mathematical certainty
that the loss Of sight vas The result d
military service bua holds that Con-
Rfess has The right 70 grant tue reiief
sought without question, and that u 9aa
duty 70 Do 80 the Committee, without
sxsepsion, bsiitvsa
Representative ConRaF rspuriad baak,
with q reeommendation similar % tkat
mace IN tba Absfo mentioned ease, ne
bili granting q ptnainn 10 David 4.
Elderkln. 81 Ioua. Eiderkiu waa dia.
honorably disoharQed and nled 90 ap-
plioation for pension alleging inauifY,
bot 4 uas refused % the afou1d of Ia
sufisismt proof. This fact, aaNefha3
With his bad record. had weiQh1 win
ths President IN Teteing The bill. 1n
ths report the eommissee says that ahig
seems 70 Be- q msFitorioga eass. and tie
oniy possible obisoiiou thai could -
urged against the oiaim ia ths ciaim-
ants dishoacFable dlseharae, bat this,
ii says, seems 50 Be fully expiAined. ana
I Wniie secn1t1ally ne aolol1Fa f4uiA. -
certainly Was n0t 10 spiFit % intsnt de-
seffisn. The egmfaittee &nd thar hla
1aafuesg and dspiofsblo insanity we're
unqassziona5iy tbs reaalt of Wunuda Fa-
saiged in service and Il therefore seosm-
nends the passage q ne biii over ths
veto.
TIE sane commitiaa agFsed 10 take
fhs esme aetiou Ia tbs eass - TIE ball
RrantinR Z pension - Sarah Ann Brad
ley, q Oai0, Who k1d q husband aad
four sons IN tie army. The kfealdont
vetoed this biil o. t1e RrQQnd TIE has
band did not tis % disease ogn1faote4
uhiis % nervice, bui tbs commifien does
uot reRagd lbaf ftct - ez1ential nu4
holds thna lba sFidaDee shat NE aIaim-
ant i depeudsn1 a auia1ienl " uaffau1
the alioaaucs of 80 slaim-
Repreaen1AilVe Eii4pQfy VII pHaaH4f
. roDort 10 tkis csaa.