The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-28

and no less amount shall be allowed to any
pensloner being soldier, under this or any
previous act.
Senator Blair's amendment to the Van
Wyck amendment was reIected-yeas 10,
nays ~
Senator Logan's amendment to the
amendment was also reJected-yeas q!
nays ~
Senator Blair moved, as substitute for
the pending amendment. provision that
no pension hereafter to be paid under any
law to any soldier shall be rated at less
than "a month.
Senator Butler submitted an amendment,
to be proposed by him at the proper time,
providing for pension of So month to
each surviving soldier of the Mexican war.
Without further action the senate went
into executive session, and when the doors
reOpened adjourned.
MAY 1s.-The pension bill was laid be-
fore the Senate this afternoon. The pend
the amendment of Mr.. Van Wyck. Mr..
Van Wyck's amendment is To add to the
bill provso that no soldier under the act
should hereafter receive less than SIS u
month The amendment proposed by Mr..
Blair is to provide, instead, that no pension
paid hereafter under any law TO any soldier
should be rated at less than 81 q month.
Mr.. Mcpherson said the senate was not
definitely Informed as to the amount the
bill would take from the Treasury. In
order to get some information as to
the approximate amount, he moved that
the bill be recommitted to the Committee
on Pensions.
Mr.. BLAIR said it would take from $780,
100000 to So, 100000 u year, as far as he
had been able To estimate, but undoubtedly
the amount was not easily ascertainable.
He regarded the question, however, as like
that of man paying his debts. The debts
oughtto be paid, whether they were large
or small. He saw no special advantage in
rapOlnmlttnl OnnOCaI mntiOn
Mr., Teller did not think any further in
formation could be secured by recOmmittal.
He favored the bill, even though it took
more than the amount estimated by Mr..
Blair. Mr.. Voorhees, SAID he would vote
for this bill He had listened to the Objec-
tons that had been made to the bill. He
would not be deferred from following the
inclination OF his heart by calculation Of
how much it would cost.
Mr.. CullOm SAID his idea of the bill was
that soldiers who were diseased from any
cause not arising from their own folly or
wickedness should be put on the pension
roll IL not able to take care OF themselves.
He thought it the duty of the government
10 put on the pension roll all soldiers who
were unable TO take care Of themselves
without requiring them to prove that their
disability was incurred In the service. LII
some such bill as this was not passed we
would fl nj Inc Old soldiers in the poor
houses OF the country.
Mr.. Ingalls, said he would vote for the
bill, though he thought it might be !nado
more definite i'm some respects. lie would
not vote to rccommit, because no good
could be done by that course. 1t would be
futile for the committee to attempt to esti-
mate how many OF the 100000 men who
enlisted in the Union army and navy would
be entitled to pension under this bill.
House.
MAY 13.-'Ihe House continued the dis
cussiOn of the Chinese indemnity resolution
in the morning hour to-day. Mr.. Rice of
Mass.) supported it us right in internation-
al law and cited cases in which England
and the United States had demanded SINH
lar redfess. He trusted that there would
be now an arm as long aand voice us
strong to exact indemnity from England
for the injuries her subjects were now per-
petratng and seeking to perpetrate upon
American fishermen. Applause. The
president had assured congress that the
0utrages at Rock Springs had been COM
mitted by aliens, as had the Outrages in
Chicago which had shocked the country,
and Mr.. Rice hoped that the murderers IN
Chicago would be visited with that pun
ishment which has not yet been visited up
OH their felow-assassins in Wyoming.
The House adopted resolution request
ing the president To inform the house what
steps have been taken by him to have the
seizure of the David j. Adams investigated,
and to communicate ut the earliest practic-
able day what were the circumstances un-
der which the seizure was made.
MAY IA bill proposing an extension
of patent gave rise to q lively debate in
the House to-day on tariff reduction. Mr..
Dunn, of Arkansas, speaking i'll opposition
to the bill, intimated that the operation of
the patent laws created monOp0lies, and
people of the West aud benefited manufact-
urers of the East. Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania defended the tariff laws, and said
that il the policy of Arkansas would per-
nit development OF her material resources
she would shine respondent among the i'll
dustrial nations of the world and her peo-
pie would abound in wealth. In reply to n
question by Mr.. Damn, as to what prevent
ed them from SO doing, Mr. Kelley said:
''The theory that led to the establishment
workshops should be on the other side of
the ocean," Mr.. ButterwOrth, in defending
the patent laws said it was the inventive
genius of the republic that made it what it
was, that the genius of invention was the
genius OF God.
MAY 15-Mr. Willis. OF Kentucky, called
up the special order, being the bill TO estab-
lish sub-treasury at Louisville, KY. in the
House tonight Mr.. Morrison opposed the
bill and had read n letter from Treasurer
Jordan that there was no necessity for adj
ditiOnal sub-treasuries. and that those at
Sta Louis Baltimore, Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Chicago might be dispensed with
and their functions performed by the ma
tlOnal banks with greater economy and less
risk than under the present system. Mr..
Holman thought that the additional sub
treasury was unnecessary.
MIR Pettibone favored the bill, and said it
would be great convenience to people do
ing business at Louisville. MIR. Bland
agreed with Mr.. Pettbone, and said that it
would aid in circulating silver dollars. He
thought Treasurer Jordan aid not desire to
circulate the silver dollars, but the House
should not aid him in his hostility.
Mr.. Hewitt said the proposition was
based upon an entire error as TO the sub
treasures. They are not for the conve-
nence of the people, and could only be
made so by usurping banking functions,
and If there was anything against which the
Democratic side was committed it was any
union of the government with the banks.
The sub-treasuries were established for the
convenience of the Treasury as place of
deposit and every function they performed
beyond that was an abuse. Any one who
wanted silver dollars could get them.
Mr.. Hewitt SAID he had introduced bill
by. which the government would be COM
PEELED to give a gold dollar for silver dol
lar whenever presented at the Treasury,
and expressed his Willingness to support
fah tit,sr I'm