Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-12
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
District Day Postponed in the House
and the Legislative Bill Taken Up.
THE MEXICAN PENSIONS BILL.
The Senate Passes It and Takes Up the
River and Harbor Bill.
The Senate.

The Senate.
The chair (by request) introduced a bill to
stop all payments of public money to James b.
EadS, his associates or assigns Tor past. present
or future work at the mouths of the Mississippi
river, until further ordered by Congress. Re-
ferred.
The Senate resumed consideration of the cal
endar ana tthe objection of Mr.. RlddieberSer
last saturday not being again inierpo>ed) tue
senate blli To preven t obstruction and injurious
deposits WITHIN the harbor and adjacent waters
vi new 1orh clty, by dumping or otnerwISe,
was taken up at the request OF Mr.. Miller and
passed.
Ou motion of Mr.. Hoar the committee on
privileges and elections got permission 10 sit
during the sessions of the Senate. Ut is under
STOOD that this Is connected with the considera-
ton OF the Payne case)
The Housc bill granting pensions to the SOL
diers and sailors of the Mexican war
passed with amendment reported by the
committee on pensiOnS.)
The bill as passed directs the Secretary of the
lnterlOf u Place On the pension ron the nalne>
ol the surviving officers and enlisted men Qn-
Guiding lnarines. militia and voiunleers) VINO,
icing duly enlisted, actually served sixty days
Win the ARMY Or navy OF the United States III
Mexico, or Oh the coasts or frontier thereof, or
Ell route thereto, in the war with that nation,
or who were actually engaged in battle in
said war, and were hOnoraDiy discharged (anu
their surviving WIuOwS.) Provided that such
widows have not remarked. And provided that
every SUCH officer,enlIsted man OF widow who Is
or may become siNy-two years of e,or who is
pendency equivalent to some cause recognized
by the pension laws AS a sufficient reason ior
the allowance OF Il pension, shall be entitled to
the Dement'S OF the acts except where such diSi-
o!iity or dependency WAS incurred i'll aiding or
abettinS the late rebelIon.) The pensions are
to be So month payable only after the passage
OF the act. The law Is not to apply TO persons al
ready receiving pensions at Or over that rate and
where persons (entitled under this law are
already receiving pensions less than SS
month the pension Shall only be lor the diller-
ence up to So.
A House bill for the relief of Alexander X.
Shepherd, oi Tuscaloosa. Ala, was passed with
alnendment.) Also u Senate bill To credit the
state oi Oregon with Sl2,396 for ordnance and
ordnance stores.
which Went over without action, were the fol-
lowing: 10 eQualiZe the bCunties of soldiers,
sailors and marines OF the late war, Mr.. Logan's
Dliil Setting apart Il certain tract vi iald lying
near the he.tdwaters of the Yellowstone river
as a public park. To encourage the mauutac-
ture of steel for modern army ordnance and the
like Tor modern naval ordinances tthe Diii
ported by MIR. Haw!ey, from the committee on
coast deIenseS) \ senate blll in relation to the
offices oi general and lieutenant general OF the
army.
At 1890 the consideration OF the calendar
was laid aside.
CONGREssMEN AS RAILROAD ATTORNEYS.
Mr.. Hoar, from the judiciary committee,
reported back, with substitute, MIR.
Becks bill to prohibit members of Con.
gresS from acting as attorneys or employes OF
railroads that nave received grants of Land
from the United States. He saiu he had him.
Sell prepared a substitute which he proposed 10
ofier Tor That OF the committed.
Mr.. Coke, on behalf oI himself, Mr.. Wilson of
Iowa, Mr.. Vest and Mr.. George (inembers OF the
Judiciary committeel, expressed dissent from
the report of the majority, and gave notice OF
substitute which they would offer at the proper
time.
The bill and all the substitutes were ordered
and were placed on the calendar.
UNDER VALUATIONS AT THE NEW YORK CUSTOM
HOUSE.
Mr.. HOar inquired of the chairman of the
committee Oh finance as to the condition of the
investigation into the alleged under-valuation
OF merchandise at the New York custom house
Mr.. Allison stated that u subcommittee of
the cominittee On finance had taken {, good
deal OF testimony Oh tine subject There were,
and had been Tor many year>, great abuses iii
the valuation of goods III the New York Gus
tom house; but the causes were primarily in
the system existing there. The system
was totally inefficient in it's organization.
The subcommittee had (after consultation with
members Oh the House, concluded to await the
action Of the House Oh tue Hewitt bill. That
Dill, however, would probably not pass at this
session. He believed that il was the purpose OF
the committee on finance To continue The in-
Vesligation during the vacation of Congress
and 10 try to make some report early next ses-
sion.
THE RIVER AND HARRoR BILL.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the river and harbor appropriation biil-the
pending question being on the Hennepin canal
and the Michigan and Illinois canal amend
ment.
Mr.. Allison argued In favor OF the amend
1nent.
House of Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House Il message
from the President announcing his dsapprOvai
OF the bill Tor the erection oi a pubic building
at Asheville, y. {. Referred to the committee
on public buildings and grounds.
A Till was passed authorizing the Secretary
OF War to loan tents to the Southwestern Iowa
and Northwestern Missouri soldiers associa-
ton, and to the Tri-State Veterans association
OF Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, tor reunion
purposes.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
Uncer the call of states the following bills
&c, were introduced and referred: By Mr.
Wheeler (Ala) )-Declaring it to be the sense OF
the House that Congress should not adjourn
until it has enacted Il law appropriating u por-
tion OF the surplus money in the Treasury to
BY Mr.. Rodgers (Ark. k.l-Authorizing the Presi-
Gent to create commission to dispose OF
claims for citizenship in the tive civilized tribes.
By Mr.. Murphy tIowa)-For the relief ot set
tiers GU the public lands. By Mr.. Robertson
lky.)-Appropriating $4,000 ior the erection
Abraham Lincoln. BY Mr. Lowering Mass
by request-Io abolish the Importation OF Itai-
ian or other slaves or laborers under contract
and held to involuntary servitude into the
United States. BY Mr.. Maybury Mich )-In-
cooperating the Great Falls railway com pany.
BY Mr.. Hewitt tN: l)--A resolution calling
the probable advantages or disadvantages to
accrue to the United States by the operation of
the reciprocity treaty with Mexico.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
Business relative To the District Of CoIumaia
having been postponed until Thursday next
the House went into committee of the whole
(Mr. BlOunt, of Georgia. in ne chair, upon the
Senate amendments to the legislative apprO-
prlatt0n bill.
District i'm Congress-.
BONDS OF EXECUTORS.
The Senate to-day passed the House bill to
amend the law relating to the bonds Of execu-
tors in the District 1t provides that whenever
testator Shall by last will aud testament re-
quest that his executor be not required to give
bona 1of the performance OF his duty, then the
DOnu required shall Ue only Such as the court
may consider sufficient to secure payment of
the debts Ga the teStator; but that II II snail be
maze 10 appear TO the court that the assets OF
the estate are Delug wasted, Or are III danger OF
DelnS lost, then the court may remove the exc
cutof or require additional bond. On motion of
Mr. Edlnunus, u new section was added, pro-
vidlng that when il Is the evident Intention Of
the testator to SO dispose OF his property his
Will was made. The object OF this section Is to
prevent the necessity OF making a new will
every Time the property Of a person changes in
klnd or character, and to enable Will to cover
all the property that person may die possessed
OF.
BILL TO PAY PATRICK COOK.
A bill to pay Patrick Cook, OF Washington,
the sum of 81 500 awarded him by the late
board of audit for damages done to his property
was passed In the Senate to-day.
Capitol Topics.
THE PAYNE CASE.
On motion of Mr. HOar the Senate committee