Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-05-21
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The Governors Party Receive Very
Cordial Welcome at Sioux
Falls Yesterday. H..
The DOings in Both Houses of Con-
gress-Important Gleanings
From All Sections.
SENATE.
THE PENSION BILL.


sented memorial of the United States &
Brazil steamship company, the Pacific Mail
steamship company, the New York & Cuba
Mail steamship company, "Red Line" of
steamers and the New York s. Havana and
Mexican Mail steamship companies. In
presenting the memorial Mr.. Hale re-
marked that it denied squarely what had
that attempts had been made to improperly
influence congress in favor of what were
called subsidies.
At2 o'clock the pension bill was placed
before the senate, but was temporarily
laid aside to permit Mr.. Coke to address
the senate on the house "labor arbitration"
bill. Mr.. Coke said he would vote for that
bill after one or two amendments had been
made to it. He believed that it provided
the best possible remedy for the difficulties
with which the bill dealt. That remedy
was voluntary arbitration, to be appealed
to by the parties Immediately concerned.
The pension bill was then laid before the
senate, pending Mr.. Blair's amendment to
the amendment Of Mr.. Van Wyck. Mr..
bill a proviso that no soldier under the act
should hereafter receive less than eight
dollars month. The amendment proposed
by Mr.. Blair is to provide that no pension
paid hereafter under any law to any SOL
dier should be rated at less than four dol
lars month. Mr.. Mcpherson said that
the. senate was not definitely informed as to
I, fI,,h Aoy~ d.,
treasury. He moved that the bill be re-
committed. Mr.. Blair said it would take
from $20,O00,000 to $25,OO0,OOO year. Mr..
VOORHEES, favored the bill. He would not
be deferred from following the inclination
of his heart by the calculation Of how much
it would cost. The worst event that could
afflict the community was the accumula-
ton of vast amounts of money in few
hands The dollar that did good was the
active, busy dollar, whether the silver dol
lar or otherwise. Mr.. Cullom thought it
the duty of the government to put on the
pension roll soldiers who were unable to
take care of themselves, without requiring
themto prove that their disabilities were
incurred in the service. The senate went
into executive session and when the doors
reopened adjourned.
HOUSE.
t. CONSIDERING THE SENATE BILL.
Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia, from the commit
tee on postoffices and post roads, reported
back the postofice appropriation bill with
the senate amendments, and it having been
referred to the committee of the whole, the
house went into committee of the whole
for the purpose of considering the senate
am mendments.
Mr.. Blount addressed his remarks to that
clause which is known as the subsidy"
amendment, and made an argument in op-
position to it. The appropriation of $780,
600, he contended. would not secure any
advantage in the way of obtaining addi-
tional mail trips, but would have contrary
effect. He stated that the mails now car
ried by the Oriental and Occidental line, at
a cost of $3,500, would have to be carried
by the Pacific Mail at a cost of $109,620.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, in supporting
the amendment, said it only authorized the
postmaster general to do with the foreign
service exactly what he did with the star
route and coast wise service, and all this
talk about the subsidy was simply an APP
peal to prejudice. To-day there were two
lines running from the United States to
South Amerca-the Red Line to Venezu-
ella, and a line to Brazil-Aud to these lines
for carrying mails the government paid
the manifcent sum of S563 ...a'. sA.a
Mr.. Wakefield, of Minnesota, opposed
the amendment, and regretted that his well
known opposition to the subsidy clause
had subjected him to groundIess attacks.
A Washington dispatch to the st. Paul Pi-
oneer Press had declared that the opposi-
ton shown by Mr.. Guenther and himself
to the clause had been instigated by
Captain Cadman, as the representative of
the English steamship company. This, he
said, was an inexcusable falsehood. ~rs
Pending further discussion, the commit
tee arose and the house adjourned
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