Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-03-10
House.

mr rayS"h OF l''lIlolS' from the coInnlttes
"i Pun" 't''m'S' icl"r'ci Iuo se,.ote ON u,
qulet iltIgS OF settlers ON thG l)eS MONIES river
it'l''lS III IOWA re gave history OF 'he raSs
IRON tlie t'ile tr grant OF lands was MADE 10
lhe nt'tle n' IOWA, aug Sta'Gl lhaI s'W acres
were ,nNo'Ne" III lne OIL ~ '''i",ollSuuc,
wv, VI ."e S,a'', ny art VIZ Siatoo' io"a ,''tl
sou certain "i''ua 10 "nlcI II WAS moi ei'liei,
a,lu nau - "n,e'i certain oIler l'InS 10 Tue
We" Mo,IM@ hal'roaH ana Navigation Com
Nhily' ms S'a'e "l ai'hlfs had given rise 10
much litigation, ana The purpose OF the I'M
was SIMPLY 10 a'l3w lF,f'lrS VINO VINO hal n'hde
ee'nl"'"h anu il"''t"ea,i lungs on tI''Se
I'iluS 10 h'lNea S'a'Mi!G III lle courts ana
nav Tue IueSV'",' Jui'''h'iy ue'eI''"''eu "s u
",vthr' ~ ,'ie i"il'' WIS pune la',l
,He ON was PlSNe,' without uIN Nipil
mr.. iierpert OF Ala'hnla, from the com
iillttee on naval ni'allS, reported back tho
.eSolu,ioh Gaining on tile secretary OF the
navy lor '0lii!!ele liSI OF lhe "lh eTS now
OH Ihe reIired 'iSt ~ tle navy, toS'iher WIN
d statement ni the SPECIFIC reasons ior WhIcu
'hey were p'arei thereoi, Adopted
MI stone OF Missouri, from lhe committee
on pune iahds, reported the hlII iorlelllna
certain lands granted to the Southern PA
enc halIroad company
IN the morning hour the house passed tld
OH 10 annex ,he northern part OF the Ierrh
tory OF Idaho to Washington Territory.
Inc mouse then went mo committee OF tha
Whole on the haii EaIIoh Hquor TAX mi whe1
the committee rose lhey reported TIE Dlll "
the mouse, ana 1t passed without division.
The house went INTO committee OF the whols
(Mr' CRISP OF Georgia IN the CHAIR ON the penn
sion Appropriation bill.
Mr.. loWnshend OF limos, who had chargt
OF the hlll; explained ITS provisions. ltaF
propilated' he SAID, S'''14,2oo, or about SD
oOO,oOO more Than was carried by the law TOT
the current year The amount of money ap
proprlated by the bill was large, but it should
be as cheerfluly sanctioned by Congress ana
borne by the people as any other sum THAI
was paid out On public expenditure. No ap
preparation was more Just; and no money
pald OUT or Inc national treasury accom-
pllshed more general good than the money
expended by this bill. No better use could
be made of the vast surplus in the Treasury
than to pay it out on meritoriouS claims fOi
pensions and other Just dues to the soldiers
Mr.. Henderson OF Iowa went into an anal
ysls OF the negative vote on the bill to in
crease the pensions OF soldiers widows. The
total vote in the negative he said was G6
The total democratic noes were 66; the total
republican noes were none The total noes
from the South were III; the total noes from
the North were :. The vote of the gentleman
from New York tMr. Hewitt did not disturb
him much, for the gentleman was not stand
ing authority on any great question. He
lMr. Henderson, was little troubled about
his friend from Wisconsin lMr. Bragg who
had cast the other Northern No." still
the gentleman could not go far as Northern
authority for the reason that man who
would vote against widow, and at the same
time make his leading effort in this Congress
to restore to enormous pay and position Fitz
J0hn Porter, was not high authority any
where III the land. This was significant
rove gnu SleaU lesson was 10 ne learner
.tni, ~ Nv 'ie la.c vai'ilais" III l'Ie Nortn'
t,G ict.''nSd', pau i'u,' oeeil .i''I 5e' WIN
peaus .ne Ph ~ VI sevtIol n ,le parry
..s'U Ma.eu we ,eilS''llSuliieo garment inc
sa tuav M"u,u eve, asaiil li'ake 'he clrse,
ai'er 'hat S'nil'Ir N"te, ""''u cl"Ne his eye'
" une 1tutn. ,,,,. ,,-,,. ,,,
Mr; i'i,lll'n ol o3uI,' ,arolliia-' ohSldei
ing tIn. tne J. onIe'lerate States pay ahout
one,.'i s VI .'!e taxes 10 'le ieueTal govern
l.e,o ior Pelislolis ana 40 nor Ee' pack 'hl"e
teulS' considering alNo tila' from tine lonnda
si w vi ttle government TO 'h' present Time
20 cHohln was coilsi,iered SliiIlcieht. pen
son ior WIDOWS, can the gentleman complain
t tnaI southern iiie'hpers are tiylhSto restrain
'ilp necessarily large expenditures Tor pen
Sio'is "ith'h tne rules 'hat preVa''ei hereto