Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-04
FIfTlETH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.

cd and referred TO the committee on terri
tories.
Senator Voorhees, introduced bills for the
formation and admission Of the state Of Mon
cana. Referred ~ the committee on terri
tories.
After q long and important discussion In
tho senate the resolution to refer the presi-
dents message on Pacific railroads to especial
committee Of seven senators Changed from
five, was agreed to.
The following bills were introduced
BY Senator Davis-To amend the pension
laws so that they shall not prohibit the pay
ment Of pension money To any person who
served In the late rebellion against the United
States, but afterwards voluntarily enlisted In
the military or naval service OF the United
States and incurred disability In the line Of
duty.
BY Mr.. Hoar-To change the time OF meet
Ding Of the long session of congress othe hrs'
Monday In October, and of the short session
TO the second Monday In November,
BY Senator Plumb-For an extension Of the
southern and western boundaries OF Kansas
so as TO include the public land strip.
By Senator Wilson, of Iowa-To amend the
stoficc appropriation act Of March 3, 1876,
so as to provide that publications of the sec
,ond class may be transmitted through the
mails free of charge to subscribers who live
IN another county. but receive their mail in
the county In which the publication ia issued.
The bill to authorize the construction OF q
railroad, wagon and foot passenger bridge
across the Mississippi river st or near Burling-
ton, Iowa, was passed.
Senator Hoar called up the motion made by
Senator Gorman SON time since to recon
slider the vote by which the senate had or
dered a special committee of five on Pacific
railroad matters.
Senator German said his motion had been
made under the general impression that a
eubiect of such magnitude had better be CON
sidcrcd by the standing committee. He now
thought best to refer 1t to II select committee.
lie suggested, however, that the committee
consist of seven, not five, members
After further discussion a motion to refer
the matter to the railroads committees, made
10y Senator Davis, was rejected. The original
resolution was modified 10y increasing the
membership Of the select committee to seven
and IL was then adopted-yeas, 81; nays, 10.
Senator Palmer then addressed the senate
at some length on the subject OF a bill intro
duced by him on the 18th inst, to regulate
Immigration. The bill was referred TO the
committee on foreign relations and the senate
proceeded TO the consideration OF the d~etiCion-
cY bill. No disposition OF 1t was made before
adjournment.
WAsuINGToN, Jan. 25-Nothing of special
Importance was transacted In the senate to
day, with the exception Of Senator Halc''
bin calling for an appropriation to be applied
TO the completion OF certain naval vessels nov
in process Of construction.
Allison, of Iowa, made IA lengthy speech il
which he declared he would not vote for Sen.
ator Ilalc's bill In its present form, bot would
vote for il under different circumstances The
amount called for in the bill was S26l, l6l.
The vessels to bc completed are the Chicago,
Boston and Atlanta.
Senator Allison said: | will tell you what J
propose to DO. ! shall vote against the amend
ment offered by the senator from Maine, al
though | should be glad to vote for it under
other circumstances. ! shali also vote against
the proposition to iuscrt the item FOR a tunnel
90 Increase the Washington water supply, al
though ] believe that IL the most pressing
puolic service for which money can
be- appropriated at present. ! have said
lthis much for the purpose of show
ing TO the senate and TO the people elsewhere.
who may be itorestcd in the subject, that this
bill Is not before the senate now on account
of any fault In the senate; that il is here be
cause last year il was delayed elsewhere unit
Il WAS impossible to have it passed into "A law
and that wherever and wheucesoeyer comes
the statement that the bill failed last year be
cause of the conduct OF the senate, ! repcl it
and deny that thc senate was in any sense re-
sponsible.
Senator Deck said that since the debate be-
gan he had taken pains 10 inquire and had as
ccrtained that another deficiency bill contain
i.g I'll those important items Of appropria
ton, would hc before the senate within q
week from this time.
Senator Hale Withdrew bis amendment
Senator Eyarts mov,d "a strike out Of the
item Of 500, 0Oo for repayment OF duties on
imports collected the provision limiting the
rate OF Interest thereon To ) per cent. Re
tccted.
Senator Evarts then moved to add to the
proviso the words "but this amendment shal
not affect existing suits or demands Agreed
90. Without further amendments the bill
was passed, and after III executive session In
senate adjourned
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. -rhe senate tool
from the calendar and passed the bill incrcas
ing the pension for total deafness from Sl3 q
$50 per month and allowing a proportional
rating for partial deafness. The entire in
crease OF expense to the treasury will not cN
coed 100000 n year.
After a debate the bill giving o pension o
1900 a year 20 the widow OF Gen. Logan wa
passed by Il vote Of - TOT.
Senator Berry opposed the bill on TN
ground that any dill which gave the widow o
major general a pension of 5000. while tn
widow ot a private soldier got only $l2
month, was wrong in principle; and also OF
the eround that the widows OF two or tire,
major generals should not be selected to ge
this large pension, while widows of othel