The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-29
Partisan Politics Rampant on ths
Occasion.
The House Grapples With the oklahoms
Bill and then Turns Its Attention
to Public Buildings.
SENATE.

luton offered last week by Mr.. Hoar to
continue the investigation of last session
into certain events, alleged to have taken
Hackworth and others, was reported
hack from the Committee on Contingent
Expenses and agreed to.
NATIONAL BANK RESOLUTION REFERRED
Among the bills introduced and refer
red to Committees was the following:
By Mr.. Observation-Disclosures the
issue of circulating notes to national
banks TO the par value of the bonds de-
posted therefor.
INVESTMENT OF TREASURY FUNDS.
The Senate Committee on Finance has
ordered favorable report ON Senator
Sherman's bill for the investment of GER
tain funds in the Treasury. The bill has
been amended as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, that
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed from time to
time to invest not exceeding so per cent.
of the fund held in the Treasury for the
redemption of notes of national banks
| failed or in liquidation, and reducing
the circulation, by purchase in open
market of any bonds of the United States
bearing interest. That whenever the
money on hand to the credit of the said
| fund shall fall below 20 per cent. of the
| fund deposited the Secretary of the
| Treasury is hereby authorized and di-
rected from time to time to sell in open
l e 4 L.,
| chased for said fund as may be necessary
| in his opinion, to enable him to pay as
| presented any notes of national banks
| for redemption for which said fund is
| held; the purpose of this section being
| to maintain in the Treasury for such re-
| dennption not less than 90 per cent, and
not exceeding 30 per cent, of the money
deposited
| PUBLIC BUILDING FOR NEW ORLEANS.
On motion of Mr.. Eustis, the Senate
bill for the purchase of a site and erec-
ton Of building for a post office,
United States Courts and other Govern
ment uses in New Orleans, not to exceed
ir cost 81 ,200, 900, was taken from the
calendar and passed.
DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of the bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated
from performing manual labor and pro-
viding for pensions to dependent rela-
tives of deceased soldiers and sailors, the
question being on the adoption of Mr..
Calls amendment making the b i'll apply
also to those who served in the war with
Mexico or for thirty days in any of the
Indian wars. The amendment was
agreed to.
Mr.. Blair offered a resolution changing
the phraseology of the second section
and in explaining it he said that the con
struction given in the debate yesterday
to the word ''incapacitated' would max.
the bill one of the most far reaching o.
any pension bin yet passed. Inasmucl
as the minimum pension for the slightes
incapacity would be S12 month, he die
not believe that with that construction
given to it The bill would ever cross sue
cessfully the wide waste lying between
the Senate and the statute book. HI
|
before inserting in the bill provisions fol
the Indian and other wars, and shoult
provide in it exclusively for ex-soldier
of the war of the rebellion.
G. A. R. BILL.
Mr.. Henderson appealed to the Senat
to pass the bill as it had been formulated
by the Pension Committee of the Gran,
Army of the Republic. He would b
glad to see bill passed in the nature o
a service pension bill, but he did no
think it well to cucumber the pendin
bill with that idea.
Mr. Davis, who has charge of the bill
conceded with Mr.. Henderson in tn
opinion that all of the amendment
adopted yesterday should be struck ou
and the bill left as reported unanimousl
from the Committee on Pensions. 1t ha'
been prepared, he said, by a committe
representing 100000 members of til
Grand Army of the Republic, who kne,
the wants to be remedied and the need
to be supplied. They had said I'VE wi
u be content with this. We ask no MOI
for the present. We trust to the futu,
< for the further relief to which we al
entitled"
A JUGGLE CONCEALED.
Mr. Plumb intimated that there ws
something of .'juggle" concealed
the bill. The effort seemed to be to &
up bill not to meet the wishes of Co
gress. but to meet the wishes of som
body else. He repeated his beliefs TIL
the Grand Army of the Republic did n
indorse the bill as it stood. But. wheth
it did or not, he was in the Senate
legislate and to consider what was dl
to the ex-soldiers of the Union and
an enlightened public opinion. In co
st cltision he called on the Democrat
members of the Committee ON Pensio
to express their views as to the bill.
MR.. FAULKNRR's OPINION.
Mr.. Faulkner, member of that col
mittee, said that after careful analy'
and examination of the bin he had Civ
it his support in committee and wou
give it his support in the Senate Gnis
the amendments now in it We're retaine
If those amendments were retained
would vote against the passage of t
bill. He declared that if the bill pass