Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-28
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.
WASHINGTON, February 27th.-The Sen
ate to-day resumed consideration of the
| bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
Company of Nicaragua. Several amend
ments reported by the Committee on For
eign Relations were agreed to.
Edmunds offered an amendment decIar-
ing that nothing in the Act should be
deemed or construed to restrict or impair
in any way any right of the United States
under any treaty in force with the republic
of Nicaragua. Agreed to.
Vest offered an amendment declaring
that nothing in the Act should be held or
construed TO involve in any manner the
United States in any pecuniary obligation,
except as TO the payment of tolls. Rejected.
Vest offered another amendment provid-
ing that no parts of the capital stock paid
in shall be at any time withdrawn or re-
turned to the stockholders, or be in any
manner diverted from the proper uses of
the corporation, and said that the same
was placed in the Tehuantepec bill of the
last Congress, and also of the Nicaragua
bill, on motion of the Senator from Yer
mont.
Teller opposed the amendment
Hoar suggested to Vest to modify his
| amendment by allowing the stock to be re-
turned to stockholders for the purpose of
winding up the corporation, and Vest
| modified it accordingly.
Vance called the attention of the Repub-
| lican Senators to the fact that the bill
omitted to require all the material used in
the work to be of American manufacture,
and he prophesied that these fellows would
buy their iron and steel and other materials
| wherever they could get them the cheapest
and best. Was not that" he asked IAN
evasion of the duty ?"
Teller replied: If the managers of the en-
! terprise were untrammeled, and would buy
| their picks and shovels and barrows where
| they could find them best and cheapest,
! they would buy them in the United States
| The Senator from North Carolina might
not worry himself on that point"
| Vests amendment was rejected
! Vance offered an amendment requiring
all laborers employed in the work to be
either native or naturaliZed citizens Re
| jected-yeas 10, nays 35.
The bill was then reported back from the
| ( Committee of the Whole. and the amend.
! ments agreed upon in committee concurred
| in. The bill was then passed-yeas IS,
nays 15
| The Senate then took up the bill grant
| ing pensions to ex-soldiers and sailors who
! are incapacitated for the performance of
manual labor, and providing for pensions
! to dependent relations OF deceased soldiers
and sailors.
| The second section was amended by add
| ing the words, land who are without other
adequate ways OF self-support.
Plumb moved to strike out the word
| totally" before the word "incapacitated. :"
and gave notice if his motion prevailed be
would move TO amend further by provid-
ing that the pension should be from 81 to
So per month, according to the degree of
| incapacity.
The amendment was agreed to-yeas, 81;
nays, %.
Plumb also moved to strike out the words
! Sin the degree herein specified" Agreed to
yeas, 26 nays, %.
Plumb also moved TO insert the follow
ing "All pensions granted to widows un-
der this or any other general law shall take
effect from the date of the death of the
husbands of such widows, respectively.
but not dating back of the passage of This
Act" Agreed to without division.
Call moved an amendment to make the
bill apply to those who served in the
Florida war, but accepted a modification OF
it moved by Morgan by making it apply to
those who served in the war with Mexico
dian tribes.
Without disposing of this amendment,
the bill was laid aside, and Blair proposed
an amendment, in order to have it printed,
providing for service pension at the rate
of $40 month. Adjourned
The House.
WASHINGTON, February 27th.-In the
House to-day Matson of Indiana, from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported
adversely the resolution reciting the 'one-
hundred-day circular issued by General
Black, Commissioner of Pensions, and
directing the committee to inquire whether
such circular was issued, and if so
whether any pension claims had been re-
iected through noncompliance with the
requests contained therein.
Matson said 1t had been stated that such
q circular had been issued, and its effect
had been statutory. Many claims had been
vigorously prosecuted and allowed, which
otherwise would have remained unacted
upon on account of the want of evidence.
Mason of Illinois regarded the
issuing of the circular as usurpa-
ton on the part of the Commissioner
OF Pensions. The circular in so many
words, said to claimants that unless their
claims were perfected within 100 DAYS they
would be dismissed. The Commissioner
had actually taken the place of Congress,
and had enacted statute of limitations in
one department of his Office Between 700
and 800 cases had been dismissed because
the claimants failed to perfect their evi-
dence within ten days. 1t was true case
could be reopened at any time on the filing
of additional proof, but that fact should
have been stated by the Commissioner in
his circular letter.
The resolution was tabled-ayes 119,
noes 80.
The following bills and resolutions were
introduced and referred:
By Morrow of California, calling on the
President for information as to what steps
had been taken to prevent the continued
immigration of Chinese laborers into the
country, notwithstanding the provisions of
the treaty of November II, 1870, and the
laws passed in pursuance thereof. Also, to
establish quarantine station at San Fran
cisco.
Altman of Indiana offered resolution
directing the Committee on Private Land
Claims to inquire into the matter of the
Maxwell land grant with view to the re-
lief of homestead and pre-emption settlers.
By Crane of Texas-A joint resolution
extending the term of Office of the Presi-
dent until the Both of April 1889, and
changing the date of the meeting of Con-
gress.
By Voorhees, of Washington Territory
For the appointment of a Commission to
select place for a naval station on the
Pacific Coast
By Carr of Wyoming the admission
of the State of Wyoming.
By Bayes of Pennsylvania resolution
reciting the allegation that the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs has forbidden mis-
sionaries from teaching the sacred scriptures
in the native language of the Indians in
any school supported in any part of the
United States, and calling on the Secretary
of the Interior for information as to the
authority of law under which this order
was issued.
By Mason of Illinois-Providing that
hereafter letters issued by the Commis-
sioner of Pensions and fixing the time in
which pension proofs must be furnished,