Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-27
Fiftieth COngress--First Session.

ground that any bill which gave the widow of 8 major general pension of $2, ,000 while the widow of private soldier got only $12 a month was wrong in principle, and on the ground that the widows of two or three ma jor generals should not be selected to get this large pension while the widows of other major generals only get $30 a month. A pension he said was not given for distin- guished services, nor ought it to be regulat- ed by the rank of the soldier. It was given to preveut the widow or the disabled soldier from becoming charge on the public. The pension to Mrs. Hancock was not a case in point because her husband was in active service at the time of his death. He object ed to the bill in the interest of the widows of other officers and private soldiers.
 Mir. Stewart advocated the bill. He said that General Logan had been the idol of the volunteer soldiery. On all occasions he had fought their battles in the Senate and else where. He believed that the widows of all private soldiers would rejoice in the passage of this bill.
 Mr. Hoar said that he thought the Senator from Arkansas overlooked the principle on which the bill was based. If mere desert was the test the same rate of compensation should be paid to the patriotic soldier as to the officer. The same monuments ought to be erected to the one as to the other, the same eulogies pronounced, the same statutes raised and the same compensation paid, but it was impossible to do that But it was to the interest of the private soldiers who were concerned in his fame that these conspicuous public honors should be paid to the military leader in his lifetime and that after his death ample and generous provision should be made for his widow and orphans. It had been said that the secret of Napeleen's success as & general was that every soldier under him realized that he car ried a marshal's baton in his knapsack, and unquestionably there was nothing more in spring to the courage and zeal of a private soldier than to feel that by merit he might be promoted to the chief places in mil itary command and that when so promoted he would occupy leading place in the grati- tude and affection of his countrymen.
 After a further discussion in which many of the senators took part MT. Berry called for the yeas and nays the passage of the bill and it was passed; yeas 55, nays 2. Tho Coke, Colquitt, Harris, Reagan, Salisbury and Vance.
 (The name was corrected 50 as to read Mary s. Logan, not Maria)
 On notion of MT. Vest like bill increas- ing to $2, 900 year the pension of the wid ow of General Frank P. Blair was passed by a vote of 54 to 6. Mir. Salisbury did not vote.
 The Senate then took up the Blair educa- tion bill, but soon Con motion of Mr. Ed munds) proceeded tothe consideration of ex- ecutive business When the galleries had been cleared and the doors closed Senator Edmunds reported the nomination of Martin " Montgomery to be associate justice of the Supreme court for the District of Columbia and J. B. Haye to be district attorney for the District of Columbia, both of which nominations were confirmed.
 The doors were then reopened and Mr. Blair proceeded with his remarks. The bill was discussed until 4:45 when the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE.-After protracted debate the bill for the sale of certain New York Indian lands n Kansas was passed.
 The committee on foreign affairs was dis- charged at9its own request from the further of the bill incorporating the Maritime Canslseompany of Nicaragua and she same was feferred to the committee on commerce.
 The consideration ofsthe unfinished busi- ness-the Wilkins banking bill-was post ooned on account of the aD2spce of Mr. Will Sins, who is i'll, and the House proceeded fpz ,he consideration of the bill amending the laws relating to navigation. MT. Dingiey, of Maine, explained that the bill amended the shipping act of 1886 so as to make clearer 5he cases in which the President is author zed to suspend the collection of the tonnage tax, and especially so as to make it clear that it was not the intention of that act to extend to any country the benefits of exemp tion of its vessels from the payment of the tonnage tax unless such country extended similar treatment tS our vessels. The bill was then passed. F5s-
 On motion of MT. Wise of Virginia a bill was passed regulating practice in cases re- moved from State federal courts. It pro vides that the plaintiff shall not be required to give security for costs of the suit if he be NE floG ko&n Sy,r 5ah c1,ft brought)
 Mr. Belmont of New York, from the com nittee on foreign affairs, reported the joint resolution accepting the invitation of the French republic to take part in the inter national exhibition to be held in Paris in 1889 and appropriating s200, 900 to enable the United States to participate.
 On motion of MT. Whitthorne of Tennessee 8 bill was passed appropriating $175, ,000 for the repair of the United States war stean- ship. Hartford
 THe Speaker pro tenn. stated the regular or der to be the consideration of a resolution setting February 21 after the morning hour and each day thereafter until further order for the consideration of bills reported from the committee on public buildings and grounds not to interfere with revenue on gen. sral appropriation bills.
 Mr Randall, of Pennsylvania, suggested that the House adjourn and he made motion to that effect which was defeated. Consider able tirns was lost in flibustering and the House at o'clock adjourned.
 FOR WILLIAM O,BRIEN. A Unique Gift For The Irish
 Patriot.
 DUBLIN, Jan. 26.-A banquet was given William O'Brien at Mallow this evening. Canon Wigmore presided. The Archbishop of Cashel and Messrs. DAvitt, O'Connor and others sent letters regretting their Inability to be present. MT. O'Brien was presented with gold mounted medallion in the shape of heart composed of bullets extracted from the bodies of the Mitchslfstown mar tyrs In a speech Mr. O'Brien said that no man living except Mr. Parnell could induce him to expose himself to the glare of publicity that had resulted from his recent action. His brightest earthly reward was the affection and sympathy of his countrymen and the knowledge that they had undergone and were willing to undergo more than he for the sake of their country. He paid tribute to the heroism of Messrs. Hooper and Lane. He had nothing but liberty to lose, but they had been separated from their homes and children and had to encounter hundreds of anxieties and sacrifices that would have daunted other men a thousand times more than the discomforts of prison.
 ATowN FULL OF THIEVES. Tho Leading People of Ihe Place Get
 Their Coal by Stealing.