Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-24
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
PENSION VETOES DISCUSSED.
Senators Cockrell and Davis Disagree.
VARIOUS BILLS IN THE HOUSE.

VARIOUS BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.
Bills for holding terms Of United States courts In
the state OF Nebraska; In Salina, Kan; owens
boro, KY; Newark, N. j., and quincy, Ills; 4;
and to subdivide the western judicial district
OF Louisiana were reported from the judiciary
committee and passed. The Senate bill establish
ing the fees and expenses Of examining surgeons
was reported and placed on the calendar.
THE PENSION BILL vEToEs.
The resolution to print 600 additional copies OF
the report OF the Senate committee on pensions on
the subject OF vetoed pension bills was taken up
the question being on Nr. CockrelpS amendment
70 print 100 900 copies o. the presidential vetOeS
In the last and present Congresses.
Mr.. Cockrell explained the object which he had
In suggesting the printing Of the veto message In
THE DoBERrY CASE.
The Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. DaweS
had then suggested a resolution to have all the
pension vetoes printed, and he CMr. CockrelD had
offered it as an amendment; but to his horror and
sprung into fearful rage about IL, and the dis
ttnguished Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Hawiey)
had been moved almost to tears on the Doherty
case. And the Walls OF wrath had been poured
upon the devoted head OF the President These
veto messages were excellent reading and the peO-
pie were very anxious to read them.
Mr. DAVIS JUsrIFIEs THE ACTION OF THE PENSION
COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Davis chairman OF the pension ccmmittee)
explained and justified the action OF that
committee In reporting bill TO pension
Mrs. Doherty-who had suffered seriously
from an explosion at the Washington arsenal.
AS to the pension which she had drawn Qor three
months) as the widow OF Daniel Doherty, he ex-
planned that 1t had been given on the report
death. The President had seen at to read TO Con-
gress homily on Its carelessness and remissness.
and had stated, as a fact, that Daniel Doherty was
living In Philadelphia pensiOner In his own right
"FALSE AS BULLETIN"
which used to be proverb, was perfectly applica-
BILE to that paper, for there was not one word Of
truth in that allegation. Daniel DOherty had
never enjoyed penson-the record In the Pension
ONCE showing that his claim for pension had been
diSaliowed In the Pension Office.
THE PENSION CIRCUMLOCUTIoN OFFICE.
He should advise the particular Tite Barnacle Of
the pension circumlocutton Office, who furnished
information to the President, to be little more
prudent and circumspect in his investigate
AS to the statement or this woman's frequent ar
rests by the police, he admitted that, under the
pressure OF physical and mental suffer-
ing, she had been arrested tive times Tor
venlal onenses up to 1877, but since
manner (as had been certified by Admiral Porter
and Mr.. Geo. Bancrort, and the police had placed
TO her charge the arrests OF other women named
were one and the same person. This showed The
extraordinary pains To which the emiSSareS OF the
Pension Bureau had gone 10 enable the President
to form veto out Of which political capital might
be made
Mr.. Cockren asked Mr. Davis whether the pen
sion to Mrs. Doherty was given because OF her In
jury at the Arsenal explosion.
Mr. Davis presumed that tnat had a certain ef-
feet In determining the reporting OF the bill.
Mr.. COCKRELL DARED THE COMMITTEE
to make report recommending the passage OF the
bill on the ground that Mary Ann Doherty had
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injured In an explosion. He just dared him to do
Mr.. Davis read a certificate signed by several
persons (among them Major Mckee. the command
ant at the Arsenal in 1854, u the effect that Mary
Ann Doherty had been employed in the Arsenal
and had been Injured.
verined, and unreliable, and he asked whether
that was the sort OF authority on which the
committee on pensions acted. II Mary Ann
ernment her name was on the list Of employees
and she had signed her name for the wages she
received ne challenged the committee on pen
siOns TO produce this evidence, and declared that
they could not; that the woman had never been
employed in the az senal, and
HAD NEVER BEEN BLOWN Up;
and that that whole part OF the claim was in
famous, false and fraudulent. He also challenged
proof, that the George Bancroft, whose name was
printed to the woman's petition, was George Ban
croft the historian, patriot and philanthropist,
that any son OF this woman had ever been killed
at the washington naVy-yarQ.
Tue matter was allowed W pass over without
action, and Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
finance, reported an
AMENDMENT TO THE sUNDRY GIVE BILL
to incorporate In 1t provision to refund the
direct tax. Referred to the committee on applo-
priat1ons.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
Of the naval appropriation bill.
House of Representatives.
On motion OF Mr. Lawler Qll.) the Senate bill
was passed appropriating $780, 900 for the erection
Of public building in chicago 10 be used as an
appraisers warehouse.
TRANSPARENT ENVELOPES.
On motion OF Mr. Bount (Ga.) the Senate bill
was passed prohibiting the transmission through
the mails, In transparent envelopes, of matter
which would be prohibit II printed or written on
the outside OF the en-, elope.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT THE CAPITOL
Mr. Lehlbach CN. J.l, from the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds reported the resolution
for the employment OF an electrical engineer to
make plans and specifications for lighting the
House and committee rooms by electricity, and to
solicit proposals for the work. Adopted.
Mr.. Springer Qll) submitted the conference re-
port on the bill providing for an additional assoct-
ate justice OF the Supreme Court OF Dakota The
report which states that the bill now provides
two additional justices, was agreed TO.
In the consideration morning hour the House
proceeded TO the consideration Of the Senate bill
rcldtlVc W tnc OtJallS OI OuCeTS OI CQc army and
Navy TO educational institutions The bill in
creases the number of officers authorized TO be de-
tailed from maximum Of forty to O maximum or
fifty, and 1t also provides that the state tnsttu-
tions, which benef1cfaries under the act of July
2, 1862, are required to teach military tactics,
shall be preferred In the appOrttonment OF the de-
tail contemplated by the act.
Various committee amendments were adopted
and then Mr.. Grosvenor tOhio) offered an amend.
ment extending the provisions Of the bin to state
institutions for the support OF the orphans OF sol
diers and sailors.
The amendment received majority vote, but
Mr.. Bland (Mo.) raised the point OF no quorum and
Mr.. GrosvenOr in order not to impertl the passage
OF the bill, withdrew the amendment.
Mr.. Bland moved TO lay the bill on the table and
upon this motion again raised the point Of no
quorum, and the hour expired before q vote upon
the bill could be reached.
Mr.. Macdonald {Minn.l from the committee on
pubic lands reported the bill to forfeit the lands
In Minnesota granted to the Hastings and Dakota
Railroad CO. Passed.
Mr.. Holman Qnd.h from the same committee,
reported and asked immediate consideration OF
the Senate bill to extend the laws OF the United
States over NO-Man's-Land.
TaR OKLAHOMA BIII.
Mr.. Springer Ql) antagonized this bill with the
Oklahoma bill He contended that It was Just as
easy to pass the territorial bill as to pass the bill
just reported. The people were asking for bread,
while the bill OF the gentleman from Indiana pro-