The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-03

~ Olu. NO. 0lspOeitlOn OF IL was made before |
adjournment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Nothing Of special
importance was transacted in the senate to-
day, With the exception Of Senator Hale's
bill calling for an appropriation to be applied
to the completion Of certain naval vessels now
in process Of construction.
Allison, Of Iowa, made a lengthy speech In
which he declared he would not vote for Sen
ator Hale's bill in it's present form, but would
vote for It under different circumstances. The
amount called for IN the bill was Sol, 1851.
The vessels to be completed arc the Chicago.
Boston and Atlanta.
senator Allison said: I will tell you what I
propose to do. I shall vote against the amend
ment offered by the senator from Maine. al
though 1 should be glad to vote for 1t under
other circumstances l shall also vote against
the proposition to insert the item for a tunnel
to Increase the Washington water supply, al
though / believe that is the most pressing
pupltc service for which monex can
be appropriated at present. 1 have said
this much for the purpose Of show
ing to the senate and to the people elsewhere.
who may be iterested in the subject, that this
bill is not before the senate now on account
OF any fault In the senate; that 1t is here be-
cause last year 1t was delayed elsewhere until
1t was impossible to have 1t passed into a Law;
and that wherever and whences0cver comes
the statement that the bill failed last year be-
cause Of the conduct of the senate, / repel Il. |
and deny that the senate was in any sense re-
sponsiblc.
Senator Beck said that since the debate he
gan he had taken pains to inquire and had as
certained that another deficiency bill, contain
ing all those important items Of appropria-
tion, would be before the senate within a
week from this time.
Senator Hale withdrew his amendment.
Senator Evarts moved to strike out Of the
item of s5O0,OOO for repayment Of duties on
Imports collected the provision limiting the
rate OF interest thereon to 3 per cent. Re-
jcctcd.
Senator Evarts then moved to add to the
proviso the words "but this amendment shall
not affect existing suits or demands, Agreed
to. Without further amendments the bill
was passed, and after an executive session the
senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The senate took
from the calendar and passed the bill incrcas-
ing the pension for total deafness from sl3 to
$50 per month and allowing u proportionatc
rating for partial deafness. The entire in
crease OF expense to the treasury will not ex-
coed tlO0,OOO q year.
After u debate the bill giving a pension of
$1,000 a year to the widow of Gen. Logan was
passed by q vote Of SIS TOT.
Senator Berry opposed the hill on the
ground that any bill which gave the widow of
major general a pension of g., 1000, while the
widow OF a private soldier got only $1o a
month, was wrong In principle: and also ON
the ground that the widows of W or three
major generals should not be selected to get
this large pension, while widows of other
major generals got only $50 a month. He oh
tccted to the bill, not from any feeling nd
verse to Gen. Logan, whom he always admired.
but because he believed the principle to be
wrong.
Senator Steward advocated the bill. Logan
had been the idol of the volunteer soldicry.
On all occasions he had fought their battles
In the senate and elsewhere. He believed the
widows of all private soldiers would rejoice I'm
the passage of the bill. 1t was necessary for
the country to have some conspicuous cx-
amples, something for young uIen hereafter
to emulate.
Senator Hoar and Davis herd with regret
the objections made by the senator from Ar
kansas Derry, and warmly advocated the
bill.
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ing against the bill. The founders of the
government had prohibited congress and the
states from comforting patents of nobility,
proceeding on the idea that there was to be no
privileged elias in the United States. For
the last quarter of q century the principle
had been ~disrcgarled, and federal judges and
military and naval officers had been retired
without pensions. All this tended in the di-
rcction of a privileged class, to be supported
by taxes levied on other people. This was UNI
American, and not in consanoncc with the
American system Of government.
Senator Call said he would vote for the bill
with very great pleasure. There was no
foundation in reason for the objections made
to 1t.
Senator Berry called FOR the yeas and nays
on the passage of the hill, and the bill was
passed-y,cas. Is; nays, ..
The negative votes we're: Senators Berry.
Coke. Colquitt, Harris, Reagan, SALISBURY and
Vance.
On motion Of Senator Vest a like bill, in
crcasing to 5000 a year the pension of the
widow of Gen. Frank p. Blair, was passed nv
a vote of 81 to q, Salisbury not voting.
Senator Blair spoke on the educational bill.
On conclusion of Senator Blair's speech Scna-
tor Morgan obtained the floor, and the senate
adjourned till Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. GA resolution in the
house, confirming the title of Carlisle to his
seat, has been adopted. Yeas, 1G4; nays, al
Mcssrs. Cannon, Cooper, Davenport, McKcn-
ma, Post and Steele, republicans, voted in the
affirmative, and Mcssrs. Baker of Illinois,
Brewer, Buchanan, Chcadle. Hovey, Lerr and
Laidlam, republicans, in the negative.
Under call Of states the following bills and
resolutions were introduced and referred:
By MI. Gunderson, of Illinois-For the con-
struction Of the Illinois and Mississippi river
canal.
ByMr. Townsend, of MISUNDERSTANDING
the the teamsters Of the Mexican war; also to
place a tax on salt used for curing pork on
the same footing as that on salt used for curing
fish.
By MI. Lsvler, Of Illinois-Appropriatins
Sl00, Geo for the erection In Washington of