Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-11
BEHIND COMMITTEE DOORS.
The House Silver Bill as Amended by
h Senate Finance Committee.

sidered and amended the House silver hill
The provision making theicertiicates issued in
payment of bullion legal tender for public
and private debts was struck out, leav-
ing them receivable for customs, taxes and
public dues. The bullion redemption clause
was stricken out, also the section providing for
the free coinage of silver whenever the market
price is one dollar for S7l4 grains of pure silver.
This act is made to take effect in thirty DAYS
after passage and shall terminate at the expira-
ton of ten years therefrom.
This action of the committee was not unani-
nous, but the minority will make no report,
reserving to themselves the right to offer
amendments on the floor OF the Senate, The
striking out of tho bullion redemption clause
was by a practically unanimous vote.
THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.
The dependent pension bill as agreed upon
by the conferees and reported to the House to-
day after providing for the pensioning of depen-
lent parents. says that all persons who served
three months or more in the military or naval
service of the United States during the war of
the rebellion, and who have been honorably dis
chargedtherefrorn and who are now or who may
hereafter be suffering from a mental or physical
disability OF a permanent character not the re-
suit of their own vicious habits. which inca
p~acitates them from the performance of man
ual labor In such a degree as to render them
unable to earn a support, shall be placed upon
the list of invalid pensioners of the United
States and be entitled to receive a pension not
to exceed S12 per month and not less than sc.
per month, proportional to their inability to
earn a support, such pension to continue dur
ing the existence OF such disability. Rank
in the service shall not be considered in appli-
cations filed under this act"
Provision is made for pensioning at the rate
of IS per month widows of men who served
ninety lays without proving death the result of
nr,NN ~ asv.a aal ,lr4,x, .~A.- 40
to each child under sixteen years of age. Ten
dollars ID fixed as a limit of the fee to be
charged by agents in preparing cases under
this act.
PoTTsvILLE's PUBLIC BUILDING.
The House committee on public buildings
and grounds today unanimously ordered q
favorable report upon the Reilly bill for a
public building at Pottsville, Pa, the limit Of
cost being fixed at $50, 600.
THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT BEER.
A hearing will be given by the committee
on ways and means tomorrow morning on the
adulterated beer bill, during which the process
of brewing will be scientifically explained.
CONFERENCE REPORT ON THE ANTITRUST BILL.
In the House this afternoon Mr.. Stewart (Va.)
presented the conference report on the Senate
antitrust bill.
He said that the effect of the report was not,
as had been supposed, to repeal the anti-pool-
Ing provision of the interstate commerce law.
BILLS PASSED THE SENATE.
The Senate this afternoon passed a number
Of bills, including tho following: Senate
bill to amend the Revised Statutes SO
as to make the act of breaking into a
post office for the purpose of larceny the crime
of burglary and to increase the maximum of
imprisonment from five to ten years.
Senate bill for n public building at Racine,
Wis. cost not to exceed 500 600
House bill increasing from $780, COO to $685.
600 the limit OF cost for the public building at
Duluth. Mimi
Senate bill authorizing the city of Charles
ton, sc, to open Concord street through the
grounds of the United States in that city.
Senate bill to prohibit monopoly in the trans
portation of cattle to foreign countries.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Senate finance committee is pretty
nearly through with the tariff bill. 1t will be
quite different from the Mckinley bill.
THE COST OF THE COMPROMISE.
There Is no possible way to estimate the colt
of the compromise general pension bill, the
conference report upon which was approved
by the House today.
The estimate range from $50, 900, 900 a year
to 500. DOC, GOO. MIR. Morrill, i'll the House placed
the estimate at about $50. 600, 600, but 1t will
probably run up to at least $50, 600, 900 the first
year.
AMERICAN CATTLE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
The Senate this afternoon adopted the joint
resolution in regard to the export trade in cat
tie. 1t requests the President Of the
United States to cause correspondence
and negotiations to be had through the debt
of state or otherwise with the authorities of
the kingdom of Great Britain for the purpose of
scvering the abrogation or modification OF the
regulations now enforced by said authorities,
which require cattle imported into Great Britain
from the United States of America to be
slaughtered at the port of entry, and prohibit
ing the same from being carried alive to other
places i'll said kingdom.
SECRETARY oLDs RESIGNS.
Mr.. Schuyler S. Odds of Michigan has re-
signed the secretaryship of the republican con-
gressional committee.
AGREEMENT on A PENSION BILL.
The protracted negotiations between the
Senate ard House respecting the differences
arising from conflicting amendments to the
Morrill, pension bill were brought to a success
full conclusion yesterday by a final agreement
of the confcrees. By the terms of the agree
mont the Senate recedes from its insistance
upon the dependent pension feature and the
House agrees to drop the service pension pro-
vision, leaving the bill q disability pension
bill.
IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE.
The subcommittee of the House committee
on immigration investigating the immigration
question has returned to Washington. The
committee has bnnn ahcapt mara tb,p tyo