Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-03-29
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CONGRESSIONAL.

amendments approprinting 5000 for the i'm.
mediate relief Of the Turtle Mountain Indians;
S0,OOO for preliminary investigation OF artesinn
wells for irrigation purposes and 1884, 600 for tho
Fish Commission, the bill was passed. The
Blair Educational bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Hawley argued in opposition TO IT.. Mr..
Moody and Mr.. Chandler spoke briefly in sup.
port OF the bill and 1t went over. Several pub.
lie building bills on the calendar were passed
and the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-A resolution was adopted calling on
the Secretary Of War and the Secretary of the
Interior for information as TO whether saving
ofexpenditures would be effected by the trans.
fer of the Pension Bureau to the War Depart.
ment; also one calling on the Secretary Of the
Interior for an estimate of money likely to be
needed for pension arrenraCes in case the Limi-
tation of Arrears not is repealed. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on the
Pension Appropriation bill. Mr.. Morrow ex.
plnincd the provisions OF the bill, which appro.
PIRATES S's 49, t6i He said that 1t might safely
be assumed that the number OF pensioners
would reach its maximum about July l. 1894.
when the expenditure would be Sll2 100000
On that date, under existing law, the number of
pensioners on the rolls would be $4,000 Mr.
Sayers, of Texas, discussed the pension system
and severely criticised the administration of the
Pension ofllce. Pending further debate the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
SENATE, March la.-vice President Morton.
after an absence OF two weeks. occupied the
chair OF the presiding officer to-day Mr.. Voor-
hees called up his resolution, offered several
days ago. us 20 the agricultural depression and
proceeded to address the Senate in relation to
II. He spoke of the deep current of anxiety
discomfort and alarm prevailing among the
farming communities, and said he proposed to
aid them in the inquiry as to the causes of the
existing depression. II was now nearly thirty
years. he said since the close OF q terrible war
had given to unhallowed nvnrice an opportunity
IN aalf -ssla
eountry. The measures then resorted TO for the
taxation of one class of citizens and for the enS
richment OF another, had been the legislation by
which the burden of public debt had been
doubled, silver demonetized and high tarif es.
tablfshed. Mr.. Voorhees, claimed that the value
of improved farm land had decreased thirty.
three per cent in the last five years At tho
close OF his remarks the Educational bill was
taken up and Mr.. Pierce spoke In opposition to
IT, Messrs. Evarts and Call made arguments
In support of the measure, after which the Sen
ate adjourned.
HoUsE.-The session of the House to-day was
occupied with the contested election case of
Mudd VS.. Compton from the Fifth Maryland
district. The claims of the contestant were nd
vocated by Messrs. Lacy OF Iowa, Dalzell of
Pennsylvania, and Greenhalgh of Massachu-
sets. Messrs. Moore of Texas and Gibson of
Maryland made arguments in favor of the sit
ting member. Pending vote the House ad-
journed.
SENATE, March en-Mr Cockerell, of Mis-.
souri, presented the protest of tho Pork Packers
AS ociaton OF st. Louis, against the bill for the
inspection of meats The Educational bill was
then taken up and Mr.. Blair closed the debate
The Senate then proceeded to vote on the bill
and amendments. The first vote was on three
amendments offered by Mr.. Moody OF South
Dakota to the effect that the illiterate among
the Indians shall be included in the calcula-
tons The amendments were agreed to. The
Senate then proceeded to vote on the third
reading and engrossment of the bill and it was
defeated-yeas 81. nays 81. Mr.. Blair entered
motion to reconsider the vote, and after an
executive session the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-A bill providing for n public building
at York, Pa, at n limit OF cost of $1,000 was
passed. Consideration OF the Mudd Compton
contested election case was resumed, and Mr.
Compton, the sitting member, addressed the
Senate in his own behalf. At the close of the
debate, resolution offered by the minority
OF the Committee on Elections decla. ring
Compton entitled to the seat was defeated
yeas l45, nays l55. The majority resolution de-
claring Mudd entitled TO the seat was then
adopted-yeas l59, nays l45 Mr.. Mudd ap-
peared and took the oath of office omid much
applause from the galleries. The House then
adjourned.
SENATE, March 2l.-A number of petitions
were presented for q law against the employ
ment OF aliens on governmentwork also for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. Mr.. Sher-
man called up the bill to declare unlawful
trusts and combinations in restraint OF trade
and production, and explained its provisions.
He said the bill did not interfere with lawful
business but dealt only with such combinations
as were unauthorized by any law ancient or
modern, and whose sole object was to control
prices and establish monopolies which were in
furious to the public and should be restrained
by the courts. Discussion of the measure was
tf..f.N II ID,
and Allison, but without action the bill went
over and after short executive session the
Senate adjourned.
HousE.-Immediatey after the reading of
the journal the House went into Committee of
the Whole on the Pension Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Cheadle, of indiana, spoke at length in
favor of n service pension law, and explained
the provisions of Il bill authorizing q service
pension for life to every veteran fifty years
of age who served sixty days and was honor
ably discharged. After long debate the COM
mittee rose and the Pension Appropriation bill
was passed. bill for the retirement of General
Fremont with the rank of Major General, and
a bill approrriating s25 600 to enable the Secre.
tary OF War TO purchase $500 tents for the use
of the people driven from their homes by the
floods in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
were passed. The House then took recess
the evening session TO be for the consideration
of private pension bills
SENATE, March 22.-The first bill reached on
the calendar today was one appropriatng $780,
0O0 for public building at San Diego, Cal. Mr..
Sherman suggested that the appropriation was
rather large for public building at that place,
and said If there was any special reason for
such large appropriation he would like to
know It, A long debate ensued upon such ap.
generally, during which Messrs.
Morgan, Platt, Hearst Mitchell,
ingalls, and others defended the bill and It was
finally passed. Mr.. Blair introduced another
Educational bill and IL was referred TO the
on Education and Labor. A bill
was introduced by Mr.. Paddock, giving bounty
OF II for every ton OF beets raised in tho United
States delivered TO factory and made into
table sugar, the bounty TO be paid during the
fiscal years 1891 1892 and 1893 After passing
about fifty bills-most OF them private pension
bills, the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.--A number OF remonstrances were
presented against any material changes In the
and naturalization laws; against
the imposition OF duty upon hides, and opposing
the tax on compound lard. bill was passed
the timber culture law At two o'clock
public business was suspended and the House
10 the consideration OF resolutions