Evening journal., 1890-05-01
ONE GENT.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS-
The House Says That Wor~
steds Are Woolens.
THE SPEAKER COUNTEDAQUoRUm


stitute for similar senate Bui.
WASHINGTON, May 1-After the reading
Of the journal the house proceeded to vote
upon the passage Of the bill for the classi.
fcation Of worsted cloths as wooden cloths.
The bill was passed--yeas, 19s; nays, 0.
the speaker counting a quorum. The text
of the bill is as follows: That the secretary
OF the treasury be authorized and directed
to classify as woolen cloths all imports Of
worsted cloth, whether known under the
name of worsted cloth or under the names
Of worsteds or diagonals or otherwise.
MIR. Carlisle Protests.
Mr.. Mckinley tO), from the COMMITTEES
on rules, reported resolution providing
for the immediate consideration of the
senate service pension bill, to which tha
Morrill, service pension bill fhay be ordered
as substitute, the previous question to be
considered as ordered at 4 o'clock. Mr.
Carlisle protested against the adoption OF
resolutions Of this character which took
away from the committee Of the whole
the right to consider money bills and
forced the house 20 vote upon them after
brief debate
The Oklahoma bill had been taken ont OF
the committee of the whole with the pre-
yious question ordered upon it. The sans
had been true Of the great court bill IL
this was not confession that the new code
Of rules had failed to facilitate the business
Of the house he did not understand it's
meaning. applause on Democratic sidel.
Mr. Mckinley Hatorts.
Mr.. Mckinley argued that the resolution
was justified under the present code of
F9tIpa md lttst a..
house over which the gentleman from KEN
tuoky tMr. Carlisle) presided The Repub-
licans wanted to do the public business Of
| the country. What the country wanted
was results and not speeches. applause
l on Republican side. The resolution WIS
| adopted and Mr. Morrill, tKan.j took the
noor in explanation and support of his bill.
He said that this act Of Justice had been too
long postponed If the government were
10 grant a service pension it should do 10
without delay.
Mr. Yoder (Ol spoke in favor of the
service pension bill which had been in
dorsed by the Grand Army Of the Republic
and other veteran organizations. The NH
nority opposed the Morrill, bill not because
it paid pensions, but because it did not
grant liberal pensions. He charged the
| Republicans with being untrue to their
/ promises 20 the soldier MIR. Tarsney op-
| posedithe 'bill because il did not discrin-
mate properly between the soldiers who
served three months and the ones who
served three years. Mr. Spinola criticised
the haste with which the bill was rushed
through Mr. Sawyer az. W arraigned
the Democratic party for opposing pension
| legislation. Mr. Reilly (Pa.), Mr. Ker lal
And Mr.. j. ID. Taylor tO) advocated the
bill. Mr.. GEosvenor (O.) said that under
this bill the pension expenditure would be
increased 10 $3.50, 900 annually or 43 per
cent Of the gross income Of the govern
ment
The Bill Passed.
An amendment of Mr. Yodor providinga
| per diem pension was ruled out on "A point
| OF order. The caucus amendment reducing
the age limitation from ~ to 90 years was
| agreed TO. The Morrill, bill was then passed
as substitute for she senate bill-yeas.
1873; nays, u. Mr.. Yoder moved to recom-
init the bill with instructions to report
back a per diem pension bill. This was
lost--yeas, as nays, l6i.
The Affirmative Vote.
The following is the affirmative voter
Barwig, Briggs, Brekner Brookshire.
Buckalew, Bynum, Campbell, Caruth,
| Chipman, Clancy, Cluney, Cooper lnd.1.
1
| ian, Flower, Fowler, Geissenhainer. Glib
son, Goodnight. Haines, Holman, Mauner.
Martin Ind.l, ARAdoo, Mcclellan, Nc
Creary, O'Neil (Mass.), Outhwaite Owens
| lOJ, Parrett, Painter, Pennington, Pick
Ter, Reilly, Seneyi Shiyely, Spinola, Spring.
er, Stone (Ky), Tarsnet Tracy, Turner N
| ~, Whiting, Williams Qlls.) Yoder. The
senate bill as amended by the substitute
was then passed-yeas, 17g; nays, 7g Loud
applause)
What the Measure Provides For
The bill authorizes the secretary Of the
interior to place on the pension roll the
name Of any officer or enlisted man Of 90
years Of age or over, or who shall hereafter
reach that age, who served ninety days or
more in the army, navy, or marine corps
of the United States during the war Of the
rebellion and shall have received an hon
orable discharge therefrom, and at a rate
Of 81 a month. All persons who served
ninety days or more in the military or
naval service Of the United States during
the late war, and who have been honora-
bly, discharged theFefrom, and who are
now, or may hereafter be suffering from
any mental or physical disability, eouiva-
lent 70 the grade now established in the
pension Office for the rating of s. per
month, shall be placed upon the list Of in
valid pensioners of the United States ak
the rate Of SS per month. It also provides
for pension to the widow Of any soldier
when she shall arrive at the age of 80, or
when she shall be without other means 0e
support than her daily labor.
In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May lin the senate Mr..
DOlph, from the committee on foreign re-