The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-06-21
FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS.
House.


the House to-day The report of the
conference committee was adopted by
vote Of ll5 yeas to - nays. after W hich
the bill was taken up as amended and
passed by a vote Of l15 yeas To Hi NAYS.
In the bill as agreed upon 10y the con
ference AMI passed, the sec
ton Of the Senate bill 10
give a service pension to all
over ~ years old was stricken out. aS
are all the service pension features Of
the Morrill, bill. rhc only section of the
Morrill, bill that il retained is that given
to dependent widows of soldiers who
have died since the war s. per month
and x for each child under l6 years of
age. The original Senate bill called for
the addition of about so ,OOu.00O to the
yearly pension expenditures, and the
Morrill, bill would have added about
SO, 900 600 while the bill as agreed up-
on, and which will now become u
law. adds about ~. .nu0, 600. The hill
after providing for he pcnsiuniny of de
pendant 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 honorabIy discharged
therefrom. and Who are now, or who
may hereafter be, suffering from a men
tai OF physical disability of a permanent
character, not the result of their own
vicious habits. which incapa,itatcs them
from the performance of manual labor
in such Il degree as To- render
them unable To earn support
shall be placed upon The list Of in
valid pensioners of the United States,
be entitled to receive Il pension not to
q Ii m los ham
81 per month, proportiuncd /" their in
ability to earn support, such pension
to continue during the existence of
such disability. Rank in service shall
not hc considered i'll applications filed
under this act Provision l. made for
penSioning,at the rate of 81 per month
widows of men who served ninety days
without proving death the result OF
army service, and likewise granting
- month to each child under
l6 wears of age. Ten dollars is fixed as
limit of the fee to be charged by
agents IN preparing eases under this
act. hartman Cannon. from the COM
mlttec on appropriations, to-day sub
mittcd To the House the sundry civil
appropriation bill. 1t recommends a
total appropriation of So $40, H,3l;i, being
Sl3. .2aS.370 less than the regular and
excess of the appropriations carried by
the last bill.
THr>RpAI. June l3-ln the sundry
civil hill reported to-day appear the fol
lowing items of special interest in Nl~-
conoin: For purchase Of site for public
building at Ashland. $40, ,Ooo; for Mil
waukce Soldiers Home, items as fol
lows: Current expenses, S26,@O; sub
sistencc. Sll6i0O; clothing. Sd $50: :
household G.4171; hospital, So.
795: transportation of the members,
81 $50: construction. $4,000; laundry,
81 800: water supply. 81. GOO: funds. $40
O79; in all. S5O7 .2Ga The bill appro-
PIRATES So ,926, l4;' in all, in any case s, :
500,000 over that of last year. The
item for clothing at the Milwaukee
Home is increased 81. .lSo on account Of
the increased membership; that for
hospital is increased H.1@. There i
an increase of 81 800 for construction.
The water supply item is to connect the
home with the city water works.
FRIpAY, June l5.-The House after
the reading of the journal. went into
committee of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Cannon
said that the amount of appropriation
carried by the measure was. III round
numbers, S2S, $4,000. This was $1,000,
600 less than the regular estimates, and
ST. .O0N. 900 less than the regular and
special estimates. The folio wing
amendments were adopted: Aprro-
priatng SO, ,UoN for public building at
Cedar Rapids, la; appropriating $1,000
for an elevator in the public build
ing at Peoria, H.; appropriating $4,000
for Il public building at Martiushurg, W.
Va; increasing from S.'l.tDo to Slo.tAO
the appropriation for the public bulldin.
at W Winona MINI. Without completing
the consideration of the bill the com
mittec rose, ami the House took Il re-
cess. the evening session To he for the
consideration of private pension bills.
SATURDAY, June li.-The tributes
were paid in the House to-day to the
memory of the late Samuel j. Randall,
Mr.. o'NcilI Pa began the eulogies.
MI Naux, and NesSrs. Casweil, Blount
/ Dalzell Pa. Addresses were also
made by Messrs. Mutchler PA. ),
Butterworth lOl, McComas Md,
Dunnell Mimi, Mills, Ten.
Osborne Pa, McCrcary ky.1,
O'Ferrall VA. Buchanan N: ",
Mansur Mo-. Williams o.. and Kerr
pa, and then as a mark of respect to
the memory of the deceased the House
adjourned Representative PaySon
Tlll. to-day, reported 10 the House
from the committee of public lands, a
substitute for the Senate bill for the ac-
uisition of land for town sites and
commercial purposes IN Alaska.
MoNpAY. June l6-Mr. Millikcn
(Mc.l presented and the House adopted
the conference report on the bill Tor q
public building at Beaver Fails, Pa, TIL.
limit Of cost is $4,000 Also the con
ference report on a bill for publ,
building at Saline, kas., the limit ot
cost * s13.,auH. Mr.. Williams
soldiers Of Dayton. O., for the IN.
actmcnt Of a law prohibiting the sale
use. manufacture OF importation Of ban
ncrS or flags representing the CON
fcderate flag or the tag al tn" Anar-
chists On motion of Mr.. Williams @.
an amendment was agreed to appoint
ing f. " Morrill,. "f Kansas. and Al
fred L. Pearson. of Pennsylvania, as
members Of the board of managers ot
eoldiers' homes.
TuE>ptY, June 17.-ln the House. in
committee OF the whole, the sundry
civil appropriation bill was considered
On motion Of Mr. Tracey n. " al
amendment was adopttd appropriatin.
S4l .Wo for an electric light plant and :
drainage system nj WaterylIct arsenal
y. y. The Indian appropriation bill
came up. and the appropriation of s2n.
600 to refund to Cherokee Indians the
expense Of their removal To the Indiar
Territory was stricken out.
senate.
WEDNESDAY. June 1.-THE silver blt
received hut little attention in the son
ate TODAY. Senator Eustis spoke brief
" in favor of free coinage. tie was fol.
! lowed by Senator Turpic, who also al
vo,ated free coinage, but was not unta
vorabie 10 the plan spoken If hy he re
cent Pan-Americam tongree>-an inter
national agreement to coin dollar thai
should lie a legal tender and stand
ard Of value. current in all the
three Americas. As no other sena
tor desired to speak to-day on tht
question. the silver bill went over with
n MT rjll 4 he Npnaf,