Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-23
AMONG THE LAWMAKERS.
Amendments TO General Pension Lawn Pro
posed by Senator Davis.

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posed by Senator Davis.
Senator Davis has introduced bill to amend
| the general pension bill OF last Congress so
that hereafter in pension claims where appeals
have been made to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior it may be proper for the Secretary to con-
slider the rights Of claimants for pensions when
it is apparent from the papers that the claim
ant is clearly entitled to pension with
out the necessity of making formal
application to the commissioner of
pensions. The bill also provides that in claims
OF insane children or those who are dependent
the minority of the child is to extend to the age
of twenty-one years. Senator Davis also intro
duced another pension bill to increase the
pensions OF persons lncapacitated for the per-
Torrance OF any manual labor to $50 month.
MARINE REGULATIONS.
Senator Hale today introduced bill to carry
into effect the recommendations made by the
marine conference in reference to bearings of
lights expressed in compass points, to different
channels. points, &c. and the definitions of
starboard and port; regarding buoyage and
the marking of channels and cuts in nayigable
waters. This bill has also been introduced in
the House.
MIR. REAGAN's FREE COINAGE AMENDMENT.
Senator Reagan today reintroduced his free
coinage amendment offered by him some days
ago to the Sherman financial bill, with the in
tention OF applying it to the caucus bill re-
ported this morning from the finance COM
mittee.
WANT THEIR VIEWS ON SUNDAY CLOSING.
The Sunday closing crusade against the
worlds fair has opened up in earnest, and on
the desk OF each Senator and Representative
this morning was a letter asking him to declare
himself and announce whether he was for or
against the exposition being open on Sun
day. The letter bears the signature of the
religious editor Of scmi-politic religious New
York weekly. Christmas preparations had
more OF interest to most members than the
letter, and it was generally put aside for fur
ther perusal and cOnsidcrat lion when affairs get
back into business routine again.
TIE RECORD AND PENSION DIVISION.
The House military affairs committee today
ordered favorable report on Mr. Cutcheon's
bill providing that the record and pension di-
vision of the Secretary Of Wars Office shall
hereafter be the record and pension Office of
the War Department. The President is au-
thorized to appoint the officer now in charge
OF the division, colonel in the army and chief
OF the office. DR.. Ainsworth is the present
chief and it is in recognition of his services in
reorganizing this division of the War Depart
ment that 1t Ii proposed to pass the bill.
NOT WORTHY OF IMPROVEMENT
Secretary Proctor has transmitted to the
House of Representatives a report from Gen.
Thomas L. Casey, corps of engineers, on the
results of preliminary examination of Princess
bay. Staten Island, for breakwater 1t is the
opinion of Gen. Casey that the bay is not
worthy Of improvement.
TO REBUILD THE EWING
Secretary Window has transmitted to the
House an estimate for an appropriation Of
$4,000 to rebuild the revenue steamer Thomas
Ewing with an iron hull This steamer was
built of wood in 1868. has been re-
paired from time as circumstance required.
until now her hull is entirely worn
ont and she is laid up at Baltimore, unfit for
further use. The port of Baltimore, says the
Secretary, where the Ewing has been stationed
dnrlng the past sixteen years, is Mt present
without an efficient revenue cutter. The
steamer now temporarily performing duty
there draws too much water to meet the de-
mnnds of cutter on that station.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
Representative Burton of Ohio today intro
duced i'll the House IL bill to amend the inter-
state commerce act by addition thereto section
relative to railroad doing business partly in
the United States and partly in adjacent
foreign countries.