Evening journal., 1890-06-12

A PENSION BILL PASSED.
Senate and House Agree Upon
a Measure.
IT WILL DISTRIBUTE sa5,Ooo,ooo.

Pensions for Dependent Parents widows
and Children of Three Months Men.
One Estimase Says the Bin WIN CAN
Tor $50, ooo, 600 the first year.
WASHINGTON, June 12--In the house Mr..
Mills (Tex.l was appointed member of
the committee on rules and Mr. Turner
| lGal member Of the committee on ways
and means TO hll vacancies occasioned by
the resignation OF Mr.. Carlisle The CON
ference report on the senate dependent
pension bill was presented and the previous
question ordered. In explanation Of the
| report Mr. Morris stated that the confer
ence committee had stricken out the de-
| pendent feature Of the senate bill and the
service feature Of the house bill Ii would
distribute S35,0o0,o0o among the poor sol
diers Of the nation.
Many Members Protest
Mr. Yoder 90 protested against the con.
ference report, holding that ii ignored the
demand Of the soldier and buried ia the
basement Of the Capitol his petitions fora
! per diem rate Of pension Protests were
made on similar grounds by Messrs.
| Springer and Turner, and after discussion
| the conterence report was agreed to-yeas,
l45; nays, 50
The General Pension Bill
The general bill as agreed upon after
providing for the pensioning Of dependent
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 honorahly discharged therefrom, and
who are now or who may hereafter be suf-
fering from mental or physical disability
of permanent character, not the result Of
their own vicious habits, which incapaci-
tates them from the performance Of manual
labor Ia such a degree as to render them
unable 20 earn a support, shall be placed
upon the list Of invalid pensioners Of the
United States and be entitled TO receive
pension not 70 exceed Sl2 per month and
not less than IS per month, proportioned
to their inability to earn a support, such
pension to continue during the existence
of such disability. Rank in the service
shall not be considered in applications fled
under this net.
The Cost OF the Bill.
| Provision Is made for pensioning at tho
rate Of s. per month widows of men who
served ninety days. without proving death
granting 81 a month to each child under
16 years of age. Ten dollars is fixed as a.
limit Of the fee TO be charged by agents in
preparing cases under this act. There is
no possible way to estimate the cost of the
bill. The estimates range from $50 600 900
. year 70 sl00,000,0 900. Mr.. Morrill,, in the
house. places the estimate at about 1885,,
Q 600 600, but it Is thought it will run up to
at least $50, 100000 the first year.
+ The Antitrust nm.
/, Mr.. Stewart tvt.) presented the confer
I l ence report on the senate antitrust bill.
The explanatory report on the part OF
a the house conferrees (Mr Bland, of Mis-
souri, dissentingl says; In the original bill
b two things were declared illegal, viz: Con-
tracts IN restraint of interstate trade or
I commerce and the monopolization Of such
ltrade. Its only object was the control OF
trusts, SO far as such combinations ia their
: relation 70 interstate trade are within
reach Of federal legislation The house
amendment extends the scope Of the act
10 an agreements entered into for the pur-
chase or sake Of commodities or ia the
transportation Of persons or property with
IN the jurisdiction Of congress.
No Relief from Competitions Effects.
Il declares illegal any agreement for re-
lief from the effects Of competition in the
two industries Of transportation and sale
of merchandise, however excessive or de-
structive such competition may be. The
:. amendment reported 10y the conferrees is
y the senate clause with the added provisc
/ that the power of the states over the sub
iects embraced in the act shall not be inn
paired thereby. II strikes from the house
amendment the clause relating to con-
l. tracts for the purchase or sale Of merchan-
disc and modifies the transportation clause
by making unlawful agreements which
T raise rates above what is just and reason
able.