Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-06
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 Passage of the Pension Appropria.
 tion Bill-A Number of Bills Taken
 From the Calendar and Passed
 Work of the House.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-On motion of MT. Edmunds Rev. Phillips Brooks of Boston was admitted to the privileges of the floor | of the senate during his stay of three or l four days in Washington.
 Among the bills reported and placed on l the calendar was one increasing the pen sion of General Custer's widow to S1OO a month. The pension appropriation bill was then taken up. It appropriates for pensions for the year $133, ,17s, ,Os5; for fees and ex- penses of examining surgeons $1, ,500, 900, for salaries of eighteen pension agents, $72, ,000, and for clerk hire $500, ,0OO.
 MT. Quay moved to amend the provision as to fees a proviso that it shall not apply to any case now pending where there is an existing lawful contract. Agreed to.
 MT. Cockrell offered an amendment pro- viding that hereafter no pension shall be allowed or paid to any commissioned off cer, non-commissioned officer or private in the army, navy or marine corps, either op the active or retired list. Agreed to with out division.
 All the committee amendments having been agreed to the bill was passed (Mr. Stewart not offering the amendment of which he had given notice) to insert the free coinage bill as part of the pension ap- propriation bill.
 The senate on motion of Mir. Blair took up the house bill to provide for the adjust ment of accounts of Iaborers, workmen and mechanics arising under the eight-hour law.
 MT. Morrill, said that the bill was too i'm portant measure to be considered and disposed of in the mere selvage of day. He desired to address the senate upon it tomorrow morning, and he asked that the bill be laid aside informally. It was so or dered.
 The following bills, among others, were taken from the calendar and passed:
 House bill to authorize the construction of tunnel under the waters of the bay of New York, between the town of Middle town in the county of Richmond and tho town of New Utrecht in the county of Kings in the state of New York, and to es- tablish the same as post road.
 Senate bill appropriating $55, ,000 for a public building at Westerly, R. I.
 Senate bill to establish marine board for the advancement of the interests of the merchant marine.
 Senate bill authorizing the secretary of war to cause an exploration and survey to be made of the interior of Alaska and ap- $7O0,000 for that purpose.
 After short executive session the sen- ate adjourned.
 HOUSE.
 On motion of Mr. Mckinley of Ohio (by unanimous consent) it was ordered that during the remainder of the session the house shall meet at Il o'clock a. m.
 After the transaction of unimportant | business the house went into committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropria- l tion bill |
 The worlds fair paragraph having been | reached it was agreed lowing to the late | ness of the hour) that it's debate should be | postponed until tomorrow.
 MT. Bland of Missouri offered a silver | free coinage amendment to the paragraph | providing for the re-coinage of gold and | silver coins. The amendment is as follows: | To all holders of silver bullion of standard l weight and fneness shall be entitled to have the same coined into silver dollars on the same terms holders of gold bullion.
 MT. Dingley of Maine, raised point of | order against the amendment, and the de- bate which followed was entirely technical in character.
 Pending decision the committee arose and the house adjourned.