The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-09
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS-.



to place on the pension roll the names OF all the |
surviving honor9bly discharged officers and |
men Of tho organizations Of Kentucky militia |
designated as follows: Frankfort battalion, |
Paducah battalion, Sandy Valley battslSoN |
0tnown as the Capital guards and the North |
Cumberland battalion), Three Forks battalion,
Harlan County battalion Halls Gap battalion, |
Green River battalion, Middle Green River bat |
talion, South Cumberland battalion, First Ken |
lucky cavalry, Casey County state guards, |
Capt Bussey's Bath County rangers, and tho |
names OF widows minor children aud aea0endoE
parents ofsuce officers and men.
WASHINGTON, March 28-SENATF. .-SenGtdr
Carlisle introduced bill removing the churge
OF desGrtion against William w Utterbaok
lave prftnte In Company L, Fortieth Kentucky
V. u The following private bills were intro
duced: BY Senator Sherman, for the relief OF |
John A. LyncA, an employe in tho treasury de- |
partment in Ghe oflice of the sixth auditor pay.
ing him sixty cents per hour Tor iiSO hours oil |
extra servicc pcnsioning Mrs Mary Clute,wid |
ow'o7 John, Clute, late private in Company Il,
nhirty-siXfl O. V. l.. granting an honorable
discharge 20 James Petty, late of Company O.
Ntghty- eighth regiment, O. v
HousE-Mr Dockery, of Missouri, introduced
o resolution to-day calling Upon the secretary of
the treg sury rs TO what gold and silver and
other II etal had been coined from June |, 1881,
to March l. 1892, tho amount on hand, and
whether the capacity OF the mint is sufficient
for the present coinage of the United States.
Mr.. OUthwaite from the committee on military
nfTairG has reported favorably Mr.. Haynes bill
providing for tho permanent preservation aud
custody of the records of the volunteer armies.
The committee on war claims has favorably
ported bill Guthurizfng the payment of pay
and allowance to miners who were discharged
from the army OF the United States after the
close of the war OF the rebellion by special order
secured by action of friends, and before the
date of the gCnccal mus tering out of their COM
mandS
WAsHlNGToN March 2o.-SENATE.-Bfls in
troduced Granting an increase of pension to
Isaac G. Ross, and paying him forty dollurs per
month; granting an increase of pension toJas.
+. Singer, Company f., Sixth regiment, l. V. j.;
for the relief of SeatOn Norman, appointing
him assistant surgeon in the U. 6. Marine ser
vice; penSioning Wan. Condell, Company F. u.
S. Infantry granting an increase OF pension to
Robert Hammond, late II private in Company a,
Fifteenth o. V. L. and paying fifty dollars per
month; granting an increase of pension to
Sarah a, Woodbridge, dependent mother
of Capt. Charles Brewer, late of the Nineteenth
o. V. l., and paying her fifty dollars per month;
paying Indiana Polling. widow of LewisJ. Tull.
of Company l., Thirdly, l., a pension of twelve
dollars per month. Senator Voorhees, bill to
purchase puinting Of Abraham Lincoln has
beenfavorable reported by the committee on
library.
HoUsE-The tarlT occupied the attention Of
the House to.day, the debate on the free wool
n speech, which was u good free-trade argu-
ment Gov McCreary, ky) also made
speech, in which he showed forth the democratic
view on the subject The other democratic
speaker was DcForest (Ct.) The only repub-
liCan who spoke was Dolliyer Ga.).
WASHINGTON. March 30. .-SENATE-Roge @.
Mills was sworn in as senator to-day. Senator
Voorhees, fGyorubly from the commit
tee on library his bill authorizing the purchase
| of Lawrie,S picture Of Gen. George H Thomas.
| Senator Hiscocll introduced q bill appropriate
| ing $1,000 for expenses Incident to dedicatOry
| ceremonies over the statue of Gen. Lafayette,
| proposed to bc held in Washington during the
| G. a. r. encampment in September, 1892. Sen
| ator Sherman presented siYty-eight petitions,
| with ls694signatuTes, urging that oleomargarine
| be made subject to the laws of the several
| states.
| HoUsE-Bis introduced: by Mr.. Martin, OF
| lndiana-Paying Il 900 TO the lawful heirs of
| Daniel Henner, deceased, late OF pennsylvania,
| for property destroyed during the war; by Mr..
| Stone. Of kcntucky-removing charges Of de-
| sertion from the record of Robert NJ. Young.
| late OF Company X, Thirty-fifth Kentucky V. l.
| paying Mrs Margaret Martin, widow OF Thomas
| Martin. late of Livingston county, KY. Sl6O for
| one mule furnished the U. 5, army during the
| war. The wool bill debate continued.
! WASHlSGTON, March 3l.-SENATE.-Tittle
business OF general interest was transacted.
| The senate to-day voted to retain in the Indian
| appropriation bill the house provision the as
signment of army officers. instead Of civilians 10
| the duties Of Indian agents
| HOUSE-The following private bill was intro
| duced to-day by Gen. Enochs: Removing the
| charge OF desertiOn from the military record of
| Andrew J. Sayrc, Company X, Eleventh West
| Virginia Y. l. Mr.. StOrcr introduced the fol-
| lowing private bills: 10 place the name of Capt
| and Brew Brig Gen. Anderson on the retired
| list, and late of the Fifth infantry; pGnsioning
| Mrs. Lucy Ord Mason. widow of Lieut. John L.
| Mason, OF the u. S. army.
| WASHINGTON, April .--SENATE-Senator
| Mills, Of Texas, fairly entered upon his sem
atOrial duties to-day, ndnccepted as his COM
mittce assignments the places vacated by the
retirement OF his predecessor, Senator Chiffon
He will thus be u member oi the committees on
coast defenseS, mines and mining, patents and
post Offices end post roads Senator Mills also
appointed his private secretary Obrien
Moore There was little business transacted
to-day.
HoUsE-Mr. Lodge introduced bill provid-
ing for international ratio between gold and
silver, and TO suspend the purchase of silver
bullion and the issue Of treasury notes thereon,
as provided by tho act ofJuly II, 1890. Repre-
| sentative SayeIs of Texas, reported the ur-
| gency deficiency appropriation bill 10 the house
| 1t aggregates S0i2,G90, OF which $4,000 is to
| supply deficiencies in the,nppropriation for the
| collection of customs revenues The most in
teresting item, however, is one of S2f1 $50 to
| supply with a-'titcial limbs soldiers who lost
| limbs in the Eor the eleventh census an
| appropriation OF SlOO,OOO is Inudo.
| WAsHIEGTOE, April .. -SENArE-No business
Of interest was transacted.
HoUsE-The general discussion on the tariff
bill in the house closed to-day. II the present
programme, as agreed upon by the leaders, is
carried out, the considera ton of the free wool
bill under the 6ge minute rule will begin Mon
day, and the Measure will be passed by the
| house early in the week. Mr.. Burrows, OF
| Michigan, q member of the committee on ways
and means, was tie chief speaker in opposition
to the bill.
Prince Msmarck's Birthday.