The National tribune., 1892-04-21


| for the establishment of two divisions OF TIT
| Court with three Judges each.
Mr. Coke offered an amendment to exclude
| the two new Judges from the right of pension
| He said he never heard an argument on the
| right to Judicial pensions which would not ap
| ply as well to members of Congress and Sena
| tors as it did to Judges.
Mr.. Gray favored Judicial pensions, and
spoke in terms of praise of the late Justice;
| Bradley and Miller who might have retired
| long ago on pensions, but preferred to work.
Mr.. Cokes amendment was rejected, alter
| further discussion, by a large majority.
| In further discussion upon the bill Mr.
| Hoar was speaking of his own wish that every
| pension claimant should have q right to have
his case tried in the United States District
Court where he lived when the remark was
made in low tone by Mr.. Morgan: You
would bankrupt the Government" The re-
mark was heard by Mr.. Hoar, and his reply to
it was: The Government is bankrupt al
ready"
by pensions" Mr.. Berry suggested.
1.-THE term bankruptcy" Mr.. Hoar went
on to explain, is quite as applicable to the
case of q Government that refuses TO pay its
honest obligations to pensioners or TO poor
classes of claimants as to Government that
does not pay its public bonds in gold. | have
never been able to draw the Distinction
Mr. Berry appeared to take Mr. Hoars first
remark in q literal sense for he said, with an
air of much satisfaction: Il have always held
that il our course in the matter of giving PEN
sions was continued it would bankrupt the
Government, but l never supposed that the
Senator from Massachusetts, would admit that
bankruptcy had already occurred"
Without reaching vote on the bill, the
Senate went into Executive session, and when
the doors were opened adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Burrows Mich, r. J, rising
to a question of privilege, called the attention
of the House TO the fact that Mr.. Stone Ky,
d. had printed in the Record what purported
to he his speech on the tariff, but to five lines
Of his own he had appended five chapters from
Henry Georges book on Protection and Free
Trade" He said there seemed to be = precon-
certed action in this printing of Georges book,
for where one member left off another took u p
the succeeding chapters of Georges book, and
had the whole Of it, with the exception of
three chapters, printed IN the Record. This
book was copyrighted, and he presumed that
the missing three chapters would soon appear
attached to some members speech He did
not think this publication should have been
allowed. 1t was not question OF whether 1t
would do good or harm, but was question OF
the dignity and integrity of the House.
Mr.. Stone Ky, d. acknowledged having
used a certain number of chapters Of the book,
and he did it for the purpose of sending 1T to
the voters of the country through the mails
free, as part of the Record.
Mr.. Burrows offered a resolution that the
quotations that appeared in the speeches of
several members from Georges book be stricken
from the Record, which was tabled by 3 vote Of
II9 yeas to 20 nays.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Naval appropriation bill. No
action was taken on the bill. and the Commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
FRIDAY, APRIL Is.
The Senate was not in session to-day
II the House. nothing whatever was accom-
nlished in the way of legislation. There were
q number of bills reported for the erection of
public buildings, and the House then went
into Committee of the Whole on the private
calendar. The bill before the Committee was
the well known relief bill for the heirs Of
Henry II. and Charlotte X Sbley. This bill
has been before the House for several weeks
every private bill day. Not being able TO make
any Roadway after repeated roll-calls for ad
iournment and two calls of the House, it was
finally decided 70 take recess until 8 o'clock.
No business was transacted at the evening
session, which was for the consideration of
private pension bills and the House adjourned
at an early hour.
SATURDAY. APRIL IS.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
After the transaction Of routine morning
business, the House went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Naval appropriation bill.
After discussion which consumed the days
session without reaching a conclusion, the
Committee rose and the House adjourned.
MONDAY, APRIL 18.
Ia the Senate, Mr. Vest introduced bill to
prohibit contracts by the Postmaster General
with any steamship company making unjust
determinations against any port Of the United
States as to imports By vessels carrying foreign
mails. In connection with the bill, and before
asking It's reference to the Committee on Com
merce, Dir. Vest said that he desired to submit
certain resolutions of the Merchants Exchange
of the city of st. Louis.
These resolutions. he said, called attention
TO the fact, about the existence OF which he
knew nothing personally, that the United
States and Brazil Steamship Company, one OF
the subsidized lines under the act providing
for special contracts for carrying foreign mails,
had refused 10 deliver coffee imported from
Brazil at the port of Newport News, Va.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Pef-
fer, requesting the Secretary Of State to obtain
information concerning the use of electricity
as power in the propulsion of farm machi-
merry and implements and on the propagation
and growth Of plants in foreign countries, was
taken up explained briefly by Mr.. PETER and
agreed TO
The modus Uirendi for the protection Of the
Bering Sea seal fisheries during the tendency
Of the arbitration which has been subject Of
negotiation between Secretary Blaine and the
British Minister Was brought to the Capitol
about ! o'clock. For soIoe reason not nov ap-
parent it was under the injunction of secrecy,
and therefore was not laid before the Senate in
open session. Mr.. Sherman, however, was noti-
fed by the President Of the nature Of the com
munication, aud as soon as lie could do so lat
lao p. H. he moved that tie Senate 20 into
Executive session. The doors were closed and
then the seals were broken and the nodus was
read TO the Senate.
When the doors we're opened the bill to
facilitate the disposition of causes before the
Court OF Claims WAS taken ~ and Diseased ut
length AID passed, after which the Senate ad-
journed.
The House, after transactng routine bust
ness, went into Committee Of the Whole on the
Naval Appropriation bill, which was passed
after a long discussion.
The House adjourned at D. n
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