The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-14
The PENSION PILE.
Congress Must Squeeze a Bit to
Pay Old Soldiers.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The Total Of the House Bul 10 Increased
The Leases OF the Yellowstone Park
Association Investigated-The Bering
Sea Arbitrator.

WARRINGTON, May IA. - Speaker Crisp
1aid before tho House yesterday letter
from the acting secretary of the treasury,
transmitting an estimate of deficiency in
the appropriation for pensions for the
current fiscal year of q. .674, 1882 and recon-
mending that the deficiency be supplied
by reappropriating that sum from the
unexpended balance Of q, ,S34 ,079 remain
Ing to the credit OF pensions for the fiscal
year 1891.
A letter from the commissioners OF
pensions shows that the total amount
available for pensions for the months of
el9, 1877 ,440, and the commissioner estim-
ates that IL will require t26, ,611 ,772 to
make the payments for these months.
More than 5,000, 900 OF the eS ,S34 900 re-
naming on the books OF the treasury for
the last fiscal year, the commissioners
on warrants BY the secretary and placed
to the credit OF the pension agents, and
was afterwards deposited to the credit OF
the treasurer Of the United States.
Filibustering continued until o'clock
when, by somewhat of q snap judgment,
the Speaker pro tenn Mr.. Montgomery OF
Kentucky ignoring demand for the yeas
and nays and filibustering motion that
when the House adjourned ii be to meet
on Monday next, declared the House ad-
iourned.
The Republicans had been trying to
keep the House in session until O'Clock
in order to ensure a night session for
consideration of pension bills. Mr.. Mont
gomery's action was applauded by the
Democrats, while the Repu ublicans took
1t good naturedly, although few Kisses
were heard.
In the Senate
The confederation of the naval bill was
resumed and several minor amendments
were proposed by Mr.. Hale and agreed
to.
Mr.. Chandler offered an amendment ap-
propriating 100000 for a dock at Ports
mouth, IN. H., Navy Yard under limit
of $500, 900 as the total cost; and spoke in
explanation and advocacy of it.
Mr.. German spoke against the amend
ment.
After a discussion participated In by
Messrs. Chandler, Mcpherson, Hale and
Hawley, the amendment was rejected.
AS the result OF much preliminary
work, while the river and harbor bill
was pending In the House, the Senate
committee on commerce was able
to report the bill back to the Senate with
all the amendments which IL regards as
necessary. 1t has increased the total of
the House bill by 81 1881 ,143, and made de-
creases to the amount Of fs5S, 900, making
the net increase q, ,123, ,143, and the total
of the appropriation made by the bill as
reported to the Senate, 1870, ,118.
Tho Senate cnxS mittee increased the
appropriations by the House by the fol-
lowing amounts:
Harbors--Maine: Camden $4,000; Port
land tl0, 900; Mount Desert $50 200. Massa-
chusetts: Salem $4,000; Canspitsit 5000;
(new rojects-Winthrop 5000; Scituate
$4,000; Kingston sl0,OO0). Rhode Island:
Block Island $1,000; Newport s15, 900.
Connecticut: Duck Island $1,000; Cos
Cob $1,000 (new).
Rivers-Maine: Kennebec 10000; Pen
obscot $4,000. Vermont: Otter Creek
5000. Massachusetts,: Mystic and NAL
den 5000. Rhode Island: Pawcatuck
(new) $500. Connecticut: Thames $10-
600; Mystic 5000; Saugatnck $1,000.
After long discussion Mr.. Mcpherson
modified his amendment SO as to strike
out the House provision for one armored
cruiser and the Senate provision for one
sea- going coast-line battleship and for
one harbor defence double turret ship of
the monitor type, and to Substitute
therefor provision for three harbor de-
fence double turret ships Of the monitor
type.