Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-18
At WASHINGTON,
Notes of Affairs at the Nations
Capital.
Matters Considered by House and
Senate.
labor Troubles the Sensation of the
wesk-Pensions to Survivors Of
Indian Wars-wo orld's Fair
Opening ossip.

Special Correspondence to the HERALD.1
WASHINGTON, July 10.-s'A busy week
under the dome."
After the holiday of the Fourth of
July the house and senate seemed to
meet with a determination to get
through with their work on the appro-
priation bills. Delay was caused by
some ilibustering in the house against
the free coinage bill, and generally by
the determination OF the senate to force
up the appropriations as far as possible.
The sensation of the week was caused
by the news Of the fatal encounter at
Carnegie's steel works Wednesday
night. Investigations were at once or
dered by both the senate and house, the
latter having already the question of
Pinkerton men under inquiry. AL
though no one wished to gain partisan
advantage from such tragedy, it is i'm
possible that the affair should not have
an important result on the tariff con-
troverey.
Very little was done on Tuesday. In
the senate, Mr.. Barry spoke on the Hale
resolution touching the tariff, and made
some tolerable hits. The senate ad-
hered to its amendments increasing ap-
propriations for the District of Column
bia. A number of private bills were
passed..
In the house the senate bill providing
for the free coinage of silver and gold
was read, and a fight began for its de-
lay. Mr.. Tracy of New York moved to
refer it to the committee on banking
and currency. No quorum voted. A
call OF the house was ordered and all
leaves OF absence, except for sickness,
wererevoked. A vote was then had on
Tracy's motion. A quorum disappeared
had. The house finally adjourned with
out action.
In the senate on Wednesday Mr.. Aid
rich, of Rhode Island, presented petit
tions for retaining wool and it's manu-
factures at the rate established bv the
Mckinley act.
House bill granting pensions to sur
vivors OF the Indian wars of 1882 to
1843 was taken IRON the calendar and
amended by extending it's benefits to
the Seminole wars OF 1859, Oregon and
Washington wars of 1885, and Sioux
war of 1862, in Minnesota and Dakota.
Then the bill was recommitted to the
committee on pensions.
Mr.. Kyle's resolution for an inyesti-
CATION relative to the "slumH of citiesn
was adopted. Twenty Thousand dollars
was appropriated for the purpose.
Senate bill to adjust the pension of
those who lost limbs or the use of them
was passed. The additional annual
charge on the treasury for this will be
less than 100000.
The conference report on the river
and harbor bill was agreed to.
In the house the conference report
on the river and harbor bill was like
wise referred to, then flibustering be-
gan again on the silver bill.
On Tuesday the news of the fatal en-
counter between workingmen and Pink
erton men at Carnegie'a. steel works
naturally engrossed the attention of
both houses. In the senate, two reso-
lutions for investigation, offered re-
spectiyely by Messrs. Gallinger and
Peffer the day before were brought up.
In the discussion Mr.. Palmer spoke at
length against the employment of Pin
kerton forces and said that working
men should not be subject to arbitrary
discharge. Mr.. Voorhees, pointed out
the discrepancy between the promise of
increased wages of working men under
the Mckinley act, and the treatment
they had just received from one of its
chief beneficiaries, the Carnegie concern.
Mr.. Hale made the principal attempt to
reply on the Republican side. Confer
ence reports on the Indian bill, military
academy bill, legislative bill, postofice
bill and bill approving the funding act
OF Arizona were presented and agreed
to.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill and disposed of half of it.
In the house there was no further fill
clustering against the senate free coin
age bill, and it was referred by the
speaker to the coinage committee.
Mr.. Oates of Alabama, from the com.
mittee on judiciary, reported back
resolution for an investigation as to the
employment of Pinkerton forces at
Homestead, Pa. Mr.. Terry of Arkansas
moved to amend by instructing the
committee to inquire whether the en-
ployment of Pinkerton detectives has
any connection with the federal taxa
ton, and motion to refer as amended
was agreed to.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was agreed to. The
bill sppropriates $545, 1893 less than the
bill as it passed the senate, and $226, ,778
more than as it originally passed the
house.
In the senate Friday the fortification
bill was placed on the calendar and a
bill was passed changing the opening of
the Chicago fair from the 18th to the
2lst Of October. Mr.. Gallinger then es-
sayed reply to the speech Of Mr.. Voor-
hees of the day before, and chanted the
praises OF high tariff. Consideration OF
the sundry civil bill was then resumed
The paragraph for the surveys and re-
surveys was declared by Messrs. Shoup
and Allen to be insufficient, and was
finally amended by increasing the ap.
preparation from 100000, as in the
house bill, and from 1915, 900, as recon-
mended in the committees amend
ment, to $450,000. After disposing
ing OF twenty pages of the bill, it was
laid aside. A conference report on the
bill to increase the pensions of certain
soldiers and sailors who are totally help
Lose from injuries received or disease
ntracted in the service, was agreed to.
Air. Quay of Pennsylvania succeeded in
4 tting printed in the record an inter
view with President Frick OF the Carne-
gle company.
Friday was suspension day in the
house, and Mr.. Shively OF Indiana moved
the passage of the tin plate bill. In the
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