St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-26
LOCHREA is LECTUREO.
MASSACHUSETTS MORSE IS AGAIN
AFTER HIS SCALP.
CONDUCT OF PENSION OFFICE.
Commissioner Charged With Sus-
pending Pensions Without
Warrant of Law-Pensions Is
sued to applicants Known to
Be Dead in Order to Swell the
List Without Government Cost.

1ld"-I 1S-
sued to Applicants Known to
Be Dead in Order to Swell the
List Without Government Cost.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The house
held lazy and Indifferent session to-
day. Mr.. Morse, of Massachusetts, took
advantage of the latitude allowed in
committee of the whole to make an as
sault on Commissioner Lochren's con-
duct of the pension office. He charged
the commissioner with SuSpending, with
out warrant of law, pensions of soldiers.
Such conduct on the part of the presi-
dent would, he declared, subject him to
impeachment. He charged the pension
bureau with issuing pensions to appli
cants known to be dead in order to
swell the list of pensions without cost
to the government.
Several attempts were made by Mr..
Fithian to stop the speaker, but the
chairman was powerless to interfere,
and Mr.. Morse completed his statement.
The only interesting matters in con-
nection with the printing bill were the
efforts of Mr.. Meiklej Ohm, of Nebraska,
new champion of the printers IN the
house, TO secure an increase of the rates
OH composition, and of Mr.. Cummings
to prevent the public printer from sell
ing electrotype and stereotype plates of
government publications at the simple
cost of their making. Both failed, but
Mr.. DiDgley managed to secure the
adoption of an amendment prohibiting
the copyright of government publica-
tiOnS. AT the opening of the session
the speaker laid before the house let
ter from Attorney General Olney with
reference to the enforcement of. the
Chinese exclusion act.
Mr.. Hudson, of Kansas, asked unani-
nous conse ut for the consideration of a
resolution for the appointment of COM
mlttee of five to Investigate charges of
corruption, fraud, violence and murder
against military and civil officers in
connection with the opening of the
Cherokee strip, especially with refer
ence TO the killing of John K. Hill,
which Lieut.. Caldwell excused on the
ground that he was carrying out the Or
ders, also charges that certain persons
were given early information by which
they were enabled to enter the strip be-
fore others.
Mr.. DOckery, of Missouri, objected.
The house then resumed the consid-
Grafton Of the printing bill, the pending
amendment being that of Mr.. Meikle-
john, of Nebraska, increasing the price
for composition from 40 to 80 cents per
1000 ems.
The amendment was lost, and Mr..
Meiklejohn mhde the point of no
quorum. He subsequently, withdrew
the point and offered an amendment
substitutituting the increase in rate on
composition to 40 cents per thousand.
Lost.
Mr.. Cummings offered an amendment
to prohibit the public printer from sell
ing duplicate plates Of public docu-
mentS.
An amendment of Mr.. Dingley's pro-
hibiting the copyrighting of reprinted
and other government publications was
agreed to. Mr.. Richardson offered an
amendment to include the cost of COM
position in the price at which plates
were to be sold.
The amendment was disagreed to,
and the vote then recurred on Mr.. Cum
mings' original amendment. Lost, IL
to 46.
After further discussion the house
adjourned.