Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
SOME NEW BILLS
That Have Been introduced in the
House
Upon PENSIONS, TARIFF AND FINANCE.
Projects to Change the Laws Upon
These Subjects.
SOME FINANCIAL SCHEMES.

Among the bills introduced in the House
OF Representatives quite a number are de-
voted to pensions and the tariff. On the
former subject are the following:
BY MIR. Houke of Tennessee.-Awardin
pensions to residents Of insurrectionary
states who enlisted in the United States
army, but were prevented from joining
their command by arrest or Imprisonment.
ana VINO suffer from wounds received or
disease contracted while thus under ar
rest or Imprisonment; and to those persons,
who. because they remained loyal to the
United States. were arrested and imprison-
ed and incurred disease therefrom which
permanently disabled them.
BY Mr.. Hermann.-To pension soldiers of
the Indian wars as Mexican war soldiers
are pensioned.
BY AIR. Alallory.-To restore to the pen
sion rolls of the United States the names of
all persons who were drawing pensions at
the beginning of the late rebellion by rea-
son of their services in the Indian wars of
fior1da, and whose names were stricken
from the pension rolls by reason Of their
participation In. or sympathy with said
By Mr.. McKaig.-To increase to $50 a
BY Mr.. Martin, chairman Of the commit
tee on invalid pensions.-To enable appli-
eants for pensions under the general
disability act of 1890 to prosecute
honorable discharge: also to abolish
distinction as to weight Of evidence be-
tween prlVateS and officers.
By Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama-To fix the
pension of a soldier who did not engage in
battle, nor incur disability while in the ser
vice, and who served less than three years.
at three-fourths the rate fixed by law; to
the soldier who served less than two years
one-half, and to the soldier who served less
than one year. one-fourth.
By Mr.. Curtis of New York-To make the
pension for total blindness 500 a month.
By Mr.. Pickler-To prohibit the suspen-
sion or stoppage of payment Of any PEN
sion until after a full hearing and examina-
ton and final determination by the Secre-
tary Of the Interior Of charges filed H. con-
nection Herewith.
By Mr.. Grout-To increase the pension
for total disability from s72 to 800 a month.
the increase to take effect from February
IL, 1889: also to increase the pensions Of $50
a month. granted under the act Of June 1s,
1874. to $72 month. the increase to take cf-
feet from that date; also to give to pen
sioners who were confined in confederate
prisons 81 a month additional for every
thirty days Of such confinement.
Tariff Measures.
The tariff bills are:
By Mr.. Tracey-To put coal tar and its
products on the free list.
By Mr.. Martin of Indiana-To repeal the
reciprocity clause of the Mckinley law.
By Mr.. Tucker-To place binding twine
on the free list
By Mr. Houk Of Ohio-To place any nlter-
ducts. the formula for the compounding Of
which is protected by letters patent, grant
ed to a citizen Of a foreign country upon
the free list.
By Mr. wheeler of Aiabama-To place
cotton bagging on the free list.
By Mr.. Geary-Fixing the tariff on i'm
ported wines.
By Mr.. Tucker-To place sulphuric acid
or Oil of vitriol on the free list.
Some Additional Financial Schemes.
Among the latest additions to the imam
cial projects before the House are these:
Mr. McLaurin Of South Carolina proposes.
in a bill introduced by him, to authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to add $l25.-
900 900 Of greenbacks to the treasury cash
balance. and to credit the redemption ac-
count with s25. 900 Of greenbacks declared
to be lost or destroyed.
Representative Meiklejohn Of Nebraska
has plan for free coinage Of standard sill
yer dollars which he thinks ought to settle
the present controversy. He has introduced
a bill which, in addition to repeating the
purchase clause of the Sherman law, con-
tains the following provisions as to the sill
yer dollars coined under its terms:
when the market price or value of pure
silver shall be less than the coin value
thereof. as herein provided there shall be
levied seigniorage for converting said sill
yer bullion into standard silver dollars in
value equal to the difference between the
coin value of three hundred seventy-one
and a quarter grains troy OF pure silver and
the market value or price thereof, which
shall be paid by the depositor.
''The seigniorage for the coinage Of such
silver bullion into standard silver dollars
shall be credited to a special fund. to be de-
nominated the silver seigniorage fund
1T shall be the duty of the director Of the
United States mint to proclaim each day
the price of silver bullion. which shall be
the valuation of silver bullion upon which
the superintendent Of each mint shall make
the computation Of the coinage seigniorage
herein provided.
when the market price of silver bullion
shall equal the coin value of three hundred
seventy-one and one-half grains troy of
pure silver all silver bullion now owned by
the government Of the United States which
Is uncoined and against which no certih-
Gates have been issued and all silver bul-
Hon In the silver seigniorage fund shall be
coined into standard silver dollars as herein
provided