Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-15


and Acted Upoa.
Dolngs Of Congrssa
Tho debate ON the pension appropriation
bin continued ell day Monday In the
spirit vas displayed. The principal
speakers we're Msssr1 Dollivsr. Hepburn:
Enloe. and Cannon: The sensse
Of Importance was transacted a brief de-
bate on silver was precipitated By the in-
tention expressed by the Vice President 20
refer the Bland seigniorage bill. which
had just been received from the House.
20 the Finance Committed Mr.. Stew
ART Of Nevada. opposed this disposition Of
the bill, and asked that IL DO allo wed 20 lie
on tho table subject TO being called mp ~
any time This was finally ordered. Mr..
Stewart at tho same time offered o FREQ
silver amendment TO the bill The only
other event of interest was tho Offer
ing BY Mr.. Morgan. OF Alabama. of .
resolution looking 70 the appointment OF
tariff commission. which he offered a. an
amendment 70 the tarin bill A number
Of bills of minor Importance were passed
The feature Of the pension debate In the
House Tuesday was the speech of General
Daniel E sickles. of New York Mr. Milf
ken rep, Maine) made BRIEF speech In
favor OF liberality In pensions, and was
followed by ME- Grosvenor rep, Ohio.
sale fraud in the pension rolls General
Grosvenor stamped as false and malicious
Mr.. Coombs Dem, N. Y decried the con.
slant attempts to make political capital
out OF the pension business. and the
unjust charges Of hostility TO the sys-
tenn upon the Southern Representa-
tives The Southern members, he said,
had quietly acquiesced In the demands
for pensions. They did not even reply to
the tauuts of the other side. NE Blair
II y aotA hat ha hat n
cry that the pension roll was a roll OF dis
honor tainted with fraud had long been
heard In the land. As far back as 1881.
in order 70 get at the fraudulent
pensions. the entire roll was pub
community. and as far as he knew
not one single. solitary case of fraud was
developed Mr. Mahon (Rep. Pa con.
cluded the debate for the day Al the end
OF his remarks the committee rose Mr..
committee on expenditures In the depart
ment TO improve the methods of auditing
accounts In the Treasury Department, and
then ct $40 o'clock the House adjourned
The Senate confirmed number Of post
mastera
The pension appropriation bill carrying
$50, 600, 600, was passed Wednesday after
noon without division. Throughout the
debate there had been no criticism
of tho amount carried by the bill
All the amendments 10 tuo Saw OuCs
that Of Mr.. Picker to make the re-
ports Of the examining surgeons open 70
the inspection of the applicant or
his attorneys were defeated They all fell
under points of order that they were not
germane The one which attracted most
atten ton was that of Mr. Enloe. 10 repeal o
portion of the provision included in the act
Of last Decem Der to prevent the suspension
of any pension except on thirty days
notice; also to permit the suspen-
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evidence that the pensioner had pro-
cured his pension bv forgery, perjury
or other palpable fraud. This amendment
was offered at the suggestion Of Commits
sioner Lochren himself. who under the
opinion of the Attorney General declared
TINT II the act Of last December stood over
$500. 900 would have to be paid out TO sus-
pended pensioners who were proved be-
yond all question not TO be longer en-.
titled TO the pensions they had
man. of the committee OF the whole, how
ever. ruled the amendment out on Mr..
Martins point of order that 1t was not
germane. The Senate struggled oil day
with the seigniorage coinage bill, and con-
siderable progress was made 1t will soon
be out of the way. On motion of Mr. Glib
son the Senate passed the House bill ap-
propriating s45. 900 for the rescue OF the
armament and wreck OF the United States
steamer Kearsarge.
The President transmitted some ad-
ditional Hawaiian correspondence to
the House Thursday morning. The Sem
ate bill 70 amend the act to establish
the Smithsonian Institution was passed.
The conference report on the urgency
deficiency bill was presented by Mr.
Ayres and agreed to Mr. r chardson,
of Tennessee. from the joint commits
sion on expenditures In the executive de-
partments, called up the bill to reform the
method OF accounting and auditing In The
customs department OF the treasury The
bill abolishes the Office of Commissioner
and Assistant Commissioner of Customs
The discussion over the bill took wide
range and was participated In by Messrs.
Baker. Henderson. Hepburn. Cannon and
Dockery. The bill was passed. The House
then went into committee OF the whole for
the nsideration of the District of Column
bia appropriation bill and, after debate.
adjourned. The Senate In executive ses-
sion confirmed q lot OF postm asters In Kan
sas. Illinois. Michigan and Iowa
In the House Friday. after transacting
some business OF minor Importance, the
Houre went into Committee OF the Whole
for further consideration Of the District
of Columbia bill In the course Of de-
bate Mr. Kilgore denounced the District
press as subservient to all jobs In the
District to plumber the Treasury. At 8
O'Clock the debate closed and voting took
place on various amendments Without
com pleting the consideration OF the bill
the House took q recess until o'clock, the
evening session to be devoted to pri-
vate pension bills The eight session
was devoted to the passage of in
dividual pensions and at 10:25 the
House adjourned. In the Senate Mr..
PETER introduced . resolution for an in
vestigation into the Senatorial sugar spec
ulation. The House bill authorizing q
bridge over the East River between
New York and Long Island passed
without objection. A bill was passed ap-
propriating 5000. 900 to pay the damages
resulting to persons who went upon the
Grow Creek and Winnebago Indian Reser-
walton In South Dakota between Feb ~
and 81, 1883 Then came up the Bland
seigniorage bill as unfinished business,
which occupied the rest Of the day.
The House com pleted the consideration OF
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
Saturday. and passed 1t after defeating the
final effort of Mr. de Almond TO re-
duce the share of expenses OF the
District TO be borne by the gene
eral government The debate was
devoid Of all general interest After An
unsuccessful effort on the part OF Mr
layers, chairman of the appropriation
committee to reach an agreement as to
the limit of the general debate on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. the House
adjourned.