The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-08
PENSION Bib PASSED.
The Appropriations Go Through
the House Unamended.
THE TARIFF BILL 1s FINISHED

1t Is Now Before the Full Finance Com
mittes Of the Senate, but May Not Reach
the Senate itself for Two or Three Weeks
TO Come.
WASHINGTON, March s-After Ave days
Of debate the pension appropriation bill,
carrying sl5l 900, was passed by the
house yesterday afternoon without di-
vision. Throughout the debate there had
been no criticism Of the amount carried
by the bill, the debate being, on the one
hand, confined to an assault on the man
ner in which the present commissioner
had administered the Office and his al
legged unauthorized suspension OF pen
Fions, and on the other TO a defense Of the
attempt Of the commissioner to purge the
rolls Of those who were not entitled to a
place upon them. Yesterday there were
several very spirited speeches-those by
General Henderson, of Iowa, Mr.. O'Neill,
in closing the debate, and ex-Speaker
Grow
All the amendments to the bill save
one, that Of Mr.. Pickler, to make the re
ports of examining surgeons open to the
inspection Of the applicant or his attor-
neys, were defeated They all fell under
points of order that they were not ger
name. The one which attracted most at
tention was that Of Mr. Enloe to repeal a
portion of the provision included in the
act of last December TO prevent the sus-
pension Of any pension except on thirty
days notice, so as to permit the suspen-
sion in case Of plain prima facie evidence
that the pensioner had secured his pen
sion by forgery, perjury or other palpable
fraud
This amendment was offered ut the sug-
gestioH of Commissioner Lochren himself,
who, under the opinion Of the attorney
general, declared that If tho act of last
December stood over 10000 would have
to be paid out to suspended pensioners
who were proven beyond question not to
be longer entitled to the pensions they
had been drawing Mr.. Outhwaite the
chairman of the committee Of the whole,
however, ruled the amendment out on
Mr. Martins point of order that it was not
| germane.
An exciting and interesting debate was
| precipitated in the senate by Mr.. Harris
motion for the second reading Of the seign-
forage bill This was opposed by Mr.
| Sherman, who moved its reference to the
finance committee, and in the course Of a
| strong speech in opposition to the bill said
| that its object was to divert trust fund
from its legitimate purposes "a thing
which in Ohio would be a penitentiary of
! Tense His motion was defeated, however,
and the bill taken up as unfinished bust
| ness, and almost before anyone was aware
of what had happened it passed its third
reading and was on the point of passing
the senate. Then its opponents recovered
| from their surprise and endeavored to pre-
| vent its passage, and on request Of Sena-
tor Sherman it went over.
In the morning hour Mr.. Morgan intro
duced a resolution calling on the presi-
dent for information as to the occupancy
of Bluefelds, Nicaragua, by the British
This was agreed to. The house bill appro-
priating $4,000 for saving the Kearsarge
was also passed, as did the bill permitting
General o. O. Howard TO accept from the
French government the decoration OF
commander Of the Legion of Honor.
The Wilson tariff bill was submitted tc
the full senate finance committee today
and is now under discussion. Senator
Voorhees, said this morning that the com
mittee would be given a few days to con
slider the bill as a whole, and that, after il
should be reported to the senate, at less
a week Of additional time would be per
e mitted before there would be an effort t,
have the bill taken up in the senate
The sugar schedule was the last thing t.
receive the attention Of the eommitte
Y and the work was brought to a close b,
placing the figure at one cent a pound, o
about that figure, on sugar showing s
e degrees fnsness according to the polaris
copic test, and increasing the amour
gradually with the increase Of the purit
. of the article. IL is known that the in
e crease does not reach fourth Of a cent
but it cannot be definitely stated just wha
it is.
1t is learned from another source tha
- that quoted to the effect that tho tax o
Y whisky will remain the same as now state
in the Wilson bill, that the whisky ia
u will probably be increased to S1.10 per ga
e lon and the bonded period extended t
=, i've year,.
The Democratic members Of the hnanC
II committee do not consider that the seil
Y. nioraRS bill will be in the way of the tart
bill when the time shall come for takin
" MP the latter, as they think it will hGv
% been disposed Of before the tariff can po
=, sibly be reached.
While Mr.. Voorhees, believes that tn
II finance committee will be through wit
II the tariff bill at the end Of the preser
=. week, bhe Republican members of the con
mittse say they will ask for not less tina
o two weeks, and possibly three.