The Princeton union., 1894-03-15
WORK OF CONGRESS.
RESUME OF PROSEEDINGS OF TIIN
SENATE AND HOUSE.

condensed Record of the Important
Transactions of Our National Lnw-
mnkcrs-The Work Done In Doth
Branches.
Washington, March THE debate on
me pension appropriation bill was con-
'inued to-day ia the house, the feature of |
the day being Gen. Sickles' speech crit !
scizing the action of Commissioner Loch- !
rem An agreement was reached where |
by the debate on the bill will close to-
morrow. Before the debate began to-
day the resolution for the investigation
of Judge Jenkins writ of injunction
against the Northern Pacific railway en-
plcyes was taken "p and passed.
A somewhat amusing episode cnlivened
the senate proceedings to-day, inaugur-
ated by Senator Berrys personal eX-
planation. A New York newspaper had
included him in q group IF portraits of
nine Democratic senators whom 1t
charged with being Observation-Disclosures to
the tariff bill. Mr.. Berry denied that he
had ever been anything but an earnest
advocate of the bill, and on ell occasions
had urged it's speedy report to the senate
without modification. His explanation
was followed by explanations from Sen
ators Faulkner, Call, McLaurin and
Morgan, which led to much amusement
in the senate chamber. The main inter-
est of the day centered about the dis
- cussion as to the disposal of the Bland
bill. Mr.. Stewart gave notice that to-
morrow he would move to take it up
and make it the business before the SEN
ate until disposed of. Mr.. Teller also
spoke on the same subject.
Washington, Mar;h S.-After five days
of debate the pension appropriations bill.
- carrying $151 100000, pas 'ed the house
without division. Throughout the debate
there had been no criticism of the amount
carried by the bill, debate being on the
tne hand confined to an assault on the
manner in which the present commission
er of pensions had administered the of
fee and his alleged unauthorized suspen-
sion of pensions, and on the other to a
- defense of the attempt of the commits
siCner to purge the rolls of those who
were not entitled to a place upon them.
Yesterday there were several very spir-
tied speeches, those by Gen. Henderson
of Iowa, Mr.. O'Neill in closing the de-
bate and ex-Speaker Grow. All the
amendments to the bill, save one, that Of
Mr.. Picker to make the reports of the
- examining surgeons open to the inspec-
tion Of the applicant or his attorneys,
were defeated. They all fell under points
of order that they We're not germane.
The one which attracted most attention
was that Of Mr.. Enloe to repeal a por~
ton Of the provision included in the
act of last December to prevent the sus-
pension Of any pension except on thirty
days notic- as to permit the suspension
in case of plain prime facie evidence
that the pensioner had procured his pen
sion by forgery. perjury or other palpable
fraud. This amendment was offered at
the suggestion of Commissioner Lechren
himself, who, under the opinion Of the at
-torney general, declared that if the act OF
- hast December stood over 100000 would
have to be paid out to suspended pen
sioners who were proven beyond all ques-
tion not to be longer entitled to the pen
sions they had been drawing. Mr.. Outh.
waite, the chairman of the committee OF
the whole, however, ruled the amend
ment out on Mr.. Martins point of order
that it was not germane.
: An exciting and interesting debate was
/. precipitated in the senate yesterday by
Mr.. Harris motion for the second read
ing of the seigniorage bill. This was op
posed Dy MT. SHERMAN, VINO moved IT.
reference to the finance committee, an(
in tie course Of strong speech in op
position to the bill said that it's objec
was to divert trust fund from its le
gitimate purpose--a thing which in Obi.
would be penitentiary offense His mo
ton was defeated and the bill taken VI
as unfinished business, and almost befor
any one was aware of what had hap
pened it passed it's third reading and wa
on the point of passing the senate. The,
it's opponents recovered from their sur
prise and endeavored to prevent it's pass
age, and on request of Senator Sherman
it went over until tomorrow.
Washington, March 8. - The Blan
seigniorage bill was laid before the sen
+ ate as unfinished business. Mr.. Shel
man bitterly opposed the pending b
and expressed the hope that the motto
T to reconsider would prevail as he wante
the bill open to amendments. Mr.. Harri
al thot fbo lol -