The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-03

debate and declared that the state.
ment made by the senator from Rhode
Island was not true.
"What statement?" asked Senator
! Aldrich.
line statement that amendments
had oeen agreed tn On the pending
bill, !" replied Senator Voorhees,. The
efforts here TO create the impression
that new bill Is being made. The
senator from Rhode Island taxes the.
senator from New Jersey with being
destitute of knowledge. The senator
from Rhode Island is himself s;rik-
ing example OF man without any
knowledge of what be is talking
! about. The statement made by the
senator from Rhode Island is without
truth, direct and implied"
u do not know what the senator
means by having been agreed to,''
said Senator Aldrich.
That is subject on which no can
form his own construction. That
amendments have not been agreed to
may not be true, but that they have
been considered in the majority of the,
| committee is true"
That is wide of the truth; that is
not correct" declared Senator Voor-
hees.
~ will leave that to be decided In the
course OF events for the next three
days." replied Senator Aldrich and
rested the case on that.
Senator Cullom was recognized and
spoke in opposition to the bill. Sena.
tor Cullom spoke for two hours and
twenty minutes and was followed by
Senator Dolph who gave the fifth in.
stallment OF his speech, but soon sank
into the background to allow Senator
Mcpherson to get into controversy
with Senators Frye and Aldrich.
Shortly after O'clock Senator Har~
ris asked the senator sarcastically how
much longer senator Dolph proposed
to take. He had already spoken four
days.
Senator Dolph asked Senator Har-
ris not to be inpatient.
"Oh, am the picture Of patience;
am simply asking question:" said
Senator Harris, amid the laughter Of
the senate.
Senator Dolph said he had been in
terrupted SO much that his speech had
been prolonged, He hoped he would,
be- allowed the floor untll through.
At 5:25 the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-T venty--
one private pension bills passed tell
the story of the days work in the
house. Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa, who
has been harassing the Democratic
eide daily for week for action on
the pension bills finally succeeded tos
day through the aid of Mr.. Picker
of south Dakota, who has been acting
with him, and the bills were
passed in p minutes. The,
beneficiary OF one of the
bills is an old lady of 95, totally
| blind, the widow of soldier of 1872,
and had died since her bill was re-,
ported from last Friday nights SEES
sion. When it was reau and about to
be placed upon iIs passage Mr.. Tay-
Tor of Indiana interrupted: Never
mind, Mr.. Speaker" sad he, "that
bill can he laid aside; the old lady is
dead" The members who had beer.
chatting and laughing stopped.
! There was q moment o! silence. The
elief for which the old lady had been
striving so long WIS at hand, but, like
any other congressional claim it
came too late. Congress could
no longer give her relief
The clerk pause and then went on
reading the uext bill. The remainder
of the day was devoted 10 the consld-
GRAFTON OF the private bills, but only
one, that to reimburse Hiram Johnson
and some other Tennessee war claim
ants, was disposed Of and 1T Was re-
committed for further Investigation.
One othe bill was taken up--a bill to
refer an Alabama cotton claim 10 the
court on claims. 1t met with strenu-
GUS opposition, however, on the ground!
it would open the way Co other cotton
claims aggregating 100000, 900, and
was not voted on before the recess.
The evening session was also devoted.
to pension bills.