The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-03-17

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carried by the bill, debate being on the
enc hand confined to an assault on the
in which the present commissions
er of pensions had administered the Of
fee and his alleged unauthorized sasprn-
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-
ton of the applicant OF his attorneys,
were defeated. They all fell under points
of order that they were not germane.
The one which attracted most attention
was that of Mr.. Enloe to repeal Il por-
ton of the provision included in the
act of last December to prevent the sus-
pension of any pension except on thirty
days NOTICE 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
1Aduu. dUuclluL1cuI was OuGicu dI
the suggestion of Commissioner Lochren
himself, who, under the opinion of the at
torney general, declared that if the act of
last December stood over $4,000 0 would
have to be paid out to suspended pen
sioners who were proven beyond all ques-
ton 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
hat 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 by Mr.. Sherman, who moved it's
reference to the finance committee, and
in tie course of a strong speech in OPP
position to the bill said that it's object
was to divert a t1ust fund from its le-
gitimate purpOse-a thing which in Ohio
would be a penitentiary offense. His mo-
ton was defeated and the bill taken up
as unfinished business, and almost before
any one was aware of what had hap
pened it passed it's third reading and was
on the point of passing the senate. Then
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 Bland
seigniorage bill was laid before the SEN
ate as unfinished business. Mr.. Sher-
man bitterly opposed the pending bill
and expressed the hope that the motion
to reconsider would prevail, as he wanted
the bill open to amendments. Mr.. Harris
claimed that the bill had reached it's
present stage through the regular chan
nels OF the senate procedure and he
knew of no reason swhy the bill should
not be disposed of within thirty minutes.
He would not consent to reconsider the
bill until the majority by an aye and
nay vote decided it. The bill went over
without action until tomorrow, when q
vote will be taken.
In the house the conference report on
the urgent deficiency bill was presented
by Mr.. Ayres and agreed to. A resolu-
ton of inquiry calling on the secretary
OF the treasury for a report of all I'M
settled claims up to date against the
Southern and Central Pacific railroad
and their branches for transportation
service was adopted. The house then
went into committee of the whole for
the consideration of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill. After de-
bate the committee arose and the house
adjourned.