Connecticut western news., 1895-01-24
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT T1s NA-
 TloNAl CAPITOL.

The Income Tax withsiaads the Assault
 trohaocd-The Pension BIn Passed by
 tho House.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. aa-The discussion of Hawaiian affairs hns occupied much of tJe time of the senate for the past flow days Numerous resolutions havo been introduced.
 On Thursday. Jaa. IF. another inter estlng chapter to tho financial question was given In the senate whom Mir Shor- man presented an emergency currency bili to meet treasury deficiencies and Mir pugh offorcd a measure In tho same Inc, supplementinR it with a vigorous speech on the impotcncv and inaction of the sen ate In the face of a grave emergency. Thsa was but the hrief prelude to n day spont with appropriation bills
 The Pensioa mn ra@.ed.
 Tho pension b.li sppropriatinR sIsi. ooo.- 900 was passeL with two amcndments- ono making 90 the lowest rate for pension disability and another repeating the prca- ent law cutting or tho pensions of non. residents
 Tho army appropriation bill was oon- sidercd, but not completed, owing to spir- itod oppos tion to tho abandonment of ar my posts in tho far northwest
 Tho day In the house was again devoted to the Indian appropriation bill and fair progress was made. A number of' aHnend. m,nts were adopted, the most important being to pay to tho Cherokee nation ST. 6eo. GOO. An amendment by Mir. Pioklor to discontinue the services of AfrnySnffioorw as Indian agents was ruled out of order 10 ha A.s passed tho army appropriation bill. carry ing saa, GOO, ooo. and tho bill which In cf- feot advances General Sohoflold, in com mand of the army, to tho ruok of lieuton- ant general, held by Generals Sherman and Sheridan. Aside from this the day was given to tho debate on the Nicaragua canal.
 The consideration of the Indian appro- priation bill was enlivened by MT. Gros- vonor, who brought up the subject of the A. F. A. in connection with the appropri- ation for Indian schools
 Tho final disposition of the paragraph re'ating to Indian schools was finally post poned. Several bills relating to the Dis trict of Columbia aud to minor matters wore passed.
 Move Hawaiian Resoiution& On Monday. Ian. si, the senate again gave it's atten lon to tho Hawaiian | qurstion. Mir. Bodp add one more to the large number of Hawaiian resolutions | IL was loss critical than those preceding 1t conRratulatinR tho admins ration on sending a ship to Honolulu, favoring an ncxation and opposing any Blitish ooou- pa lon of Hawaiian soil
 The hou O operating under special or der, pa sed seven public building bills, the target authorizing tho construction of . public building at Chicago to cost sl. 0o0, 900. The appropria ing clause in each | bill was s.r rlcken out. and tho appropria- tious mus. bs made in future sundry oivil bills
 On Tues ny, Jan 22, the policy of the inistation as Co Hawaii was again tho subject of sharp attack and ,defonse i'm the sonata This personal element in the controversy drcw large crowds to the gal leries, which at times overaowed into the outer corridors
 The Indian appropriation bill, which hal bcen under consideration for fivo days in the house, was inally passed It car ried s6, 4a4. S20 when reported. but as rassed the total was considerably aug mented. one amendment alone to pay the first installment for the purchase of the Cherokee outlotl carrying si $50. GOO. Scv- oral nnimportant tamendmepts woro added | to the bill