St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
SHERMAN'S IDEAOFIT.
Buckeye Senator Introduces
a Scheme for Relieving
the Treasury.
SENATE BUSY WITH FINANCE.
Pension Appropriations Bill
Passed With Important
Amendments.
SENATE BUSY WITH FINANCE
SPEAKER CRISP IS ILL,
He Will Go South for a Rest
News Of the Cap
itaI.

w AS11NG1ONs JAIL 1Gs-alO III
teresting chapter to the financial ques-
ton was given in the senate today, when
Mr.. Sherman presented an emergency
currency bill to meet treasury defic~
iencies and Mr. Pugh offered measure
III the same line, experimenting 1t with
a vigorous speech on the impoJencv and
inaction of the senate i'll the face of
grave emergency. This was but the
brief prelude to day spent with APP
preparation bills.
The pension bill appropriating S141,-
100000 was passed with two important
amendments. one making Sc the lowest
rate for pension disability, and another
repeating the present law cutting OFF
the pensions of non-residents. 1t was
stated during the debate that the ST
amendment would increase pension eX-
peuditures not exceeding $1.000,000.
The bill served as text for sharp crit
icism against the administration OF the
pension office. The army appropriation
bill was considered, but not completed,
owing to spirited opposition to the
abandonment Of army posts in the far
Northwest.
In presenting the report on the PEN
sion bill, Mr.. Gallinger took occasion to
criticise severely the past utterdnces OF
Mr.. Cleveland as to the frauds existing
in the pension system. The senator said
pension examiners were roaming
around the country seeking frauds
which do not exist. This plan of prying
and detective work should be stopped
at once. The pension appropriation bill
was taken up. and Mr.. Palmer Dem,
Ill.) answered the criticisms made by
Mr.. Gallinger against the pension
Office.
So Minimum Rate.
Mr. Hawley (Rep., Comm also stated
his objections to the present administra-
ton of the bureau. he offered an
amendment making So the lowestrale
Tor disabilities instead of the present
ratings of 81 and 81. Mr.. Lodge severely
arraigned the pension Office for de-
lays.
The bill was laid aside to allow Mr..
Voorhees, TO introduce a bill for the
erection of a statue of Robert Dale
Owen in the grounds Of the Smithsonian
Institution.
MIR. Quay said that he had found bus
mess at the pension Office dispatched
quite as effectively as it had been under
previous administrations. Mr.. Brice
asked what increase in pension expen-
ditures would result from adopting the
II Ia yxrIaxr ATr
piled that $1,000, 600 would certainly
cover the amount. Mr.. PETER offered
an amendment fixing So as the mini
mum pension rate. but it was ruled out
of order. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke vigor-
ously for liberality to pensioners. He
did not share the idea that pensioners
should be suspects. Pensions are
vested rights, and should be protected
as is the title to real estate. Mr.. Allen
then moved to make $12 the lowest pen
sion rate, but it was ruled out of order.
The Hawley amendment. making Sc the
minimum, was then adopted without di-
vision.
Mr.. GalIinger offered an amendment
repeating the law cutting off the
Pensions of Non-Resfdents
of the United States. Mr.. Davis Rep.
Mimi said the present law worked
much injustice ON the Northwest bord-
ers where pensioners lost their allow
ance by going into Canada The
amendment was adopted. The bill as
thus amended was passed. 1t carries
Sal, 900, 900.
The army bill appTopriating S23, $780,
600 was then taken up. Mr.. Blackburn
explained the comprehensive plan for
concentrating troops at large posts 1t
contemplated the establishment Of two
large posts, one at Spokane and another
at Puget Sound to be the great rendeZ-
yous of the far Northwest, to cost ulti-
mately several millions This would
require the eventual abandonment of
Forts Walla Walla. Sherman and old
Fort Spokane.
Mir. Mitchell (Oregon) protested
against the change and said he had as
surances that Fort Walla Walla would
be retained. A spirited debate followed
as to the location of Northwestern forts.
In the course OF it MI. Bate (Dem.,
Tenn said MS committee was being
urged that Seattle should be the point
for the great rendezvous of Puget
sound.
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army centers along the Canadian Dor
der. The British government had al
ready established extensive rendezvous
on the Pacific coast, and it behooved the
United States TO make adequate prepar-
alton i'll the Puget sound region. The
consideration of the army bill was not
concluded when at $50 p. m. the sem
ate went into executive session and at
5:45 p. II. adjourned.
In the House. @s
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE dav in
the house was again devoted to the ln4
dian appropriation bill, and fair progress
was made. A number of amendments
were adopted. the most important being
to pay to the Cherokee nation 81 600, 900.
An amendment by Mr.. Picker to dis
continue the service of army officers as
Indian agents was ruled out of order.