The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-21
PLENTY
Five Appropriation Bills Yet to Be
Disposed Of.
Several Other Important Measures Are to
Be Disposed of Before This Session
Ends, Among Them One to Equalixe
Pensions of Mexican War Veterans.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-With five ap-
preparation bills still unacted upon.
and but two weeks more of this session
before it, the senate will not be in
clined to discuss matters other than
appropriation bills this week. There
is always the possibility of a financial
discussion springing up and under the
very lax rules of the senate, more or
less of the morning hour may be con-
sumed in this way. The hope of get
ting vote in the senate on the vari-
Gus financial propos tiops has not been
altogether abandoned. 1t is believed
that some agreement may be reached
after the sundry civil bill is out of the
way The coming week will. be re-
quired to pass the Indian bill and the
sundry civil bill, which will be report
ed to the senate Monday.
Monday will be suspension day in
the house and arrangements have been
made by which gentleman in charge
OF several measures that have hitherto
attracted more or less attention and
occupied a greater or less amount of
time, will be recognized. Among these
are the following:
The bills to increase the efficiency of
the revenue marine service by estab-
fishing retired list in connection
Herewith. This bill is earnestly ad-
vocated by the treasury department,
and is believed to have the support of
large majority of the house, but hith-
erto Mr.. Clark dem. Mo. has been sue
cessful in taking it out of place and
preventing a vote. In addition to the
above will be:
A bill to equalize the pensions of
veterans of the Mexican war. making
them S12 under the general law; the
bill to equalize the duties and pay of
the steamboat inspection service; the
bill to authorize the construction of
dams across the st. Louis and Cloquet
rivers, Minnesota, by the Altamente
Water Co. This proposition involves
the largest project ever undertaken in
the west-the construction of dam
100 feet high, 700 feet in thickness at
the base and 100 feet wide at the top.
Primarily it is undertaken to supply
the city of Duluth with water, Incl
dentally power estimated at 600, 900
horse power wonld be developed that
may be used for manufacturing and
commercial purposes.
Between the city and source of sup
ply there is range of low hills about
one hundred feet high and the dam is
necessary to carry the water over that
The passage of the bill has been rec
commended by the committee on Indian
affairs, but the minority of the COM
mittee present a vigorous dissent, be-
cause it has many unstable features
which would destroy confidence in the
resources of thatsection of the coun-
try and materially retard it's progress.
Speaker Crisp has notified the gentle
men in charge of these several meas
ures that they must have quorum on
hand to promptly dispose of them. or
they will be refused to give way to
other business. The consideration of
the naval appropriation and of the
general deficiency bill, which Mr..
Breckenridge has given notice he will
call up as soon as the former is out of
the way, will probably occupy the rest
of the week except Saturday, which has
been set apart for the delivery of eulo-
gies upon the late Senator Vance, of
North Carolina.