The record-union., 1896-02-20

the purpose or be handed to the ssecre-
tary and gave notice of a motion to
amend the rules.
Wolcott (Rep) of Colorado Chair
man of the Postoffice Committee, re-
ported bill to prevent the sending
through the mails by any Department
of the Government of matter weighing
more than four pounds except written
or printed matter. He spoke of the
great abuse of the sending through the
mails of typewriters and other ma
chimes.
Garter Rep9 of Montana offered
resolution to commit to the Finance
Committee the House tariff bill and the
committee amendment, and gave notice
that he would address the Senate upon
it next Monday.
A resolution was offered by Lodge
(Rep.) of Massachusetts instructing the
Finance Committee to investigate and
report generally on all the important
facts and circumstances connected with
the issue of United States bonds in
1884, 1896 and 1896, and as to how the
proceeds of such bonds have been dis
posed of.
Hill (Dem) of New York said that he
would like to examine the resolution
more carefully than he had time to do
now.
The resolution went over till to-mor-
row.
At 2 o'clock the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation bill was taken up
III the Senate, the agreement being that
if it was disposed of the calendar should
be taken up for private pension bills
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was passed, and an agree
ment was made that the Cuban reso-
luton shall be taken up at > o'clock to-
morrow.
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill was re-
ported and agreed to.
The consideration of private pension
bills was then proceeded with.
Numerous private pension bills were
considered and passed Among them
were bills increasing the pension of the
widow of Brevet Brigadier- General
Horace Boughton to SO a month; Civ
ing pensions of 500 a month to the
widows of General O. M Poe, General
Blunt, General Gibbon and General
Thomas Ewing, and to Generals Nathan
the widow of Surgeon General Suther-
land; of $25 to Eliza Stafford, daughter
of a revolutionary soldier, and of S75
TO the widow of General Morrow.
A bill giving a pension of S75 a month
to the widow of ex-senator Spencer
Of Alabama, as Colonel of an Alabama
regiment, provoked a long discussion,
Senators Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska and
Ferry (Dem.) of Arkansas arguing that
distinctions should not be made in the
pensions of officers widows (the regu-
lar pension law in this case only al
lowing $50 a month"; nor between the
widows of officers and the widows of
soldiers.
The discussion led to a rather angry
alteration between Senators Allen and
Call, who, to the great amusement of
the galleries, denounced each other as
"plutocrats Finally the bill was re-
committed l. tEe Committee on Pen
sicns
A bin granting pension Of 5000 to
the widow Of the late Secretary of
State Walter Q. Gresham, as Brigadier-
General, with an amendment making
it $100 went over without action, as
Voorhees, (Dem.) of Indiana, who had
originally introduced the bill, but was
absent to-day, desired to oppose the
amendment
A bill was passed for the payment If
years salary to the widow of the late
Isaac Fl. Bassett, the veteran Assist
ant Doorkeeper of the Senate
AT $40 p. m, after a short executive
session, the Senate adjourned until to-
morrow.