The Portland daily press., 1896-02-20
and NOW CUBA.
The Senate is TO Talk Of Her To.
day.
A BREEZY DAY IN THE SENATE
YESTERDAY.

The Two Houses Have Agreed to Pass the
Urgent Deficiency Bill--A Day of Pri
vate Pensions-A Quiet Dav in the
House-News Gleanings of More Less
Interest from the Seat of the Grandest
Government on Earth.
Washington, February ia resolu.
tion was offered in the Senate by Mr.
Lodge today instruoting the finance com
mittee to investigate and report general
ly on all the important facts and ciroum-
stances connected with the issue of Unit
ed States bonds in 1894, 1895 and 1896,
and as to how the proceeds of such bonds
have been disposed of.
Mr.. Hill said be would like to examine
the resolution more carefully than he
had time to do now
The resolution went over until tomor-
| row.
Mr.. Hill called attention to the accumu-
lation of petitions on the same printed
forms, received by him within Che last
ten days against the sale of beer on Ellis
Island in New York harbor where immi-
grants land as having q demorallzinR
effect on immigrants, and on Bedloe' 8
Island, and as injurious to the men sta
TONED there. Vast effort he said, which
n we'll meaning but misguided people
put forth in flooding Congress with those
petitions, showed the orusading spirit
extreme paternalism, or extreme ROose-
veltism of these people,
He also had received lot of petitions
from various places in New York for Sum
day rest law for the District of Colum-
bia. He suggested that the rule should
be changed, SO the petitions instead of
being presented in the morning hour,
should be placed in box kept for the
purpose or be handed to the secretary.
There is mania for the presentation Of
such petitions, especially on temperance
subjects. He found some against the
sale OF cider. 1t was evidently intended
for the New York legislature and that
showed the carelessness with which the
petition business was conducted. He
gave notice OF motion to oh ange the
rule on the subject.
Mr.. Wolcott, Republican of Colorado.
chairman of the post office committee,
reported bill to prevent sending through
the mails by any department of the gov
ernnent of matter weighing more than
tour pounds, except written or printed
matter. He spoke of the great abuse Of
sending through the mails typewriting
and other machines.
Mr.. Carter, Republican of Montana,
offered q resolution to reJommit to the
finance committee the House tariff bill
and the committee amendment, aud gave
notice that he would address the Senate
npon it Monday.
The diplomatic and consular appropri-
alton bill passed without material
amendment, and the agreement was
made that the Cuban resolution be taken
up at o. m. tomorrow.
The conference report upon the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill was persent-
ed and agreed to.
Mr.. Allen, Populist of Nebraska. intro
d uced a bill regulating the disposal OF
the Pacific railroad lands referred to.
The Pacific Railroad company and
numerous private pension bills were con-
sidered and passed. Among them was a
I/bill increasing the pension Of the widow
OF Brevet Brig. Gen. Horace BrouQhton
OF SIS month, and giving pensions of
500 month to the widows of Gen. O..
M. Poe, Gen. Blunt, Gen. Gibbon and
Gen. Thomas Ewing and to Gems. Nath-
an Kimball and J. r. West, and SIS to
the widow of Surgeon General Souther-
land; S25 to Eliza Sanford, daughter of
@ Revolutionary soldier and S75 to the
widow of Gen. Morrow. A bill giving a
pension of $75 a month to the widow of
ex-senator Spencer of Alabama, as Col.
OF Jne Alhpama regiment, provoked q
long discussion. Senators Allen. Popu-
list Of Nebraska and Berry, Democrat of
Arkansas, arguing that distinction
should not be made in the pension Of Off
GERS widows (the regular pension law in
this case allowing only $50 month, and
widows of common soldiers The dis
cussion, led to rather alteration be-
tween Messrs. Allen and Call. Finally
tho bill was recumn11tted.
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month to the widow of the late Secretary
OF State W. @. Gresham as briRadier
general with an amendment making 1T
$1,000 went over without action, as Mr.
Voorhees,, Democrat of Indiana, who
originally introduced bill, but who
was absent today desired to oppose the
amendment. The bill passetd for the
payment of years salary to the widow
of the late Isaac Fl. Bassett, assistant
door keeper Of the Senate. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned.