The record-union., 1896-05-07
Yesterdays Proceedings Devoted to
Private Pension Bills.
The Resolution Relating to the Treat
ment of Americans Captured by
Spanish on the Schooner COM
petitOr, and That of Senator Nor
gan Relating to Recognition OF
Belligerent Rights in Cuba, Re-
ferred to the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.

ferred to the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
! WASHINGTON, May 6.-Pursuant to
the order adopted yesterday, the House
shortly after assembling to-day, on
motion of Picker Rep) of South Da-
kota, went into Committee of the
Whole to consider private pension bills.
The afternoon passed without nota-
BILE incident, save the development of
difference of opinion between the
| Committee on Rules and Pickler, Chair
man of the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions, regarding the meaning of the rule
under which the House was operating.
| The former were of the opinion that
the session provided for was to be of
the usual length when other classes OF
legislation were under consideration,
and Dalzell (Rep) of Pennsylvania
submitted that it would be wiser to
proceed in that manner
| Pickler stated that he did not under
stand there was to be any restriction
made upon the right of the House to
/ sit throughout the twenty-four hours
! if it desired to do SO, and he appealed
/ to the members to stay at their posts
or this anniversary of the battle of the
/ Wilderness and act upon these bills
| intended for the relief of soldiers who
had spent the whole night on the dread
full field in defense of their country or
those dependent upon them
| Picklers plea was seconded by Blue
(Rep) of Kansas, and the sentiment of
the House seemed to be largely with
them.
At o'clock the quorum Of 100 mem
bers disappeared, and an effort was
made to adjourn. 1t was defeated
81 to 3S.
Another attempt was successful, how
ever, and at 7O5 p. m. the House ad-
journed, having passed seventy-two
bills during the afternoon.
The Committee on Ways and Means,
through Dingley RepD of Maine,
Chairman, reported a resolution pro-
viding for final adjournment of this
session on the 18th inst 1t was passed
without division, after a brief speech
by Wheeler Oem) of Alabama, who
charged the Republicans with a viola
tion of their pledges made in the cam
paign of 1894, by this proposed early
abandonment of the field without hav-
ing accomplished any legislation for the
relief of the people.
! The resolutions reported by Elections
Committee No. 2, confirming the title
Of John G. Shaw Oem.) to the seat oc-
| cupied by him as a Representative
from the Third District of North Caro-
lima, contested by Cyrus Thompson
| Pop), was, on motion by Miller CRep),
of West Virginia, agreed to.
IN THE SENATE.
| WASHINGTON, May 6.-The reso-
luton which was offered yesterday by
| Call of Florida, requesting the Presi
dent to protest against any cruel or un-
usual treatment by the Government of
Spain of American citizens recently
captured on the schooner Competitor,
was referred to-day to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, as was also the
resolution offered some months ago by
Morgan of Alabama for the recognition
of belligerent rights in Cuba.
About one hour of days sessionwas
given to the consideration of the river
and harbor bill An amusing episode i'll
connection with it was Frye's descrip
ton of a port in Oregon where Mitchell
of Oregon desires an appropriation of
S15O,OO0 for a wharf.
Frye said that the Oregon Senator had
had influence enough in past Congresses
to have three boards of army officers
sent to this place-Port Orford-to
make estimates for harbor of refuge:
| that these boards had severally reported
nine, ten and eleven million dvllars as
the cost; and yet that the whole busi-
ness of the place consisted of one daily
stagecoach one feed store, one church,
/ one school, one saloon and one small
sawmill
AT 2 p. M the PETER bond resolution
was taken up and Hill of New York
continued his argument against it. He
! INDUCED in some very sarcastic crit
icism of Pettigrew of South Dakota in
| connection with that Senator's speech
of yesterday, and read newspaper ex-
| tracts to show how Pettigrew, after de-
claring in a speech in his own State
! that gold is the thieves money" hal
accepted a nomination as a delegate
/ to the National Republican Convention
with instructions to vote for Mckinley
! his political enemy-and for sound
money"
The reading of these newspaper arti-
cles was condemned by Wolcott of Col
orado as a violation of every canon of
decency and good taste, but Hill wanted
| to know where Ibis English friend from
| Colorado was when Pettigrew spoke
yesterday of Senator Sherman as I'm
/ dorsing the plunder of the people and
the robbery of the Treasury" and when
| he cast aspersions upon the President
and the Secretary of the Treasury.
/ Hill suspended his remarks TO allow
/ a MESA ge to be received from the House
announcing the passage of concurrent
| resolution for a final adjournment or
May 1Sth--his jocular comment upon it
being that he would probably be able
! to conclude his argument by that time
He yielded soon after to permit Call Of
| Florida to make a speech in ravor or
/ the resolution.
| Then the matter took sudden
/ change. Sherman of Ohio moved to re-
| fer the bond resolution to the Finance
| Committee and this motion was re-
| jected-yeas II, nays 35.
| The resolution was then, ON motion of
| Lodge of Massachusetts,, amended 81
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