The Portland daily press., 1896-01-22
WITH THE STATESMEN.
The Senate Passes a Multitude of
Bills.
DOINGS OF THE DAY IN THE
HOUSE.

u Go Slow"-Paugh Was All Ready t,
Talk Silver But Didn't-The.C Committee
Hard at Work-Excitement Over tn,
Brazilian British ENHANCEMENT.
Washington, January 21.-In the rou
tine business of the morning hour a ser
| vice pension bill was reported to the Sen
ate from the committee on pension!
without any recommendations and wal
placed on the calendar.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Call
requesting the President of the United
States to inquire into the arrest and for
chile removal of Mark C.. Rodriguez, 6
steamer Olivette in the harbor of Havana
on the 10Th instant, and also into the ar
rest Of Louis S. Someillan and son in
Havana, and if no just cause of such ar.
rests exist that the President shall de-
mand their immediate release.
Mr. Hoar said shat if any action on the
subject were to be taken at all, the bet.
ter form would be to ask the President
in the first place for such informtion as
the State Department had.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on foreign relations and then
Mr.. Call directed attention to, resolu-
tion offered by him last week, and which
was of the Vice Presidents table. calling
on the State Department for reports OF
consuls in Cuba on the war now existing
thore.
Mr.. Sherman suggested that Tint reso-
luton should also be referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations which would
report on the subject in a short time. 1t
was SO ordreed.
At the close o.. the morning hour the
bond bill was laid before the Senate as
the unfinished business, Ny. Teller hav-
ing the floor to address the Senate upon
it.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Hoar how
ever, and with the conent of Mr.. Teller
and of Mr.. Jones, in charge of the bill,
it went over for the day and the calendar
was proceeded with.
The Senate today confirmed the nomi-
nation of Chief Engineer George W. Mel
vile to be engineer in chiel of bureau of
steam engineering Navy Department.
with the rank of commodore.
Mr.. Pugh's resolution relating to the
payment Of United States obligations in
silver, was laid before the Senate and al
lowed to go over on Mr.. Hoar's sugges-
ton that the remainder of the morning
hour be given to unobjected bills on the
calendar. Among the bills passed were
those giving pension Of $50 month to
the widow of Rear Admiral English
providing for the establishment and en-
forcement Of the rules and regulations
for the use and navigation of United
States canals and similar works of navi-
cation; Prescribing a fee of one dollar
for furnishing certificates of title to yes
sells; authorizing certain persons to ac-
cept certain decorations and testimonials
from the late Hawaiian government,
extending time for vessels to unload; ap-
propriating 81, 0000 for equestrian statue
of Major General John II. Stark of the
revolutionary army in Manchester, N.
H., amending railroad land for rfeiture
act of March 3, 1887 i'll the matter OF
payment by purchasers; reconvening dele.
gates of the United States to the Interna-
tion Marine Conference of 1889 protecting
wages of seamen by exempting them
from attachment. The Senate joint reso.
luton looking to the establishment of a
permanent census bureau Senate bill to
pay $66, ,907 to representatives OF John G.
Howe. owner of cartridge invention
used by the government. Twenty five
additional private pension bills, includ-
ing one increasing the pension of the
widow of Major General Carroll to S75
per month one granting pension of $50
per month to the widow of Lieut. Fred
erick Schwatka one increasing the PEN
sion of she widow of Major General
Doubleday to 800 month; one increas-
ing the pension of Helen S. Dent, widow
Of Col. Dent and sister to the late Gener-
al U. S. Grant from $50 to $50 month :
bill for the relief Of John Clyde Sullivan,
providing for his restoration to rank of
paymaster in the navy at the foot of the
list of paymasters.
After having passed some sixty-five
bills, the Senate went into executive ses-
sion and afterwards adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House today after the transac-
tion of routine and unimportant business
resolution of inquiry reported from the
committee on interstate and foreign COM
meroe by Mr.. Bennett of New York, was
agreed to, directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to inform the House whether
or not in his opinion the regulations for
the safety.of the public in ocean travel
are adequate and If so whether or not
these regulations are being carried out.
The resolution was prefaced by a state
ment that public prints charged that
many ocean vessels were permitted to
sail from United States ports with made
quate and imperfect life boat equipments.
The House committed on merchant
marine and fisheries, today began con-
sideration of the proposition to abolish
compulsory coastwise rilotage by hearing
the parties favoring the bill. Arguments
against the present law were made by
Frank A. Dayton, Maritime association.
New York; Henry Harrington, Brook
lyn; H. A. Dean of Taunton, Mass. Ar
mold Freeman and J. S. Winslow, Vessel
Owners' association, Portland. Maine
r. H. Smith of Baltimore; J. L. Mich
olson and e. E. r. Shaw, Merchants
Exchange, Philadelphia. All these gen
tlmen argeed that there was no need fol
compulsor pilotage and that it should be
done away with.
r Mr.. Mahany, Republican of New York,
today introduced bill in the House, re-
quiring Canadian sailors seeking employ
ment in this country, to have domioile
of at least six months in the United
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