The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-05-02
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! proprated shall be .paid for education in
! Sectaria4 schools. THIS provision is struck
out by the tGckreI amendment adopted.
/ aud At is declared t6 be the settled policy
| OF the government TO make no apprGTria-
/ tioAS Ior Sectarlpn schools after jus /, 1S9S
/ thus giving tive years for the aba . lonmeut
qi Sectarian schools instead Of an inmedi-
! ate abandonmrnt. The amendment was
! adopted by the decisive vote Of IS to -
/ The President sent to the Senate yetoeS
! or two Senate pension bills. The first was
| In the case Of Charles L. Jones. a phatog
! fapher, who accompanied one of the regi-
/ meutS OF the Union army in the War of
! the Rebellion. He was iniurpd-apparently
not very SeriOUSly-while taking photo
graphs and where no battle was in actual
! progress. He was not enlisted, and was in
! no manner In the military service. The
! other veto WAS I'm the ease of the bill for
Z pension to Nancy! 9. Allabach, widow OF
/ Ieter AIlabach. who SeTved III both the
/ Mexican war and the Nar-of The Rebellion
/ frlor to taxing mp the Indian aTpTuprid
/ tion bill in the Senate on the 23d Nr can
/ asked for an agreement by which the Sen
ATE would take up his resolution directing
/ me President to dispatch a naval force 10
tnha, f@r the protection Of American In
IereStS there, but on appeals not to inter
/ rnpt the Indian bill. Withdrew his request
stating that he would call up his resolution
later Ihe Indian bill was then taken up,
| the question being on Mr.. Platt's amend
/ ment, extending the services Of the Dawes
/ cemmlSSion with a view to the taking a roll
! or the Cherokee and kindred nations. The
! commission is given directions toward ter.
! minatins the tribal relations of the Indians
ana dividing their lands in sevcraity. The
/ debate was prOtfa"ted In the course Of If
! Mr Vest Dem. MOI spoke of the COudi-
! tioils in the Indian territory a4 constituting
| national ppsthOuSe and d nuisance haT-
! Dor Of refuge for criminals dppreCiating
| property IN adjoining states Une-thrd Soy
| er3I minor amendments were made Ia the
| 81 0tii; me most imPortant being The insertion
| therokee outlet fund. which had been
| struck out by the committee The indian
! appropriation bill. as thus amended was
passed gf TtF,r ri,
| lloh Dill was then taken up with the agree
ment that IT should not diSplace except
{IemPoTariIy: the bond resolution. Nessrs,
| ietugteW Teller aud Cockrell were ramed
ss cQnfeteeS on the Indian bill. / O'clock
me senate went into executive session ana
| soon after adjourned
In the Senate on the 2ith the bond rcso-
| luton was brought up and Mr. PETER ito
! author, proposed notifications to meet the
! criticisms in the recent speech Of Mr.. Hill
Az modified, the resolution strikes out the
| decision that the special committee Of five
| senator's shall inquire whether any officer
| OF the government made any contract or
agreement in connection with bond issues
| with the intent to receive commission or
! personal reward, and also the provision
| mat not more than two of the senators on
! the committee of inquiry snail be members
! or the same political party. The resOlii-
| uon then went over by agreement. \ Ncuc-
Aueian debate came up when the item Of
| the sundry civil bill was reached authoriZ-
ing the venezuelan commission To pay rent
for Its quarters out nf Sl0n Ona auprnnriated
/ -,
! that explanation was in order In great
nhSte ana in great emergency Congress had
abbpfI3prlated abl I,l., $1,000" At tn" suggestion of
IN" lreSldent for the purpose. was sup
! posed, OF preventing war. But now II
/ appeared that the legislation WAS not Cf
! fectIve in giving quarters for the Npur-
ZueIah commission. There was some uppo-
| sltion on technical grounds but arrange
mentS were finally made 10 provide for the
rem, rem. ne TrclarIan question came up in
new form when the items were reached APP
| Proprating for the Providence ana Garfield
hospitals at Washington for the care of
W Pr6p65ed an aMGnfmdmff fnif@rr rrGniT}n
| contract TO he made by Providence hoSpi-
tai. This brought forward Mr. German i'm
some general statements on the Sectarfau
question. He said he confessed his amaze-
| ment that the Congress Of the United States
or any party in control of Congress should
he 50 far swept from the plain Dictates of
justice as to raise The Sectari5n question
AGAINST hospitals If il was Tor political
purposes, Mr German declared ii would re
act on its authors. Mr.. German moved to
lay the amendment on the table aud the
motion prevailed without dissent.
The tariff question made its appearance
unexpectedly in the Senate on the 18th ami
for time It looked as though the routine
OF considering appropriation bills would
give away to Il general tariff debate. Mr..
sherman cndcavorrd to secure action on
the bill relating to fruit hraudics ana
alcohol Used in the arts. Nh Shcrmau'S
motion to proceed was followed with great
interest resulting in the defeat of the
motion, -. The Sundry civil appro-
!
ing the DAY; As II passed the House. if
| carried about $50 600 600: ~ reported fo the
Senate it reached 81. .OOo. 900 and with
amendmehts added today the total was
| raised to $}1 900 900. Mr. Lodge secured
/ the adoption of a resolution asking the
| PoStmaSter-gencral to take steps for cXpedit-
/ ing the distribution of seeds through the
/ poStOflce. Tn" resolution seeks to over
| come congestion in the Washington post
! office owing to the pressure Of seed ship
ments. the number of seed packages re-
! cetVcd being 50 great aS to block passage
/ ways and ObStruCt business.
In tn" Senate on the 21th Mr. Chandler
! presented supplemental report concerning
! alleged election frauds in Alabama and the
/ naval appropriation bill was then taken MP.
ne main features Of the bill are the items
! for four SeaCDIng coast line battleships de
! signed to carry the heaviest ITmor ami
/ most powerful ordnance, to cost $iI5O. .0n
each, three torpedo boats having speed Of
! thirty knots 10 cost $500 900 ami IN TOR
! pedO boats to cost S5nO.OOO Mr. Quay Of
! fered an amendment increasing the appro-
priation for reserve guns for auxiliary cruS-
1 erS from $3.50 900 to 100000 Agreed TO-
| Mr. Perkins Ntep., Call moved an amend
/ ment appropriatng $5o,Oo0 for a naval
! training school Al Ncrha Bucna. Cal. but
withdrew it after several speeches in Oppo-
sition to It had been made.
| The Senate proceedings We're CuiiyouoI on
/ the 18th hy a speech from Senator German
! IN opposition to the appropriation for battl"
| ships in which the war spirit and eNtraya
! ganCe in Congress were criticised. The ad-
! mlniStTatlon cam" i'm for 2 thrust at the
! same time. The Senate resumed conSidera
! tion Of the naval appropriation hill after
| some routine business had been disposed Of
ment offered by Mn Chandler REP. \. IIl
| making il unlawful for retired naval Of
| ticerS 10 enter the service of contractors
! furnishing naval material to the govern
| ment Before proceeding with this amend
ment Mr. Bacon tDem.. GA reported an i'm
! portant new amendment from the commit
! tee on naval affairs. II provides aS a condi-
| tion to the building Of four battlr>hips a.
! provided hy tn" bill. that in ease the seq
retary or the navy makes separate contracts
Tor armoT OF aTmorplate he shall not a"-
| cept bids exceeding $50 a ton for such
armOr, and in case the secretary cannot
! make contracts within such limits he shall
delay action and report the facts to the
next session Of Congress. The Chandler
amendment was agreed to. - to II. As
adopted the prohibition against naval Of
| hCcrs serving naval contractors goes into
| effect June 30. 1897. This brought the Sen
ate To the most important feature Of the
| bill-apprupriatinE for four battIeShinS 10
/ pedo boats at $4,000 and ten torpedo boats
| AT S|'nen. Mr. German moved an amend
| ment tn fix the number of hartleShipS at two
! instead of four and Mr.. Quay an amend
/ ment fixing the number Of hattIeShiuS M
six senator German spoke at length In
! closing his speech the senator with great
| sarcasm referred 10 the secretary Of the
/ navy and his ambition to build M. man aHd
equip "a splendid navy" "our great
/ secretary Of the navy said he then after
a paUSc-"that is to saw our secretary ot
the navy, who iS not great. who won't into
the cdOluet because Of the success Of Demo
cratic ideas. as we supposed. asked foI
more ships and more money" He de.
Scribed the demands Of the secretary with
/ unfeiEued contempt and attributed much of
his inspiration to association with naval of
fcerS who were anxious for ships Ia com
mand. He ended with an appeal ~ the Sen
ate 70 limit expenditures If the revenues
could not he Increased.
House.
The House on the 22d entered upon tho
/ consideration Of the general pension bill
/ reported from The Invalid pension commit
tee. II 7meuds the existing pvu~ion law:
IN some very important respects Mr
. Richler the chairman Of the committee
addressed thG House for, three hours in sun
port Of II. The hin makes presumption OF
/ death of an enlisted man exist If No tidiuE>
. have been heard from him for seven years
II provides that dcsertioH OF diShonorabl-
discharge shall nor be = bar to a pension
under the act ~ 1870 II the enlisted MAI
. has served ninety days subsequent IN Su"f
discharge. II provides that pensions ail"Wel
shall dat" from their first application. II
+ fixes the maximum income Of q widow on
titled 10 pension under the act Of 1890 q
>sast Der aUuuul. i- pr1EIGp~ that Den