Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-15
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON. April *
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April Is.
SENATE.
The House bill directing that officers
of the volunteer service in the late war
who received brevets shall receive nm.
pointments by brevet in the regular
army for the same rank, dating hack
to the time oil their appointment, by
brevet in the volunteer service. was r..
ported back from the committee on
military affairs with an amendment
making the appointments optional with
the President, not compulsory. The
bill went to the calendar. Mr.. Allen
stating that he would offer an amend.
ment to the bill giving to all the pri.
Yates and on.commissioned officers in
the late war the brevet rank Of
Colonel"
Senate bill for the protection and
preservation of burial places of soldiers
and sailors OF the war of 1872 was re.
ported and passed. 1t appropria,es
ST. 600 for such purposes to be expend.
ed in the cemeteries at Fort Mcgs
and Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
Mr.. Gray having risen to address
the Senate on the Dupont election case.
an inquiry was made by Mr. a Ilson as
to what prospect there was OF a final
disposition of the case. II had been
going on, he said, Tor weeks, and ap-
preparation bills had been laid aside
for it.
Mr.. Mitchell, in charge of the Du.
pont resolution, said that he was very
anxious to have the matter disposed OF
at the earliest possible moment: but
that he was unable to fix any date for
the final vote.
Mr.. German suggested that the vote
might be taken next Wednesday and
he spoke of the important matters
awaiting consideration in the great APP
preparation bills.
Mr.. Mitchell said that he could not
agree to fixing any time for the vote;
but he was willing to suspend the mat
ter, after Mr.. Gray's speech, until after
the indian appropriation bill and The
naval appropriation bill should be
passed.
"That practically means, said Mr.
German, "that the Dupont case Is no:
to be disposed ofuntil after the first OF
June"
Mr.. Stewart inquired as to what was
to become of Mr.. PETERS bond reso-
lution,n and was informed by Mr..
Mitchell that that was to come in under
unanimous consent. He did not sec
any necessity, Mr.. Stewart said. for
any discussion of that resolution. 1t
obviously ought to be agreed to; and 1t
was very important that before ap'
preparation bills were passed, the Sen.
ate should know what the revenue
would probably be. If the present
policy of selling bonds were continued
il would be necessary 10 make very
large appropriations in order to get the
money out Of the Treasury. otherwise
there would be no money in the coun'
try to do business with.
The Dupont election case was then
taken up, aud MIR. Gray addressed the
Senate 10 opposition to the claim Of MT.
Dupont, whom he spoke of as AN &C.
complished gentleman, worthy Of the
high esteem and regard in which he
held as citizen OF Delaware II was
only, Dir. Gray said, because the claim
of Mr.. Dupont's selection was utterly
unsupported by any view of the State
that had been heretofore
taken, or that could properly be taken
that he opposed the resolution admit
ting him to a seat in the Senate OF the
United States.
HOUSE.
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