The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-09
IN rBE HOUSE.
Members Vote Themselves Clerks Dur
ing the Reeves


washs,x-pn cry. May S-The members
Of the house today voted themselves aus
Ter month for clerk hire during the re-
cesses Of congress. Under resolution
passed by the Fsf.y-seeond congress tas
members OF subsequent congresses re
ceiyed $50 pr lonth Tor CLERK are ua4-
Ing the session Today the proposl zoe,
to extend this allowance 10 members dr.
ing the receSsss Of congress came Up n
the form Of the Hartman resolution 2d-
ve-sely reported srom the comus3Ete on ae-
counts II occzsioned some very snArp
debate II had the support OF Cannon.
chairman Of tire appropriations commit
tee. but rss opposed by Dingiey- the acor
leader Of the majority. Aidrach, KEEP.
Ii. said II would involve an additional
expenditure Of sels. ss per arnum- TIE
resolution was advocated by Cannon.
Morse, Hepburn. Boutegle and Hendsr-
son, and opposed by Dockery. ftfnsy.
Tracey. Wheeler. skinner and Talo~rt.
Dem. 8. G.
The resolution was amended 50 as 10
except members gho are ehaSrmen Of COM
mittees having annual clerks. and as
amended was passed. l5D TO ias An anaiy-
sis OF the vote shows that ia Republicans.
Is Democrats and one siiveTise voted for
II. and 5S Republicans, IS Democrats and
l P9pglist voted against It
The house agreed that when IL Adjourned
today il should be to meet Monday. Bills
were passed to quiet title to lands in per-
sons who purchased the same IN good faith
without notice and for a valuable consid-
GRAFTON. and 70 enable the government TO
issue patents on sacn lands. and TO esiab-
lsh life-saylng station al Point Bonita.
Golden Gate. California
a resolution was passed requiring the
president TO Inform the Rouse what, II any
thing. had been done 10 carry out the pro-
visions in last years scnGry civil bEi di-
recting him to negotiate with the govern
raent of Great Britain for the abrogAtion
or modification of the e. isting regulation
of that government which requires the
slaughter Of cattle imported from the
United States at the port OF entry.
A bill was passed TO appropriate $1,000
for the deportation OF the Canadian ref
lgee Cree Indians from the state OF Mon
tana- There are about 500 Of these indi-
ans. They have been in Montana since
the close Of the Riei rebellion
The pension bills favorsbly acted upon
at last Friday nights session were taken
Up and passed.
AT 40 p. m. the house took a recess
until o'clock. the evening session to be
devoted to the consideration OF private
pension bills.
Twenty-Five private pension bills were
fayorably acted upon at the night session
Of the house. Among them we're bills to
pension the widow OF the late Maj. Gen.
Thomas Ewing at the rate of Ss5 per month";
the widow OF the late Maj. T. W. Craig at
the rate OF SO per month. and the widow
OF the hte Maj Gen Joseph e Carr at the
rate OF ss5 per month. An attempt ives
made TO cut down the rate Of pension 10
Mrs Ewing. but It was defeated. Picker,
chairman Of the committee on pensions,
stole march on the opponents OF PENSION
legislation just before .io;3,. the hour for
adjournment. by having the <evea.y-two
bills favorably acted on IN connittes CT
the whole last Wednesday form ally re-
ported TO the house. Those bills wore left
suspended last wednesday. Ersinan, rsm.,
Pa. protested against the action tonight,
and the question will probably come up on
Monday.