The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-13
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis Of Procs~dInxs In Both Houses -
Congress.

Congress.
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Outside Of de-
termining what TO do with the bond reso-
luton which 10 was agreed should DO
voted on at 4 p m. today, the senate did
little business. Some progress was made
on the river and harbor bill and some
Cuban resolutions were referred. The
bond investigation will be made by the
senate finance committed lt was TO
ported from the conference on the legisla-
tive appropriation that salaries for dis
tri CT attorneys and marshals had been
agreed upon.
The house, after adopting the resolution
TO adjourn May Is, proceeded TO consider
private pension bills and passed seventy
two In five and half hours. Among
them were bills granting the widow OF the
late Secretary Walter Q. Gresham pen
sion Of 500 per month; TO Elizabeth
Waits Kearney, daughter of General Phil
Kearney, $25 per month; TO the widow OF
the late Senator George 4. Spicer, of Ala
bama, $50 per month; to General James
&. Parrott. $50 per month; TO the widow
Of General James H. Blunt, of Kansas
t75 per month. and to General Nathan
Kimball. 800. An attempt To reduce
Mrs. Gresham's pension TO $50 per month
failed.
WASHINGTON, May SIN the senate
during debate on the bond resolution
Vest declared that the officeholders and
postmasters in Michigan controlled the
late Democratic convention and forced
gold plank into the platform. Palmer
spoke against the resolution and Hill con-
cluded his speech, when the resolution was
adopted-5l TO 6-the latter being Caffrey,
Faulkner, Gray, Hill, Mitchell Of Wiscon-
sin, and Palmer. The river and harbor
bill was considered without action. Little
other business was done.
An act passed to amend the bill Great
ing the court of appeals was all the bust
ness done by the house. Picker. angry at
the refusal of the house Wednesday TO re-
main IN session to pass private pension
bills, INSTRUCTED business with POINTS of
no quorum and threatened to continue
that line.
WASHINGTON. May 9.-The river and
harbor bill was completed in the senate
with the exception OF the item for deep
sea hsrbor on the Pacific coast. This has
aroused keen opposition, two California
senator's opposing the proposed contract
for harbor at Santa Monica bay on the
ground that it Is a project fostered by the
public sentiment. The bill for the erec-
ton of a bridge across the Detroit river at
Detroit was postponed until next session.
The members of the house voted them
selves 800 per month for clerks hire dur
ing the recesses Of congress by making the
clerks salaries run the whole year instead
OF during the sessions 1t had the sup
port of Cannon, chairman Of the appro-
priations committee, but was opposed by
Dingley, the floor leader of the majority.
An analysis of the vote shows that ia Re-
publicans. 10 De- ocrats. and ! silverite
voted for it, and 80 Republicans, So Demo-
Gratis, and Populist against it, A few
bills Of no general interest were passed,
together with some pension bills. and a
night session was held for further consid-
GRAFTON of pensions Adjourned to Mon
day.
At the night session twenty two private
pension bills were passed and the seventy
two favorably acted upon Wednesday in -
committee were reported formally TO the =
house.
WASHINGTON, May lin the senate the
paragraph of the river and harbor bill for
a deep water harbor at Santa Monica bay,
Cal, is still uncompleted. The California
senators are fighting this paragraph on the
ground that it is "A Southern Pacific rail
way scheme. Dubois introduced resolu-
ton prohibiting the sale of any more
bonds without the consent of congress. 1t
went over on objection. The bill to pen
sion the widow of Captain Allaback,
vetoed by the president, was reported with
the recommendation that it pass over the
veto.
A resolution was adopted inquiring
how many aliens are employed in the de-
partments. Bills were passed. Giving TO
the evidence of private soldiers the same
weight as that of officers in pension cases;
amending the pension law of 1890 so that
the absence of an honorable discharge
shall not be bar to pension, provided
there is no charge of desertion; amending
the pension laws so as to make muster
ing into service prima facie evidence of
sound body and mind.