The record-union., 1896-01-16

. SACRAMENTO
were any improper motives on the part
OF the President or Secretary of Treas
lIry, or that they did not believe that
they were at least justified by the Ian
gilage of such statutory provisions as
they could find, to do what they had
done. Nevertheless, he believed-and
he thought he would make it appear
that there had been no need of haste,
ana they had been simply bowling tie
head a little lower to the power which
was cursing the people of the country
and the people of the world
| He cast some ridicule upon the argu-
melIt as to the maintenance of the par
ity between gold and silver, and said:
| when the Populists come into power
we will arrange that parity satisfac-
torily, at least to some people"
THAT will be-" Hoar CRep.) of Massa-
/ chusetts remarked, "after the millen-
MUM"
"The millennium is approaching
now" said PETER, confidently, $50 that
we will not have long to wait"
Il am afraid" Hoar replied, that
the coming in power of the Populista
will be after the times spoken of in the
Rev Citations, when the millennium is
over and when Satan will hold FORTH
I'VE are the revelators!" Peffer ex-
claimed, and then he went on with his
speech.
After he had spoken two hours and a
quarter, PETER said he would prefer to
[ I.
On motion of Wolcott Rep) of Colo
raoo, it was ordered that when the
| Senate adjourn tomorrow it adjourn
till Monday next.
Pugh Dem.) of Alabama stated that
on account of the absence of several
! Senators he would not call up his reso-
luIicn (the Stanley Matthews measure)
until Monday next
After short executive session, the
| Senate, at 4:25 p. M, adjourned until
| tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Ass was
| the case on Tuesday the most striking
event of the days proceedings in the
House occurred just previous to ad-
journment. The venerable ex-Speaker,
/ Galusha A. Grow, Representatives
large from the State of Pennsylvania,
inspired by colloquy between Picker
/ (Rep.) of South Dakota and Stone
! (Rep) of Pennsylvania as to the prob
able action of the President on a gen.
eral revision of the pension law, pro-
tested earnestly against the encroach-
ment by the head of the Executive De-
partment, or by any of his clerks, upon
of ha
ferred especially to the circulation at
the last session of Congress of a bill
| headed, THE Secretary of the Treas
ury's Bill" and to the reading of a let
ter by Mr.. Wilson just as the House
was about to vote upon the tariff bill
The greater part of the session was
| devoted to the discussion of the pen
sion appropriation bill, various mem
bers criticising the administration of
the Pension Bureau. Walsh Dem) of
New York united with his colleague,
Cummings in assuring the House that
the Democrats of New York approved
| liberal pension policy He invoked
the chivalry of the members from the
South, which, he said, had never been
appealed to in vain, to vote for the
bill and the amendment proposed by
the committee, and aid in making COM
Portable the widows of those who had
met them in the field in open and hon
orable conflict.
w. A. Stone (Rep) of Pennsylvania,
in charge of the bill, gave notice that
he would tomorrow ask to consider
the bill under the five-minute rule,
with a view Of reaching a vote before
adjournment.
/ l..
| ed a resolution reported by Johnson
(Rep) of Indiana from Elections Com
mittee No. 2, confirming the right of
| George B. Mcclellan to the seat he
holds in the House as Representative
from the Twelfth New York District,
the contest therefor having been aban-
doned by Robert H. Chesebrough, the
Republican candidate.
Senate bills were passed amending
the land grant for future Acts as to pur-
chases of land included within the for
feited grants, to purchase segregated
tracts up to a maximum limit of 800
acres, and to grant an American regis
try to the steamer Miami rebuilt from
the British steamer Nerito.
After routine business, on motion of
W. A. Stone (Rep) of Pennsylvania, the
Committee of the Whole resumed con-
sideration of the general pension bill,
Dingley Rep) of Maine in the chair.
Morse (Rep.) of Massachusetts an
nounced that he would offer at the
proper time an amendment to the bill
giving the widow of a soldier the mini
mum pension of S12 a month, notwith-
standing the soldier died from disease
not contracted in the service
Brief speeches were made by Lacey
(Rep) of Iowa (who, with Mccall of
Tennessee, opposed the adoption of the
Graft amendment as not tending to fur
thor ~ hest interests If the pension
ers), Mines (Rep.) of Michigan, Crow
ther (RepS of Missouri, Lowe (Rep9 of
/ New York, Howe (Rep) of New York,
/ Spalding Rep) of Michigan (who
raised a laugh by saying that the only
element not satisfied with the result of
the War of the Rebellion were the non
combatants, North and South). Tread
we'll (RepD of Indiana and Pickler
| (Rep.) of South Dakota, who urged the
necessity of a general revision of the
pension laws so as to insure a radical
change in the administration of the
| Pension Bureau.
This evoked a query from Stone of
Pennsylvania as to whether or not
| Picker believed the President would
! sign bill containing such amendments
as he proposed, and whether or not it
was not better to take what they could
probably get as a rider to an appropria-
| ton bill rather than to risk getting
nothing.
To this Picker replied that he did not
|