The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-05-09
,vrR HOUSE OF CONGRESS WILL.
STOP BUSINESS MAY is.
The senate Wa" Treated to Anether
Installment Of HIPS Sarcastic
Bond Speech.

..uoa notice on the senate and the coun-
~, that it had transacted its business
ND was ready for final adjournment by
..o massage without division Of resolu-
.,or for final adjournment on Monday,
May Is
rba reading was received with an out
hurst of applause from members on both |
sides of the house
M Wheeler of Alabama denounced |
tho majority for proposing to desert their /
nosts. He asserted that during the cam
naign of 1894 the republican party had
n,edged itself to the relief Of the people
from existing depression.
"Caused by the democratic party" in
teriected Mr. Milliken of Maine.
Mr.. Dingley made no reply to Mr.. Vince
,er and the resolution was adopted with
out division.
The report on the contested election case
Of Thompson VS.. Shaw from the Third
North Carolina district, which was unani-
mously in favor of the sitting member,
was adopted.
The house then proceeded to consider
Pickler's pension bills and acted on them
at the rate of about one every five min
utes BY the terms of the order the debate
on each bin was limited to 10 minutes.
In five and one-half hours today u bills
we're favorably acted upon. Among them
we're bills granting the widow Of the late
Secretary Walter Q. Gresham a pension
of 500 a month; to Elizabeth Walls kear-
ney daughter of General Phil kearney,
SIS per month; to the widow of the late
Senator George Z. Spencer Of Alabama,
$50 perm onth; to Genera. James G. Par
rott $50 TO the widow Of General James
H. Blunt of Kansas, SIS per month, and
to General Nathan Kimball, 500 per
month.
An attempt was made to reduce the
amount Of the proposed pension to the
widow of General Gresham, and eloquent
tributes were paid to General Gresham
memory by Mr.. Picker of New York ana
Mr.. Evans Of Kentucky, but the demo
Gratis took no part whatever in the brlef
debate
Mr.. Crowther of Missouri moved to re-
duce the rate of the proposed pension to
$50 per month
Mr.. Pickler urged the house not to re-
duce the pension carried by the bill Gen
eral Greshams distinguished services IN
military and civil life he said, made this
bill in every way exceptional. He died IL
the harness, Mr.. Picker said, and ne
thought in view of the great popularity
of General Gresham, whose friends al
over the country had been legion, thai
the house owed it to itself to pass thl'
Dill without amendment.
Mr.. CroWther, however, contended ina
there was no reason why such distlnc
cho of
Greshams widow. There were thousands
as deserving widows as she.
Mr.. Blue of Kansas offered compro
mise proportion Of $75 per month. He re
Ierred to the fact that the house had de
cllned to give more than SIS per monti
10 the widow of General Blunt OF Kan
sas and thought Mrs. Gresham stood o.
no better footing than she.
Mr.. Gresham" he said, chad been d
me payroll of the government almost III
cessantly for 30 years, and y his Wloo'
was not in easy circumstances there mus
nave been some protligacy somewhere
General Curtis of New York, Mr. Can
non of Illinois and Mr.. Evans OF Ken
lucky warmly advocated the bill as re
ported. MIR. Cannon thought the oi
SIMPLE and scant Justice In view OF tn
large pensions to other eminent command
CTS and Mr.. Evans expressed his SIT
vere hope that both amendments woai
be defeated.
both amendments were rejected, OH
"unout division, the other by vote
to g.
several of the democrats, including e.
speaker Crisp, did not vote. The bill wa
Passed
Mr. Picker desired to keep the house
NOntlnunuS session in order to go ahea