The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-26
MARSHALS AND ATTORNEYS.
The Question Of Their Salaries agreed
Upon By The House.
SHARP DISCUSSION OYER PENSIONS.
The Senate Passes the Bill Appropriatihs
$4,000 for a Post-Onice Building
atFortress Monroe-sundry Civil
Bill Disposed of.

| latiye, executive, anu J"u'Si"i "fF'N
ton bill was made to the House to-uay
and agreed to, another conference Delns
ordered upon the few remaining matters
i'm dispute. The principal subject se..ieu
bv the report made to-day was 'il"'
| fixing the salaries OF United states I'D
| trIct attorneys and marshals. As agreed
upon, the total Of salaries OF attor"eys
| carried in the bill as it passed the HOUSE
| vas increased $500, and that OF mar
| shals increased Si,JUO .a t,cilant
| wwas precpitated IN cohnectiOh VIZ "e',,''t -
| report MIR. Grosvenor inquired ie9p,Os
| ina n provision prohibiting the LesisiaIuio
| of Oklahoma from considerhs any PiTpo ~
| sition TO relocate the CapltOl OF 'te III
| ritOrv Being informed tnal thdt tea t. q
| rrlasadyy baen agreed upon by both houses,
| Mr.. Grosvenor declared that ~ ous"' ~
| destroy any man party 10 II, from,
| ThIs brought Mr. Flynn, ueles slle ,, a.Dr
| OKLA ahoma. 10 his feet, with the slatenlcne
| that a similar PROVISION hdu go g.. ,,oor
| taiued in every bill since tne ht9l, 49,
| of the TerritOrys existence III 9Oo.it' ~
| -, The almost universal demand OF the
| people for protection against q IsPGn'--GG,, -
| - Tho scandalOus scenes euacltl III 1.t0
| tirst meeting OF the Legislature; me go
| .i,an from Ohio he assumed, must DO
| rsnlrIing under the recollection or other
| matters or he would not nave made '"a'
oii,.' Mr. S6rosvenor repelled the suggestion
| saving he did not know what the Sn,oa- d,ya
| mousy distinguished gentleman rom Pm III n,,t
| hOma meant by the words. lie hau hsau,oee ~
| done his duty, ana the DoiilpaSsiiS mon
| performance made no Impression upo"
'''"'' DEBATE on PENSIONS.
The House then went into commlttee
| Of the whoe for the further CONSIDER a1loH ,'
| OF the general pension bils - ,Wl- In
| p0sed 10y Alr. Bartlett, OF New loIh' /"
| detail and in toto. -..,.f,, oe
| tho hin by which Confederate soldiers
| who later also served In the Union arm!
! NAV be peusiOnod. He said the only VIZ
| to get the question OF pensions otC VI M w
| heat of partisan debate "da 10 "rVp1 "y3
| either the service pension system ouy-
| right or the per diem pension ~ stem. ,tS tio
| would support the blI, however lux '''0
s9TSSd ''iif7s biIf7 was as, advocated by Mr.. Kerr.
| OF Ohio, and antaSonlzed py MI. 9t.-e9'
| of Maryland. The latter deiendeu Nr~
| eral NeClpllan's record trOm l!5 cAs,i a.
| made against il yesterday by Mr; CVn-
noiiv. of Illinois, and had read McCle,-
| lau's letter Of acceptance on hte b't..tie,
cratic nomination for President IN loot
| AS an answer TO the assertion thaI H4
| had beckOned 10 south 1atoiin1 20 49, .,+
| on for "A while and he would help lt out
| NIessrs Miles and Pickcr got INTO ~
coiioouv over the provision OF the bin
| autnOr!zing the pensionins OF eATSSV4H,
federate soldiers who served In the Union
Nr. Miles said, as son Of n Confed.
| crate he was opposed TO the pensloulh5
| Of those men who had been true 10 no
flag. but were perJurers ana pOui'y-
''M,Ir Mr. Sillnes Gep) Of Michigan, took
| part in the collOQuy to inform At. Tt.N-
Ter that tne difference between lnls ciS75 Sio,s
| of COnfedrate5 and those whose pelaiula
| for service in the Mexican ana IIll an
wars had been restored 10 them ny O9n-
! gress lay I'm the fact that the lalteE ue-
| serted no service and the former Aaa'
| The message Of the President NetOlhs
the BIN granting a pension OF $50 month
| 10 Francis +. Hoover was read ana re-
ferred TO the Committee on lnVahd ZEN
-'I'. NE hour of 2:3O having arrived. under
a special order the House suspended pun
lie business and listened 10 Cqlosie7 upo,s
the late Representative W, II. cram OF
The Eleventh district OF Texas, and at
4.1O o'clock the House. on motion on
Mr. Pendleton, adopted the usual resolu-
tions and as further marx ot respect
took q recess until o'clock.
la ,he senate.
WASHTNGTON. d. c., April 2j.-An
effort was made by Mr.. sherman ikep.li
of ohio. TO have action on the House Dll
relative 10 distiiiatlou OF ffuit Dfahoy, 20
as TO have cugraited on IL provision on
the repeal Of that section or the tAtlI
law which allows drawDack OF tAe l4N
paid on alcohol used IN the arts and n
medicine That section was put IN t.e
Wilson bill while IL was pending in the
Senate with the understanding that IL
| would be thrown out IN conferences Dut'
| owing TO circumstances, the Dill tnat be-
came law was not the report of n confer
euce committee. and 80 the alcohol pro-
visions was embraced In the present
tariff act. Mr.. sherman explained mat
owing 10 the action OF the treasury De
partment. the dra BACK was not opera
tive but that claims running INTO the
millions We're btng piled up, and IL was,
therefore. highly important that the pro-
vision should be repealed before the adj
fOurnment of Congress. lie met, now
ever the combined opposition OF Sena-
tors on his own side, only three or whom
voted with him 10 take up Che bill. ana
these votes were Offset BY the opposing
votes OF three Popuists. All the Demo
Gratis but three voted Tor ar. sherman
motion The result was: Yeas. -; nays,
'Ycas|Hiessrs. Allison. Bate. Berry.
Blackburn, Brice, Brown, Cahery,, can,
Chiffon. Cockreu. Gordon, Gray, Marun,
NILS Palmer; Pase9' ,fugn. SHERMAN
Nays-Messrs. Allen. Bacon, Baker,
| Burrows, Butler. Cannon, Carter, Chand-
| Ter clark. Cullom. Davis, Frye, HalALeeF'
| Gear. Hansbrough, hawley Lodge Man
| tie, Nelson, PETER, PettlgreW, Platt, Proc
tor Till1nan, Turpie Warren, Wilson-2l.
| only three Republican senators-Messrs
| Allison Teller. and Walcott-vot6i with
| Mr. Sherman. The three POpulists who
voted-Messrs. Allen, Butler, and PETER
voted against the motion. All the Demo-
| Gratis voted for IL except Messrs. Bacon,
Tillman, and TurDie.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The consideration OF the sundry civil
appropriation bill was then proceeded
| with.
| The Senate made very brief work Of the
| bill having taken only two days in dis
| posing of il. When IL passed the House
| Ii carried appropriations aggregating S5U-
| 100000 The Senate Appropriations Com
| mtttee reported IL back with an addition
of $3,OOO,OOO. largely made UP OF sums
! necessary to carry on work on pubic
| buildings and river and harDOr Improve
| ments and United States courts FOR the
| whole twelve months Of the year, instead
| OF for six or nine months. And the Sen-
| ate itself besides carrying out the recon
| mendatiOns of the committee, added items
amounting 20 some S2OuOWO more so tnat
the bill as IL passed to-day approDrlates,
In round figures. &3InpDVO. Ihere was
very little friction IN the consideration OF
the bill.
Amopg the amendments adopted were
increasing the limit Of cost Of the public
building al Savannah, Ga, from SiOO,OUO
to SaOD.utO.
Appropriating $1,000 for a post-ofice
bciliug at Fortress Monroe. Va.
, | ApDropriating $2uJS for the purchase
OF additional land for the Military Gene
terv AT Key West, Fla.
ApprOpriating $1,000 for revenue
cutter for the Gulf OF Mexico.
The PETER bond resolution was then
taken up, and went over until Monday as
the unfinished business.
An inquiry was made by Mr. Chandler
REM of New Hampshire, as 10 the
minority report Of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. In relation 10
, election frauds and outrages IN Alabama: