The record-union., 1896-04-28
The Consideration Of the General Pension
Bill Concluded in the House.
a Vote Upon the Measure to be Taken
This Morning.
The Naval Appropriation Bill Occupies
the Attention of the Senate
Throughout the Day-it Appro=
PIRATES Between Thirty=One and
TEirty-Two rlilEions of Dollars.

WASHINGTON, April 2A-Consider-
alton of the general pension bill after
three days discussion was concluded
in the House of Representatives to-day,
and a vote upon it's passage will be
taken tomorrow Immediately after the
reading of the journal By a special or
der reported from the Committee on
Rules, further debate on the bill was
limited to one hour and half to-day
The adoption of this order was an
tagonized by Crisp Dem) of Georgia.
It was passed, however, by vote of
10 to IS, about a score of Republicans
voting against it because it restricted
the opportunity to amend the measure.
The hour and half discussion resulted
in adoption of just one amendment to
the first section, offered by Hepburn,
providing for a liberal construction of
the law by the Pension Bureau in the
interest of claimants. AS thus amended
it was ordered to be engrossed and to a
third reading by vote of 113 to IA.
Senate amendments to the sundry
civil appropriation bill were disagreed
to and a conference ordered.
AT 4:40 o'clock the House adjourned
until tomorrow.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The naval
appropriation bin occupied the attention
OF the Senate throughout to-day's ses-
sion. Tt appropriates between S31 ,000,-
600 and So 600 900.
After the Senate had gone through all
the minor committee amendments, and
had laid aside temporarily the provi-
sion for new battleships and guns,
long debate was precipitated by an
amendment offered by Chandler of New
Hampshire on behalf Of the Naval
Committee, prohibiting officers of the
navy or of the marine corps on the re-
tired list from taking employment in
the service of persons or companies sup
plying materials to the Government
The proposition had direct reference to
the Carnegie and Bethlehem concerns.
1t was antagonized by Gray of Della
ware. but was supported by all the
members of the Naval Committee TAX
ing part in the debate.
The matter went over until tomorrow
without action.
The appropriation for reserve guns
for auxiliary cruisers was increased
from S150,000 to 100000, after a short
a touch of sarcasm of the war feeling"
that had been gotten UP some time ago,
and said that he did not share in the
feeling that there should be any great
haste in preparing for war
y supplementary report to the report
heretofore made by the Committee on
Privileges and Eelections in favor of in
quiry into elections in Alabama in 1891
was presented by Chandler (Rep) of
New Hampshire to-day and ordered
printed. 1t states that the new report
is made because the minority report is
not forthcoming, after a lapse of forty
eight days. The report recites that the
statement made by Senator Allen of
Nebraska in the Senate, February ]. .
1880, showing that 81 900 fraudulent
votes We're cast for Oates in the fifteen
black belt counties, which being deduct
ed would show the election of Kolb by
about 1000 majority, and that a Kolb
Legislature was elected, but that the
Democratic candidates were fraudulent
" declared elected, and eliminating the
frauds there was an actual Populist and
Republican majority of twenty-nine in
the Legislature, making Senator Nor
gan's election valid.
After unimportaht routine morning
business. the Senate proceeded to the
consideration of the naval apprOpria-
ton bill. AS passed by the House the
bin appropriates S31 ,637,2 The
changes recommended by the Senate
Committee on Appropriations would
result in a net reduction of S35I.57S,
leaving the amount of the bill S31 ,2I9
4s2
The unimportant amendments of the
committee We're all agreed to, while
those affecting the increase of the navy
were reserved for the present.
Quay tRep.) of Pennsylvania moved
to increase the appropriation for the
reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers
from $50, 600 to Si00, 600.
The amendment gave rise to consider
able debate. in which German COM
mented upon the suspension of gun
making at the Washington Navy Yard
He submitted that it was unwise at this
time to appropriate large amount on
account of the guns and follow 1t up
with twenty millions for war vessels.
The amendment was agreed to.
Perkins CRep) of California moved to
insert an item of 100000 for a training
station at Yer-ba Buena, California, and
he said, should be manned by Ameri-
cans.
Opposition to the amendment was
made by German. who said the item
which was brought ir without an esti-
mate. was the step toward projeci
which might cost from one to five mill
lens. The appropriations secured by
Senator's from the Pacific Coast were
an evidence of what persistency could
do.
Faulkner Dem.) OF West Virginia
argued against the amendment on tho
ground that Congress had already
passed an Act for the purpose, directing
the Secretary of the Navy to report
plans to carry it out No appropriation
should be made until those plans Were
made and adopted.
Eale (Rep) of Maine. in charge of tht
bill took the same view.
Lodge (Rep) of Massachusetts, sup.
ported the amendment, and argued tha
uitl two great lines Of coast. training
school like the one at Newport wa:
neeied en- the Pacific Coast.