The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
Does Not See How It Can Affect
the Health or Lives of
the Bibulous.
PENSION BILLS IN THE SENATE,
Widows of Deceased Veterans Receive
Aid-Southern Senator'S in
Quarrel.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., FEB. 19.-The
crusaders in the cause OF temperance re-
form and of Sunday rest laws were Sc
verely criticized IN the Senate to-day by
Hill of New York in connection with a
sheaf of petitions in printed form, ema-
mating from the Woman,'s Christian Tenn
perance Union, against the sale OF beer to
immigrants landing on Ellis Island, in
New York harbor, ana to the men sta
toned on Bedioes Island, and in connec-
tion with other petitions for a Sunday rest
law In the District of Columbia.
Hill could not see how glass of beer
could be of great injury to the temperance
cause or have any serious effect on the
health and lives OF the immigrants. He
thought. on the contrary, that it was a
very welcome thing, and referred to the
efforts of the well-meaning but misguided
who flooded Congress with such petitions
as extreme paternalism or extreme Roose-
veltism. AS to the Sunday rest law for
the District of Columbia, he did not see
wnat interest people in New York could
have IN it, unless to regulate the conduct
OF their Senators and Representatives.
A resolution for an investigation as to
the issues Of bonds in 1894, 1895 and 1885
was offered by Lodge of Massachusetts,
and went over till tomorrow. Notice was
given by Morgan (D.) of Alabama that he
would bring up the Cuban resolution for
consideration at o'clock tomorrow
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
tion bill was passed and the conference re-
port on the urgent deficiency bill was
agreed to. The remainder of the days
session was spent in the passage of private
pension bills and at 5:6o P. NJ. the Senate
adjourned.
Wolcott (R.) of Colorado, chairman OF
the Postoffice Com mittee, reported bill TO
prevent the sending through the mails by
ter weighing more than four pounds, ex-
cept written or printed matter. He spoke
of the great abuse of sending through
the mails typewriters ana other machines.
Numerous private pension bills co nsid-
cred and passed were bills increasing
the pension of the widow of Brevet-
Brigadier General Horace Boughton
to $50 month; giving pensions
of $100 month to the widows of
General o. NJ. Poe, General Blunt. Cen
efal Gibbon and General Thomas Ewing
and to Generals Nathan Kimball and
Joseph R. West; $75 to the widow of Sur
geon-General Sutherland; $25 to Eliza
Saidford, daughter of a Revolutionary
soldier, and OF SIS to the widow of General
Morrow.
A bill giving a pension of $75 month to
the widow of ex-senator Spencer of Ala
bama, as colonel of an Alabama regim ent,
provoked a long discussion, Senators AL
len (Pop.) of Nebraska and Berry (D.) OF
Arkansas arguing that distinctions should
not be made in the pensions to officers
widows (the regular pension law in this
case only allowing $50 monthly, nor be-
tween the widows of officers and the
widows of soldiers.
The discussion led to a rather angry
alteration between Senators Allen and
Call, who, to the great amusement of the
galleries, denounced each other as
"plutocrats." Finally the bill was re-
committed to the Committee on Pensions
bill granting pension of $20C
to the widow of the late Secre-
tary of State, Waltar @. Gresham, as
brigadier- general, with an amendment
making it $l0o, went over without action,
as VOORHEES, (D.) of Indiana, who had
originally introduced the bill, but who
was absent to-day, desired to oppose the
amendment. A bill was also passed for
the payment of a years salary to the
widow of the late Isaac II. Bassett, the
veteran assistant doorkeeper of the Senate