The morning times., 1896-04-10

The Senat te yesterday Afternoon ccording
TO program agreed upon the day before
took up pension bills on the calendar and
put them through in dOuble-quick order
About eighty were passed ia an hour,
This Is the best record that has been made
for several years. Mr.. Faulkner was in
the chair. The gait was beaten about eight
years ago when Mr.. Ingalls was in the
chair one afternoon Under a similar
agreement the Senate began To take bills
from the calendar soon after the morning
hour and without pause passed 3s4
The next morning by unanimo Gus consent
about twenty more were passed so that
when the bills Were taken over to The House
for the day over four hundred were pre-
seDted. The reports from the committee
were in the hands OF Chairman GaIlinger
Among the bills passed yesterday was
that giving a pension TO Gen. OIyer p.
Gooding for gaiiautry ON the battlefield
and for honorable service. He was origin
ally from India nd and Is a brother OF ex-
Marshal David Gooding OF this District
The pension of $1O0 per month fixed in
the House bill was reduced TO S75 by a
Senate amendment.
OTHERS MADE HAPPY.
Other bills passed were granting pen
sions or increasing, for Emma B. Gera rd,
v Ls
Anna c.. CARRIER, b. F. Bell, s. b. Barber,
Mary Allard, Russell r. King, Simeon Ste
Yens, 7. T. Greeiy, Cornelia ID. Black, Ld-
yicey j. Summers, Thomas j Haughey,
Helen Larucd, Clara K. Rogers. w p Leg
gett, Christian G.. Barnard, Joseph G.. A b.
bott, Julia G.. Richardson, Rita Stein, Eliz-
abeth L. Larrabee, Della Gilman Lucy o
Mason, William A. Morgan, Bradford W.
Hight, b. f. Dowell, Emeline c. Sewen.
Annie E. Colwell, Hester A. Robinson, Ed
mund WOog; Johnson Hays James Richard
son, Sarah l.. Boyd, Caleb Wright, Lorenzo
Meserth p f Castleman Jane L. Fagg,
C. A Siocum. John S. Hall, Z. ". Pearce,
Susan Nj. Sessford, Hannah Matldck. Mary
+. Chamberlain, May o. H. StOneman.
J Julia II. Stahel, Caroline Watkins Mary Is.
Leroy, Henry Wilson, Elizabeth {. Cook,
j Il Hartzell. James Byrne, John G.. B
Masters, A. w. Callahan.
When the bill for Mrs ScwelI was
reached The Senate amendment reducing
the figures from $50 TO $50 was about
10 be agreed to when Mr.. Sewell arose
and said while there was similarity
OF names, he knew nothing about this
case, except that the officer whose widow
was TO be pensioned, held Il high rank IN
The Navy and had been very useful. He
thought the $50 ought 10 lie retained. and
moved TO disagree TO the amendment. This
was carried without dissent.
WoPERsoNAL SPEECHES.
The earlier hours of the session were
taken up in the delivery OF two prepared
speeches; one by Mr. Mantle, and the
other by Mr.. Butler.
Mr.. Mantles speech was mainly lie
feHse of the Senators from the silver
producing states, for their action in help
ing TO defeat the Dingley tariff bill,
passed by the House in the eariy part OF
the session.
He criticised the bill for being i'll the
interest of the wool manufacturers rather
than of the wool gro wers; and he declared
hiuiseIf as being equally in favor OF
bimetalliSm and OF protection TO American
| industry. He expressed the hope, there
fore that the Finance Committee would
report back a fair tariff bill. coupled
with provision for free coinage.
At the close of Mr. Mantle's speech (,Iis
| maiden one in the Senate} he received the
oongratuiatiens Of many Senators. and then
participated in running discussion with
Senators Ha wiley, Hoar and Mills, the
latter characIerizing protective tariff
as a protective humhug.
Mr. Butler speech was in support of
bill heretofore introduced by him for the
esta blishment of a postal telegraph system
Between the close of Mr.. Buffers speech
| and the taking up of the pension bills, the
Indian appropriation bill made some
| progress.
At 5:15 O'Clock the Senate adjourned.