The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-23
THE BUTLER BOND BILL
TestVote DS|ndIss Down From a Majority of
Fourteen to a MaIarlly Of Two.
DENOUNCED IN MOST EMPHATIC TERMS.
Am Effort Made to Take Vote on tho
Question Next Monday, Hut II
Falls short Labor Commission
Bills Fails in the House for This
Session ut Least-Other Notes.

Washington. May 29.-House: The
Labor Commission bill, discussion of
which was begun yesterday. has APP
parently failed this session. The rule
providing for the consideration of the
bill excepted conference reports on APP
preparation bills from its operation. and
ures of this character.
The first was the report of the e".'-' :
agreement on the River ana man.
Appropriation bill. 1t met the vigorous
opposition of Messrs. Doclkery and Hep
burn, but despite their eloquent de-
nunciation of the iniquity of the bill
the report was agreed 10 by vote of
lS9 to 56. Friends of the bill endeav-
ored to prevent vote by yeas and nays.
but Mr.. Hepburn was able to muster
sufficient strength to effectively @ec-
ond his demand.
Next came the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill. and upon the plea made by
Mr.. Bartlett (Dem., N. " the House
voted--150 to b9-I.ot to agree to the
conference report. His objection was
to an item appropriating sl2,5OO TO pay
General James d. Mcbride for $500 sets
of his historical publications, which he
imperfect and faulty." The House
voted to insist upon It's disagreement to
all the Senate amendments. except
those relating to public buildings, and
upon these separate votes were taken,
as to all that We're reported before the
House under the rules. took a recess
until 8 o'clock, It voted to insist upon it's
disagreement These were public
buildings at Boise City, Idaho; Camden,
N. j.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Helena, Mont
Kansas City, Mo-: Little Rock, Ark,
| and Post Office at Fort Monroe. Va.
A conference report was agreed tn AK
ing the pension voted to BrigadIer- Gen-
eral Joseph r. West. formerly United
States Senator from Louisiana, at SIS
a month.
| (Senate. Jan important and spirited
debate took place In the Senate to-day
on the bill introduced several months
ago by Mr.. Butler, Of North Carolina,
| prohibiting the issue of governments
| bonds wlthout the consent of Congress-
Mr.. H.ll spoke for nearly three houns
| In condemnation OF the measure as an
act of repudiatlon, and 1t was denounced
in most emphatic terms by Senators
sherman. Hawley. Lodge Baker; while
| Ut was defended and advocated by Sena-
tors Mills. George, Clark, Teller, Allen,
and Stewart. The test vote on taking
| II up in the first Lns,ance chowed a
| II was displaced by the calendar, afer
two hours discussion, and a new vote
was required to take 1t up again tfe
| o:ity had dwindled down TO two. An
effort was made to have a time fixed
| for taking the vote next Monday at . D.
m. but objection was made and the
| bill went over till Tomorrow
The final conference report on fine
| river and harbor bill was presented and
| agreed 'to--a satisfactory promise having
| been reached in the matter of the deep
sea ha:bor IN Southern California. And
ate p. m. the Senate adjourned until TO-
morrow.
The debate on Buffers bond bill was
precipftated upon the Senate as soon as
thd Chaplain had finished his opening
prayer. Without even waiting for the
| reading of yesterdays journal, Butler
moved to proceed to the consideration of
his bill
Mr. Sherman asked unanimous con-
sent TO take up and pass the filled
| cheese BILL but Mr.. Butler said that he
felt compelled to object as that measure
would lead 10 discussion, and he insisted
on his motion.
That being such an important uues-
t!on," Mr. Hill interposed, II desire a
full Senate, and I suggest the absence of
a quorum"
The roll was called and forty-nine
'ioui Hioie IMAM ii quOTuIil) responded,
The Vice President stated the question
TO be on Mr.. Buffers motion, and the
yeas and nays We're demanded. The
vote was as follows: Yeas. "a; nays, Z.
AT the evening session of the House.
Mr.. Erdman Oem), of Penns ylvania,
| submitted ito the House series of tables
showing dH deail the work of the Com
m!ttee on Pensions and Invalid Pen
s:ons at this session of Congress- From
th!s 1t appeared that the committee had
reported bills TO pension the number
given of each of the following grades of
officers or their widows. as stated Major
Generals Qncluding from rear r-admirals).
25: brigadier generals Qnclud!ng two
commodores of the navy, 2e; colcnels,
20; lieutenant colones 4 majon- 10;
captains, AZ; first lieutenants. 10; second
Heutenants, 2. The average annual pen
sions granted to these ranged from 1912
to S92S; the general average being s487
Bills had been reported TO pension other
| non-privates as follows: Non n-commis-
stoned officers, 80; teamsterE, 8; photo
grapher, l; non-enlisted men, 6; nurses.
@; spy. l. The average pension for these
was S432 Besides, these bills had been
reported to pension 27l priyates at an an
nual average OF $3.50.
Among The bills considered was one to
pension Colonel Sllas Adams, OF Ken
lucky. 1t ltranspired that Colonel
Adams had died since the bill was in
troduced. The name Of his widow t1ii.
"a c.. was inserted in the bill and an
EFFORT made, but unavailingly, TO iricrea se