Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-30
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Washington, D. c., April 20.-The
president has nominated George B. Nc
Call for postmaster at Chippewa Falls.
The previous nomination of Judge
Cough aroused 50 much anita gonism
that Senator Villas dem, Wis.,, rec
commended a change in the nomina-
ton.
Congressman Miner rep, Wis.,, is
endeavoring to assist Mr.. Frique,
merchant tailor of Green Bay, in col
lecting damages from the Belgian gov
eminent for the death of his son killed
on a Belgian railway. The depart
ment of state will take the matter up.
introduced by request pure beer bill
Congressman Stewart rep, fis),
asked unanimous consent in the house
for the consideration of d bill to pay
Peter B. Ferguson, another Wisconsin
Central purchaser sufferer $1,765, but
Mr.. Loud, of California, objected I'M
less the bill should be amended so as
to state what was being paid for. The
amendment was not offered and the
bill went over.
In the senate the joint resolution FOR
the appointment of Gen. Franklin, Rep
Beales and Gen. Henderson as mem
bers of the board of managers of the
national soldiers home was adopted
without debate.
Mr.. Allison (rep., Ia.), followed with
a report of the suIdry civil appropria-
ton bill and said he would seek to
take it up at the earliest possible day
The pending question related to sec
tartan schools. Mr. Carter rep, Mont.)
had offered an amendment striking out
the provision that no appropriations
shall be made for Sectarian schools
Mr.. PETER offered a further amend
ment directing the secretary of the
interior to provide temporary schools
for any Indian children cut off from
school facilities by the closing of the
sectarian schools. This amendment
was adopted. Mr. Cockrell dem, Mo-,
offered a substitute for the entire prop
osition The substitute provides for
contracts with existing schools for
1897, and for the early provision of
non-sectarian schools.
Senator Villas dem, Wis.,, asked
that opportunity be given Wednesday
for speeches on Pere Marquette.
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disposed of the sectarian school ques-
ton by adopting the compromise
framed by Mr.. Cockrell (dem., Mo-.
The Indian bill as it came from the
house provided THAT no money herein
appropriated shall be paid for euuca-
ton in sectarian schools" This pro-
vision was struck by the Cockrell
amendment 1t is declared to be the
settled policy of the government that
no appropriations for sectarian schools
shall be made after July 1, 1898, thus
giving two years for an abandonment
OF sectarian schools instead of imme-
date abandonment. The amendment
was adopted by vote of SO to "A.
The president sent in Two pension
voices. One was fer the reason, as his
message stated, that the pensioning of
men in no way connected with the
service of the government would open
the door to legislation hard to justify
and impossible to restrain from abuse"
The other was vetoed because the pen
sion was asked "solely, so far as dis
cernible, upon the ground that the
widow is poor and needs the money"
Washington, April 22-The house
entered upon the consideration of the
general pension dill reported from the
invalid pension committee. The bill
amends the existing law in several i'm
portant respects. 1t allows the pre-
sumption of the death of an enlisted
heard from him for several years. 1t
provides also that desertion or dishOn-
orable discharge shall not be a bar
to pension under the act of 1890, if
the enlisted man served ninety days
subsequent to such discharge, and pro-
vides that pensions allowed shall date
from their first application. It fixes
the maximum income a widow is en-
titled to under the act of 1890 at $500
per annum, provides that no pension
shall be reduced or discontinued ex-
cept for fraud or recovery from dis
ability, and also that discontinued pen
sions, when reconsidered and real
lowed, shall date from their discont:n-
uation.