Evening journal., 1897-12-11
PASS PENSION BILL.
Carried In the House With No
Amendments.
MEASURE TO PUNISH CORRUPTION.
Objections Raised to Mr. Hits Proposal
For tho Passage OF His Bill In
tended to Prevent the XIII
ing OF Fur Seals.

ing OF Fur Seals.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE house
passed the pension appropriation bill
without amendment and adjourned un-
til Monday The amendments offered
by the Democrats TO correct alleged ex-
isting abuses were all ruled out on the
point Of order that they were new leg
islation. AS passed the bill carries $l41,-
263SS The debate covered a wide
range. II touched not only the ques-
tion of our pension policy but that Of
civil service reform and the receipts
and expenditures Of the treasury under
the DirAley law.
on the latter question Mr.. Dingley
made an important statement. In which
he expressed the opinion that the re-
ceipts would equal expenditures before
the close OF the present fiscal year and
predicted a surplus of $l0000,0O0 next
year
Mr.. Allen (Dem.) Of Mississippi con-
cluded the general debate with hu-
morOus speech.
During the Eve minute debate Mr..
Linney (Rep.) OF North Carolina made
an argument in favor OF overthrowing
the civil service law which set the gall
ieries in q roar. He believed that the
spoils belonged TO the victors. II was
the only way to succeed. He hourished
aloft q picture from a comic paper rep
rcsenting New York overrun by Tam
many tigers. He had never heard any
thing particularly good OF Tammany
he said, except that IL was vouched for
by Amos Cummings. yet Tammany had
prevailed against all the forces Of good
government.
It was invincible, omnipotent. Why?
Because Il respected It's friends. Look
at this pictured" he shouted. "The tigers
surrounded by myriads of little tigers.
How would the tiger look surrounded
by monkeys and mice2" He eulogized
the stalwarts OF the party who had
stuck 10 their friends" All amend
ments offered, including those announc-
ed by Mr. Allen on Thursday, were vot-
ed down or ruled out on points of order.
The bill was then reported TO the house
and passed.
Representative Maxwell Of Nebraska
introduced bill "to punish the bribery,
coercion or intimidation of voters" 1t
provides that any one who shall by
bribery attempt TO influence any elector
IN giving his vote or ballot at any cleo
tion held pursuant 10 the laws Of the
United States shall on conviction be
imprisoned in the penitentary not over
one year and be fined 1000 The person
brlbed IS declared 10 be n competent
witness and not liable TO prosecution
under this act. The bill also provides
Imprisonment of not more than one
year for any creditor, master, employer,
overseer or agent who attempts to CO.
cree or intimidate any electors, debt
ors or other persons under their au-
thority to vote contrary 10 their incli-
nation or 10 deter them from voting.
Representative Sperrg Of Connecticut
reintroduced his bill giving free postal
delivery wherever 20 or more postofiice
patrons petition for the same the car
rlers " be paid by such citizens at not
exceeding q cent for each letter or
package.
Mr.. Saurhering OF Wisconsin offered a
bill to create state trade marks. The
object OF the measure is to protect COM
merce from false marking of goods. The
governors OF states and territories and
the commissioners of the District Of
Columbia are authorized 20 adopt n
public trade mark, not Stimulating those
Of any existing municipality insignia.
Mr.. Hit. chairman of the committee
on foreign affairs, asked unanimous
consent for the passage Of the bill re-
ported by his committee TO prohibit the
killing of fur seals. He explained the
necessity for the immediate passage of
the act owing TO the diplomatic negotia-
tions now pending.
1.-THE passage of this law would pros
hihit pelagic sealing by our citizens
interposed Mr.. Hopkins (Rep) of III
nols. "Is there any assurance If II Is
passed that the citizens of Great Brit
ain and Canada will be similarly re-
strlcted?"
Mr. Hit replied that there was not
but II we We're sincere I'm our conten-
tion we should pass this law.
Mr.. Johnson (Rep) of North Dakota
said he wanted time to oppose the bill
He said under the present conditions Il
was as impossible 20 preserve the sea
herds as IL had been 10 preserve tho
buffalo herds. Objection was made by
Mr. Loud CRep) OF California, and theT
the house adjourned until Monday