The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-16
''ofEEDINGS WERE TAME.
!. Il. House Mas Devoted to
n Private Bills.
|,ufpous PENSION BILLS PASSED
uomcstend NH w"" Referred
ss r,.,r 10 the Committee ON
-.,,c Lund-Capital News.

.,,.ton. January 15.-The proceed
!, ,be house today were very tame.
orIyate bill day. hut the whole time
.,r.umed in passing through the house
,.,orably acted upon In committee OF
: -ho,s before the holiday recess. The
~ II the late Major General John Glib
the beneficiary of bill carrying
moo,h and the widow of Brevet
"a, General Nichols OF another carrying
/, per month
-. free homestead bill which came back
~ house with senate amendments was
,,.-,sa under ruling of the chair, to
committee on public land.
a.. Ellington. January 15.-For several
:. Sneaker Reed has been recognizing
rsmbers to call up small bills of local i'm
,,.,nce at the opening of each day s
...,on Today a number of such bills
-. nassed, A resolution Of inquiry call
l. on the secretary of the interior for the
,.ors for his refusal to issue patents to
nj. sold BY the Union Pacific in the
Nae of Utah was adopted
resolution was adopted empowering
a. committee on elections to proceed i'm
rsdiately with the administration OF the
{ponoit -loatner contested election. from IN,
{Suh Louisiana district with view TO
kh,aining action before the close OF the
,resent session. Mr.. Boatner was unseated
1, me last session on a contest and subse-
busn,ly reelected at the November cleo
Ion l.,
Almost two hours wore consumed In an
lne6ectual struggle to amend resolution
for the appointment of fifteen additional
house employees. so that the new patronage
sbald 70 to States not now represented
b the house roll.
AT 2 o'clock :hc regular order was de-
handed and this being Friday the house
proeeded with the consideration OF bills
d the private calendar.
The bill favorably acted upon by the com
uittee Of the whole on the last private bill
day was taken up. An attempt was made
reduce the amount $1,000 carried by the
hIll to pension Fannie Gibben. widow o
IA late Major General John ii. Gibben, but
failed.
Mr.. Blue (Rep) OF Kansas. Mr. Crowthel
Ihep.1 OF MlSSbull dlii ptbNiS 6u'S
SniDst granting pensions of more than
30 to the widows OF general officers. but
General Curtis (RepD OF New York ant
Dir. Grosvenor ulep) of OHIO took the
Fiew that the distinguished service of Cen
Sral Gibben entitled his widow TO unusual
ecognition. General Grosvenor stated IT.
connection with the apparent effort of some
members to wipe out the distinction be
woa ha widows rrtyafa soldiers
officers that in his long experience as {
member OF the Grand Army OF the Rerub-
DC he had never heard any antipathy ex-
pressed by private soldiers to the recog'
bition Of the merltorious services of of
|6cers
| A bill was passed to increase the pension
bf Clara A. Nichols. widow of Brevet Major
N. A. Nichols, to SIS per month. All the
Unfinished business was disposed Of, bu
lhe calendar was not reached.
The speaker referred the free homestead
pill with senate amendments to the publ,
land committee despite the fact that thu
benate had requested conference on tht
measure. The speaker ruled that If tn,
Donate request should make 1t privileged
I would place It in the other branch %
congress to determine what measures
would be privileged.
At p. NJ. the house took recess unit
o'clock the evening session to be devoted
70 pension legislation.