The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-20
OLD SOLDIERS INNINGS
Fifty-Two Private Pension Bills Handled
in the House.

Washington Jan. 19.-The old soldiers
| had a field day in the house today. Un-
| der a special order adopted yesterday,
| the whole day was devoted 10 the con-
| sidera ton of private pension bills. OF
TIE geo on the calendar, fifty-two were
disposed OF during the five hours ses-
sion.
There was a pathetic incident in con-
nec;ion with the first bill called up. 1t
| proposed to grant a pension of $l2 per
month 10 Margarent O'Donnell, volun-
teer army nurse who devoted her ser
vices from 1862 TO 1865 TO the wounded
| OF the Twency-second regiment Of the
New York light artillery. Her claim
has been pending before congress for
several years Today when the bill was
brought up Mr.. Thomas Rep. Mich)
moved that il be laid on the table.
The relief carried by the bill for this
poor woman" said he comes too late
Our committee has just received word
that the beneficiary is dead"
Bills to grant pensions as follows were
passed: Thirty dollars per month to
Richar,. c. Enright, colonel Sixty-third
New York infantry; SO 10 William I.
Walker, Thirteenth Indiana cavalry; S12
u George B. Mechant Fortieth Ohio in
fantry; $50 to the widow of Captain E.
V. Glover. Thirty-fourth New York reg
inient: SO to the widow Of Major Cen
eral Erastus B. Tyler.
The house disagreed TO the senate
amendments TO the army appropriation
bill AMI agreed to the conference asked
for By the senate. Messrs. Hull (Rep..
la Barker (Rep., n. j., and McClel-
Ian dem, y. ", were appointed con-
ferees on the part of the house.
A pdmber of other pension bills were
favorably acted upon, among them be-
ing those of Hans Johnson, Twenty-sev-
enth Ohio infantry, for $40; Major Cen
eral julius H Stahl. for 500, and Fran
ces p. Trumbull, widow of General Mat
thew Trumbull of Iowa, 800 per month.
At o'clock the regular order on the cal
endar was abandoned at the request or
many members, so that each could, IL
recognized cali up any bill in which he
was interested The result was that for
the rest of the session the area in front
of the speakers chair resembled an eX-
citing scene in the wheat pit. "A hundred
members with hands aloft shouted and
We'd with each other to catch the CHAIR
mans eye. Mr.. Crisp, the son OF ex-
sneaker Crisp, was one of the fortunates
and succeeding passing mis- first bill, to
pension Hannah Z. Rodgers, the WIDOW
of a soldier of the war of 1872, at Sl2 per
month.
AT 0.lU D. m. the HOUSE duJOOA
OVER HIS VETO.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The house COM
mittee on judiciary today voted to rec
ommend the passage of the bill over the
veto of the president, making a new d.
vision of the Eastern judicial district OF
Texas, which was recently returned with
ont the presidents approval
HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
Washington, Jan. Interpretations or
passing the railroad pooling bill, when
has been pending before the house COM
mittee on commerce during this congress
have been abandoned. The bill to pre-
vent ticket-scalping was considered by
the committee, and Representative Sher-
man of New York. its author, was di-
rected TO report it TO the house. with sew
eral amendments in the interest Of bona
fide purchasers of tickets. The commit
tee Will give a hearing Friday TO the
promoters of the Pacific Gable compa-
ny, of New York, in which j. p. Morgan
of New York is interested and which Is
a revival OF Calonel Spalding's company,
and to confirm certain entries Of public
lands in Arkansas.