Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-09
FIFTY-EIfTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.
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MIR. Ho ar presented o petition sign
ed by 21,269 native Hawaiians pro
testing against the annexation o.
Hawaii.
Tho Senate agreed to adjourn to day
unit. Monday next.
MIR. Mcbride presented and asked
tb e immediate consideration of joint
resolution for the relief of American
miners and other sufferers in the val.
ley of the Yukon and its tributaries
The resolution authorizes the Secretary
of War to transport supplies to the suf.
fering miners and provides that not
more than $3.50, 900 be appropriated to
carry out the purposes of the resolution.
1t went over on objection.
A resolution was offered by MIR.
Chandler and referred to the commit
t9e on naval affairs providing for an
Investigation of the question of dry
docks aud naval stations.
The resolution reported by the Pa
cilc Railroad committee asking the
A torney General for information con-
corning tbs Kansas Pacific was adopted.
Mr.. Gallinger requested that at the
conclusion OF the morning business an
hour bs set asld. for the cons Iteration
of private pension bills. of which, be
said, there were over 200 on the calen-
dar endorsed by the committee. Il
want to say" said be, "that there is q
laxity among Senators about sending
pension bills to our com mittee. No in
quiry is made by thetn as to the merit
of the measures. Senators should be-
absolutely satisfied of the merit of
measures before introducing them. l
am satisfied that in private pension
matters we have gone to the extreme
limit and that it is now time to call a
halt" Mr.. Gallinger thought that the
practice of pensioning remarked Wi
doWs aud several other similar classes
of claimants ought to be stopped.
Mr.. Gallinger said that he was opposed
to the granting of large pensions to
widows OF distinguished officers. 1--WE
have reached the limit in that regard, !"
lid he, land it is time that we should
stop"
The order requested by Mr.. Gallinger
was then made.
Among the bills passed was one to
pay the Richmond Locomotive Works
its claim for damages and losses in
Cured in the construction OF the battle
ship Texas.
The Senate then began the consid-
Grafton of private pension bills.
MIR. Harris moved that his Pacific
Railroad resolution offered last spring
be recommitted to the Pacific Railroad
committee, on which there was a de-
bate.
HOUSE.
Representative Jerry Simpson. Of
Kansas, was in his seat for the first
time this session. The House went in
to committee of the whole, Mr.. Payne,
Of New York, in the chair, for the con-
sideration of The pension appropriation
bill, which YES reported yesterday.
Mr.. w. A. Stone, in charge of the
bill, explained the different items.
Mr.. Cannon said it might be that the
expenditures for pensions for 1889
would exceed the estimates. The COM
missioner Of pensions estimated the ex.
pendtures at $14S,0OO,000 If ne should
prove to be right, Mr.. Cannon said, the
$40, 100000 appropriated by this bill
would pay all pensions for the first il
months OF the fiscal year and deficiency
appropriation could be made. He
solemniy warned the House that the
large anticipatory importations would
keep the revenues under the present
law down to the minimum and he ap-
pealed to his colleagues to see to it
'sthat while the public service was suf
6cently supplied with money not one
dollar is appropriated which is not alb
solutely necessary to the best interests
of the public service"
Mr.. Allen attacked Mr.. Cannon
statement in speech in which there
were flashes of his inimitable humor
that set the House into roar of laugh.
ter. He produced figures that show.
ed an estima lated deficit for the next
year of S72,OO0.0O0. He referred to
the increase ia the pension roll under
the present administration and ridicul
ed the idea of decrease unless the late
increase was to be attributed to the ext.
gencies of the recent campaign in Ohio.
Mr. Allen directed the batteries of his
humor at the Dingley law as revenue
producer. picturing the intense anxiety
Of the chairman of the ways and means
committee at The extra session to get a
bill on the statute books that would
strike balance between the receipts
and expenditures, and predicting an'
other season ofanyiety on Mr.. Dingley s
part next spring at another extra SEES
sion called for The same purpose.
10 conclusion he spoke of the hard
ships this great tax burden placed on
the people of the South who were, he
said, being relentlessly burdened by
the gold standard and AZ cent cotton.
GRAND LODGE OFFIcERs.-The Ma
sonic Grand Lodge, in session in
Richmond, last night promoted Judge
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