Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-05
WORK OF CONGRESS
Private Pension Bills Passed
in the House.
INTERESTING DISCUSSION
Senator Lindsay Comments Sharply Upon
the Resolution Passed by the Ken
lucky Legislature Demanding
HIS Rcsis grafton.

S.r, u. al Ms was
private bin day in the Hous-, but by
Systematic filfbustering the private CAL
entEAr containing the biRs reported by
the com.LttteeS en- claims was not r. aeih-
ed. TIN: whole day being consumed in
passing eighteen of the twenty four
private pension bills favcrably acted
upon by ',he House at tn: session last
Friday night. During the consideration
of one Of the bills an interesting iis-
snssion cf tbs approaching sa e of the
Kansas Pacific road. set for February
n. was precipitated by Mr.. Fl mining
GDemocraD. of Georgia, who, with his
democratic colleagues, desired le,cisla-
ton TO require t!h= President to bid tn.
full amount of the debt Principal ard
interest
The claim of the government. he sad
was over $l3.000G11, ant Will it was
c.ain.rsG that the road could ~ nara!-
lei>d for S3,000,0Cv. he said that the en-
gineer who bui-t the la, Senator Har-
ris. of Kansas, estimated its valu a.
fran sE5,G00,G00 to $4,000, eco. The av-
/ rage earnings of the road fer the rast
ten years. SI,-55.655. were per cent in
terest en- $4,000 900.
MIR. Skattuck, of Chic, said that waile
Sen ator Harris might be q very co:npa-
tent civil engineer he knew no more
ab5ut computing tia earnings or valu
Ct railroad than the portrait alongside
of the speakers choir.
Did you hear his speech on the Pa
cifc rpa6s?' asked Mir. Shatroth {Sil-
v,n Republican,, of Colorado.
Il read it, replied Mr.. Shettuck
''arti' tk'-re was nothing in it. 1t was
viii. nothing more"
Mr.. F'lemming said Senate. Harris, by
the facts he had furnished the govern
ment, hal sav,ii the tn asu.,y So, uG0 600
on tn sale of the Union Pacific Thu
rress Of the country tuilt fire under
the ADMINISTRATION" said he land f,r.od
it to act"
Mr.. Flemmng sail he had appt aled
to the SPEAKER AMI to Mr. Powers. tn 9
chairman of the Pacific r1i.roud com
mittee. to aid the consideration of the
measure reporter by the commit e
They We're both courteous" saNi Mr..
NleniGing." shut I failed TO get the
speaker to us his influence with Mr..
Powers. cu Mr.. Powers 10 use his in
fiue1ce with the speaker On yesterday
l tried to get recognition from thu
speaker. caught his natural eye. but
l fadlsd to catch his official eye Today
when l did get recognition it awaited
nothing because the chairman of the
9comn1lttee. Mr. Powers. said he would
cbjeet'
Continuing, Mr.. Flemmng sad he did
not think it comma nsurate with the dig
nifty CT the House to wave aside indif-
tre1uy the millions involved. If the
s.ale took place anItthe government ONLY
b. the princi2a. of tbs debt the respon-
sl5!lity would be On the majcrity. The
only hope that RENAME d, he said in
conclusion. lay in the press 1t could
force the administration as it ala in The
case Of the Union Pacific.
Mr.. Powers W3epuoican). of Vermont,
chairman of the Pacific railroad com
rittee. d MED that he had stated ear
lier in the iay that tive administration
desired no further legislation. H al
. Ia ha y-nn oil
who were opposing the sale Was the
government ownership and operation of
rai.lN ATS
Mr.. Bailey CD.mocraD, of Texas. oh
JectSd TO Mr.. Powers statement of the
position of the Democrats. fIe said il
was not question of sacrificing the
governms nt's debt or gov rnment own
ership and opera tion of railroads. ON
this side" he sad we believe the gov
ernment can collect tn debt and as a
prudsnt creditor that it should collect
every dollar of it,
Continuing. Mr.. Powers said he did
not believe the administration shouTd be
r.quirsl' to bid the full amount OF the
debt. principal and interest The Off
GERS of the government had full knowl-
edge and he was willing to trust the
matter to the officials who bad OBJ
tanned svery dollar dus from the Union
Pa ific
MIR. Hooker (Republican). of New
York, arose to a question of personal
privilege just prior TO adjournment to
vindicate himself from some charges in
connection with tbs contest for tie post
nastership of jamestown, N. Y. That
vindic2 ;&on. he explained, had been
unanimously accorded him this aft@r-
noon by the Senate committee on post
olflc arr post Dads.
At P. VI. the House reoess,'i until s
O'Clock, TIE evening SESSION belrg de-
voted to the consideration of private
p-ns.on bills.