The times., 1898-06-24

of all governments of the Western Hem
isphcre to the plan and provides that the
United States Government shall not be
put to any expense MIR. Hay OF Virginia
objected.
AT the request OF Mr. King of Utah.
bill to pay Mrs. Verona r. Pollock, willow
of Alexander L. Pollock, late consul gen
eral to San Salvador, the sum of s6,Si0
was passed. Mr.. Pollock died of yellow
fever while consul general of the United
States.
The bill to pay the owners of the Brit
ish ship Achilles s1r543 for expenses IN
Cured in saving the lives of twenty-eigl 1t
American sailors yaS4passed at the re-
quest of MIR. Dingley.
Mr.. Cannon submitted a partial agree
ment of the conferees on the sundry civil
appropriation bill. The Senate amend
ments agreed to included an appropria-
ton of s225, 600 for an additional site for
the Government Printing Office.
Mr.. Mudd moved to concur in the Sen
ate amendment for public building at
Annapolis. Md, with an amendment re-
ducing the total appropriation to sl03,eOo.
After some discussion Mr.. Mudd's motion
was rejected and the disagreement was
insisted upon.
The sundry civil bill went back to con-
ference on the amendment still in con-
troversy between the House and the Sen
ate.
The bill to restore Major Joseph w.
Isham, former paymaster in the army,
to his rank and to give him full pay
fer the time he has been suspended was
passed ,
This is a bill that is of special inter
/ est to many people in Washington MAJ.
| Wham who served with distinction dur
| ing the Civil War. was contaminated
| and sentenced to suspension for a term
| of years, upon the allegation that he had
| been concerned in some unpopular money
transaction. The committees of the
| House and Senate have inquired into the
| case and their reports indicate that Mag.
| Wham was made the victim of the scneme
| of an army cabal to remove him from the
field as applicant for the position of pay
master general.
Tnu House Pass. j tie bill restoring Maj.
| Whnn 10 his former rank and allowing
| him full ray FIR ali the time he has been
suspended.
The last two hours of the session We're
consumed in the passage of pension bills
! and bills to correct the records of soldiers
| charged with descrtion during tie Civil
! War There were seventy-two of these
| bills and the facts showed that they had
| been given precedence by shrewd de-
| vice.
At the special session of the House
last Friday night, devoted TO pension
| bills, af er an unusually large batch OF
| pension measures had been passed Mr..
Ray, chairman of the Committee on In
valid Pensions. asked unanimous consent
| that the previous question be ordered on
| all OF these bills The Speaker had ruled
that all bills on which the previous ques-
ton was ordered had precedenca over
either business. UIl,r rh:, ri'in~ tn
pension bills got IN ah2ad IT eV-Ty lip2
Speaker monotone Is g ground thein
through the legislative mill.
The entire lot of more than seyent!
pension bills were passed without yot
being cast either for or against Whh
putting the question on the passage o
| these bills. the Speaker was busiiy en-
gagged in afIixng his signature TO en-
rolled bills lying on his desk.
Thus tens of thousands of dollars wer
taken out of the National Treasury win
out even a single member of the. Hous
| giving any attention to the matter
On motion of Mr.. Dingley the House al
journed until u o'clock next Monday.