Show kanats proceedings 8 stewart to the remarks of sherman two days ago on the silver delozi tion question it would be well he thought if every member of congress could plead entire ignorance of that question it was not to the credit of anybody to have have done what was done then he read from the record the report of the discussion in the senate and said according to the statements of sherman the senat e justified in believing that u n d zas r the pro sed legis lation the S ilver dy far have been full legal tender today to day and the country would not have the depressing times now that it his lie did not believe the senator from ohio knew then what was fo be the effect of that I 1 I 1 a t ion the dependent depend nt pons on ets ill was taken up again ala rothen plied to rome of the remarks made by senator vest last week particulars as no federal ex sol i aers or confederates either in the alms housos in missouri ile quoted from the report of the commissioner of pen 1 ions showing that on octo er 11 1 there were in the Alla soun alms houses ex union soldiers de pendent relatives and in the e united states ex soldiers an d dependent relatives in all 22 OOL in addition there were in the national soldiers homes in mates making a total of 37 ex soldiers and their depend prito he were dep e adent on charitable n consideration of vests statement that 60 per centon those an rolled during the war were either pen rionero or applicants for pensions lie ed there erti 24 invalid d pensions granted and for wid aws children or dependent relatives in other words that there were of pensioners and claimants not over 20 r cent of the whole number en clawley the bill to be practical sensible and patriotic ile quoted general grant as saying thi very last time that he was at the capital ill I 1 were to be president again I 1 would big a reasonable bill to prevent the sufferings of soldiers or their families no matter what they arise from and I 1 would not sign a bill to give a doerr to any able bodied man lie Ilaw lev stood upon that ife would vote against any antl every amendment to the bill believing that as it came from the committee it was a simple straightforward measure of immediate relief to real sufferers wilson of dovra said that so almly WAS he convinced that the class which a be included the benefits of the bill by his amendment would be excluded without it vote for it even if he voted alone th tion was taken and wilsons Wil sons anent was rejected yeas 13 mays 43 tile bill was then reported back from the committee of the whole and the swen dents therein agreed to toted on the first vote was on the amend anent offered by call to make bills apply to those nerved in the war with or for 30 days in any of the wars with indian cribs rejected 21 nays 37 the next vote was ra gumbs amendment striking out the word totally total lr before the word bi and it capacitated was rejected yeas 14 nays 42 the bill then passed yeas 44 nays 16 blair from the committee on eda cation and labor re arted a bill a plying he eight fi I 1 to let ter rufers rr fers billerman jil lerman offered a resolution abich was adopted re questIn g tho president to furnish copies of sent the united states minister at caracas and of the corres pon dence between the government of the united states and venezuela since february 1872 regarding the seizure and detention of the american steamships hero ban fernandic Fer and nutries nutrias Nu the property of the vene boj of now york the bill was taken up as unfinished business and the senate adjourned till monday I 1 t |