Show FORTYEIGJIrHCONGRESS 4 t I III I J r rj SENATEt i ns t Waslrngon 23 A resolution was adopted directing the cJmmit t tee on expenditures of public m ii5y to mveotigite the defalcations in the departments < < and ine trau s i upsn the civy ckpartnieut and to itquire into the system of mskiag disoureementsairttpurchase of supplies sup-plies with the vMw to determining whether it embracess fficlghi le guards againW efalcarion aW frauds The Mexcan pension bill was taken up and consideration proceeded pro-ceeded with Plumb gave notice that whether ttist bill be finishadur not he would tomorrow move to take up the Atlantic and Pacific land grant forfeiture bill The pehd ngquestion in connection connec-tion with thoMexicau pension bll was aa amendment of Ingah dating dat-ing pensions Union eoliiierafrom the date of discharge or Disability extending to October Itt 1884 the limit upon time to file application ¬ applica-tion for arrears r w Sherman opposed he am ndment Conger advocated it Mitchell offered as an amendment the substanca of a pension bill introduced in-troduced by CulJom in May providing pro-viding pensions forInvalid soldiers and sailora who have been discharged dis-charged from the army or navy of the United States after three months service In tha war of the rebellion re-bellion and for widows and resident parents of deceased pensious adopted 32 yeas 27 nay Before this was agreed to Morgan moved to postpone consideration of the bill till December as be saw he said that Mexican soldiers could not get a fair chance while this bUt wa being treated asa as-a political measure lost Vest said the object the majority major-ity of the Senate was evidently to kill the bill not by fair shot but by loading it down with amendments He could not vote for It as amended A strong majority was Influenced by the fact that the war with Mexico which had shed so much glory on the American arms was a Democratic Demo-cratic war Conger supposed it therefore followed fol-lowed that the war for the Union had been a Republican war f Vest said he bad not said so Conger remarked he would theu say it on his account After some further discuseion it was agreed on the suggesti3n of Allison Al-lison to adopt the tenminute rule for speeches tomorrow and some asked a vote on the bill and amendments amend-ments at 3 oclock adjourned HOUSE Washington 23 Hancock introduced intro-duced a bill authorizing theunding of the entire bonded debt of tne United State In 2 per cent fit year bonds Referred Randall chairman of the corns mittee on appropriations said he was directed by the unanimous vote of the committee to move to suspend the rules and pass the sundry civil appropriations bill He wished first to give the House an opportunity to vote upon a few amendments the most important of which was that reported by the committee on expenditures ex-penditures in the Department of JU3tice relative to the salaries of United States marshals and district attorneys Some opposition was manifested to the profosition to pass the bill under a suspension of the rules Morrison asked unanimous ton sent to be allowed an amendment directing the Secretary of the treasury treas-ury to apply the surplus revenue at any time in the treasury In excess of 100000000 and not otherwise appropriated ap-propriated to the redemption of United State3 bonds and when any of said bonds are redeemable at the pleasure of government it shall not be lawful to apply any surplus to the purchase of any of the bonds at a premlam Randall joined Morrison in this request but Hiscock objected The reading of the bill was then proceeded with and when concluded thirty minutea debate permitted under the rules was entered upon Hiscock briefly explaned the reason why he lad objected to Mol rjssoafi amendment There was about 138000000 unappropriated in the treasury of this Sr5000GOO was in silver coin or fractional currency cur-rency the result of the amendment would be to force from the treasury In gold all available sums in excess of 100000000 leaving in the treasure trea-sure a reserve of 875000000 silver and 25000000 gold He objected most emphatically to putting as a rider on the appropriation bill a legislation bll leglslaion whteb might be as serious in its consequences conse-quences as this Randall said the present Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury had never gone Into the market and Couglt bonds at a premium when he could buy them at par and his conduct was a Jiving approval cf the poilion of the gentleman from Illinois Randall ihpc cfiere rQ amendment to strike out the provision pro-vision thatno speech shall be din d-in the Record which bag npt been delivered on the floor of Congress Springer offered an amendment framed by the committee on expenditures ex-penditures providing that United States marshals and district attorneys attor-neys shall ba pai stated salaries Springers amendment was adopted It hss been published but does not contain the published section relatiVfc to employment of special counsel The motion to suspend the rules and pass the sundry civil service bill was agreed to 1 The Senate amendments to the army appropriation bill were non concurred in Adjourned l |