Show LATEST T1LE RAM xtVTI CONGRESS a REGULAR SESSION SEMAT3J Washington 5Davis referring to his absence on Saturday said his designating Ingalls as president protein pro-tein was according to precedent set by Thurman and he would like some authoritative expression on the matter from the benate The committee on rules was instructed to inquire into and report on the question Lapham reported favorably the bll giving woman the right of suffrage suf-frage George made a minory report Pendleton offered a resolution requesting re-questing the President to transmit all correspondence not heretofore communicated between the state department Trescott Walker and and Blaine on ChiliPeru matters By Mr Plumb requiring the public pub-lic printer to report whether the employment em-ployment of compositors or others in the government printing office is limited or qualified by the rules or regulations of any organization secret se-cret or open whether employes there are under any obligation which requires them to abandon their employment at the dictation of any person or association whether the publfc printer regards himself as under any obligation expressed or implied to any organization to the personal character or qualification qualifica-tion of any person employed or to be employed in the officein anycapacity whether the prosecution of the business busi-ness of the office is in anywise dependent de-pendent upon the action of any organization existing inside or outside out-side of the office Adopted without debate By Beck reciting that less than a month remains before the beginning of the next fiscal year that under the law department advertisements must be made for a certain period prior to the making of contracts for clothing supplies etc and in the case of the navy at least four weeks before contracts that naval sundry civil and legislative appropriation bills have not yet reached the Senate Sen-ate and instructing the Senate comI mittee on appropriations to report as soon as possible There are several appropriation bills necessary neces-sary for the support of the government govern-ment for the next fiscal year which have not been sent by the House to the Senate up to this time After some discussion it was laid over Consideration of the army bill was resumed the question being upon the Senate committees amendment amend-ment providing for the voluntary retirement of army officers after forty years service and their compulsory com-pulsory retirement at 62 years of ageBayard asked for the two features to oe voted upon separately and it was so ordered The first branch of the amendment prevailed without dissent Jt is as follows On aud after the 1st day of December 13 > 3 when an officer has served forty years either as officer or soldier in the regular or volunteer service or both he shall if he make applications applica-tions therefor to the President be retired from active service and placed on the retired list Bayard moved to amend a second branch of the question by providing for his compulsory retirement at 65 instead of 62 years Butler moved to further amend by exempting from this requirement the generals who have received the thanks of Congress Logan in opposing the amendments amend-ments said the retention of the general officers as proposed by Butler But-ler would permanently prevent the promotion of colonels Upon the point made bv ilaxey that Napo leon won his distinction by his ovn efforts without the aid of the re tireoMist to remove his superiors in command Logan said that in the French service officers received their commissions not by promotion as in our own army but by designation or appointment and that argument therefore was inapplicable He referred re-ferred to the peculiarities of various foreign military establishments and had read at the clerks desk an inter esting historical sketch in support of his argument that necessity for age and qualification for service applied with greater force in the military profession than ill of the I others because energy en-ergy skill and physical endurance required also that the military chieftains of history acquired their fame at youthful periods and that no instance was recorded in which a successful commander had attained at-tained 62 yearsQAfter Logan had urged that in disposing of the question ques-tion upon its merits the Senate should ignore the social and other outside influences brought to bear in behalf of personal interests Maxey presented an array of figures showing the present aggregate annual an-nual cost of the retired list numbering num-bering 400 officers to be 3912932 He estimated the increased cost from the enlargement of the list as proposed at over 300000 Hawley advocated the conrpuisory proposition If incapacitated officers were not retired they must be given lull pay and government must jnaintain either a retired list or hospitals hos-pitals Logan suggested that under the S J Apr A-pr s if practice an officer relieved from duty and placed on waiting or ders on account of his age draws full pay although all his duties are devolved upon another Hawley went on to argue that our necessities and needs in view of the territorial expansion of the country imperatively required that the efficiency effi-ciency of the army should not be impaired but preserved at the highest high-est standard Retirements were therefore indispensable as a means to this end He eulogized the services ser-vices of Sherman and sheridan and expressed his gratification in being able to vote to the former the testimonial testi-monial respect and good will expressed ex-pressed on his retIrement on full amount and allowances Bayard modified his amendment so as to fix the age for compulsory retirement at 64 years Adopted yeas 2 nays 22 Butler modified his proposition exempting officers who have received re-ceived the thanks of Congress so as to require that they shall not be retired re-tired until 70 years of age thus conforming con-forming to the regulation in regard to naval officers I Login opposed the proposition and it was rejected 9 to 45 A motion by Maxey to strike out the entire retirement clause was voted down 12 to 29 Pendleton offered a resolution instructing in-structing the committee on civil service to inquire and report whether any attempt is being made to levy and collect assessments for I partisan purposes from parties in J government employ in Washington under guise of asking for voluntary contributions or otherwise Laid over upou objection by Plumb Van Wyck offered a resolution reciting that printed circulars are being sent to employees in the civil service of government containing the following Under the circumstances circum-stances in wnich the country finds itself placed the committee belisve you will l esteem it both a privilege and a pleasure to make its fund a contribution which it is hoped will not be less than the committee commit-tee is authorized to state that such voluntary contributions from persons per-sons employed in the service under the states will not be objected to in any official quarters Please make prompt and favorable response to this letter by bank check or draft etcThe The resolution mentions the prohibition pro-hibition of the statute of 76 against the solicitation of partisan contributions contri-butions by officials and directs inquiry in-quiry as to the alleged violation of the statute and authority for the allegation that snch assessments will not be objected to in any offic ial quarter Laid over upon objection by PlumbIc Plumb-Ic Iillen introduced a bill providing pro-viding for an agreement with the Sioux Indians of Dakota for the annexation of a paru of the great Sioux reservation to the United States and to define boundaries of separate reservations for various cubes of the Sioux I Sewell introduced a bill allowing 510000 to the widow of Minister Kilpatrick Plumb gave notice of an amendment amend-ment authorizing the President in his discretion to enlist 1000 addi ional men for the army for frontier fron-tier service in emergencies not to exceed a period of one year Without With-out further action the Senate adjourned ourned HOUSE Washington 5White offered a preamble and resolution and the Speaker directed that the resolution only be read It releases the committee com-mittee on ways and means from further consideration of the resolu tion offered by White relative to the passage of the bill in relation to the extension of the bonded period and referring that resolution to the committee on expenditures in the treasury department with instructions instruct-ions to report in accordance with rule 24 The Speaker ruled the reso lution not in order under a call of states whileKelly declared committee I commit-tee on ways and meanswouid have I reported upon the matter referred to had it not been for the objection of the gentleman from Kentucky White t White replied that the report was that the committee of ways and means was prepared to bring in a whitewashing report of its own conduct con-duct Kelly I desire to pronounce the proposition of the gentleman as a disingenuous perpetuating of a slander slan-der indicted upon the committee of ways and means and the commis QinnAr of internal revenue bv the resolution of gentleman A full response is here holding up the report re-port of the committee of ways and means WhiteThe president of the western export association charges the gentleman made a bargain with those men KellyI denounce the gentle mans statement as false and without with-out foundation WhiteLet the preamble bs rsad KellyIt is false utterly false 1 i White The gentleman is too old Ito I-to bandy words with I KellyYes andif I were younger I would speak with more impunity White appealed from the decision of the chair and the appeal was laid on the table 144 to 72 After the vote laying on the table Whites appeal from the decision de-cision of the chair the preamble ullfl r Ifi 4 II II I IIH IJ I i H I fi I 1 I which was not read puts forth IJI I Wine and spirits review speaking of the whisky ring states that the J I 1 committee on ways and means has j prepared a report which nlly ex 1 J t oneraceb Commissioner Bauni from i l the insinuation cast upon hini by t resolutions While it appealthe i committee has prepared a detailed I I i i report on the Dunnell bill which f i now slumbers on the calendar the 1 14 l Ii I Senate and has determined to 1A t j whitewash Commissioner Bavin that exSecretary Windom 1 has I Iii I stated that the bill opens wide a door to defrauding the government and that B H Miller the president i i J i of the Western Exporters Association Associa-tion has testified under oath before E i the Windom investigating committee I L t ii commit-tee that Kelly chairman of < the I j committee i p ways and means and others had agreed to help pass the t bonded extension bill and thbill to t reduce the tax on spirits upon certain i I l cer-tain conditions and had seduced v rand r-and jilted them j I DThe call of states then continued i t and additional bills were introduced i L intro-duced > c t White offered a resolution dir ect 7 ing the secretary of the treasury to i inquire into the conduct of Commissioner Com-missioner Raum in connection with the preparation of the Dunnell bill to extend the bonded period and t i I what improper influences were used I if any to bias his judgment to make him recommend the loSs of l 50000000 of the public moneys Referred ferred to the committee of ways and means Kelly chairman of the committee I of ways and means moved to suspend sus-pend the rules and pass the bill to correct an error in section 2504 RevIsed Re-vised Statutes on the classification of woolen cloths Lostnot two thirds voting aye f i J Certain days were set apart for the consideration reports off certain cer-tain committees J ill Turner Kentucky moved to abolish the duty on trace chains i i lost yeas 71 nays 108 7 One hundred thousand dollars was appropriated for public Buildings Build-ings at Concord N H and Marquette Mar-quette Mich t Adjourned i jF |