Show washington NOTES the pension problem has been disposed of HOW TO OBTAIN PENSIONS the mode under the new law re congressional campaign their financial annd from oni regular washington D 0 june 27 asoo after the long dispute between the house and the senate regarding the gnal disposition of tho pension problem an end has been reached innumerable bills on the subject ha e been introduced in both houses the original measure of the senate was a dependent pension bill of the same character as that etoel by dent Jl eveland the hoube bibi sted upon the introduction of a pension by grantin a pension of 8 per month to e ery soldier of 00 eira e ira of age and hereafter whan begot that old the senate was hostile to this idea and forced the house to drop it but in turn it baa been to make a greater concession A con arence committee of bogli houses have made an agreement bill which hah been ratified by alie senate ami will unquestionably bo alie law on that v inch brie ny stated is as follows all soldiers who have served as luu aa blirer month honorably discharged and who ure now or may any mental or of a permanent character nut shu arenlt of their oin vicious ha bits which incapacitates them the of manual labor so as to render them unable thearn a support are pensions of from ja to 1 per month tho amount depending upon the soldiers inability to earn a support one section of the bill relates to thac process of procuring pensions and an attempt is made to facilitate it in re to dependent parents hereafter the evidence they will be obliged to furnish will be alie soldiers death and their own dependence upon manual labor for support and the fact that the soldiers by reason of existing laws could have secured a pension for himself does not interfere any longer with the parents soldiers widows regardless of alie cause and time of the soldiers death who depend upon daily labor for support are to receive 8 per month if he has left minor children they are to receive 2 per month until they reach the age of 16 and indefinitely afterward ter ward if they be mentally or physically disabled of course it will cost the government a great amount to fulfill fulfil ane require dented of the bill the amounts estimated are as various as therefore people interested in the subject hut the bill will probably place on the pension rolls 90 per cent of the old soldiers who have heretofore been neglected it is generally understood and ra ported that the republican congressional campaign committee BO far as their own affairs are concerned are not troubled in providing means to reduce their own surplus it has been proceeding ce very modestly of late on funds voluntarily advanced by chairman belden it is usual at this time for republican members to submit to an assessment of to maintain the committee in the early stages of its action but they have not been eager to respond A committee has been appointed to investigate the matter of needless employees upon the senate rolls the fact has not created any real con sterna tion among those subject to the ina vesti gation at tho tail end of the session will not be attended with serious results the president has approved the act granting the pension to sirs parnell mother of the irish patriot of 50 per month the free coinage men were defeated wednesday in the house which refused the senate silver bill and voted to sustain their own bill in preference A row over federal elections followed n which the mace of the sergeant at arms was required to preserve order the senate was in a bad humor tx and tot rattled mr ingalls charge mr call of florida with falsifying i record who replied well and bitterly and the senator from kansas withdrew his words who cares for expenses senator edmunds has given notice that har would offer an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill which will be passed as a rider the purpose is to allow the secretary of war 2600 to bury a few newspapers and copper coins in the washington monument and surprise some race that may exist after the destruction of the world naval officers are greatly elated over the success recently attained with one of the ten inch streel breach loading guns built here it has beaten all pre records of guns of that calibre yet manufactured in this country it requires a charge of pounds of powder and throws a ball weighing pounds the powder employed at the test has proved successful after along effort and was of the kind known as the brown prismatic it is manufactured in delaware and has been found superior to the best gunpowder gun powder imported from germany |