| Show AS TO pei an important nation decided the financial bill will come up in congress sometime jan 10 special can pensions be granted under the act of june for deceases contracted or wounds received in the confederate ar ny section statutes states that no money on account 0 pen ioos shall bo paid to any person who voluntarily or aided or abetted alie late rebellion against the authority of the united states on march 3 1877 iho above section waa amended so as to provide for such persons as afterward voluntarily enlisted in alie army of the united states and were wounded or contracted any disease in alie line of duty the act of june 27 grants pensions to soldiers who served ninety davs aud are now discharged the officials of he pension were of the opinion that the act of auoe 27 distio did not include sol dipia who had been in the confederate service as alie act is in regard to alii class of pensioners the question was referred to assistant secretary buss y who decider that claimants wrino served in the confederate army prior to enlistment in the united states CB are enlisted under the act of june and are placed on the same footing us all other union soldiers some of the official minds of the pension bureau are bothered to know hat to do with those who were wounded or contracted disabilities while in alie confederate service the only restrictions that the act of june 27 makes is that the disabilities must not bo the result of the soldiers own ric boua habits can the commissioner Commis ioner of pensions under tha present existing laws and he recent decision ol 01 gen bussey refuse to grant a pension under the act of june 27 1890 for disabilities bili ties incurred in the confederate army if the fifty first congress proposes to accomplish much practical work the remaining days of its existence it will be necessary essay to go to work with more earnestness than it hay displayed since the second session convened it may or it may not be true that ahe long drawn ont discussion of the force billis for aba purpose of consuming time in the sen ata that might be devoted to financial which would be objectionable objection ible in certain but it is quite certain that if an extra session is to be a voided the time is near at hand when the appropriation bills should receive consideration if there is to r an effort mad to pass a bankruptcy bill and and other measures locking to the relief of the business element of the country the sian s do not indicate as much at the present time the cloture seems to be confined to important public business which is kicking its heels at the portals of the united states senate r it is the general expectation latter part of next week the senate financial bill will come over ta the house and the members are awakening to the possibility of another strife ov ertha measure somewhat si to that preceding alie enactment of the present silver law there is considerable speculation as to the shape the bill will take in the senate as its features outside of the free coinage proposition chichis chis looked upon as inevitable will to some extent influence the members in their views on this point the silver men themselves do not appear united some think the bill should be passed providing for nothing whatever save free coinage as alicy fear consideration would be retarded if the bill were lumbered up with general banking legislation others are of the opinion that free coinage would bo strengthened bv association ith those sections popular in the east when the bill comes over to the house the general impression is that it will be at once referred to the house committee on coinage however the the speaker will assume towards the bill here becomes of importance and there is good reason that reed has not himself determined apon his course A prominent western cepul difan silver man a member of the coinage committee and a friend of the speaker said alie bill would go to the coinage committee and would be reported to the lionie if this bill is not reported within a reasonably tune a motion will be made fo discharge the committee and take the lull up for action in the house the speaker has it in his power to be a great stumbling block in the way of action and for this reason his attitude is a subject of intense interest alie bureau of american republics is informed that since the passage of the mckinley bill which placed a duty on silver bearing ores formerly brought from mexico to the united states for reduction a company has been established for the erection of large smelling smelting sm elting works at san luia potosi with a capital of furnished by a new yb rk syndicate |
