People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1895 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The house passed the bill to make the pensions of all veterans of the Mexican war sl2 per month Treasury officials assert that an Immediate suspentlon of gold payments was only averted by the bond contract. The administration's bond contract was sharply criticised in the senate. Senator Gray vigorously defended the President. By a vote of 30 to 27 the senate decided to take up the Jones free silver bill, and it will undoubtedly be passed. The agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the senate, an attempt to eliminate the irrigation clause being defeated. A bill for an international commission to investigate the condition of the seals was favorably reported to the house. House conferees refuse to agree to the senate's Hawaiian cable amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. A provision for the issuance of SIOO,000,000 in debt certificates was inserted in the sundry civil bill by the senate committee on appropriations. But twelve working days of the session of congress remain, and there is little prospect of anything but the appropriation bills being considered. Silver leaders in the senate claim the new issue of bonds could have been sold at a much better price and will offer a resolution denouncing the President. House committee on commerce submitted a report favoring a deep waterw’ay to connect the ocean and great ' lakes. Senator Chandler has Introduced a bill to establish free American ports where foreign raw material may be manufactured. Navy department is advised that the war ships Charleston and Yorktown are rescuing American missionaries at Che Foo. Strong opposition to the bill appropriating money to build more war ships was developed on the floor of the house. Women's Christian Temperance Un- j ion is holding a big meeting in Wash- 1 ington to impress congress with the irn- | portance of the polyglot j>etitioa i against liquor and opium traffic. Postoffice appropriation bill was passed by the senate, hostile amend- ; ments being defeated. Agricultural j bill was taken up. Appropriations for beginning work on j the new postoffice at Chicago is being endangered by the apathy of Secretary Carlisle.