Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESS.

Tho Rouse has passed the Senate bll Increasing tho pensions of Mcxicau veterans from $8 to 512 a month There is little reason to doubt that tho President will soon issue an order extending the civil-service law and rules so as to include all letter carriers and clerks in free delivery pottoffices. These offices now number 001, and give employment to about 11,200 carriers and 9.X0 clsrkt, making 20,500 la aH. ■; .. _