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days, I think it was, in the actual operatiqjf/ of 

 war or en route to the seat of war. That lan- 

 guage, however, did not embrace this Missouri 

 battalion, nor would it have embraced the bat- 

 talion of Iowa troops. It was necessary, there- 

 fore, to supplement this act by the provision 

 which my colleague from Missouri has submitted 

 to bring these soldiers within the purview of the 

 general pension law granting pensions to the 

 Mexican soldiers. 



" Now, the soldiers of Powell's battalion and 

 Morgan's battalion, and a half dozen other or- 

 ganizations of the same kind, were not actually 

 sent to the seat of war. They enlisted for the 

 purpose of going into Mexico, but in place of 

 being sent there their services were used on the 

 frontiers, to replace the regulars who were sent 

 in their stead into Mexico; and we have been 

 granting special pensions from time to time for 

 all of these people." 



As the amendment was received with strong 

 marks of disfavor, Mr. Wilson withdrew it by 

 unanimous consent, and asked for a vote on the 

 bill as it came from the Senate. The rules were 

 suspended, and the measure was passed by a vote 

 of 172 yeas to 8 nays, 149 Representatives not 

 voting : 



YEAS Alexander, Amerman, Arnold, Atkinson, 

 Babbitt, Baker, Bartine, Earwig, Beeman, Belknap, 

 Bcltzhoover, Bland, Boatner, Bowers, Branch, Braw- 

 ley, Bretz, Brickner, Broderick, Brookshire, Brosius, 

 Brunner, Bryan, Bullock, Bunn, Busey, Butler, Byrns, 

 Causey, Clark of Wyoming, Clover, Cobb of Alabama, 

 Cobb of Missouri, Coburn, Cockran, Covert, Cox of 

 Tennessee, Grain of Texas, Crawford, Crosby, Culber- 

 son, Cummings, Curtis, Cutting, Daniell, Davis, De 

 Armond, Dingley, Dixon, Donovan, Durborow, Eng- 

 lish, Enloe, Enochs, Epes, Everett, Fellows, Forney, 

 Fowler, Funston, Fyan, Geary, Gorman, Grady, Green- 

 leaf, Hallowell, Halvorson, Hare, Harmer, Harries, 

 Hatch, Hauffen, Haynes 01 Ohio, Heard, Hemphill, 

 Hermann, Hilborn, Holman. Hooker of Mississippi, 

 Hopkins of Pennsylvania, Huff, Hull, Johnson of 

 North Dakota, Johnstone of South Carolina, Jolley, 

 Kern, Kribbs, Lanham, Lawson of Virginia, Layton, 

 Lind, Livingston, Lockwood, Long, Loud, Lynch, 

 Mullory, Martin, McKaig, McKinney, McLaurin, Mc- 

 Millin, McKae, Meyer, Miller, Milliken, Mitchell, 

 Moore, Mutchler, Gates, O'Donnell, O'Ferrall, Ohliger, 

 O'Neill of Pennsylvania, O'Neill of Missouri, Otis, 

 Outhwaite, Page of Rhode Island, Parrett, Patterson 

 of Tennessee, Patton, Payne, Paynter, Pearson, Peel, 

 Perkins, Pickler, Post, Powers, K'aines, Randall, Key- 

 burn, Richardson, Scull, Shonk, Simpson, Smith, 

 Sperry, Springer, Stephenson, Steward of Illinois, 

 Stewart of Texas, Stockdale, W. A. Stone, Stone of 

 Kentucky. Stout, Sweet, Tarsney, Taylor of Illinois, 

 K: B. Taylor, J. D. Taylor, Terry, Tillman, Tracey, 

 Tucker, Turner, Turpin, Van Horn, Wadsworth, Wat- 

 son, Waugh, Wheeler of Alabama, Wike, Willcox, 

 Williams of North Carolina, Williams of Illinois, 

 Wilson of Washington, Wilson of Missouri, Winn, 

 Wolverton, Wright, Youmans 172. 



NAYS Andrew, Bankhead, Breckinridge of Arkan- 

 sas, Dickerson, Herbert. Hoar, Pierce, Snodgrass 8. 



NOT VOTING Abbott, Alderson, Allen, Antony, 

 Bacon, Bailey, Belden, Bentley, Bergen, Bingham, 

 Blanchard, Blount, Boutellc, Bowman, Breckinridge 

 of Kentucky, Brown of Indiana, Brown of Maryland, 

 Buchanan of New Jersey, Buchanan of Virginia, 

 Bunting, Burrows, Bushnell, Bynum, Cable, Cadmus, 

 Caldweu, Caminetti, Campbell, Capehart, Caruth, 

 Castle, Catchings, Cate, Cheatham, Chipman, Clancy, 

 Clarke of Alabama, Cogswell, Compton, Coolidge, 

 Coombs, Cooper, Cowles, Cox of New York, Dalzell, 

 De Forest, Doan, Dockery, Dolliver, Dungan, Dun- 



SSUE OF BONDS.) 



Ay, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Fitch, Fithian, Flick, 

 Forman, Gantz, Geissenhainer, Gillespie, Goodnight, 

 Griswold, Grout, Hall, Hamilton, Harterj Hayes of 

 Iowa, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of North Caro- 

 lina, Henderson of Illinois, Hitt, Hooker of New York, 

 Hopkins of Illinois, Houk of Ohio, Houk of Tennessee, 

 Johnson of Indiana, Johnson of Ohio, Jones, Kendall, 

 Ketcham, Kilgore, Kyle, Lagan, Lane, Lapham, Law- 

 son of Georgia, Lester of Virginia, Lester of Georgia, 

 Lewis, Little, Lodge, Magner, Mansur, McAleer, Mc- 

 Clellan, McCreary, McGann, McKeighan, Meredith, 

 Montgomery, Morse, Moses, Newberry, Norton, O'Neil 

 of Massachusetts, Owens, Pattison of Ohio, Pendleton, 

 Price, Quackenbush, Ray, Kayner, Reed, Reilly, Rife, 

 Robertson of Louisiana, Robinson of Pennsylvania, 

 Rockwell, Rusk, Russell, Sauford, Savers, Scott, Seer- 

 ley, Shell, Shively, Sipe, Snow, Stahlnecker, Stevens, 

 C. W. Stone, Storer, Stump, Taylor of Tennessee, 

 V. A. Taylor, Townsend, Walker, Warner, Washing- 

 ton, Weadock, Wever, Wheeler of Michigan, White, 

 Whiting, Williams of Massachusetts, Wilson of Ken- 

 tucky, Wilson of West Virginia, Wise 149. 



Jan. 3, 1893, the President approved the 

 measure. 



Issue of Bonds. One of the most interest- 

 ing contests in this session of Congress was that 

 arising out of an amendment to the Sundry 

 Civil Appropriation bill proposed by Mr. Sher- 

 man, of Ohio, when the House measure was 

 under consideration in the Senate. The amend- 

 ment was as follows : 



To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide 

 for and maintain the redemption of United States 

 notes according to the provisions of the act approved 

 Jan. 14, 1875, entitled " An Act to provide for the re- 

 sumption of specie payments," $50,000 ; and, at the 

 discretion of the Secretary, he is authorized to issue, 

 sell, and dispose of. at not less than par in coin, either 

 of the description of bonds authorized in said act. or 

 bonds of the United States bearing not to exceed 3 

 per cent, interest, payable semiannually and redeem- 

 able at the pleasure of the United States after five 

 years from their date with like qualities, privileges, 

 and exemptions provided in said act for the bonds 

 therein authorized, to the extent necessary to carry 

 said resumption act into full effect, and to use the 

 proceeds thereof for the purposes provided in said act 

 and none other. 



This provision for an issue of bonds brought 

 on in the Senate a general discussion of the 

 financial situation with a renewal of the old con- 

 troversy in regard to silver. Feb. 18, 1893, the 

 Senate, after rejecting various proposed modifi- 

 cations, adopted the amendment by the follow- 

 ing vote : 



' YEAS Aldrich, Allison, Bricc, Caffcry, Chandler, 

 Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Felton, Frye, Gorman, Gray, 

 Hale, Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock, 

 Hoar, McMillan, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Sawyer, 

 Sherman, Stockbridge, Vilas, Voorhees, Washburn, 

 White 30. 



NAYS Bate, Call, Cockrell, Coke, George, Gordon, 

 Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Mitchell, Peffer, Power, Pugh, 

 Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Vest 16. 



NOT VOTING Allen, Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett, 

 Butler, Camden, Cameron, Carey, Casey, Colquitt, 

 Daniel, Dawes, Dolph, Dubois, Faulkner, Gallinger, 

 Gibson, Hill, Hunton, Irby, Jones of Arkansas, Man- 

 derson, Mills, Morgan, Paddock, Palmer, Pasco, Petti- 

 grew, Platt, Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Sanders, Squire, 

 Stanford, Turpie, Vance, Walthall, Warren, Wilson, 

 Wolcott 41. 



The House non-concurred in the Senate amend- 

 ments to this appropriation bill, and the Senate 

 finally receded from this amendment. Mr. Sher- 



