Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-12
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which that gentleman had read as coming from
a firm in Michigan, on the subject of
the t.rin. Not only had the letter
been omitted, but his (Congers) comments
upon it had been suppressed. That was a fla
grant violation of the rules of the House.
Whether that omission had been occasloned
bv accident or design he did not know, but as
soon as he could obtain report of the manu-
script of that letter. he would move to have it,
together with his comments, placed in their
proper place in tho Record.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Garfield in the chair, on the pen
sion appropriation.
Messrs. Scales. Chittenden, Foot and Hewitt,
of N. Y. advocated the bill, and Hanna, Foster,
Thompson and O'Neill, opposed it.
Hanna replying to some remarks made by
Chittenden and Hewitt. Of N. y. and IF
Sparks, TO the effect that he opposed the bill
because he (Hanna) was friend Of the Indian
apolis pension agent: said that 20 900 pension-a
ers. of Indianapolis would be wronred and
robbed by the passage Of this bill. They
would be robbed Of their pittance by shysters
around Indianapolis and Washington. The
bill would he IN the interest of the bankers
and business men of New York. who hoped to
have the s3S 600 annually paid for pen-
sions transferred to the repositories in New.
York. He had heen accused of opposing the
bill through mercenary motives. Talk about
mercenary motives said he, when this bill is to
bring the 1886, 0O0, 600 into the banks of New
York and is but another means of making the
could find mercenary motives there if he de-
sired. Al To the remarks of the gentleman
from Illino;s (Snarks) he world mt deion tn
reply to ANYTHING so groyeling.
Snarks-To what remark does the gentleman
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on to criticize tho committee on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
because. pursuing a necnIiar policy. & had re-
fused to make an annronr;at;on FOR necessary
clerk hire in the snrpeop generals Office. and
now that committee proposed to subject the
200. 900 pensioner. to come uipaardly policv
which prevented the administration Of public
Justice. The gentleman from Illinois, (Sparks)
had attempted to raise party feeling on this
question. God forbid that the Democratic
| party, low as it was, should sink so low as to
be controlled by party feeling on a question of
| this kind Laughter.]
that the gentleman from Ind;anano;s renre.
sented a nension agency district and vas there
fore naturally preiudiced against the bill abo!-
ishing the pension agencies. For saving that, he
had been attacked by the gentleman from Indi-
ana Hanna like Texas bull. Laughter He
| denied having drawn politics into the debate
and therefore the statement made by the gen
tleman from Indiana to that effect was not
warranted and was not a fact. and that was
about the way to put it. [Laughter.I
| Mr. Chittenden. in reply to Mr.. Hanna, stated
that he had no more to do with the banks of
| New York than that gentleman had-not bit
and every word, every syllable. every letter
of his, in regard to those banks. was as appli-
cable to that gentleman as to himself In re-
gard to the statement that this bill would rob
the pensioner, there was not word Of sense OF
of truth in it.
Mr. Hanna rose to reply, but was interrupted
by Mr.. Sparks, who asked whether Hanna S
partner was not the pension agent at Indianap-
oils. [Laughter1
MIR. Hanna (excitedly)--I will answer that,
sir, and will say that nv law partner fought
through the war from the first to the last, and
fought when you did not. Laughter.
Mr.. Sparks equally rxcited)-I want dis
tinctly to state that your law partner is the
pension agent at Indianapolis ] know it, and
L can prove it, and that's what's the matte,
with Hanna" Loud laughter and applause.
Mr.. Smith, Of Pennsylvania, moved to in.
crease the amount appropriated for carrying
the bill into effect from $4,000 to $135, 600
Adopted.
MIR. Powers moved to strike out the section
which changes the mode of paying pensions
and inserting in lieu thereof provision fixins
the salary of pension agents at $4,000, anc
allowing them fees for vouchers and actua
expenses for rent. clerk hire. etc. ~ $3.50,
Mr.. Fort offered substitute transferring tn,
duties Of the pension bureau from the interior
department to the war department.. Rejected
a vote was then taken on Powers amend