The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-16
LATEST T'ELEGRAMS.
XLVII CONGRESS-.
REGULAR SESSION.
SENATE.


Washington, 15.-Anthony intro
duced bill repeating so much of
the army bill as retireS Sherman
and Sheridan. Referred.
On motion of Wick, a resolu-
ton was taken up directing the
secretary Of the interior to with
hold action on the bill to prevent
the payment Of a double pension to
General Ward B. Burnett, until the
President shall act upon the bill
passed yesterday. which contains
provisions prohibiting che payment
Of double pensions.
Window offered a resolution call
ing on. the President for copies of
the declarations Of Edward Lytton
Bulwar and Clayton, upon the rati-
fication of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, and for any other documents
referred to in the instructions of
Secretary Frelinghuysen to Minis
ter Lowell, dsted Sth May, 1882.
Adopted.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the pension appro-
priatiOn IbiIl, the internal revenue
bill having been laid aside inform
ally.
On a point of order raised by
Plumb, the committee amendment
directing the secretary of the
interior to annually transmit to
Congress a list Of all pensions on
the rolls was struck from the bill.
On the amendment requiring the
commissioner Of pensions, once each
year, to cause list of all pension
ers and applicants for pensions for
each county in the United States to
be made out and published in at
least one newspaper in such county,
it was contended the adoption of
the amendment would prevent, to a
great measure, the preparation OF
fraud upon the pension Office. Nc
honest soldier would object to his
name being published in list OF
men who had fought Tor their coun-
try in her hour of need. The OBJ
lection would only come from
men who were dishonesty re-
ceiving pensions, and ne in
stanced, as such a man
q citizen of Louisville, who had
been a soldier, but lost an arm in g
disreputable brawl, and who was
now receiving pension for that
disability. No honest pensioneI
could be held by this amendment
/ Plumb opposed the amendment
| and contended that the pension roll
on the whole, presented men whC
were entitled to pensions. He die
not deny there was some fraud IN
der the pensions law, but he asserted
that it was practically impossible te
construct pension list without
frauds creeping in. The war haC
cost $4,000, O0e, 00O0. 1t had been 8
big job and thank God it haC
besn well done, and If it cost $4,000,
100000 to support the men who
!; HAD carried the nag, it would b.
money well spent as long as one o.
these veterans remained to drag hi!
emaciated body through the country
which he had helped to keep entact
Beck agreed in this view, ant
stated he would always oppose put
ting upon the pension rolls mel
: who claimed to have been soldiers
, but who had never served in thu
army or navy.
! Logan opposed the amendmen
and claimed that the bill, as repOrte'
from the committee on pensions
threw a safeguard around the pen
sion Office. He disliked this annua
attack upon the pension list an
these charges of fraud. The amend
ment was finally ruled out on
I point order raised by Anthony.
The bill then passed.
On motion of Mcmillan, the Ser
ate insisted upon its amendment
. to the river and harb0r appr0prlS
ton bill, and a special committe
was ordered consisting of Senator
Mcmillan, Jones of Nevada, an
: Ransom.
The Senate at 4.5O adjourned til
Monday.