New-York tribune., 1882-02-22
THE ARREARS RESOLUTION TABLED.
Inv TEtyGRAPu TO TIE TRIBUNB


u.su<croS Feb. 21.-The pension arrears res
o,p6on. with its incOngruOus accumulation Oh
,;Iers was very suddenly laid the table this al
.ornooo by A vote of 26 TO % upon a motion offered
hv senator Hawley. Up to last night the current
ofdebate upon this resolution, with the single eX-
ccntiop of Senator Be.s speech, made two OF three
,reol,s 400 was overwhelmingly favorable to the
rooluton and while il was indisputable that every
Senator who had voted for the Arrears bill tet that
he had been cheated 10y circumstances INTO dong an
pnw,se thing yet it seemed as If no one would ven
ture 10 expose the facts.
So one-si.Ied did the debate appear that certain
democrats under the lead of Senator Butler
nroro>cl 10 make the resolution the vehicle lor
carving through the Senate declaration III favor
Of measure to restore to the pension Tolls thoSe
soldicrs of the Mexican war who had iOriel'ed 'lcH
right lev enlistine in the service OF the CohieucracS'
The frst effective assault upon the proposition was
made by Senator Patt, of Connecticut IaS' nis"''
and was followed up by him i'll sensible speech u,
1ov Before he began the Butler amendment had
been further amendeudcd by similar declaration
in favor of the soldiers of the Indian wars. me
-, amendment : together embodied a declaration
NJ opinon ON the part OF the Senate that congress
oucbt 10 provide pension for the needy ana as
abled soldiers of the Mexican and Indian wars. MI
plott showed that the term needy was very
elastic one. and that its Incorporation into gem
oval mansion law would set a new precedent OF
startlmpproportions He said that in drowsy, nap
hazard way the Senate was preparing to vote away
= hundred or hundred and fifty million dollars
He declared his intention to vote against the reso
lution if any such features were TO he lhuOrseu ny
if Several Senators followed with vigorous
spcecbes in he same line of general hostility eHheI
IN tbe original declaration to the riders Senator
Williams. Of Kentucky himself veteran OF the
Mexican War as well as the Rebellion, ana ono ol
thc firnest advocates of the principle embodied IN
+be Rntlcr amendment, made an earnest protest
against the union of two such irrelevant uccIai'
tions as we're here brought together.
senator Window attacked the policy OF passing
dc loratory resolutions The Senate had ior lori-
NIGHT resolved itself into moot court III re-
,,iuded him of a bovhcod experience IN village
1cca,1o where an entire evening was passed IN dls-
,ussinr resolution declaring that 1t was llhpidc-
1irablc TO build railroad to the moon. senator
Uawley very Erriineutiy asked how many ih.iI1il
wars were intended 10 ne covered ny ,lt Ivni
what skirmIshes and Iai1s might not that tcrmcoVGI;
lie most earnestly objected to the union OF lri'e-
want matters in this way and said tn1t proportions
fo remove the disabilities of Mexican war veterans
and 10 pension the soldiers of the Indian wars
should come III as separate measures. anu oc ulS-
cussed and be disposed of on their merits .
Senator BayaIdS speech was direct ana SpITltc'!
assault uuon the Arrears bill itself lie asserted
that declaratOrv resolutions were always VclOuS
and this one was especially so. The Arrears hlu
was an inadvcricut piece OF legislation. there was
n1t 9man who voted for the bill who knew the
amount of money hc was voting away and few who
comprchcnded the principle for which they were
voting.