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

Washington, 15.-Anthony intro
duced a bill repeating so much of
the army bill as retireS Sherman
and Sheridan. Referred.
On motion Of Van 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, listed 8th May, 1882.
Adopted.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration Of the pension appro-
priation Ibill, 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 a 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 commended the adoption of
the amendment would prevent, to a
great measure, the preparation Of
fraud upon the pension Office. No
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 he in
stanced, as such man,
a citizen of Louisville, who had
been a soldier, but lost an arm in a
disreputable braWl, and who was
now receiving pension for that
disability. No honest pensioner
could be held by this amendment.
Plumb opposed the amendment
and contended that the pension roll,
on the whole, presented men who
were entitled to pensions. He did
not deny there was some fraud I'M
der the pensions law, but he asserted
that it was practically impossible to
construct a pension list without
frauds creeping in. The war had
cost $6,0O0,OOe, 10000. 1t had been a
big job and thank God it had
be3n we'll done, and if it cost $6,OO0,-
100000 to support the men who
had carried the flag, it would be
money well spent as long as one of
these veterans remained to drag his
emaciated body through the country
which he had helped to keep entact.
Beck agreed in this view, and
stated he would always oppose put
ting upon the pension rolls men
who claimed to have been soldiers,
but who had never served in the
army or navy.
Logan opposed the amendment
and claimed that the bill, as reported
from the committee on pensions,
threw a safeguard around the pen
sion Office. He disliked this annual
attack upon the pension list and
thosa oharonC of fraud The amnDd-
ment was finally ruled out on a
point order raised by Anthony.
The bill then passed.
On motion of Mcmillan, the Sen
ate insisted upon its amendments
to the river and harbor apprOprla-
ton bill, and a special committee
was ordered consisting Of Senators
Mcmillan, Jones of Nevada, and
Ransom.
The Senate at $50 adjourned till
Monday.