Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-13
Forty Eighth COnrress--.First Session.



SENATE.-Mr. Allison suggested that Mr..
Buffers resolution for an Investigation of
| New York national banks should be referred
| to the Committee on Finance 81 am
afraid" said Mr.. Butler, s'thRt If the COM
| mittee gets hold of this resolution it will
| meet with the same fate as q similar oae on
| the same subject" The committee denied
| Mr.. Buffers inference, but he insisted that
| the resolution should 60 over rather than be
referred, and over it went.
| The consular and diplomatic bill was
| passed. AS passed the bill contains the $25G, =
| 600 appro priation for the NicaraRaan canal
| The Senate then took up the Mexican PEN
| sion bill, the pending amendment being to
| pension soldiers and sailors of the late Wzr
after three months service. This was met
| by motion to postpone consideration. Dur
ing the dsbate on this motion MIR. HaWley
delivered strong speech against pensions
for service. He said every man oWsd his
property and life to his country on demand
| Mr.. Miller, of California said the amend
| ment was eminently just and proper and the
| friends of the bill made mistake in oppos-
| ing it. The House would not take the re-
| sponsibility of defeating the bin with such an
| amendment.
''If, " said Mr.. Salisbury, revenues fell
down as mama did of old so that We could
get fresh supply every morning I would
| vote for the bill and every amendment pro-
posed to it. But have the Same regard for
l
There are hundreds of taxpayers Who have
not the necesssriss Of life, and yet Congress
| goes on recklessly squandering the peoples
money. The fact Of the matter is that if the
| soldiers had not votes no such bill an this
| would be pending"
| bill of the pending measure and wanted it de-
| cided on its own merits.
Mr. Van Wyck made one of his character
istic speeches in favor Of Recognising the
! Union soldier as we'll as the Mexican veteran.
| This, he said was the judgment of the Re-
| the Judgment of the Democratic convention
there. The pension list must be increased,
| the decree had gone forth and he favored
| looking after everyone entitled to pension
| It was better to spend n1onsy in that way
| than to give bounties to steamship compa
| MES. The Senator was applauded several
| times during his speech.
MIR. Slater said the proposed amsndment
would more than double the amount OF the
| pension list. A voice had come from Chi
cago urging the re-enactmeat of the arrears
clause That would cost $250. coo. eco nnors
Slater, is the only argument in Its favor. It
| is q political flank movement by which % Ia
expected to defeat the universal cry for o
reduction of taxation. Pass this bill and
talk about your tariff reform: before the
next Congress you will be seeking new OBJ
nue.
Mr.. Blair said the annual expenditure for
pension purposes would be increased 950,-
| OO0, 900 by the bin ~ proposed to be amend.
ed, but that increase was based upon the
principle of eternal Justice which ought al
ways to be recognized in legislation
Mr.. IpgalIs offered Is m amendment to
the amendment to the bill introduced by him
in December last removing the limitation
contained in the arrears of pensions acts
81 am glad, :" he said, THAT the Republican
party has declared IN unmistaknble terms in
favor of the extension OF the prin-
ciple recognized in sheact OF 1879 without ref
erence to the time when the application was
made. The Republican party is distinctly
pledged at this time to remove that unjust
and invidions Limitation and now call upon
my party associates to yindicate the act and
to carry out the express declaration and in
tention of the party in its Last convention"
Mr.. Sherman said a due regard for the
public treasury would prompt him to vote
against the proposition Of the Senator from