The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-25
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.


Passage of the Mexican Pension Bill by Vote
of 81 to ~.
WASHINGTON, June A.-It was agreed that
the Senate meet at IL O'Clock during the re-
mainder of the session.
Consideration of the Mexican pension bill was
resumed. Mr.. Maxey said the intention of the
majority was to kill the bill by putting on an
amendment that would render it impossible for
its early friends to vote for it,
Mr.. Williams could not support the BILL for
as it now stood, it was an insult to the old Mex
lean veterans. The bill was now as dead as a
door nail He had supposed that if brave and
honest man ever existed on the face of the earth
a man not afraid of man OF devil, it was the
Senator from Illinois Mr.. Loganl, the candi-
date of the Republican party for Vice president
of the republic; but even that Senator had
shrunki back and been driven from mis- sense
of duty. "Oh," said Williams, ''shades of Sum
ner, Morton, Stevens and other great leaders of
the Republican party in the palmy days of its
glory and power7 The Mexican soldiers, he
said, must wait for their pensions until the gov
eminent should come into the hands of the Dem
ocrats The action on this bill was a disgrace to
the nation.
Mr. Wilson defended the amendments to the
bill. The bill, as amended he said, gives us a
complete system, which provides for Union as
well as Mexican soldiers.
Mr. Morgan said the present object, of course,
political one to-press the Democrats to the
wall to attempt to prove that they were opposed
to pensioning Union soldiers while the fact was
t s5g We're . not satisfied it it was T the
people that such pensions should now
be paid. In the course of his remarks he said
Take the candidate for President. He was a
valiant talker in war, but he never went to war;
he remained at home and accumulated his mill
ion dollars, and his substitute went to war;
Mr. Williams-No, he didn't; he got furlough
and remained at home
After abiding to the bravery of the soldiers on
both sides in the late war; Mr.. Morgan said
when you come to speak Of that heroic man
from Illinois Mr.. Logan. who will stand second
on your ticket at the coming election, who was a
heroic man both in Mexico and in the late war
when you speak about his plume, not the white
plume of Navarro, bat the red pompOn of the
soldier, dipped in the blood of his ad-
versary; when you come to speak OF
that, in order that his heroism may stand in
its true colors you must draw in the background
of the picture the form of confederate soldier,
fighting valiantly for his cause, for if that soldier
had been an unpatriotie, half hearted, untrue
man, a man who had run from his flag, John A.
Logan's glory would have been confined to his
trumphs on the battle-tields of Mexico We are
all Americans, Mr.. President | am proud of
the men who stood up against us in war, and
whatever other men, who did not go to war; may
think of US, those men are proud of us, too.
There is no difficulty in our fellowship, no diff
Guilty in our meeting face to face to debate mat
tiers for the interests of this country"
At 3 o'clock debate closed, and voting upon the
amendments then began. An amendment was
agreed to providing that no person shall be en-
titled to more than one pension at one time I'M
der the laws of the United States, unless that
fact be specially stated in the law. The bill was
then passed, yeas 81, nays y, as follows: