The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-02
A PROPOSED GRAB.
THE FLAG AND AN APPROPRIATION.
How the Solid Sou,h Proposts 10 &c. Evsu-Psa.
slons for u, bel SoltI'rs-rLs EatsrlnE Wedge. 4.
Z Asehtme 10 D,yte tbs TrA,ury-But tho
8tnAts sad Frt aitnt Will Attend to Il.

WASHINGTON, u. ", January 1.-The
Solid South having obtained virtual con.
troll Of the committee organization OF the
House, its Representatives are castipg
about for plans soto distribute the surplus
revenue that the Southern States can yet
even. With Southern men at the head OF
the Committees Of Education, Rivers and
lIarbors aud PENSIONS, the prospects Of
success seem at least fair. To tho latter
committee is assigned the duty OF wiping
out the legal distinction which now exists
between pension claimants who were loyal
to the Union and those who were dinloyal,
aud which prevents the payment OF pen.
sions to the latter. The committee is also
expected 10 report favorably, at an early
day, bill to pension all survivors OF the
war with Mexito and the Florida, Creek
aud Black Hawk Indian wars, who served
fourteen days or more, and the surviving
widows OF soldiers OF those wars, and to re.
store 10 the pension rolls all living pen.
sioners OF the war OF 1872 whose names
were stricken ,hereirom because they took
up arms against the Government.
MIR. &. ". nswIrrs I'LL.
Halt dozen bills on the subject have
already been offered, five OF them by
Southern men One Of them is by Mr..
Hewitt, Of Alabama, who is chairman Of
the Pensions Committee. 1t gives IS
month to all surviving officers and enlisted
men, including militia and volunteers, OF
the military and naval service, who served
sixty days in the Mexican war or thirty
days in the Creek, Florida or Black Hawk
war. The same amount is 10 be given to
the widow, OF soldiers Of those wars who
have not remarked. But il man who
served in the Mexican war was afterward a
soldier in the Union army, and in receip.
OF a pension on that account, he cannot
enjoy the benefits Of the proposed act.
Service in the rebel army, however, does
not bar hi, claim. Tue bill repeals section
l.7lG Of the revised statutes, which forbids
the payment OF pensions to persens who
were dieloyal, but it contains q provision
which excludes from its benefits all per.
SONS who are under the disabilities impos.
ed by tie fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution. This is, OF course, designed
to cut eHJeaeEson Davis, and it will aifac.
nobody ese. W iMl R,yE 5'' t-
OTHER AND SIMILAR BILLS.
Another bill, by Mr.. Reagan, Of Texaa,
contains identical provisions, except the
one last mentioned. It was hardly to be
expected that the e1-Postmastcr General
OF the Southern Confederacy would be will
ing to exclude his former chief from the
benefits OF the proposed measure. The
bill offered by Mr. Dlbb!e, OF South Caro-.
lima, does not fix any limit as to tho time
Of service and applies only to soldiers OF
the Mexican wgr and docs not exclude
Jetierson Davis. The one introduced by
Mr.. ThrockMorton, Of Texae, requires sixty
days Of service in the Mexican, Florida or
Black Hawk war, and excludes persons
under political disabilities. The bill offer
ed by Mr: Lamb, Of Indiana, requires four.
teen days service and applies to the Mexi-
can war ltslso provides for the restorA.
ton to the rolls Of all pensioners of the
war Ct 1872 whose names were stricken
therelrom on account ot disloyaity, but ex-
cludes from its benefits persons under
political disabilities. o.
In lsl9a Democratic Pension Commit
tee in the House loaded down bill for the
bene'HGi disabled ve.erans OF the Union
army with provisions like these contained
in the bills described, and stubbornly re-.
fused TO allow the propositions to ba sepa-
rated. 1t required a two.thirds vote to
dink the committee. Af,erward the Mex
lean pfpsion bill was attached by Demo
cratic Senate as "rider" to bill appro-
priatirg money to pay Union pensioners,
but timely motion to reconsider, made
BY Senator Window, was carried by ma
jority Of one vote, and after bitter and
exciting debate the "rider' was finally de.
feated. Eg' ~
WHAT IT WILL COST.
Several estimates have been made Of the
amOilnt which unr1d ha droup fra,,, Tho