Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-25
ATTHE NATIONS CAPITAL
THE SENATE PASSES THE SIEXI-
CAN PENSIONS BILL.


gan Compared UnfavOrabIy for the
FOrmer-The House Shelves the SEN
ate's Electoral Count Bill for Its Own.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-In the Senate
to-day Mr.. Hampton. from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported tayOrably the
bill for the repair of Fort Marion at st.
Augustine, Fla. and it was placed on the
calendar.
Mr.. sherman offered resolution which was
agreed 70 providing that the hour for COM
mencing the daily sessions Of the Senate dur
ing the remainder Of the session shall be II
O'Clock. Consideration Of the Mexican pen
sion bill was then resumed.
THE BILL WHOLLY CHANGED.
Mr.. Maxey said that the bill as it came from
the House was simple bill giving a pension
Of IS to survivors Of the Mexican war. The
amendments had made il totally different and
revOlutiOnized its character. The amend
ments, he said, Disseminated against the
Mexican veterans. It was clear to him that
the intention of the majority was to kill the
bill by putting on it amendments that would
render it impossible for the early friends of
the bill to vote for 1t in its final shape. The
Senators on the other side had said that they
favored the Mexican pension bill, but he
(MaXeyl believed that actions spoke louder
than words, and the actions of the Senators
did not correspond with their words.
Mr.. Williams thought further discussion
fruitless, hut he would give some reasons for |
his vote. He could not support this bill. which,
as Il stood, was an insult to the old Mexican
veterans. II the bill had been considered in |
full before the Chicago Convention, II would
have passed. Now it was as dead as a door
nail. The Senate had voted down the ar
rears provision Notwithstanding the resOlu- |
tiOn Of the Chicago Convention, but shrink
from voting down the resolution of caucus
of the Republican Senators.
TICKLING LOGAN.
Mr.. Williams had supposed that if brave
and honest man ever existed the face |
Of the earth-a man not afraid of man or the |
dewitt was the Senator from Illinois 10
gam. the nominee of the Republican party
for Vice President, but that senator had
shrunk back and been driven from his sense
Of duty. "0h,' said Mr.. Williams ''shades
OF Sumner, Morton, Stevens and other great |
leaders of the Republican party in its palmy
days, of its glory and power" Mr.. Williams |
spoke with great warmth and energy. 1t was |
clear that the bill had no friends On the Re-
publican side, and that the Mexican soldiers
must wait for their pensions until the govern
ment should come into the hands of the DEM |
Ocrats. The action on this bill was disgrace
to the nation.
Mr.. Wilson defended the amendments to
the bill. The bill, as amended. he said, gave |
us complete system that provided for Union |
soldiers as well as Mexican soldiers, and that |
was what we meant TO have.
Mr.. Farley reminded Mr.. Wilson that the |
reply of the Senator from Massachusetts |
tHOar) that the purpose of certain amend |
ments was to kill the bill.
Mr.. Wilson replied that the Senator from |
Massachusetts, could take care of himself, but |
so far as the Republican side was concerned |
as a whole there was no purpose detrimental |
to the Mexican pensions.
HOW THE sOUTHERNERs FEEL.
Mr. Morgan said that whenever the people |
Of the North wanted to give pensions to Union |
soldiers he would favor it. He thought it one |
OF the results OF the war that had been |
accepted by the Southern people. The pres |
ent object, of course, was political One-to |
press the Democrats to the wall to try to |
prove that they were opposed to pensiOning |
Union soldiers, while the fact was that they |
were not satisfied that it was the deliberate |
such pensions should now be paid. |
In the course of his remarks Mr. Morgal |
said: ''Take your candidate for the Presi- |
dency. He was a valiant talker in the war |
but he never went TO the war He remained |
at home and accumulated his million dol |
lars, and his substitute went to the war"
Mr.. Williams-'No he did not. He got q |
furlough and remained at his home."
Mr.. Morgan-''Well he ought to have gone. |
One of the members of that combination |
ought to have gone"
Referring to our system of taxation, which |
Mr.. Morgan insisted bore hardest upon the |
common people of the country, he asked the |
Senator, in the name of God and humanity, to |
fOrbear passing measures that made the load |
Of those people harder to bear.
LOGAN's PLUME.
After alluding to the bravery of the soldiers |
on both sides in the late war Mr.. Morgan said: |
s.When YOU come to speak of that heroic man |
from Illinois (LOgan) who will stand second |
on your ticket in the coming election, who |
was heroic man both in Mexico and in the |
late war-when you speak about his plume, |
not the white plume of Navarro, but the red |
pompon Of the soldier dipped in the blood |
OF his adversary, when you come to speak of |
that. in order that his herOism may stand in |
its true cOlors. you must draw in the back |
ground OF the picture the form OF the Con- |
federate soldier fighting valiantly for his |
cause, for if that soldier had been an unpa- |
triotic. half-hearted, untrue man, a man who |
ran from his flag, John a. Logan's glory |
would have been confined to his triumphs on |
the battlehelds of Mexico. We are all Ameri-
the men that stood up against us
IN the war, and whatever other men that did |
not go to the war may think of us. those men |
are proud of us too. There is no difficulty IN
our fellowship, none in Our meeting face to |
face to debate matters for the interest of this |
country"
At o'clock the debate closed, according to
the understanding of yesterday. Voting up
on amendments then began. An amendment |
was offered by Mr.. Mitchell and agreed to, |
providing that no person shall be entitled to
more than one pension at one time, under the |
laws of the United States, unless the fact be |
specially stated in the law.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Call to PEN
sion disabled or dependent survivors of the |
Black Hawk and Greek and Seminole Indian |
wars was voted down. After further amend
ments as in committee of the whole. the bill |
was reported to the Senate, and when the Chair |
had put the question whether the amend |
ments should be agreed to. Mr.. Morgan re- |
newed his motion OF yesterday to postpone |
further consideration of the bill till De- !
cember next. The motion was not agreed to. |
The bill was then put to a vote and passed by |
81 yeas to p nays, as follows:
Yeds-Messrs. Allison, Blair, Bowen, Butler, |
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wis |
consin. Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Frye, George, |
Hale. Harrison, Hill. ingalls,. Jones of Neva, |
da, Lamar, Lapham. Logan, McMillen, Ma !
hone, Manderson, Miller of California, Miller |
of New York, Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Pike, |
Platt Plumb, Ransom, Riddeberger, Sawyer, |
Sewell. Sherman, NanWyck and Wilson |
Total 81.
Naus-M Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call, |
Cockrel, Coke, Colquitt Edmunds, Fair, Far
ley, Garland, GrOome, Hampton, Hawley, |
Jackson, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Maxey, |
Morgan. Pendleton. Pugh, Salisbury. Slater, |
Vance, Vest, Walker and Wiliams-Total %. |
The following pairs were announced: |
Messrs. Aldrlch and German; Messrs. Collum
and kenna; Messrs Anthony and Gibson;
and Messrs. HOar and Harris.
The legislative, executive and judi |
cial appropriation bill was taken
with till 5:45 O'Clock. when the Senate went
into executive session and when the doors |
were reOpened. adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day the Speaker announced
the appOIn tment of Messrs. Forney, Towns
hend and Keifer as conferees on the army ap-
preparation bill.
Mr.. Foran, of Ohio submitted the confer
ence report on the bill establishing a bureau
of labor statistics, and it was agreed to.
The House then proceeded to consideration |
of the business on the Speakers table, and |
cOneurred in the Senate amendments to a
number of House bills Of private or unim-
portant nature, including the bills to remove
disabilities of Henry Newman and Robt. ID.
Thurber, of Virginia, and to print annual re-
ports of the Bureau of EthnOlOgy and United
States Geological Survey.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, asked unanimous
consent for the passage Of the Senate bill
granting letter carriers fifteen days leave of
absence each year.
Mr.. COsgrOye, of Missouri, objected but
subsequently withdrew his objection and Of
fered an amendment providing that no leave
of absence shall be granted between the 18th
The amendment was lost by vote of Ill to
Il5 and motion to reconsider was lost. The
vote was then tabled by l24 yeas to SO NAYS
The bill was then passed.
The conference report on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was adopted
The amount agreed upon is l,6S6, ,743.
Mr.. Cook, of Iowa, who had intended to call
up the Chalmers Manning election case to-
day refrained from doing so for the reason
that the minority report was not yet printed,
but said that he would call It up to- morrow
The House then resumed consideration of
the unfinished business, VIZ, the bill re-
pealing the pre-emption, timber culture and
desert land laws and amending the home
stead law. The bill was finally passed by I47
yeas to IL nays.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT BILL.
The electoral count bill was then taken up
the previous question having been ordered on
the engrossment, and the third reading of the
bill.
Mr.. Herbert, Of Alabama, foresaw very
exciting political campaign, and feared that
If Congress did not at this session pass some
law to regulate the counting of votes the
country would find itself in dead lock next
year which could not be broken by an eleeto-