The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-10
BERATED By BOUTELLE.
THE PRESIDENT ARRAlGNEU FOR HIS
ACTION ON PENSION BILLS.

S,iu Discussing the Netoes in the House
Curtin Champions the President
Aliens witty Taik-.Advocating Hem
nepiu samal-Another Veto Capital
Cuttings.
WASHINGTON CITY, July l0-The senate
Thursday adopted the amendment to the
river and harbor bill appropriatinS 1850, Coz
| for the pur base of the Portage lake and
| Lake Superior annals, and long discussion
| then tooL place on the Hennepin canal
! amendment. Cullom aud Logan advocating
| and Vest opposing The debate was pend
| iny when the senate adjourned out OF re-
| spect to tie memory OF Representative Cole
OF Mary land,
| Friday after routine buiness, Riddle
| bargar.s resolution of Thursday providing
| for omen executive sessions came up, but was
lad on the table upon point of order.
SswslI, from the committee on pensions,
| relortel in the case of the vetoed bill grant
| in pension TO Margaret ID. Marchand,
| widow Of Commodore Marchaud, The com.
mittee repeats its former report i'll the case
and recommends the passage of the bill over
the veto; referred
The hill to incorporate tho Atlantic n
| Pacific Ship Railway company the fad'
bill and loars bill concerning federal
| elections we're objected to, and went over.
The tins allotted to the calendar having
| expired. Edmunds moved 10 80 INTO execu
| tive session
| Mcmillan, who has charge OF the river
| and barbor bill said that he would ask the
senate TO finish it Saturday and moved that
the vote be taken at Y. III. Objection be
ing ,mado, Mcmillan announced his inten.
ton 10 ask tho senate 10 sit Saturday until
| the bill was disposed OF
lloar offered resolution calling on the
| president for information as to the seizures
| and detention Of American vessels in foreign
| ports; the preteXts and alleged causes
! therefor; and what efforts have been made
10 provide reiress for such seizures, and tc
Prevent their recurrence. The resolution
went over
| At l.:i5 lil- senate went INFO secret ses.
zion
| Immediately after the reading of the
journal in the house Friday the speaker an
nouncej that The regular order was the vote
On the demand for the previous question OF
tde motion TO refer the presidents veto Of
tho bill granting pension TO Sally Am
| Bradley, to tue committee on invalid pen
sionS. burrows of Michigan and Matsou OF
Indiana tried to come to some arrangement
10 prevent iilbusteIug
Finally conclusion was reached Gros
Neuor OF Ohio spoke III opposition to th,
motion to refer: Tut it was finally agreed
| t0-yeas IL. nays ~
Matters then ran smoothly, and the mes
sages were read and referred without de
late, until the Veto message on the bill
grating a pension t. Francis Demiug wa
rea he'd IN this the Republicans de
uauirI aud were accorded half an hour 70
Ge.,ate.
Eoatelle of Maine arrtigned the president
for his action OH the pension bills, an.
| characterized his veto messages as Il crusade
against the veterans of the country. III
undertook to show that the Democrati,
party was opposed to recognizing the serv
ICES and sacrifices of men who gave thei
lives or health in ckier to preserve tn,
tnion. He thought be could see the mus
of history locking at the grand procession
of the chief ma istra ties and he could i'm
agine TIE expression of lneifable DISCUS
which wouN pass over the feature
of TIE Goodies Of American Liberty whei
she should look upon the panel which wa
depicted the pf csent chief magistrate sittin,
in his shirt sleeves with the collar unbut
toned, pvrapiring over the vetoes ol paltr,
| pension bills for heroes of the war ZAP
plauSe on the Republican side
irumm of Pennsylvania beratuI tn
Democrats in such an energetic manne
a. to call forth rounds of applause an
laughter on both sides of tue house II
denounced them as poltioons and coward.
who eXonerated their president whenever Ii
chose to slap them III the face and spit upo
them The executive had only TO point Gu
the shape or form, anil the Eemocrati
party was down on it, marrow bones say
ing; As thou wilt and not as | wilt
H5ll Of Ohio, claimed that the Democrati
. artr hid the credit for much of tn
, pen ion legislation of the country, an
Curtin bespoke for the proSiden
decent respect and decent speech. II
took occasion to say that he could SPEAK
because he was moi looking for votes IL
thought the house should turn its attcnti5
to business, II 1t dad not, it would he her
until The last of August. This vituperatio
and abuse of the president be continued
rs ali wrong. Suppose members quit qua1
leiInS and turn their attention to publ
; business Let them remember what the
had been taught by their mothers 'Le
dogs delight e. bark and bite etc
Allen OF Mississippi thought As he la
been Confederate private he should apoI,
gile for discussing pension matters II
said that at the beginning of the war /
had not given the matter that due consider
alton to which 1t had probably been Ell
titled Ilaugh:erl. but about the third yea
OF the war he began to think seriously of il
and SO much had he been impresse
with the fact that the course which
was pursuing would bankrupt the I mite
States government in pensoning the widow
of the soldiers be was killing that finally
gun in baud, he returned across five or 81
states with the enemy in his front, rattle
than STAY a whole army. Laughter TIL
contest bad finally come to the point this
lie saw that he would have TO slay a whol
army or give up, and he laid down his gu
like Il lAln AMI went home
AN ADVOCATE FOR HtNNEPIN.