St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-17
THE PENSION VEFOES.
The President Sustained Save i'm tia g
RoMiser Case.

| WASHINGTON, July 16.-The house re-
sumed the consideration of the conference
report Oh the legislative appropriation bill,
and it was agreed to thus dispose of SC
many of the amendments in dispute as
We're agreed to by the conference commit
tee. Mr.. Cannon Qll.) moved that the
house recede from its disagreement to the
senate amendment providing for all in
crease of the clerical force of the civil
service commission. Agreed to, yeas 1913,
nays Ill.
Mr.. Watson Qnd.) called up the report of
the committee on invalid pensions in the mes
sage of the president, vetoing the bill pen
sioning Cantro w. Tiller, and the president
was sustained. The next veto message
called up was that upon the bill pensioning
Catherine Mccarthy. On this question, also,
| the majority of the committee on invalid
pensions recommended the passage of the
bill, while the minority recommended the
sustaining Of the veto of the president. liz
| this, as in the previous case, the speaker pro
tempore (Mr. Mills, Texas,) recognized Mr..
Matson Qnd.), who had signed both minority
| reports, to call the previous question.
| Mr.. Cutcheon (Mich.) rose to
A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
| as to the reason which had impelled the
| speaker to recognize Mr.. Matson. The
| speaker pro tempOre stated that he had rec
| w HILSu MI MdlSOE Uec2uS0, US chairman OF
the committee on invalid pensions, he had
charge of pension matters on the floor. He
then proceeded to put the question ON the
demand for the previous question, when he
was interrupted by MIR. Cutcheon with par
lamentary inquiry. The speaker stated that
the gentlemen was out of order. unless he
desired to take an appeal from the decision.
''Well, appeal" said Mr.. Cutcheon. Being
questioned as TO what his decision was, the
speaker, pro tempore said that the majority
as organized on the floor, had the right to
bring in and take control of measures.
Mr.. Reed Ole. What party does the chair
| refer to.
The speaker pro tempore-The majority
party.
Mr.. Reed (persistently)- party?
The speaker pro tempore (empbatically)-
Majority party. The majority party as dem
onstrated by the vote on the question.
Mr.. Boutelle (Me. )-There has been no vote
on this question.
Mr.. Reed-'The gentleman from Maryland
Mr.. Matson) represents the minority party
During this colloquy the confusion which
was great in the beginning went on increas-
ing until by this time there were q dozen oc-
cupying the floor shouting and suggesting
points of order. Then the speaker PROTEIN
pore put the question: ''Shall the decision
of the chair stand as the decision of the
house?" But in the noise his voice was not
heard on the Republican side, and gentlemen
ton was, and receiving no response from the
chair declined to vote and made the point of
mo quorum The chair ordered telIers and
again asked the question, when Mr.. Reed
made the point of order that the chair had
made no decision from which an appeal
would be. The chair had merely answered
parliamentary inquiry. No attention was
paid to this point and the vote continued.
The decision of
THE CHAIR WAS SUSTAINED.
the Repu bicanS refraining from voting but
not raising the point of no quorum.
Then an attempt at some AMIGA
BILE arrangement was made, Mr..
Watson offering to withdraw the demand for
the previous question after he had made some
remarks. The previous question was then
ordered. The speaker pro, tempore stated he
wished to make an explanation. Owing to the
confusion he had not con:prehended the real
question raised by the gentleman from Mich
igan Mr.. Cutcheen.) He now desired to state
that his decision was wrong, and he would in
the future recognize some gentlemen W no
had signed the majority report to control the
measure. Applause. The house refused
to pass the bill over the veto, yeas 122, nays
81. not the constitutional two-thirds in the
affirmative. The next message called up was
that vetoing the bill granting a pension to
Joseph Romiser. In this case the committee
on invalid pensions is unanimously of opin-
ion that the bill was
PASSED OVER THE VETO,
yeas It's nays 3S. The following gentlemen