St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-08

dent has signed more private pension bills
than any other president in the same space
of time.
Mr.. Jackson-And he has vetoed ten times
more good ones than all other presidents put
together.
Mr.. Bragg maintained that the president
was honestly discharging his duty. When in
the exercise of his judgment he sent legiSla-
ton back to the house with his reasons for
wnhhoding his approval, the house should
act upon the question, not with demogogical
speeches but with judicial and deliberate
consideration. He (Mr. Bragg was glad to
find that at last there was man in the execu-
tive chair who had the nerve and courage to
place his hand upon legislation when he
thought it improper, whether it were pension
or railroad legislation. Applause on the
Democratic side. Congress had gone alto
gether to far in the way of pension Iegisa-
tion but there was s class of soldiers for
whom there never was voice raised in the
house. They were the men who in April
May, June and July, 1861, filed the ranks of
the army, actuated only by patriotic de-
sires
TO SUSTAIN THE NATIONAL FLAG.
Before the house went further in pensoning
the dead wood of the army, it should make
some provision for the men who went to the
front in 1861. He sent to the clerks desk
and had read a letter from one of these men
who is at the Hampton Soldiers home COM
mending his course in regard to pensions,
ridiculing the policy of congress and making
use of such strong expressions as to lead
Mr.. Brown Qnd.) to inquire sarcastically
whether it was veto message that was be-
ing read. Mr.. Burrows motion was lost. yeas
100. nays 1874, and the message was referred
to the committee on invalid pensions. The
next message was one vetoing bill granting
q pension to Catherine Nee arthy. MIR. Mat
son moved its reference to the committee on
invalid pensions and Mr.. Browne moved in
Structions requiring the committee
TO report it back on or before
Monday next. Mr.. Browne critisized
the action of the president and invoked Gods
mercy on man who had the heart to veto
the bill for the relief Of a widow of q man
who died in the line OF his duty to his coun-
try. He reflected upon the manner in which
the experienced soldier, the COMMANDMENT
chief of the army, treated his comrades. His
eXcellency belonged to the class of men who
during the war were
AFRAID OF NOTHING BUT DANGER,
but now he stood valorously armed cap pie
with vetoes in his hand between the unfortu-
nate soldiers and the treasury of the United
States. President Cleveland would 90 down
to posterty as the great American obiector.
Mr.. Conger Qa.) resented the language
used by the president as throwing slurs upon
the motives Of congress and as insulting to
the Union soldier. Mr.. Bayne (Pennsylvania)
took the same Wow and suggested that the
the Democrats who stood by the vetoes would
have their manhood very severely taxed.
Mr.. Cannon Qll.). read in the vetoes the story
that while Cleveland was president there
would be no further pension legislation.
There was great questions in this country
calling for the attention of the executive, yet
the president brushed them all aside and ap-
peared anxious to cater to nobody except that
little solid knot that came from the solid
South. He wanted to get their applause.
They cast solid votes in nominating conven-
tons. There he stood, looking through
gimlet-hole with magnifying glass hunting
for excuses and heaping derision upon the
heads OF the poor men who lost their health
in the service Of the country. That was
craftsmanship. Applause on the Republ1-
can side, which was received with answering
applause and laughter from the Democratic.
"Oh, yes, continued Mr.. Cannon, sand I tell
you that you will
HAVE TO DEFEND IT
before November Renewed applause on
the Democratic side. 1.-THE gentlemen who
ere clapping their hands can defend it. They
have the kind OF constituents who believe in
| it. Applause and laughter on the Repubii-
can side. You will have to defend it before
| November. These men who are entitled to
| their pensions, with their friends and with
| public opinion and sense Of justice in this
country will send a congress here which will
pass these bills and other proper pension
legislation over the presidents veto,' APP
plause on the Republican side. Mr.. Matson
drew comparison between the work of Re
] publican and Democratic a5ngre sSes for the
| purpose Of pointing OUT that nearly all the
pension legislation of Importance had been
| enacted by Democratic congresses. Only
few days ago the Republicans had flbustered
against proposition to raise
money for the payment of pensions.
! Gentlemen, in talking about these
voices forgot that nearly all of these bills had
! been vetoed by Republican commissioner
] n nnDSiOns Mr. Waaupr Tn
| thought that no disrespect would be shown
| to the president by immediate action of the
veto, and he therefore opposed it's reference
| to committee. The motion to instruct was
| lost, yeas lis, nays 12S, and the message was
referred to the committee on invalid pen
| sions. The next message was referred with
| out objection, but.a contest arose over the
| following one vetOing bill granting a pen
sion to Sally Ann Bradley. Mr.. Matson
moved it's reference and in order to shut off
debate moved the previous question Mr..
Grosvenor (O.), who originally introduced
| the bill desired some time to discuss it, and
upon Mr.. Matson's declining TO YIELD the
Republicans
RETAINED FROM VOTING
and thus broke up quorum. A call of the
| house was ordered and the doors closed.
! The house then industriously refrained from
| doing anything for quarter of
| hour, when further proceedings und er
the call were dispensed with and
| DaFlnS mus competed the circle
| the house started out upon another one, the
Republicans again refraining from voting
| when another call was ordered. The only
| thing which prevented the completion of a
| second circle was the arrival of the hour of 5
o'clock, when under its previous hour, the
! house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
| Mr.. Plumb presented the petition Of John
A. Fitzpatrick, pension bill in whose favor
had been vetoed. The petition was read in
full. He asked the senate to Go him a small
act of justice and pass this bill over the veUo
1t was evident, he said that in vetong this
bill the president had relinquished his office
and made himself merely the mouthpiece of
some quilldriving slave of that circumlocu-
ton shop, the pension Office If the presi-
dent had read the papers he never would
have been so silly. He appeals to congress
| against the malignant injustice of the presi-
dent. Referred TO the committee On pensions.
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morning fire, supposed to have been
caused by piece of burning paper thrown
through a window, broke out in the upper