The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-07
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WARRINGTON, July 3.---Tho SDnato
committee on penpions In its report
recommending tho. passage, oyor tho
ronslon TO- Mary J. Nottago.. says: "so
great baB become tho numbpr OF suoh
Vct0ea 1ntorposed by tho prosont Jlxoou-
1.-Two, oil within y fow woolks past, aud SO
extraordinary tho cotsuro. sometimes
instaIoe sovproly implied, Of tho action
of tho two houses Of Collgross and OF
thoir committoos upon whloh has do.
yolvod tho woNrlsom9 aud generally un-
SRRTo"sd Labor Of d"ySstig%sa%g shsss these
by such ridioule OF md ovldont
disgust With tho claims thonlsolyos,
that your connitttoo, fool that .they
aro Justified III 4 brlof rOvlow Of tho
astrong eilort viii DO made to restrain
a1ot unnatural faollny Of indignation,
which, II pprmtttod to assume proper
lions which tho provooation justillos,
would wholly destroy those rospoottul
maintained In tho ofllolal intoroourso
between tho different otlloors aud do
.partmonts Of tho Govornment. This bo-
comes moro necessary in proportion, MS
1t is rendered more difficult by reason
in which some Of tho messn9es Of
the President are oxpressed, 1t
shall he tho effort Of tho oonlmittoo
to got on in this dincult mattor
without violating the courtesios of otn-
cial intercourse by initiating nn exam.
pie which, so far rs we aro aware, IL
without precedent, and which, so far ~
we are concerned, shall romain So"
The, committee proceeds to show that
SS per cent: of the Senate bills and only
ted to tho President have been VETOED,
and says 1t Ia not insensible to tho spe.
cial condemnation which this dispar-
aging contrast intliots. "Much orlti-
oism," tho report continues, "has boon
indulged in by tho President Of the mo-
thods Of legislation pursued by The two
houses of Congress, and however unin-
formed he may be upon the subject and
however unintentionally, by reason of
want of knowledge, he may have mis-
of legislation which have been pursued
in like cases over since Congresses aud
'PBrliaments have existed, and which
have, since Parliaments became free,
been safe from kingly and presidential
Interference, all the same the people
are misled by tho unwarrauted state
ments Of tho President as to the man
ner in which legislation upon pension
claims and tho like Is. and Of necessity
must be, conducted. The pension bust
done than during this session. Those
members Of the committee who have
performed most have been as careful as
any, and the derision of their patient
considerations and exhausting labors to
help along these noblest and best por-
lions (YN1'q or1I
benefactors can originate only in wise
and noble nature which is mfsled, or in
enc that, II Informed, sadly needs recon-
struction or recreation"
The. report embodies a copy Of in
structions by the assistant secretary Of
the interior to the commissioner of pen-
sions as follows:
"Pieaee cause the Hame to be critically ex-
! amiped mud report to this department.
their approval are known to exist, In CASES = eS
G@here where oblee,ione exist they should be speol-
ideally SCI FORTH"
"This indicates" the committee saws
Enthusiastically that the President relies
upon tho commissioner for his facts
The report continues: "Why the Presi-
dent should initiate this game OF shuttle
cock and pelt coordinate depar. .ment
OF the Government with vetoes based
upon review OF the action Of Congress
by some subordinate OF the commissioner
of pensions, Is q topic which will
bear thought, but, perhaps, may be left
without discussion. Why the finding
or tho two houses of Congress should bo
t discredited and attributed to unworthy
motives, indifference or incapacity, while
the reassertion by pensions clerk that
he Is right and Congress wrong, Is ac-
cepted as basis of fact in these numer-
Gus vetoes, 1t Is hard to perceive, but all,
the fallacy that the power Of Congress to
| grant pensions is limited to what NAV
| already be done by the pension ofIice
under the general law. ills difficult to
write In that rudimentary way upon the
nature nature OF pensions and the various
public policy which is necessary In order der
to remove this impression. It is SUM-
Client to, observe that the juris-
dictlon Of the legislative powor of
this government. Is larger than that
OF the commissioner OF pensions.
| ana t t.hat, sooner or later, although 1t may
cost cost the country prolonged and steady
EFFORT, this truth will become apparent.
But 1t should be remembered that in a
! very large number Of these bills passed
| ny Congress Important original written
evidence is filed with the committees or
| presented verbally, as in hearings before
other committees upon all public quos-
lions which come before Legislative
bodies; often tho applicant is present
with his statement and his palpable dis
| abil1t1es. This evidence is not available
10 me executive, at least without asking
ailu never mas peen In possession Of the
| pension oflce. Consequently. in nearly
! every case the Congressional statement
| stands upor stronger proof than tho find.
| ing or the acts which the President sets
up IN inc disapproval Of the bill"
HEhPING THE DYNAMFrERs.
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