Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-10

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YES Jos. homisssis pension bill uas Vs-
t1sd and EifE John Porter was pul upon
ths rollA lApplanas on sbe kepablioan
sidal.
Warner. of 0hio, believed fhis 10 Be
3 merilnriaas ease and b b il he line
ok all presidents, but be theunht +
oazhi 20 hs referred % he conmitfee.
en0Wden. of RsnnsylVania. e7mmend-
ed the President for hia fearless oourse,
and thoa0hk thas tbs other side Wa
makiag hlandeF il trying - maks tbe
disanssion 9 party question.
Springer said he w0uld nos discuss
the pending bill and the vet0 message
Of the President sheEssn, exsept 20 call
atteation 20 the fast that Il vas nEaf vs-
toed IN the Pension Oaice IN fS62 By
Conmissioner Dedlsg; bat the gentle
men en- tha othar side of the chamber
had tAksn advantage Of the diaenzaiau
% attack the Presidents and the Demo
cratic psrtY and 30 CHARGE hat they
wers Opposed 20 granting pensions.
Nothing could be further frem the
truth. DuFing the entire eight
years Of General Grants adminislRa-
tions only BE private psnaiona
we're granted. DaFing the Forty seventh
Coaafess. which uaa Rspahlisan Ia both
branches. only Isl pEiRsts pension bills
we're passed bat during tho last or
koFty eighth Congress- which contained
q majority Of Democrats u this House,
and when the QentlenAn from Indiana
1Wils0nl uas ChaiFman af ths Commit
tee on Invalid Pensions, there we're 657
Of sach bills passed and became laws.
and during thia Congress, since Dsoem-
Der last. Co1gress had passed SIS pri-
vate pension bills. Of which about SIS
tad eithax been signed By President
Olegeiand Or had boosme laws without
his action. BE had vetoed about So
private bills. hat 50 mora had passed
and become laWs during aaminis-
tratiun 1p 60 this tine than
we're passsd during the sight years
Of Grants administration. Ganefal
Black, Commisaionsr Of Pensioaa, has
granted over IL 600 certificates % pen-
sioners since he assumed the duties
Of bis Office. being ten per ceut more
than had eyer before bean issued b.
any Of his predecessors duEing the same
length Of time. The Treasury Of the
United States aseasted ths e4eat Of
General Blacks increased oflialenoF il
the administration Of the pensian ofiice.
The payments 10 pensioners during The
hssai year iust ended exceeds thnse Of
the previous fiscal year BY e8,600.O00
bat notvithstanding this increase IN
pension payments. there has been q net
reduotion IN expenditures during the
past fiscal year Of over 81 ,60o.0O0 aa
compared with the fiscal year
oe 1855. Excluding pensions the
reduction Of ordinary expenses
for 1856 as compared with 1885 amounts
TO $2A.50o0 This statement vas
made b. the Treasury Department.
Springer asserted that the Pension OF.
noe had beon, preyious 20 General
Blacks administration. run IN the In
terest Of the Republican party. DurinR
the Presidential year the number Of
elAims Of applicants for pension con-
sidered By examining surgeons IN GER
tain States was very significant. IN
Maine, a contested State. there were
779 cases considered IN each Congres-
sional district. Ia Massachusetts,. re-
ilably Republican. where no special
political efforts were required, the num-
Der 30 considered was only 29l IN each
district. In Illinois, reliably Repuhli-
eau, the number 50 considered was only
$50 In each district. Thus it wonld
seem that where there were great peliti-
cal contests during the last Presiden-
tial year the basineas Of pensions was
ooBdRsted to the neglect Of worthy ap-
plicants Who happened TO reside Ia
ststea reliably Republican or hopelessly
Democratic.
Tha bin vas referred By yeas 100.
nays 1l8. This cleared the Speakers
table Of veto messages.
The House then resumed oonsideFa
ton Of the general deficiency bill and
bF q vote Of I2l 10 IS connrmed the 60
tioa Of the Committee Of the whole on
agreeing to an amendment making ap-
propriations 10 meet the Fox and Wis
consin river claims.
Pending further action the Houss
WA = ADlS4o 84AAA 2 - lAAteof Nl@ gNNAAlAaA
seasien 10 Be fer the consideration Of
pension bills.
Ths night session Of the House this
evening" vas dull, as generally
eharacteEizss Friday nights. ID vas en-.
livened By 4 speech By Mr.. Wallace, Of
Louisiana. in opposition 20 q private
pension bill. and the facatious remarks
Of members who interrupted him from
time 70 time and iudulRed 10 consider.
able hadinaee. In the midst Of it there
Was q little tiit between WAL
lace and Crane, Of Texas. The
latter intimatsd that Wallace vas
elected by accident, and Wallace re-
ported that Crane had secured his else-
tion By bulldoxinR. Oh was finally
thrown upon the troubled WataFs By The
withdrawal Of the bill 10 which obte0-
tlon had been mada.
Altar an hour and q half had bean
consumed In useless roll calls the House
at 11;30 adjourned.