Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
4 sCATHING REPORT.
The Senate Pension Committee Reply tC
Some OF the Presidents Veto Messages.

The Senate Pension Committee Reply to
Some OF the Presidents Veto Messages.
WAsHEaroS, D. c., July 3.-The senate
committee on pensions, in its report recon-
mendlng the passage over the president g
veto Of the bill granting a pension to Mary
j. NOttage, says $50 great has become the
number OF such V6tOes iuterpOsed By the
present executive, all within q few weeks
past and so extraordinary the causes some
times rudely expressed, and IN nearly every
instance severely implied, of the action of
the two houses of congress, and OF their
committees upon which has deVOlved the
WearisOme and general ungp preciatsd labor
Of investigating these claims, accompanied
IN many cases by such ridiculs and evident
disgust with the claims themselves. that
your committee feels that they are justified in
a brief review OF the circumstances involved.
The committee proceeds to show that . per
cent. of the senate bills and only 81 per
cent. of the house bills submitted to the
president had been vetoed, and says 1t is not
insenslble to the especial condemnation
which this disparaglng contrasts inhicts.
''Much criticism" the report continues,
has been INDUCED in by the president of
the methods Of legislation pursued by the
two houses of congress, and however unin-
formed he may be upon the subject, and
however Internationally by reason of want
Of knowledge, he may have represented to
the country the methods Of legislation which
have been pursued IN like cases ever since
congresses and parlIaments have existed,
and which have since parliament became
free, been safe from kingly and presidential
interference, all the same, the people are
mlsled by the unWaFrantsd statements of
the president as to the manner in which leg
islatiOn upon pensions, claims and the like
is, and OF necessity must be, conducted.
never been better done than during this
session. The members Of the committee
who have performed the work have been as
careful as any, and the derisiOn of their
Tab
to help along these uOblest and best portion
of Gods poor and the cOuntFy's benefactOrs,
can originate only IN a wise and noble
nature which Is m1sl5d, or in one that if in
formed, sadly needs reconstruction or recre-
alton"
The two Senators From Wisconsin.
Cleveland Leader.
The two senators who represent Wis
consin are both good fellows, but they
are a queer-lOOking pair. They are very
fond Of each other, and are often to-
gether, both outside the senate and on
the floor. They sit together, and many
a good story, L doubt not, passes be-
tween them. Both SpoOner and Sawyer
enjoy good joke, and neithsr of them
is afraid Of showing his teeth when he
laughs. Sawyer IS nearly a generation
older than SpOOner, and the fringe
around his bald crown is as white as the
driven snow. Spooner's hair is OF a
brOWnish auburn, and 1t is so thick that
he could give locks to all of his senatorial
friends and have some to spare. Spoon
er's head is not more than two-thirds the
size Of Sawyer's though I am sure that
it has fully as much brains. He does
not weigh more than half Sawyer's
weight, and don't suppose he is worth
one-tenth as much money. Spooner is a
fine speaker, while Sawyer does not speak
at all. Sawyer was ten years in congress
before he came to the senate. SpOoner
has never been in congress before.
SpOoner Is a cOlege-bred man. Sawyer
has received his education in the school
Of life, and he has sharpened his wits by
rubbing against his fellows. SpoOner
has had a very active life also, and he is
one Of the few men in congress who viii
acknowledge that they entered the war as
privates even If they did come out as
majors. Take either Of these two Wis
consin men and he is a good fellow
Take them both together and they make
delegation which seems that Wiscon
sin gets its full share Of the governmental
output and has, at the same time. as much
inhuenls as any other state in the union
In national affairs.
FrHg-