The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-10
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General GrosvenOr Rises to the Height OF
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General GrOsvonOr Rises to the Height of
ElOluOnce.
WAsHINGToN,i D. O., July 9.-In the
House, Immediately after the reading Of
the Journal, the Speaker announced that
the regular order was to vote on the de-.
maud for the previous question on the
motion to refer the President's veto Of the
bill granting pension to Sally Ann Brad.
ley, TO the Committee on Invalid PEN
sions.
Mr.. Burrows, Of Michigan, and Mr..
Matson, Of Indiana, tried to come to
some arrangement to prevent Hlbustering
At!era great deal Of confusion It was
agreed that the demand for the previous
question should be withdrawn and that
Mr. Grosvsnor, Of of0hiO, should be allowed
fifteen minutes to oppose the motion to
refer, with permission to some Democrat
to reply II so desired.
Mr.. Grosvenor said he desired to heap
no recrimination or condemnation upon
the President for bis veto messages. They
were caused by q total Misrepresentation
OIL the part OF the President oil his relation
to the administration Of tho Government
tie (Mr. Grosvenor) had read all the
vetoes coming from that prolific source Of
vetoes, and he thought the trouble was
that the President understood II was his
duty to examine carefully every act Of
Congress; and II he, as a member OF Con-
gress, would not vote for the bill, he gave
no sort OF consideration OF weight to the
fact that the legislative branch OF the Gov
ernment had acted attirmatively upon it.
The President acted upon the Idea that
the Executive had right, and 1t was his
duty, to decide absolutely on every ques.
tion. Another idea oi the Presidents was
that no private act should be approved
unless there was q law authorizing 1t,
wholly oblivious to the fact that Congress
was the law.making power and had q
right to confer pension on anybody.
Mr.. Grosvenor then detailed the facts OF
special bill under consideration and com.
mented on the fact, as he asserted, that
the President had approved the Filz.John
Porter bill on the very day that lie had
vetoed the bill granting o pension to Sally
Ann Bradley, the mother Of four sons,
two OF whom were in the hospital disa.
hled. Fitz.John Porter would go on the
pension =roll, while Sally Ann Bradley
would 20 to the poor.house. and this was
the Government which undertook TO say
that 1t was dealing generously and liber-
ally with It's soldiers. The House was
paralyzsd and terrified by the veto OF q
single mana proposition tyrannical in
the direction Of absolute usurpation, in
the direction OF turning from It's normal
position the Copgtess ot the United States
and turning oyGi the administration Of
the generosity Of the Government to one
man. Applause on the Republican side ]
Mr.. Matson merely arked In reply
that he had Just learned that in the Forty
seventh Congress q Republican committee
OF the Senate had reported that the wo.
man ought not 10 be penSioned, for the
same reasons the President said he thought
she ought not 10 be peusioned. Applause
on the Democratic side
Mr.. Long, Of Massachusetts, suggested
that at that time the woman had q hus.
band living who was in receipt Of a pen.
sion. The bill and message was then