New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-07
DISCUSSING PENSIONS.
MR. INGALLS, ADDRESSES TIE SENATE
VIGOROUS REPLY TO SOUTHERN sxNAroRs-Rx'
BUKINa THE SECTIONAL IDKA-rnE JUSTICE
or A WISE PEN>IoN SYSTEM INDICATED
the PROVISIONS OF THE BILL

THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
UNDER DEBATE.
WASHINGTON March Gl-NOt since the day on which
Grover Cleveland took tho oath Of Office as President
VI the United Statos has the Senate presented such
crowded appearance It did to-day 1t was gen.
orally known that Mr.. ingalls, would take tho floor
as soon as the Pension bill up for dci'so, and In
anticipation of his doing so every inch Oh a'ahaoo
space WAS occupied in the galleries. Even on inc
OF tho Chamber the room In tho rear OF the seats
was packed A quorum almost OF The House seemed
present No public speaker, certainly within the
last ten years. has received the distinction which such
an attendance implied. And, to do him Justice, Mr.
ingalls, did not dlsappolnt his audelce. master OF
inveciivc sac and irony his Grraignmcnt to-day OF
tho Democratic party, OF the President and oil Mosss
Vest and blackburn was keen. cutting, and cvory
thrust Of 1t went homo. To borrow his own ek-
preston. applied by him in tho course of his speech
to another matter, It was a succession OF bulls
eyes and tho ring OF Tho bell ovcry time.
There was liberal applause and other signs OF ap-
prevail In the galleries whenever MIR. ingalls, mado
OF his telling shots, but Tho presiding officer, MI
Plat, hardly osrod TO enforce very rgdy the rules
of the Senate.
He said that considerations OF dccorum and pro
prety had deferred him from participation In debate
In this session OF tho Senate his impression being that
perhaps order could be impartaliy maintained
by his abstinence ss presiding officer, from contro-
vcrsics tho floor. lie was surprised, therefore,
day last week upon returning TO the Chamber 10
learn tho from Missouri, Vest, had taken
occasion when no not present to aiudo to him In
unoomplmcntary terms In discussion In which he
had taken part and Including not him alone, but
in his coagulacd cynicsm the inhabitants of tho Dis
trict of Columbia, and all the comrades OF tho Grand
Army of the Republic intimatlng that they weio In
capabe of dsntcrcstcd patriotism. and that the sur.
viving voiorans Of tho Union Amy woro mob OF
sordd melcenarics organized tor tiIndcr and Tor sao
to tho highest political bidder Inc PERSONAL anu
sons 10 himself he would pass by with tho sinBie Cd
servation the nomination and election oil Grover
Cleveland had made tho prcionions OF any American
citizen 10 tho Presidency reSpctsbc. 40 fcsrci.eu
day. lie should Initiate his bad example, bdt
should con1nc himself far az that senator was con
cerncd, to what Las boon disclosed in his autobi-
ography.
THE PECULIAR ANIECEDENTs OF TWO SENATORS
The Senator born In state that did not scccdo
from the UnOn-Keniuchy He represented in the
Confederate House OF Representatives for two years
and In the of the Confederate States for
year. tho Missouri which also did not seccde.
Ii would 10 gratifying to know upon what conditions,
and by what methods q member Of tho Confederate
House Senate could have been admitted from tho
State OF Missouri that never seeded nom the Union
He did audo 10 this matter In any dsparagemcni
OF the senator from Missouri any moe than he odd 10
tho that tho senator from kentucky blackburn,
deDoubco tho super atty Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic. He alluded to IL for tho purpose of
showing that in their devotion to the southern Con
ctcracy tho senator from Kentucky and tho senator
from Missouri could not bc suspected of inSncefiy.
1t little singular, though, that tho Confeceraes
from the Union States were more pronounced, moro
aggressive and moro vioent In their dcnunciaons of
the North, OF the Union armies, of tho veterans OF INC
Grand Army of tho Republic than those no had tho
excuse of following thor States into secession.
TIE DIZZY ARITHMETIC or SENATOR VEST.
Mr.. ingalls, quoted from tho speech OF the Senator
from Missouri Ito statement that when General Leo
surrendered at Appomatiox thoro were but 5000
mushcs. and said that tho computation Of the Senator
must certainly have been made with his fancy. II
he Sen a fsW of ~ IT,
dazzling tail OF his magma and stick them into
the wings Of his Judgment he wouid lily holder aud
that from the 99th day of March. 1850, TO April
there were captured OF Genera Los army 4"4O5
In arms, and that fatal day for tho Conicd
cracy there we've tahen 27,1i6 men in addition, max
Ing total. Instead Of 5000 men with muskes. I6Dll
binary insecuracy, and that the Senator's othcr
statement, that out of 23OO,OUo Union soldiers moro
would been cfnfed BY nspecon OF tho latest
return Of tho Commissioner OF Pensions.
PAINFUL DEMOCRATIC SILENCE.
lie had never hoard from any quarter In tho Demo
cratic party, during the fifteen years he had boon in
the Senate, any reputation of sentiments like those
avowcd by tho Senator from Missouri and tho Senator
from kentucky. Why was It that when an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of tho United States.
who by one OF ,he s,ahse Ses u" noT
amendments that we're adopted against his protest
and enors--why was II that when he said'in the Sen
ate that he would resent as a personal aiiront any
mputaion upon the honor or patriotism of Jefferson
cupy niche in history by the side Of John Hampdcn
and George Washingt0n-why was IL That no senator
on the Democratic sde North or south. arose to re-
pudiae and dsavow 1t! And yet the moment any
honorable Senator on tho Republican Side, or any
editor Of any Northern payer or any organ OF the inc
obligations OF tho Nation they tainted with wav
ing tho enssnguined undcrgarmen'-raklng up the
ashes Of sectional strife, appealing to partisan hatred
and malice. lilo wanted DemOcraiic Senators who
opposing this bill on the ground that Il was an
attempt to dispose Of tho surplus to understand that
the disguise exceedingly thin that nobody was
deceived by 1t. Tho South did not like tho Union
lilo did not blame the Southern Senators for their
opposition to pension bills. He often wondered how
he would II the relations had been reversed
and II the Federal Government had been ovcrthrown
He believed he should have been conspraor against
the Confcderacy to tho end Of his days. But he
should have regarded It as The climax of oronfery H.
after he had accepted pardon and had had his dis.
TO the successful Southern Confedcracy, no had de-
nounced tho efforts which those confederatcs naho to
Of Mr. Vest that of tho 1888 600 900 paid out in pen
sons 5000 900 had been contributed by the SOUTH
he doubted whether the south had actually contributed
5000, 600 instead of 1890. 100000 Instead OF g1o-
bling and complaining that had paid so much, IL
entire bin. Franco had to do after tho Franco
Prussian War.
PLAIN ANSWERS TO INPATIENT QUESTIONS.
Tho Senator from Missouri has asked where all this
was going to end. 81 will tell the SENATOR said
Mr.. ingalls,, and cvery Senator that side Of the
Chamber what we intend TO do; II s going to STOP
when the arrears OF pensions paid whom the lmta
ton removed aud every soldier the rolls Is paid
from the day Of his disability from the date OF the
soldiers death and whom every surviving soldier OF
the Union Army put upon the rolls for service only
That Is when 1t Is going to stop Applause In the gal
lcresD and II you do not like IT, mako the mast OF Il
AS the comrades OF the Grand Army Of tho Republic
had been stigmatizcd In the Senate Chamber as band
Of sordd maranders organized for the purpose OF
Numbering Public Treasury, he road from tho Jour
nal Of the annual session OF the Grand Army OF tho
Republic at ST. Louis last September and In tho name
| Of that organization he repudsted and denied tho
| assertion OF Senator Vest In regard to threats OF
violence and dIshonor against the President of the
| United States.
| lie complained that snch organization shonld
have been stigmatizod In the senate gang Of sord
pundcrcrs They organized. he said for charity.
and had expended in charity during tho wear / $3.50
| 81 1885,. relieving 10000 persons II was 10
| supplement this charity that that organizato had
| asked from Congress that this bill should pass Aud
PROPOSE Mr. President he said In conclusion to
pass g. hope that It viii pass tho other House Of