Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-09
DEPENDENT PENSIONS.
The Blu After . Debate is
Passed ny the Senate.



petissons and DeoossAls presented and
rsferred vas ore said 10 have ovel
los.l(o s;enatnres from thirty thres
states aad territories Aaainse the ID
0tsstoo Of Usah ~ seate. % long ~
The people are uedef the eontrol OF the
Norncn priesthood.
Amosa The bills reportfd and placed
% The calendar !ers the follovsna 20
psovids for the joius co,eesAsieo q the
national capital By tee stxtseo AmsFt
can repuhliss IN honor Of the centennial
q TIE parent repohlia ths Usissd
II he eo,rss Of Ais reply today 10 Ne
vonaa u Nj. Sherman 1sds suo days
aeo abous TIE demoneeixa ol silver.
report OF the dioccmiOn 10 The senate,
and said that according 10 the state
msnts Of 0T. sherman the senate vAs
3usstaed il believing thai under the
pfopoeed laRislAtioo the silver dollar
voold have been full legal tender To-
day. and the country vouid net have
loe depressing times that % did have.
be did not believe tbat the senator from
Ohio knev then What vas TO b the Il.
feet Of that leaislatton.
The dependant pension bill vas then
taken up aRAin. and NJ. Nandessou re-
Piled 20 soms Of tbs semaRks made By
Mr.. Vest lsst vsek. particularly - 10
there being no federal ex soldiers or
confederates either In the alms houses
in Aissouri. He quoted from sns ~
port the oommissil neR Of pensions
shovinR thai en- Ossoher IL, 1887, ther.
Vefe In the Missouri alms housea llS
ex-union soldiers and 6a dependent rel.
assves. and 10 the whrle United States
1886 ex-soidiers and t9tS dependent
relatives. In slt 23.001. In sddtstoo
there vsre 10 the national hons l5,l62
inmates, making . .ssl Of SIZES ex-
soldiers and their depsndeuss vho we're
dependeut on charitable iustitatious.
Tss contradiction to NJ. vess's state
meut that fifty per cent. OF those co.
folled during the vae vere either pen
siopers or applicants fos pensions be
saowed that thrre were S62.<2< invalid
pensions granted aud 2to. .665 for
vidovs, children or dspcudeut relatives.
Ia other vords-thsre vsee Of oil the
pensioners and claimapts mot over s.x
per cent. Of the whole number enlisted.
Mr.. Haviey believed the It'll 70 be
practical. sensible and patriotic. He
quoted GeneFai Grant a. ssyiog. the
very last time he vas at the oapital: "If
| vere to be president again I would
piRn Q reasonable bill 10 prevent ths
Bu6cfiues of the soldiefs OF their fam
Ilies, no matter wcat they arose from,
and would not sign bill 10 give q
dollar to suy acle bodied man." He
[ Haviey) stood upon that. He would
vote Against any and every smendmsnt
10 the bill. believing thas a. tt oame
from the committee u was simple.
measure Of immediate
relief 10 the real so6erers. Mr.. Wilson.
Of Iowa, said that 90 firmly Vas be con.
vincsd that the class which vould be
within the benefits Of the bill
BY bis amendment would be excluded
without IL, be would vois fer Il even II
be voted alone.
Tse question vas taken up and Mr..
amendment vss rejeoted-yess
l3. nsys43.
Tue bill vas then reported back from
Ihe committee Of the whole and the
therein agreed TO VeFe
voted o.. The first vote WAe on the
aDendm.ut offered BY Mr. Gail. TO
make the bill apply TO shose vho served
In tns war With Mexico, OF fer 81 days
in any Of the vars with lndisn sribes
ID vas rejected By vote Of yeas, 81;
nays, 81. The ue1t vote Was ON Mr..
Plomb's amepdmest, striking oot the
word "tosaily" before ito word ''un
sspsci.ated" and u vas r-j .cied-yeas.
IA; nays. 81. The bill Wss speu passed.
yeas. ~; nays, 10; a. follow: Yeas-
Messrs. Aidrich, Aiiisop, Blair. ByVeu,
"a
Cnase, Cuilom. DAVIS. Dawes, Doipt,
Farvell, Faulkner. Frye. George, Go
N an, Hale, Hampton. Ia sley. Hisooch.
hoar. ingalls,, ksOns, MePosrsoo. Ms
ohelI, Ma0dsrson. Paddock, Palmer.
Payne, Pists, foRb, kiddieberRef. SAv.
yer. sherman, epooncr, stewart. Stock
bridge, feiisr. 1urpee. VOORHEES,. Wal
lhaii and Wilson, Of Iowa; Nsys-
Messrs. Bate. Beck. Barry. Biseh boro.
Uok-, CoiQuitt, Daniel, Eostts.
Harris, Pssoo, kcaQan, bAuls-
bury, Vance and Wilson, OF AasylaDd.
The pairs that Vefs anuousoed we're:
Msssrs. Evsits and AofRsu, Asasrs.
Ednuods and Jones. Of ARkansss,
Messfs. cabin and Gall. Neesfs. Han.
some and Jones, Of Nevada; 4essfs.
Vest and Plamb.
M. Blair from tie committee on eda
cation and labor recorsed bill apply
ine the eight boar Lao 10 letter carriers.
M. Sherman offered . Fes0lusion
which Vas adopted reqoestinR the prssi
dent 10 furnish copies Of the instrue
tions sent 20 the United Statss minister
at Caracas and Of the correspondence
between the governments Of Tbs Usited
States and Vent xneia since February
~. regarding The seisore and detention
Of the American steamships Hero, sau
fernando and Nutrias, the property Of
the vcns xaela transportation Company
of New York.
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