The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

pensions on account ofs stability. Who, he
asked, believed that they were honest appli-
cants? Who believed that these pension bills
had not degenerated into political abuse. which
cried aloud in the faces OF all honest men for
redress? He had great regard for many of his
c rI'emIs on the opposite side of the
he had spoken he had wished to
give an opportunity to some of them who had
lurked back in the contest over the bin to
SHOVE TINS shining lance among the "confed-
llcan for the presidency,
The recent dispatch from Paris had caused
political candidates to become as thick as
leaves III an NalambroSa.' Before that dis
patch had come under the yeasty waves of the
ocean, the republican party had been in the
condition of the man who, having gone home
some hours before his usual time in the morn
ing, and having been asked why he had gone
nome so soon, replied that every other place in
town was shut up. The doors of the republic
can party were now open and presidential can
didates were coming to the front without limit
as to quantity or locality. The senate has been
engaged Tor some days past in political auc-
ton Tor the soldier vote. First had come his
friend from Nebraska (Manderson } backed by
the Grand Army OF the Republic, and he (Vest
had listened with real qualification to his dull
Get and modulated voice from the beginning
to the end of his speech. Even that senator's
things at the president of the United States
had not detracted from the general merit of
his bid for the soldier vote; and when he re-
ceiVed floral tribute rs token of regard
from his admirlng constituents behind him he
" est had but one single suggestion to make
and that was that lilies should have been en-
broidered over the portals of the white house.
That was the object of all debate. of all bid
ding for the soldier vote of the country in the
coming contest. When the senator from Ne
braska took bis seat he (Vest) had thought
that the bid was in his favor; but that the
present occupant of the chair, the senator from
Maine Fryel had caught the eye of the auc-
tloneer-the Grand Army of the Republic
and had "gone one better" That sen-
ator was prepared to vote pension
to every man who had served
day in the federal army He (VeSt) was about
to knock down the prize to the senator from
Maine, when his friend from Kansas (Plumb)
came to the front and outbid the senator from
Maine by an amendment to the bill which
would increase the expenditure under it fifty
or Seventy-tve million dollars. He Vest had
then been strongly of the opinion that the auc-
ton should close and the prize be given to the
senator from Kansas. But then the senator
from Illinois (Cullom) had come to the front
and made bid from that prairie state which
had staggered his (Nest's) conviction as to the
propriety of closing the sale. Since that time
he had been III condition of anxiety waiting
to hear from other bidders i'll the great
national auction. The senate had not vet
heard from his dulcet-toned friend from Iowa
(Allison), who had kept his seat and merely
nodded acquiescence TO the most extreme
propositions for the benefit of soldiers. Nor had
the senate yet heard from the distinguished
senator from Ohio (Sherman), who in such a i
contest ought certainly to come to the front
and bid something for the vote which, the
candidates thought, was to determine the con-
test. Neither had the senate yet heard from
the presiding officer (Ingalls), who had been
nominated by the District of Columbia, aud
every one knew that the District of Columbia
acted from the most diSinterested and unset
fish motives. He (Vest would rather have n
nomination from the District of Columbia than
any state i'll the union, because, as every one
knew, IT came from the heart and never from
the pocket. No man, woman or child in the
district had any other object than the promo
ton of national honor and prosperty and so,
when he read in democratic paper of Wash
ington last Sundav-before attending church
that the presiding officer of the senate was the
nominee of the District OF Columbia, he said
Eureka, we have found the man at last and
the question is finally settled"
The whole of Mr.. Vests speech was listened
to with the closest attention by the senators
and by the audience, and his feictious sketch
of republican candidates and their sup
posed respective bids for the soldier vote
seemed to be enjoyed with equal zest on both
sides of the chamber. In conclusion Mr.. Vest
said
Partisan or non-partisan, my conviction re-
quires me to vote against the bill, and / say
here now that hope it may die the DEATH in
the other branch of the national congress, and
il not there, at the hands of the executive-if
tlhlt 10 ulpdrIidiileiltary, make inc mOSU OF IL.
After further brief speeches from Messrs.
Teller and Plumb, Mr.. Wilson, of Maryland. a
member of the committee on pensions, de-
clared himself opposed to the bill as it now
stood amended. He gave the figures of the
enormous amount paid in pensions, and
thought that the people were opposed to any
further extension of the pension system. 1t
was time to call halt The bill as originally |
reported would make the pension list amount
to one hundred millions. With the amend
mont put to it, the amount expended would
be $125 900, 600 and probably more.
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