St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01

his speech. Even the senator's filings
at the president of the United States
had not detracted from the merit of his
bid for the soldier vote; and when he
RECEIVED A FLORAL. Tribute
as token of regard from his admiring
constituents behind him he Vest had
but one single suggestion to make, and
that was that the lilies should have been
embroidered over the portals of the
White house. That was the object OF
all the debate, of all the bidding for the
soldier vote of the country in the COM
ing contest. When the senator from
Nebraska took his seat. he (Vest) mad
thought that the bid was in his favor,
but the present occupant OF the chair,
the senator from Maine, (Frye) had
''caught the eye of the auctioneers"
&. A. Rand ''had gone one better"
That senator was prepared to vote
pension to every man who had served a
day in the Federal army. He (Nes)
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 $780,
100000 or S75,000,000. He Vest had
then been strongly of the opinion that
the auction 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 great prairie state, which had
staggered his Vests conviction as to
the prOpriety of closing the sale. Since
that time he had been in condition of
anxiety waiting to hear from other bid
ders in the great national auction. The
senator had not yet heard from his dull
cet-tongued friend from Iowa (Allison),
who had kept his seat and
MERELY NODDED ACQUIESCENCE
to the most extreme propositions for the
benefit of the eX-sOldiers. Nor had the
senate yet heard from the distinguished
senator from Ohio (Sherman), who, in
such contest, ought certainly to come
to the front and bid something for the
vote which candidates thought was to
determine the contest. Neither had the
senate yet heard from the presiding Of
ficer QngallS), who had been nominated
by the District of Columbia-and every
man knew that the District Of Columbia
only acted from the most disintereSted
and unSelfiSh motives. He (NeSt)
would rather have the nomination from
the District of Columbia than from any
other state in the Union, because (as
every one knew it came from the heart
andnnever from the pockets. No man,
woman or child in the district had any
other object than the promotion of the
national honor and prosperity. And so,
when he read in Democratic paper OF
Washington last Sunday before attend
ing church, that the presiding officer of
the senate was the nominee of the Dis
trict of Columbia, he said: Eureka,
we have found the man at last, and the
question is finally settled"
In conclusion, Mr.. Vest said: "Parti-
san or bipartisan, my convictions re-
quire me to vote against the bill; and l
say here, now, that L hone it may die
the death in the other branches of the
national congress, and, if not there, at
the hands of the executive. If that be
unparliamentary, make the most of it,"
Mr.. Teller and Mr.. Plumb replied to
Mr.. Vest. Without taking a vote on
the bill, Or pending amendment, the
senate proceeded to executive business
and soon adjourned.