The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-14
DISCUSSING PENSIONS.
Mr.. INGALLS, ADDRESSES TIE
SENATE
4 vlGoRaEs REPLY 10 soCTHEEN sESaroE-
-zEBU KESe THE sssTInxAL IuEA-
TaE -vSTICE 90 A wlsE RESstax
SYSTEM VTNpic&TE-THE Flis-
vES1oSs o. TIE BIIE rN-
BEz nzzsTE.


DEz nz2sTE-
WA~aINr1ox. March e.--Nat since the
DAY en which Grsyer Cleveland sosk the
+ cath Of Office as President Of the Uniie,E
States has the Senate Vses..1st,si such !,
Z crowded appearance as It DID to-day. !;
was -eneally knoSn that Nr. Ingalls,
wcuii take tie Roer as soon a. tie Pen
( sion BIZ came mp fsr debate. and in anti
F cip2iioa of his doing 20 every inch oi
available sls.ce Ras oc.ggseI IA the gall
eries- Eren on the sosr ef the Chamber
the roa,n in the near Of the seats vas
Vackei. A quorum aiuaosf II the H0use
seemed present. No pulilie speaker. Ger
sinly within the la, ten years has re-
oeivel ihe distinction which sssch an al
teniance implied And. . b bin is
i5ce, Nr In-ails dii net dissppoint his
auiience- A master q inyective, sathe
and frony. his Arrangement to-day of the
Democratic party, Of the President and
6f Nessrs Teei and Blackburn vas keen,
cutfins, and eyery thrust q L sent home
To borrow his oEn expression. applied
by him IN the colrse Of his speech to
aao;her matter, Il vas saccessisn Il
bulls ewes and the ring Of the bell eyery
time.
There was liberal applause and ofher
signs of approval in the GALLERIES when-
ever Mr- ingalls, made some Of his tell
Ing shots, bu, the president officer. Mr
Platt.. hardly cared to e-fonee very rigidly
the rules oEihe Senzse-
He sid ihaf eonsilerat ioH of decorun
and proprie,y had deferred him fsom
participation IN dei5zfe in this scsslon of
the senate, his impression being that
perhaps crier e0uid he more inparfially
maintained by his 4bs;ieic.., a. pres ling
officer. from controversies On the foor
He Wa surprised. therefs-e. one day .Jast
week upoa returning 10 the Chamber to
learn thA. the Senator fIosn siis-onri.
Vest. hal taken occasi0n when he was
not present to aliade 10 him "a uncam-
piiTnersi4ry terms IN a discussion in which
ne had taken 10 p.srf; and inelalinc not
him alone. bur in his coo-1lltsa eynieisn
the inhabitants of Distucs O. Columbia.
and al the ccnra.ies Of the Grand Army
of Repablie- -intimating that they we're IN
czpable of iisinferestei patTissisln. ard
that the surviving veterans q the Union
Army z,ere 2 mob of sorsid me7ceuzries
orzanized sor planier AID ssTsale % TIE
highest political bilser The personal
ailasiens 70 himself he would Iass by
wiih the single etseryaiioa that the
nomination and eleeiien Of Grover Cleve-
knd had made the prefeztioas Of any
American ci;izea 10 the Presidency re-
sy.eciable- he regretted that the Sena;or
from Missouri was not present to-day.
He Should DO; initiate hiS b4d example
but shoala eoEfne himself as lar a inst
Sen4tor was concerned. 70 shat hzs been
disclosed in bis autobiography.
rHE FEtTLsE ASrEcEDESTs ~ TEo SKY
EoRS.
The senator T1s barn in z stsfe that
id not sesseie from the Union-Ken-
tucky. reF7esenfives in the Confzler-
aie House q Represented for two years
AID the senate & the Confederate STATES
for one yezr. the State of Nissouri, which
also dld nos ssoesie. Il waaid be crafty
ing 10 kBou upon what conditions. ard
by wE.at methods meaier 4 the Con
Ts,3erzte Holse OF Senate coal8 have been
admitted from the state q NJ sso1ri thar
never seosle-i fro1n the Tnioa. He dE
not silale 10 this matter n any diSfaF-
azenent Of the Senator frDaa Missouri
any more than he did to the fact tllas fise
Senator from kesstacky. Blackburn arse
70 deneu7oe tie super-loyal;y q The
slrazd Arrsly oftbe Reps1i.Iie- He allc5-
81 70 !; IT the FuTpose Of showing that
IN their devotion to the >ouiheTn Cor
fs.iera-y the Sellzior froz hentucky and
the Senafe frOm Misssri cuaI1 Lot y
suspected Of inssnoerity- Il Vas a li;tIe
ssnzuisr. tboa-h. that the Csafssieraies
from the Union S.ates aefe EeFe ps5-
nosnce5, Tnsrs aggressive. and more
violent IN their deHanriaficns of tie
North, of The Union armies. q the sesez-
ans q the Grand Army Of the Republic.
than those who had the exease Of foliow-
in- their States in secession
rHF DIZZY ARlruWrTIc ~ szSkToE vES1.
Mr. In-sils quotel from the speech of
the >eaa7or from Missouri lie statement
thai s;ersrai Lee surrendered as the Apo
mzttox there zas bui saoo nzskets. and
sid that the computation Of the Senator
nazst certainly have been made xifh his
kancv- II the Senator weaid piurk 4
lev pisuaes from the dazzsin- tail q his
Imagination and sti.k them into the
wings Il his judgesnenf he wozli ~
bolier and more sccurzte fight. The
Official repogts showed that from the
.2.9sh day Of March, 1855, 70 Arrii there
= 90 q tt@it74 "a er-l-t-4--A 1<E Als4af -
4s5 men IN zrsss. and on that fatal day
Ter the Confectionery there we're taken q
4iss rsen IL addition, making a total. IN
ssesd If 500 nien with 1nuskess. 1921
naen- There Was but ene pzvailsl 10 this
extraordinary inacruraey- and that xas
the senator's other ssaferaens- that cat Of
sseeeae Union soldiers ns-e than half
had sprlsea for pensions This state
mens Would have been rsfu.ei i:y an IL
sg<csioz Of The latest return Of The Com
nsssioner Of Pensions
RATSFVL DExsczATsc S1ENG
lie had never heard from any qrzr-er
N the Democratic party. ds-ing the fs-
teen wears he hsd been IN She senate,
any re31s3iztisz Of sentiments Ike those
axozed hF the Senator from Missouri and
the senator from kensarky- Why was
IL that when as Associate Jzstice Of The
Supreme Court Of the United STATES, VINO,
By one of the s:ranse caprices Of history.