The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-04-26
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1seEns Of Note.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The house
passed the Indian appropriation bill,
and then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the pension appropriation
bill.
Henderson, of Iowa, in speaking of
the house in regard to the purchase of
bonds with the surplus in order to dis
pei the doubts in the mind of the
president as to his authority
to purchase bonds, such authority
having been conferred in an appropri-
alton bill. In examining the arrears
of pension acts it would be found that
! there was no limitation as to the time
when claims should be fled. The only
was found in an appropriation bill. He
felt it to be his duty to call the atten-
ton of the administration to
this fact; for If the president,
had trouble in buying bonds
with the surplus he should have
equal difficulty in not allowing arrears
of pensions. If the president could
not without an expression of opinion
from the house, get into the market
and buy bonds, ne had no right, if he
was logical and consistent, to withhold
arrearages of pensions. He appealed
to the president to be consistent and
come up like a little man and allow
arrears of pensions to the boys who
filed their claims within the provisions
of the act. That should be done until
declaratory act was passed, saying he
I.
the appropriation bill. He controVer-
ed the claim that the soldiers were
getting better recognition from a
democratic administration than they
had from republican administrations,
and he cited statistics to show that
when the number of claims filed were
compared with the number of
certificates allowed the record
of the republican party and
| its administrations stood I'M
challenged for acting in the interest
of the soldier. He then referred to the
administration of the Mexican PEN
sion law by the pension Office. So
rapid was the pension bureau, he said,
in recognizing claims under this law
that pensions we're allowed before the
claimant ever put in his claim, and
certificates were issued when the bene-
| ficiary did not know he was a claimant
1
the clerks desk and had read an arti-
Gle in Chicago paper to the effect that
| Commissioner Black had issued PEN
sion certificate to eX-COngressman w.
/ Il. Morrison, notwithstanding that be
was informed that Colonel Morrison IS
name did not appear on the list of ap-
plicants and that Colonel Morrison
had returned it, stating that he never
applied for a pension.
| Of
Co.onel Morrison have refused it if he
had been a republican,
Henderson-'1 do not know how
that might be, but this
1 do know that Colonel Morrison never
asked for certificate, and if my friend
were AS sensitive about the admins Ia
ton of the pension Office as he Is eager
to be smart. he would give attention to
the matter before the house,
McDonald-''I am smart enough to
say that it is not true"
HenderSon-"I am smart enough to
say that it is true, and ask the clerk tC
read the copy of the letter from Colone
Morrison. The letter was from
Colonel Morrison to the Chicago pen.
sion agent, returning the certificates
of pension and stating that he was al
loss to know how it had been issued
as he had taken no steps to obtain it
and did not contemplate taking any
steps,"
Cultivate, of Ohio-sYou said
that pension certificates were issued
You used the plural. Will you prove
another one? / am anxious you should
keep to the truth"
Henderson, want the truth from {
pious commissioner who started out il
the administration of his Office b.
charging against a faithful officer, 1
brother officer, who left a part of hi
body on the battle field, Colonel bud
leyl that during his administration TIL
pension Office, from turret to founda
ton, was used for political pur
poses"
Outhwaite-fDid he not prove
it?''
Henderson-'No, never. Now tina
same gentleman stands convicted OF
democratic authority of violating tn
terms of the law and swiftly issuing
certificate to a democratic chief VIII,
was too high and too clean to be
party to the transaction. This mai
, who entered upon his duties witt
heaven-erected face like a saint,
caught in democratic trap. He ha
got lower down in struggling for pc
{ litical influence than any bureau off
3 Ger / have ever known.
, Foran, of Ohio, in referring to Hen
derson's remarks relative to tn
5 presidents doubt as to his authorit
8 to purchase bonds, congratulated tn
8 country that it had chief executive
q who was over scrupulouS, rather tina
), reckless, in his Interpretation of tn
q law. 1t might be true, as the gentle
Q man said, that claims under the Mex
Z can pension act were rushing in rapid
;. ly, but it must be remembered tina
: this was a service pension ACT
e and the applicant had only
}. prove that he served in tn
g Mexican war and was over
n years old. AS matter {
passed upon.
The general debate having closed
e Mr.. Conger, of Michigan, offered a
/. amendment providing that in all CASE
q of pensions to widows, payment shout
be made from the date of death
2 their husbands. Adopted.
.e An amendment was adopted provit
a ing that all officers of the Unite
" States authorized to administer oaths
= shall administer all oaths required
n be made by pensioners and their wi
II nesSes free of charge.
q The committee then rose, and Il
bill, which appropriates $50, 28O 90
50 was passed.
le A contest for precedence of consi
W Grafton then arose between the pos
le office, District of Columbia, and Il
lS river and harbor appropriation bill
NJ in which the latter came out victC
Sc ious and general debate having be-
II dispensed with its consideration
as paragraphs was Immediately enter
;e upon in committee of the whole.
10 After considerable discussion al
at without making any progress with t
IN bill the committee rose and the hou
IN took a recess until 7:30, the event
~ session to be for the consideration
re private pension bills.
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