New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-04
THEY LOVE THE VETERANS.
ANOTHER EXHIBITION OF PARTISAN HATE
CHAIRMAN spRINGER's BRAVE DEcIsIoN-HoN'

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EST CREDITORS MUST WAIT.
,,.,,-.o, .ug a-Tbe animus Of tho Democratic
..,, oca,ns, rrnion veterans shown In the House
acas, toaav The General Deficiency bill was undcr
consideration and items for tho pay oil balances ue 10
volunteers on account Of pay ana bounty "o'o io'."'
MIR Laird of Nebraska, offered an ahenuion' W
increase the sum Of the items TO ABOUT @i'"vo'ovo
and provide that the money shoW" NO apP'. .,a",
% tho ,avment of claims adjudicated and cernhea
during the current fiscal year as well as ~ ca."'
already settled and certified Mr.. Burhes' oi ''
souri, promptly raised the point Of order that ,ho
amendment was I'm coniravention OF law oh "''
point there was a sDIcy debate. TN "I'on :,
Reed Laird, Butterworth, Cannon ana hcnu'i0o ~
iowa took mart Burnes was the only man WIN
spoke in the affirmative, but he was co,iuo". ~
victory for Springer chairman OF inc Oo"'''''e
Of the Whole and he Is perfect Save W u"'S'
ever that duty Is the making Of a parliameh'',s
docIson IN favor NJ his party. OF course, mo
sancamon statesman decided in favor OF burhes an"
against the hundreds OF creditors who "ero o"C;'
soldiers, or who the widows and orphans u .o
soldiers. The grounds OF the decision "oio 'o 49,,
and untenable that even Springer was ooni ',-a
and no spoke in low, hesitatng tones "hlch "'''
lnandble ten feet away. .v
Considering tho nature OF the Indebtedness ior pay
mcnt of which Mr. Laird sought to provide, inc o'
csIon was intrnscally as well as partisan an"
unjust. None OF tho claims Is for large "'"'
the average being less than 300. They ha'o 'eop
pending for many years they are based on ia"s
passed TO encourage to enlist in the Union al'iV'
raised to suppress the Rebellion 80 sacred was '.o
debt thus incurred regarded that provision LOT ~.
payment was made In permanent appropr'a'o
act which was repealed in 1874, when u was WI
sdcrcd that the great bulk of the claims hao oo."
adjusted and paid and that the remainder co"i" =,
provided for by annual appropriations Inc ac' "ou'A
not have been repealed IL the Congress OF 'ha year
had suspected that time would come when an eA-
| Confederate majority In the House would reiu'o
promptly to appropriate from year to year tne mooS
necessary to pay the beatcd claims as soon as 1hoy
should be adius ted and allowed by the proper occis
In the last Congress no appropriation whatever was
made for that purpose, and thousands or claimahe'
wore dlsappolnted The sum Of $50. or 800 or SlVo
more or less, due to each OF them, small IN iseh
was one OF great consequence to poor claimant "ho
had been waiting fifteen or twenty years for .ho
money Justly his due. For nearly two years ai'er
the claims were adjusted have claimants Deeh vV
pelled 10 walt, owing to the bltef ann unrcicnino
hostility Of the Democratic majority IN congress.
! The proposition in the bill is to appropriate Iow
only enough money to pay the claims adjusted last
year-in other words, the creditors waose accouio,
arc settled between now and July l, 1902, aTo no'
In be maid until the summer OF 1890, when the young
| est debt will be more than twenty-five years oiu
| This Is the manner In which the Democratc parry
treats It's creditors who take up arms In ueiehcc VI
| the Union. The ex Confederate Democratic party
would repudiate the debts outright II IL dared 10 10 3D.