Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-31
PENSIONS 1, MRS. LOG IN AND
CLAIR
Discussed IN krc nnuse--Sunn Oppo-ti
Made to chem "A Cha, IrrisIgttirr,

Discussed IN kro iiouse--Suna Opposition
Made To Chem HS Cm-~ Legislation.
WASHINGTON, March 30 In the House
to-day on motion OF Mr. MrC5tary, of
Keutucky, Senate amendments were non
CURED in to the House bill authorilior the
President to arrange conference Tor the
purpose OF encouraging reciprocal cou!.
mercial relations between The Uni'cd
State. ami the Republics Of Mexico Cen.
lral and S5alh America, and the Empir
ofBnzjI
NIr Russell, OF SIlssJchus .lts, asked
consent to report from the Committee ou
rorc.gu Affairs for immediate consider
alton otu joint resolution uppr1piatng
So. 900 TO enable the United States to
participate in the international exhibition
to bn held Mt barcelona, Spain, Aprl,
ls~~ After some debate the resolution
wos adopted.
The speaker stated that uIder special
order, the pending business was the con
sld-Tdtl0u OF the House hill granting a pen
s,ou OF :!,uOD per annum To Mary : Iu-
gan, and the Senate bill increasing tu
T., 900 year to pension Of APpoIna Hlar
Mr.. Warner, OF Missouri, satd that it
was an honor 10 all 10y voice and vote in
the passage OF bills granting pensions 10
Mrs Logan and Mrs Blair, the widows OF
two iliustrious soldiers aud statesmen
Nj Tarsney, Of Michigan, was aware
that it was not popular thug to oppose
q pension bill brought int, the House by
one ct the committees. 1t hld been sa,i
IN and out of this hall that theparty 10
which he belonged was opposed TO the
z anting OF pensions OF all kinds lie
could demonstrate to the House and coun-
irY that u maCrts hal quite ~ much IN.
lrrezt in the general welfare ut cN-suldi,r5
OF the late war rs the Republicans had.
In ord,r to do this he quoted statistics
showing the number OF the members Of the
Democratic party who entered the Federal
army in the various States The Demo
crniIc rdmni-trgtinn bad treated the eN-
soldiers more fairly and literally than any
administration since the close Ci The war.
The Forty ninth Congress had passed more
pauslou balls than any othr, Congress.
Mr. LAND, Of Nehraska. 'lIow many
lid your President vcto:'
4 WISE rEE-IpfSI.
Mr. Tarsncy- More than any Of our
Presidents ever did aud thank cod he
did 40, became 1t demonstrates 10 the
American people that 40 mistake was
made when Grover Cleveland wa5 called
to the char Applause on the Democratic
side It demonstrates the fac, that the
country has Il the helm man 50 careful,
prudent, that lie examines the bills for
himself, approves thra' that are ln~t and
proper, and ilsappyoyes those that are not.
Mr Tarsury COnterded that the Han
cock pension bill could rot he cited as "a
precedent for the bill granting pension
to Mrs. Logan. Hancock was soldier
when he died. Logan was not. II was
about time to call 4 halt when Congress
ws3 asked to pay pension to the widow
,t United States Senator
Mr. Tunlbee, oi kentEcky, cProssd the
bills q, being class legislation, aud as dis
agIinst the widows Of general
officers who wvie killed during the wa.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, alid that he
WNNlt Ntlt lNl LllL bll4N, lsht hH'f wa ~
count of the distinguished services Of the
deceased, but ON the broader ground OF
sound public policy lnis country relied
10; on the regular army, hot on tie CIT
zen s,ldi,ry, and while u, names ci
Thomas and Hancock and SIN, lt5 and
FarraWut stood out as NAMES which AL
Americans were proud Of along with th,m
aud equally with them stood the nau.,s 0i
Logan and Blair
Nc Mason, OF Illinois, said that one OF
the bills was for the relief C' Mrs Logan.
80 i,r rs Gen Log n was concerned, when
Congress had consigned linn To hIs last
resting place it had done IT, lat duty &"
him Mrs Logan was an ideal American.
She had been At Belmont and >L'loh, not
,uIy for her husbands sake hut for th.
i. *. of the sufferers in the b -pildl
The House passed the Senate hill in
.rel.ius the pension O. the widows oi Ger
,ral + 2. Blair and General Logan
Audthey DO ,ay that Dr Bull Cough SyT-
m is one remedy without rival. PHce ~.