The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-03
HOUSE

The House. to-day, proceeded to the
consideration of the Senate amend
rleuts to the army appropriation bill
and they we're non ccneurFed inland 8
conference ordered.
The Reuse then WeatinSe committee
OF the wso!s on the deficiency sppro-
pr;stion bill.
lnsgsakiug TO 3 formsl amendment,
HoveY, III LndiaRs, replied to a speech
published in the Congressional Record o.
6updky last, pGrpoftlDg to have been
delivered i'll Inc House on the precediu G
Saturday by Rapr sentative Matson, 0!
Indiana. on the subjecp of pensions. Ii
was not necessary, said HOvey, TO re
mind tie gentleman that no such
speech had ever beenH3eiiVered. Eovsy
then proceeded to make an extremely
lively attack on the Democratic pen
sion policy and President Cleveland
Hovey said the gentleman had iabered
20 show thsE the Democratic party was
and had been e friend of the ex-
soldiers of the United States. In that
Hercutesn task IL was no wonder that
the gentleman preferred to prinS his
speeches in the 4lec0rG rather than to
meet with prompt replies to bis held
assertions. There could be four0 no
Intelligent man who did nor fully know
and understand the attitude OF the
respective parties on this subject and
that tee Democratic party from the
President down was strongly opposed
To AL pension 9egisl alton that there had
been studied and systemstic force
taken by Democrats Of the House
against all general pensions. fegisia-
ton could not bs honestly denied
He criticised the committee on
rules for not reporting repuisiGn
assigning a@dsy for the consideration
of pension iegislation and he declared
Ihas$he petitions and prayers of thous-
aRds' of soldiers remained unread .an6
dis<egarde1. The history of Legislation
presented not parallel to thss outrage
on ssle rights of be people. Democrats
did not dare yote on these general
peTsgion bills heoause they knew every
northern Democrat who voted
death kn&l. They kueF they would
be IL danger of veto either from
their President or she5r con stisueDts.
He then proceeded so argue that tbs
Mii2s bill, should it become q law
would destroy all hopes that he sol
oiers nigh .have OF pension legislation.
There wo1id De no Surplus on hand
wherewith to pay pensions. Re ana
| lyEed the Presidents Ve&oes to substan-
tate the declaration that in each o.
them the President virtually Rccu SEQ
the claimaEt and witnesses of perjury.
Il Cleveland were net shielded
by his Presidential mantle sn
action for libel could BE lnaintaineG
| ageinst hifn in any court II Justice IN
conclusion, he declared the Republican
parry the party of tie soldiers sR3 that
speech of his colleague eoGid nGs con-
vince them 20 the contrary
Mckinney, of New haznpshire. de
Tended the President from the charge
of being sn enemy Of tbs soldier. u =
said during his term Of Office be 81 gne3
] 25z private tJills as against /, 254 signed
by 81 the Republican presidents Srom
Lincoln to Arthur. He signed tbs bills
carrying thegenersl pensisR Legislation
which applied, to IA, 800 persons.
MeCutcheoE declared that every
man, woman and ebiid whose
names were or tho pena3on
rolls. owe their position to
the Republican party and not neE2e
had been added by the Democratic
party except O. those persons whose
names had been restored to the r6aIs
after participation in the rebellion
against the govern mens- The debaSe
then turned uRon the tariff questleG
and therrebel flags.
Without further action the commit
tee 70 e AID the Eouse adjourned.