The National tribune., 1888-08-23

incurred in rebel prisons. Still another bill
provides for the payment Of arrears Of pen
siOns.
There are numerous other bills Of less i'm
portauce, which nave been reported by the
Committee on Pensions after days Of arJuous
investigation, and repeated efforts have been
made to obtain a day. fer theiE consideration,
but so far without avail. The House IS now
asked, toward the close Of the session TO set
these two days aside for pension business, az
ter the tariff aud the appropriation bills are
out Of the way. Dir. Morrill, then demanded
the previous question upon the resolution; the
House divided, and there were 81 yeas to two
nays.
Dir. Morrill, then demanded the yeas and
nays and upon the call of the roll there were
yeas, III; nays, Z; absent and not voting,
200. No quorum voting. Those voting against
the resolution were Breckinridge Ky, Cowies
On. c., DibhIe Is. c., Johnston o.. c., Nc
Rae, Ark, Newton la. and Shaw Md
Mr.. Bnrnes Mo- then moved thatthe House
resolve itself into Committee Of the Whole
for the purpose Of considering appropriation
bills, but again the point Of no quorum was
raised by Mr.. Lyman iowa.
a heated discussion arose over the question
of revOkiug all leaves of absence, and instruct
ing the Sergeaut.at-Arms Of the House to re-
quirc the members TO attend each session.
During this debate BIr. Williams Ohio said;
House the pension bills reported By the Invalid
Pensions Committee. Our peti.iOu-bOx IS Iuil Of
petitions from all over the Nation asking Tor the
passage OF the dcpenGentpenSlon aad the serY-
ice pension bills. But when the question comes up
aud the Invalid Pensions Committee asks the
House to designate day for the consideration OF
these pension bills how do we find orr friends
the Democratic side voting? Some Of them, who
very quick to oppose the motion Of the gentle
from Iowa Dir. Weaver when the question
comes up in reference to the consideration Of set
ting apart day for these pension bills remain
silent ia their seats in order to break quorum,
and when questioned as to their conduct reply by
saying that It Is matter OF 10 consequence
and that it has nothing to do with the best IN
tcTests Of the country There are number Of gen
tlenen the other side Of the Chamber who be-
evc that pensiOuug the old soldiers OF the war OF
1861 a." IS a matter of no consequence" and has
nothing to do with the public business
We on this side OF the House expect to empha-
size their opposition in that regard Call in your
members therefore from the seaside. Call in those
wIO nave gone home TO lLelr uissrictS 10 canvass
for their denominations and their reflections TO
seats this floor. j told ia the % solid south -
| the political fences " do not need much fixing,
that il is only matter OF counting Out" bat that
/ Is u question I viii not now discuss Bring back
| your absent members Let them remain IL their
seats, and let them record their votes Ike men. II
/ they opposed to more liberal pensions Tor the
/ old soldiers, lei them say 50. Let them vote against
the bills, and then let the DemocrAe party remain
forever silent the subject Of their friendship for
/ the Union soldiers, Applause
| Mr. Burnes, seeing that it was impossible
| under existing circumstances TO obtain 8
! quorum moved that the House adjourn, saying
| that he was sorry to see some Of the gentlemen
| who protested to have the interests Of the old
| soldiers at heart antagouize q general appro-
! pration bill in which thousands of these sol
| diers were interested and a great wrong was
/ being done TO them. he blamed no one for
! this, every member on the floor Of the House
/ having the same right that any other possesses
/ to object to the consideration of any measure.
/ He therefore moved that the House adjourn.
Dir. Lyman, in reply to Dir. Burnes, said he
| did not commence this course of procedure.
| That when the House had refused to grant the
two days asked for by the Committee on Pen
sions the question had been raised of quorum
on the Democratic side The friends Of the
soldiers in the House had been striving since
the beginning OF the session to have these
measures considered, without any result. lie
desired to say to the gentleman from Missouri
(Mr Burmese that until by unanimous consent
or some other means the privilege OF pension
| legislation was either adopted or rejected, as
asked for by the resolution introduced by Mr
| Morrill,, OF the Pension Committee, ne would
continue to pursue the course he had used in
the interests Of the Union soldiers, thousands
of whom he had the honor to represent.
At 4:15 o'clock the House adjourned.