Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-12

CONGREGATION OF general pensions,
precedence to be given to arrears, lini-
tations snd dependent pension bills. Ths
resolution was accompanied by long
preamble, to the reading Of which (as be-
lag stump speecb) Mr.. Springer Of ILL
Rois objected.
Tnereupon Mr.. Grosvenor withdrew
the resolution, stating that he would get
the preamble into the Rscord in the
speech.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration OF district business, the first
DILL called up being that 70 increase the
police force Of the District OF Columbis
Mr.. Grosvenor took the floor upon this
bill, commenting sarcastically upon The
fsct tast all the crest questions in the
House had been laid sslde in order to en-
able the body TO consider the bill ia
cresstpg the police force OF the District
He referred 30 the fact tRat the surplus
was still eccunula.ing, that the q calyesr
WAS nearing It's close with the appropfia-
ton bill still undisposed Of, and aaalIy
came 70 me glst Of his remarks with tne
citation CT various general pension bills
which had been reported On by the COM
mntees or introduced in the House. Mr.
Grosvenor then said that the stition had
oeen presented to the committee on rules,
signed by ell the Republicans who were
present in the House, asking for an as
Eument CT time to the committee on in
valid pensions, and respectfully sillipg
attention 10 the demand there was IN the
country for pension legislation. That
petition had been presented a)out q
month ago. Before that time two re-
quests had been made by formal action Of
the committee on invalid pensions for
time to consider some pension bills. Up
to this time the committee on rules
had not assigned one day or
enc hour to consideration Ofpension bills
While it had given esys to nesriy every
other committee, it had stubborDly re-
fused TO let the committee on Invalid pen
sions have day. The Republican party
in its platform st Chicago had pledged
itself to substantial pensions 10 soldiers,
and the Democratic party in Its platform
mad also announced itself in favor Of lib>
eral psnsiops. Bat. urf)rtunately, in the
recert utterarces OF the Democratic party
It 81. Louis there WAS no word, no refer
erce, no suggestion that the Democratic
party in the future proposed to carry out
It's promises to the Union soldiers Of the
country.
Mr.. Cannon of illinois, IS one CT the
minority members Of the committee on
rules, said that so far So he knew there he'd
been no meeting ofthe committee for some
weeks. The other minority msmbeI, Mr.
Reed Of Msine, and himself hsd asked
that meeting be called II order that
they might properly voice the sentiments
Of tie Repu olicen members OF the House,
and they had heard nothing in regard
to 1t.
Mr.. Grosvenor then said he waited the
soldiers OF the country to understand
thst the minority WAS utterly poWerless
10 call up the pension bill except with the
consent snd through the will of a ms Dr.
|ify as expressed by the committee CT
rules.
Mr.. Woodburn of Nevada made bitter
personal attack upon Mr.. Cox <f New
York, asking for his tex Of the eItrac'l
from Mr.. Cox's tariff speech, in which he
characteriz ID N ,vkda as & "rotten bor-
ough," ard ridiculed its representative
In the House. The gentleman, he said,
called Nevada "a rotten borough" bat
he dsred the gentleman to name an In
stance of the purchase Of the Legislature
OF that state. He def5d the gentleman
TO name the time in her history when
there had not been an honest vote, hoa.
estly counted. Nevada never had to
boast Of Connolly, 8 Sweeney, Cor
dose, Tweed or 81 Ingersoll, and Il wss
to her credit that she had never produced
CI. Laughter. She needed 70
Canada on her border to shelter her
thieves and political scoundrels. Unlike
the Rtate of New York the capacity OF her
hal Iirnifad ba
Of votes cast, and il the Blair bill becomes
q law his constituents would not get
cents where that gel tleman's constituents
would get dollars. II the corruption fund
thst would be expended TO carry the z n
pire state for Cleveland we're put in
Virginia City 1t would not have per-
cepuble Influence on apy one Of the four
wards. He had always heard that the |
the House, bat he had never been con- |
yincs of it until the gentleman delivered |
his speech on the tar q He remembered |
hat when Ben Butler "shoo flied" the |
gentl man into silence the people believed |
inst he would forever cease TO pc Sc IS the
funny man OF Congress, but the gentle
nan had evidently become jealous CT
Allen of Mississippi, and in des-
A'Cl2tC SnOlb W 1SShlu uls Shattered |
had selected his (Mr Wood
ourL's) name for humorous analysis. If |
his name wss the same as thst Of the gen.
Lleman from New York ne would have the
good sense never to permit II to be the
3ubiect Of criticism on the & )or Of the
House. He had read modern and sncient.
sacred and proiane history, and ne had
siled to mad that the name of c. was
aver associated with decent CT consp:cu-
aus achievement. The Almighty had never
destined to Immortality man bearing
he name OF Cox. He then quoted Mr..
Jox's remarks euIogistic of the Cels and
ierogstory Of the Saxon, and commented
lpon the marvellous change which had
;ome over the sentiments of the gentle
nan since he wrote "The Buckeye ,
Abrosd." From this book he quoted to
how that in 1884 Mr.. Cc1 had held views
to the Celt, and he declared
hat the Buckeye In Ohio WAS totally diff
erent from the Buckeye when Re placed ,
is carpet bag in Tammany Hall. The ,
Gentleman was DR.. Jekyn and Mr.. HYDE.
fr. Woodburn then went into an analysis
I Mr.. Co1's middle name CT Sullivan,
I'd denied that gentleman's claim that he
7as descendant Of General Sullivan Of
evolutionary fame. In conclusion he !
splied 10 the charge in regard to Hewitt,