Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-03-07
FlFTIETH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION



.ington was fayorably reported.
A resolution was adopted calling on the
president for information as to whether the
French government excludes any American
products from the market, and whether any
correspondence has passed between the two
governments In reference to the invitation to
the United States to participate In the pro-
posed Partisan exposition.
The Nicaragua canal bill was taken up and
discussed for an hour, after which the depend
ent pension bill came up, and Senator Man
derson addressed the senate In its advocacy
Senator Henderson gave history Of the
bill that passed in the last congress and was
vetoed by the president. He spoke Of the
veto as the destroying yeto' and as being
"couched In words Of condemnation and much
verbosity." He expressed his belief that ma
jority of the ex-soldiers of the union thought
the time had not come for service pension
law. They simply demanded that their dis
abled and enfeebled comrades should be taken
from pauper homes and almshouses and be
furnished with pensions, and they had high
authority for such demand, If not in the ac-
ton of nPresident Cleveland at least in his
his words. In his annual message of 1885
the president had said that ''every patriotic
heart responds to the tender consideration for
those who, having served their country long
and well, are reduced to restitution and de-
pendence, not as an incident Of their service,
but with advancing age or through sickness
or misfortune. / cannot rid myself Of the
conviction that If these ex-soldiers are to be
claimed as a right, and relief shall be granted
under sanction Of law, not in evasion of it.n
Could 1t be possible that the hand which had
written those lines could also have written
the cruel veto message of February II, 1922
Quoting the words in the veto message,
that the bill put further premium on dishon-
esty aud mendacity, and that there was a
widespread disregard of truth and good faith
in the matter of procuring pensions, he said :
"On behalf Of the ex-soldiers Of the republic,
l denyit. The charge is basely, cruelty IL
belous and so gross in conception that it does
not need refutation on the part Of the Amer
lean people," He quoted Cleveland's en-
dorsement in 1884 Of the petition for pension
of s. month to all honorably discharges
soldiers, and intimating that at that time
there was an election pending. 1t has been
claimed by mugwump papers that the presi-
dent was better than the party, but he thought
that SO FAR as the appreciation of the services
of those who fought for the union was con-
cerned the party was much better than the
president. Perhaps the president would
have had better appreciation of the sacri-
fees Of the soldiers if he had fought on one
side or the other. 1t was impossible to calcu-
late the cost pending, but 1t was no matter
what the cost, provided the measure was just
and right. He believed 1t would pass both
houses of congress without change, and that
in the ''present exigency" it would not receive
the veto Of the chief executive. II the presi
deut should feel an inclination to falter In
the performance of his plain duty in this mat
ter he would commend to him the words Of
the great martyr Of liberty-the man who
knew soldiers sacrifices and approved the
their result of labors: "With malice toward
none, with charity for ell, with firmness in the
right" believing that In reading them he
would ind strength given him to do right
Senator Turpie made an eloquent appeal In
favor Of the bill.
The senate then proceeded to executive
business.
Adjourned till Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. pa bill was rcporte
and placed on the calendar abolishing the
Office of United States surveyor-general for
the district Of Nebraska and Iowa.
The senate resumed the consideration of
the bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
company, of Nicaragua, and several amend
ments reported by the committee on foreign
relations were agreed to.
Senator Edmunds offered an amendment
declaring that nothing in the act should be
deemed or construed to restrict or impair in
way any right of the United States under
any treaty in force with the republic of
Nicaragua.
Agreed to.
Senator Vest offered an amendment declar-
ing that nothing in the act should be held or
construed to involve, in any manner, the
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except as to the payment Of tolls. Rejected.
Senator Vest offered another amendment
providing that no part Of the capital stock
paid in shall be ct any time withdrawn or re-
turned to the stockholders or be In any man
ner diverted from the proper uses of the cor
poration.
Senator Teller opposed the amendment.
Senator Hoar suggested to Senator Ves, to
modify the amendment by allowing the ock
to be returned to the stockholders for the
purpose Of winding up the corporation; and
Senator Vest modified it accordingly.
Senator Vance called attention of the Re-
publican senators to the fact that the bill
omitted to require all materials used in the
work to be of American manufacture and he
prophesied lin bantering tone] that ''these
fellows would buy their iron and steel and
other materials where they could get them the
cheapest and best"
Senator Teller replied that If the managers
would buy their picks and shovels and bar
rows where they could find them best and
cheapest they woold buy them in the United
States
Senator Vests amendment was rejected
yeas, II; nays, 26.
Senator Vance offered an amendment re-
curing that all laborers employed in the
work be either native or naturalized citizens
o the United States. Rejected.
The bill was reported back from committee
of the whole and the amendment agreed upon
in committee concurred in.
The bill paesed-Yeas a8: naYs IL as fol-