The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-29
A LIYELY DEBATE
In the senate ovSF the Pension Htll-ssnA,
tor Faulkner IhdulRas,

In the Senate oVSF the Pension Hll-spuA,
TOR FAulkpOF IndulEss,
WASHIHGToN, D, o., Feb. 2sl-The sen'
ale resumed consideration Of the bIl
granting psnsIonSto sxaoldlplssnd sailors
who are incSpRCItaIOd from the perform
Anes Of manual labor, and providing ior
pensions 10 dependent rslAtlyssoi soldiers
and saIlsrs, Mt. Oullom said that Il
seemed 70 him that the father the Ooun'
try got away from tho late war the lees
was being done or attempted to bO done
for the ex.soldisn, e,
Mr.. MAndsrson appealed to the Senate
TO pass the bill Aa II had bssn formulated
by the Pension Committee Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. He would DO glad
TO see a bill passed In the nature Of . ser.
vice pension bill, but he did not think II
we'll to cucumber the pending bill With
thAIideA, he hoped the Senate would re.
trace Ia steps and not agree 10 the amend.
menta adopted In the Committee ot the
Whole.
Mr. Plumb intimatsd that there Ean
something Of q iuggle concealed in the
bill, The effort seemed 10 be 10 get up q
bill, not 10 NEE. the Wishea Of Congress,
but to meet tho wishes Of somebody elss.
he asssIted his conviction that the GRIND
Army OF the Republic did not want this
bill. He did not mean 10 ssy that the bill
did mot come to the Senate with the gtno.
ton oi that organization, but he believed
that somebody was going 10 be cheated,
either the PenAlon Committee Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic or the Grand
Army Of the Republic itssli. The Ques-
ton was: Who was going to be cheated I
Mr.. Plumb asked Mr. Faulkner Wheth.
or, under the BILL as reported by the COM
mittee, o person who could perform any
manual labor would be entitled to any oi
its bene6ta2
Mr.. Faulkner replied In the negative.
Mr.. Plumb inquired Whelher there would
be any grading ol pensions under the billH
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE.
Mr.. Faulkner again replied In the mega.
tive. Mt. Plumb asked Mr.. Faulkner
whether he believed the President would
veto the bill.
The presiding otipar (Mr. Ingalls, here
intSrisTred, and asid that II had been
always held to be o breach Of order TO
refer In debate 10 the ACllon Of the EE'
ecutIve.
Mr.. Plumb expressed his regret that the
chair had not thought 90 when the Sen4.
tor from West Virginia was speaking,
The presiding OttiGer-The chair had
intended, before this to say, and does take
occasion now 10 say, that II has never been
held to be in order In debate In the Senate
10 rsler TO tho opinion ol the Executive or
10 the action OF tho Executive 90 IN RrRu'
mens for against pending legialalion,
Mr.. Faulkner said that he had no opin'
ion whatever on the subject and had ex.
pressed none,
Mr.. Plumb said that he had understood
the Senator from West Virginia 10 cay,
that consistency, II not principle, eEVsn
II there Wss perhaps an election pend
inRh whatever he might have meant by
that, would require the bill to be vetoed,
and that there mad bsen an effort 10 get q
bill which the President would sign.
O!herEias the bill never would have got q
vote on the other side oil the chamber,
"Gnd 10 that complexion had 1t come at
last" The Republican side Of the CHAM.
Der had been told that 1t was 10 take
the responsibility Of legislation that might
not meet the Views ol the President II
that was not complete subordlnatlon Of
the legislative 10 the Executive authority
he did not see how 1t could be made more
90. II the Senate was going to putitseli
In that attitude he had no objection. He
proposed 10 discuss the question on It's
merits, not Conhderlng what the Pfssi.
dent might think about ii. The President
was, In regard to the bill In ils present
stage, q private GltIssn-no more, no leBS.
Mr. BlAckbnrn-Does the Senator from
Kansas mean to cay that the Chlei Exec.
tive Ia nothing more than private citi-
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