National Republican., 1888-02-25
TIE snLn1rR,s rniENn.
senator Manderton Advocates tho Pass
age of the Dependent Pension BIlI.

The sTeech made yesterday by Senator
Manderson in support OF the dependent pln-
sion bill was listened to with marked Attcl.
ton by those present. Nr. Manderson gave
the history OF the bill that passed in the last
Congress and was vetoed by The President, /
had passed the House, he said, by vote OF lsi
10 ~, and in the Senate not II voice had been
rais,d nor single vote recorded against ". |.
had failed to pass the House by the necessary
two'thirds over the Presidents veto, the vule
being l7j 10 l25. lie recalled these incidents.
he said, because he believed that they showed
statc OF facts without precedent In the history
of the republic, and that was not likely TO
occur again.
He spoke Of the veto asa destroying veto"
and as be Ing "CouChCd in words of condemns
tiOn and muCn NCGGOSiiy." There had UpCu
no question OF constitutional right involvel IN
question of wisdom and cNpcdiency. He ex.
pressed his belief that the majority OF the OK
soldicrs OF the Union Thought that the titnr
had not yet come iOc q service pension Law.
They simply demanded that their disabled
and tnitCbled comrades should be taken f'om
paupor houses and a'mShouses. ana should Gr
authority for such demand, II not in the ac
ton Of President Cleveland, ut least IN his
words In his annual mesSageoi lesi tins
resident had said: Every patriotic heart
responds to a tender consideration FOL those
who, having served their country long and
well, ale reduced 10 dcSti,ution and depend
eUCp, 0Ot rs hll luClueUt OF lUtlT scrNlCcs OuL
with advancing age or through sickness, or
misfortune. J cannot rid myselt OF the con-
yiction that. II these eNsolders are 20 be re.
litved, the benefits OF the enactment may be
claimed as a hight, and the relief shall be
granted under sanction Of law, not IN evs-
sion of it," Gould, 1t be possible tne
asked that tho hand which had
written these lines could have also written the
cruel veto message OF Feb. ii, 1887! Wndt y
marvellous change must have come over the
spirit of the Presidents dream in the few
oil
the annual message and th- writiug ot the veto
metsagc! quoting The words IN the veto ms
Seec thai the lili Put !nrthcr. prcniun nr
n widesTread disregard oi trrlh and gopi lBith
IN the matter Oi procuring pens onS ne SAT- {:
"un lcGnli ri the tX- soldiers o. the rtSlhic,
! deny II. The charge iS hassjy. cru .lly itbti.
uGs, bhd Is 50 gross In its conception the /.
ureS hCt nCgd rp.u!atirl Ou the part Of the
American people," The pruding bill, he said.
wAs not Il service pension hlll, hU' II might
proptrly be called u ily pension bill. T.
had been prepared 10y the r"nsion conan mt.rg Of
the Graud Army Of the Rcpnb H., and white lin
wuu,d hilnselibe IN favor of other provisions
he thought " better Ia support the billAS 1;
came from that committee. He qpDc Mr.
Glove lnnd'S indOrsemcnt ~ ISL Ci pet'iln
Tor pension OF u II month To ali honorabv
dischergedsoldirrs, ana ntimstsd that ~ thu
time there WAS an election pending. In lHl.
connection hc remarked thai, "Whl II the dew
WAS sick, ths Gerll saint Would he; when tur
devil was well, the devil asant was he" l.
said, tbst the President was beitei ihSn his
patty, but he thought that - Hl ~ AJpra-
citation of the services of thO,e who fought iO7
the Union was concerned the pSr,y was muar
better thah Its President. Perhaps the prcs.
dent wouid hevc had hettcr apprecin ion OF
the sacrifices Of the snit itlS II he had fought
on the one side or the other. II was imposs
bic, he said, TO calculate the cost of the pend
ing bill, but 1t was no matter what II cost, pr
vided the measure was just and right. lie
believed that II would pass both houses of
Congress without change, and that in the
present exigency," Il would not receive
the veto OF the Chief, Executive. IF the
President should feel an inclination
to falter in the performance of his plain duty
in this matter he would commend to him the
words of the great martyr of liberty, the man
who knew the soldiers sacrifices and approved
, the result OF their abors-"wilh malice toward
none: with charity for all. with frmneSs IN the
right" Believing that in reading them he
would iild strength given him to do the like.
Immediately in front of the senator's desk
was one of the most magnliiclent fora tribl'es
ever seen at the Capitol. 1t was toGeu o. az.
lection presented him by veterans ofthe Grand
Army, and IL was very much admired.