St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-03
TALKING FOR EFFECT.

Republican Members of the
House Try and Make Capital of
the Pension Claims.
special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 2-The
lrmy appropriation bill with senate
amendments, as reported to the house
rom the committee of the whole, was
aiken up. Mr.. Savers withdrew his
'eSolutlon OF proposed instructions to
he house confereeS, the senate amend
nentS were recOncurred in and a con-
.erence ordered,
The house then went into committee
u the whole on the general deficiency
Dill. MIR. Hovey, of Indiana, in speak
ng TO a formal amendment
MADE A LONG SPEECH
II reply to one that he said purported to
have been delivered in the house last
saturday by Mr.. Matson, On the subject
u pensions, and that was printed in the
record OH Sunday, in which that gentle
nan had endeavOred to show that the
Democratic party was the friend of the
.Xsoldier of the United States. Mr..
hovey said that the Democratic party,
rom the president down, was strongly
opposed to pension legislation. The
Democrats of the house had worked
PENSION LEGISLATION.
They did not dare to vote on these GEN
eral pension bills, because they knew
that voting against them would sound
their death knell. They were in danger
Of veto either from the president or
their constituents. Commenting on
what he termed the evils of the present
pension laws, he asserted that those
evils could be removed if three or four
days were given to the consideration of
pension bills. He analysed several of
the presidents vetoes, in which he said
the
PRESIDENT VIRTUALLY ACCUSED
the claimants and witnesses of perjury.
He asserted that if Mr.. Clevelond were
- not shielded by his presidential mantle.
action for libel could be maintained
against him in any court of justice. Mr..
Mckinney, of New Hampshire, contend
ed that during the past three years,
under the Democratic administration.
Union soldiers had received greater con-
sideratiOn than they had ever received
In like period under Republican adj
ministration. He quoted from the rec
ord, showing that during the last three
years of the Republican administration
1921 pension claims were issued.
against 359, 454 during the three years of
IIIC plCSOilI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. he argued
that President Cleveland had been
MUCH MORE CONSIDERABLE
of the rights of soldier than had con-
gress. Referring to the rebel flag cpl
sode, he insisted that not a single rebel
aag had been given up by this admins
tration except to the loyal organizations
from which they were taken.
Mr.. Cutcheon, of Michigan, contended
that all pension legislation with the eX-
eeption of restoring to the rolls some of
those who had participated in rebellion
wars of republican origin, and quoted
from the record the votes In the house
On new pension legislation of
THE PAST FEW YEARS
10 show that the credit for this legisla-
ton belonged to the Republicans. This
closed what Mr.. Buchanan, OF New Jer::
sey, spoke of as the "electioneering
business of the day. and consideration
Of the bill was then resumed. Some
progress was made when Mr.. DOckery,
Of Missouri, brought in short tariff de.
bate by making a few remarks about
the surplus. This lasted but a few
moments, and pending further discus.
sion upon the deficiency bill, the com
mittee rose, and the house at 5 O'Clock
adjourned.