Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-11-01
THE RECORD OF THE PARTIES ON PEN
cIONS-

tempting ~ prove II as Vae spFelat hlehi I
OF the soldiers, va give orr resdtrs the I
following extract from a recent debate
in Congress. which gives 4 concise his
to.y Of pension legislation. aad shows
conelusivcly that not single pension
law has become 50 BY the vote Of Dem
ocrats.
The house having un Ter colsidsra
ton pension legislation.
Gen. Cutcheon (Mich.) responded
with great vigor to Mckinney Ieraesd
ed the history OF pension legislation with
relation to the two poiitica parties
down 10 March 4, 1874. It was admitted
that pension bills were put through by
the Republicans because the Democrats
were not in power in either branch OF
Congress. Taking up the important
pension bills SINCE, he showed the party
vote in each as follows Repeal OF ar
rears of limitation, 46th Congress, DEM
ocrats for 4S, Democrats AZ inst 81;
Republicans for ll6, r publieaas
against none. Mexic IN pension bul
with Senate amendments, Ash Con
gress, first session, d IN )erats for 30,
against ST; Republicans tor 81, against
none NJ xicln pension bill with SEN
ate amendments, 18th Congress. second
session, Democrats for 81, against 81;
Republicans for y, against / Widows
increase bill, 49ih Congress. Democrats
for 50, againel 66; Republicans for ll8
against none. Dependent pension bill
Ohe Grand Army bitD, 10Th Congress.
Democrats for Co. against Is; RepabG-
cans for III against none. The vote to
pass the same bill over the Presidents
veto (requring two-hirds) was Demo-
crets for 81, against 1856 Republicans
for 1873, against none.
Continuing, Gen Cutcheon pointed
out that net one Of these bills could
have passed upon ths Democratic vote
Taking up the increase in i5sfo OF
pension certificates il the last three
years, as sloan by Col Matsan and Mr.
Mckinney, Gen. Caicbean showed taat
most Of this excess was due mercy 10
the mechanical Withdrawing Of one
certificate and the issue OF another 10
conform u new rating Is a5lishel by
the new legislation known as the
widows increase bin, tie widows
arrears ACT.
Gen. Cucheon then tool, up HE veto
question. lie slowed that Grant,
Hayes aud Arthur had Disappeared bat
one pension bill in 533, wh.ls Clcy Gland
disapprnved almost one in three. II
had vetoed III and allowed l57 70 be-
come laws without signature. II was
claimed that he had also signed more
than any other president: but that was
nothing to lis credit. iIe had nothing
TO do with The number Of bills Congress
might pass and send to him All thar
Indicated anything was the PR portion
he approved It's unfrjenlly feeling
for the Union solder WAS shown in the
language Of his yetoes
ONE or THE yEToEs.
One OF the occasions when the PreS-
dent turned all the srigots of his bottled
up hatred OF veterans was in vgtoing
the bin granting a pension to John w
Ferris. In the course of his derogatory
remarks he made use of the following
extraordinary language.
The ingenuity developed in the constant and
persistent nttacls upon the public Treasurer by
those claiming pensions, andi the increase 81
those already granted is exhibited in bold relief
BY this attempt to include sore eyes among the
results Of dlaTfhea.
This was time when the President
put his foot in it very deeply. There
was small tempest Of Indignation
among Comrade Ferris's friends. who
happen to be quite influential people in
Missouri. Instead If his being shirk
and deadbeat. as this President had
seemed to imply, he was one Of the best
soldiers sent ont by Missouri. He
served over four years in one Of the
frs. regiments raised in the State, and
his record was iirst-class. He was
locally prominent Democratic politician
member of the Missouri Senate, and
stanch supporter of Senator Vest
What was still more to the point, the
best oculists in St. Louis declared that
his defective vision was clearly due to
the irritation and debility produced BY
long standing and incurable diarrhea.
These developments bad q depressing
effect on the President for a few days,
but he soon recovered himself and went
on With his yetoing as pert and malig-
nant rs ever.
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