Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-29
PUBLIC PENSIONS.
Calls Proposition Agreed
to by the Senate.
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
Objections to Allowing the Fear
of Veto Influence in the
Framing of Bills.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.


WASHINGTON, February 2S.-Among
the bills placed on the Senate calen-
dar to-day was the following: Pro-
viding for the investment Of certain
funds in the treasury with an amend
ment striking out the provision to al
low National Banks to issue circula-
tion to the amount OF their bonds de-
posted.
The resolution offered last week by
Hoar to continue the investigation in.
to certain events, alleged to have
taken place in Texas, in the petition
of Stephen Hackeworth and others,
was also placed on the calendar.
A bill for the purchase OF site and
the erection of government building
in New Orleans, not to exceed in cost
5000, 900, passed.
THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS
We're made: f. N. Lacombe, ad-
ditional circuit Judge for the second
judicial district of the U. S., and Com
modore Bancroft Gherard to be Rear
Admiral also a long list Of promo
tions in the naval service.
A WARM DEBATE.
Calls amendment making the bill
granting pensions to ex-soldiers and
sailors incapactiated for manual labor
apply to those also who served in the
wars of Mexico for thirty days and in
any Indian wars was agreed to.
A long political discussion fol-
lowed.
Senator Plumb said that the bill
did not have the endorsement of the
Grand Army Of the. Republic, and
asked Senator Faulkner of West Vir-
ginia, if he believed that the Presi-
dent would veto the bill.
Presiding Officer Ingalls, here in
terfered, holding that the question
was breach of the code.
Senator Teller protested against the
Senate of the United States being
threatened with executive veto. He
had never heard of such thing be-
fore in the Senate and hoped he
would not again. 1t seemed to him
to be great degradation for Senator
to say that he proposed to be gov
erned in his vote by what the execu-
tive thought or wanted. The Presi-
dent was coordinate branch OF the
Government, but not the legislative
department OF the Government.
Senator Blackburn deprecated any
violation of the rule prohibiting a
Senator or Representative from seek
ing the influence OF legislation by ref
erence to the presumed course OF the
executive. He had heard that the
rule was violated by Senators Davis,
Manderson and Blair. These Sena-
tors all said that the bill had to be
framed and fashioned to avoid veto
message at the hands of the execu-
tive. He did not know what author
ity they had for the statement but he
did know that there was but one polit-
ical organization in the country which
was in perfect working order. 1t was
not the Democratic party nor the Re-
publican party. 1t was the Grand
Army of the Republic which present
ed the only efficiently organized system
OIl LIic COutlAcHt tO-udy. 4HO CCua
tor from Nebraska was to be accepted
as an authority as regards the bill but
this demand was sent to Congress by
a perfectly systematized political
agency. that proposed to remove the
trouble that environed both houses /;
to do away with the revenue
bills and tariff revesions and
abolition on internal revenues and
to dispose OF the treasury surplus.
Such bills as this, was the only pracfi-
cal solution to be offered by the Re-
publican party for the financial difficult
ties in which the country is involved.
After some remarks by Henderson
and Blair, Blackburn went on to say
that it was not to be wondered at if
those Senators in their zeal sought to
warn the SUPERFICIAL Of the land
against the disloyal policy of the loyal
Executive. If they mean to dispose
OF the surplus in the Treasury in that
way and no other, they should be
frank enough to face the issue and 60
to the country upon it.
After further debate by Teller, Hoar
and others the bill went over without
action, and after an executive session
the Senate adjourned.