The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
THE NATIONS DEFENDERS.
ingalls, Urges Generous Treatment of the
Veterans mt Any Cost.

ingalls, Urges Generous Treatment Of the
Veterans mt Any Cost.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-lngalls offered
a resolution lagreed tol instructing the
committee on privileges and elections to
inquire as To the date when under the law
and prccedents the salaries of the SEN
ator from Montana, Washington and
North and South Dakota began.
The senate resumed the consideration
of the agricultural college aid bill. Morrill,
offered substitute for various amend
mcnts pending Saturday a. 10 the division
of the fund between the colored and white
schools.
The practical effect of |, would be, Berry
said, TO put No per cent of the union
soldiers ON the pension roll. IL would
mean S2NO,000OO, and the cry would still
be for more, And yet no Northern sena-
tor. or representative, dared stand up in
opposition to the pension bill. Northern
democrats and northern republicans con.
tended with each other as to which would
90 farthest to satisfy these demands. II
any Southern senator. or representative,
dared to oppose the pension bill he was
| told on one side that he would injure the
| party, and on the other,he was denounced
as traitor who had no right TO announce
any opinion on the subject Of pensions.
German also opposed the conference
report. The expenditure ga lB under q.
and this added 10 100000 under the
existing law would leave the treasury
bankrupt i'm 1891.
Davis, chairman OF the committee, said
Berry had been constant opponent OF
pension legislation for the benefit of
| Union soldiers, and what he said to-day
other occasions. Davis denied the cor
rectness of Gorman's figures and said the
| expenditures under tire bill would be
| about SiO,OOOOO0. He deriied that this bill
was n service pension bill and asserted /,
was n disability bill. pure and simple.
German said il the bill became law there
| would be "a deficit OF $l00,OOO,UO I'm 1892
and even IL it did not become law there
would be a deficit of S40,OOO,0O0. lie
| called attention TO what the republican
leader, Mr.. Blaine, the greatest leader
that party had had in his day and genera
ton, had said as to the extravaganza OF
the appropriations, and unthoughtful and
unwise legislation in the matter of reve
nue.. He complimented Davis for the
courage with which be had stemmed tn,
tide of demagogues and claim ugents, ,ant
prevented reportinga bill that would have
cost Sl5000O,U0O year more. Ingalls, al
yocated the conference report. This wa,
an obligation just as sacred as that unde
which the soldier was paid. and yet TIN
senate was asked TO postpone IL To higgl'
and haggle about il. For himself he wa
In favor of the removal of the Limitation
| in the act granting arrears in pensions
He did not care whether il cost sl00,OJO,O
or n billion.
Vest spoke of the monstrous abuse
that had grown up under the pension sys
TEN and declared his belief that the pend
ing hill was being pressed for PERSONA
and political motives. He asserted tha
the pension list had been unduly swolle
IN Indiana because IL was a pivotal stat
and its vote was necessary 10 elect th
president and he prophesied that the pc,
pIe of the United States would revo