St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-08
PARTISAN FAUX PAS.
Reed & Co. Attempt to Pass the
Dependent Pension Bill and

Reed u 20. Attempt to Pass the
Dependent Pension Bill and
Fail.
WASHINGTON, April I'm the house
to-day Mr.. Morrill,, OF Kansas, moved to
suspend the rules and pass with sub
stitute) the senate bill granting pensions
to soldiers and sailors who are incapaci-
tated from the performance of labor.
and providing for pensions to widows.
minor children and dependent parents.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, demanded
second and the motion was seconded,
12S to 81. Mr.. Morrill, briefly explained
that the substitute represented service
pension of IS month to soldiers who
have reached the age of sixty-two years
or who are dependent. 1t is esti-
mated that the senate bill wOnld require
and the house substitute would require
S39,O0O,O 900 annually. Mr.. Boothman, of
Ohio, protested against bringing a bill
of this proportion and forcing its pass
age without any member having the
right to offer amendments. Mr.. Spring
er entered the same objection. The
soldiers were not asking for this meas
ure. he said. They wanted service
pension bill. If this bill passed, con-
gress would have no opportunity to pass
a service pension bill. Mr.. Tarsney, of
Missouri, said the soldiers were tired
of indiScriminate legislation, which
places
The Skulking Coward
on level with the brave man. Mr..
Martin, of Indiana, suggested that the
bill was called up to-day in order to pre-
vent the offering of amendments in be-
half of the soldiers. He would vote for
the motion reluctantly, because he be-
lieved thatit was breaking of the prom
ises made to the soldiers of the country.
Mr.. Yoder, of Ohio, said on Friday he
had sent request to the speaker ask
ing FOR recognition to-day in order to
put on its passage, after four hours de-
bate, the service pension bill. He had,
response to that request in this star
chamber proceeding to-day. The Re-
publicans might gag the house, but
they could not gag the soldiers of the
country. MI. Cutcheon, of Michigan,
ridiculed Democrats for posing as
friends of the soldier, and said that
every general pension law had been en-
acted against the opposition of the
Democrats. Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois.
said that the pending bill would place
100000 names of soldiers on the pension
rolls, and he submitted that no friend
of the soldier could refuse to vote for it,
even though it did not go as far as he
would like to see it go. After further
debate the motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill was lost, yeas 1863, nays
81, not the necessary two thirds in the
affirmative. Following is the vote in
detail:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Allen (lich.), An
derson (Miss,l J. Atkinson (Pa. }, Atkinson CIV.
Va.), Baker, Banks. Bartine. Barwlg, Bayne,
Belden. Belknap, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss,
Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden. Brewer.
Brickner, Brookshire, Brosius, j. B.
Brown, Buchanan On; -, Burrows,
sp aasa Bycca oam eafte ohe cas
well, Cheadie, Chapman, Clancy Clark.
Cogswell, Coleman. Comstock, Conger Con-
neil, Cooper Qndl, Cooper (O.), Covert,
Craig. Culbertson lPa), Cummings, Clutch
Dorsey, Dunnell, Dunphy,. Ewart, Farquhar,
Featherstone, Finley, Flick, Flower. Fowler
Hansbrough, =, Harmer, Haugen, Haynes
Hill, Hit, Holman. Hopkins, Houk, Kelly,
Kerr Qo.). Kerr Pa.), Ketcham. Lacey,
Lafollette. Laidlaw, Lane, Lansing, Laws
Lind, Lodge, Manner, Maisch, Martin Qnd.),
McKenna, Mckinley, Milliken Moffitt, Morey
Morrill,, Morrow, Morse, Mudd, Niedringhaus
Mute, O'Neill (Pa.), Osbornes, Owens (O.),
Parrett, Payne, Paynter, Payson, Perkins,
Peters, Picker. Post Price, Pugsley. Quack-
enbush Randall (Mass.), Reed Go), Rey-
yer, Scranton, sculi. seney, Sherman. shive-
ly, Simonds. Smith Qll.), Smith CW. Va.),
Smyser, Snider Stahlnecker, Stewart (Vt.),
Stivers, Stockbridge, Struble, Stump, Sweeney,
son. Townsend Ool), Turner (Kan), Van
dever Van Schaick, Wade, Walker (Mass.),
Wallace (N.Y), Watson, Wheeler (Mich.),
Wickham, Wiley, Wilcox. Williams QlL),