Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-14
the worlds fair, submitted a report, which was
ordered printed and recommitted.

THE RULES AGAIN.
The consideration of the rules was then pro-
ceeded with.
Mr.. Bynum Qnd) offered an amendment
providing that when any bill for the increase of
pension or for granting pensions not formerly
provided for is pending it shall be in order to
offer an amendment providing by taxation for
the payment thereof.
Mr.. Thomas (wis.) opposed the amendment,
declaring that its object was to bury all pension
legislation in the House.
BELIEVES IN PENSION TAX.
Mr.. Spinola (N.Y.) controverted this propo-
sition and asserted that the democratic side of
the House would be found true as steel to the
real interests of the veterans of the country,
but believed that tax should be placed espe-
cially for the purpose Of paying pensions.
Mr.. Allen { Mich was glad that this helm
Gus amendment sprang from the brain of .
gentleman trained in Indiana politics, belong
ing to that class of men who were peace men
In war and war men in peace. This PROPOSE
tion disguised as it might be) was intended to
thwart any attempt to alleviate the condition
OF soldiers by any further pension legislation.
MIR. Clements Ca in supporting the amend
ment expressed his belief that the soldiers did
not demand extravaganza in the granting of
pensions.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) said that the veteran
soldiers of the country understood that the
pending amendment was the most thoroughly
antagonistic and hostile proposition ever
made on the floor of the House.
1t had first been made by the gentleman
gentleman now? To gentlemen on the other
side he would say that they would
have to 60 on record on this amend
ment, and if they voted for it the
trumpet of the political Gabriel would never
CALL THEM TO JUDGMENT AGAIN.
Mr.. Bynum inquired why the republicans had
not put the democrats on record two years ago
on this very proposition, instead of ilibuster-
ing against vote.
Mr.. Grosvenor replied that there had been no
other way to defeat the bitter hospitality shown
to the soldiers of the country. When hostility
to the old veterans was rife filibustering was
patriotism. Applause on republican side. ]
The soldiers understood this proposition,
and he proclaimed that there would be at
tached to no set of rules a more deadly piece
of parliamentary mechanism to destroy the
rights of the soldiers
THE SOLDIERS EYES.
Mr.. Bynum said that gentlemen could not
pull wool over the eyes of the soldiers So far
as his record had been made in this
House he had been in favor
OF every pension measure that had been
reported to the House from a committee, and
he was ready to vote for every such measure.
But he proposed that there should be
money in the treasury to pay the
pensioners. He did not propose that
the river and harbor bill, the
French spoliation bill and the direct tax bill
should take the money out of the treasury,
and that members should go home and say to
the veterans that there was no money
to pay the pensions Of soldiers. He
proposed to say that there was money that
could not be used for any purpose but the pay
ment of pensions.
Mr.. Bynum's amendment was rejected-yeas
Sc, nays 164