The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-01
REPUBLICANS RUN RIOT.
THE WORSrED AND SERVICE PEN
SION BILLS PASSED.

The Democrats Refrain from Voting
on the Tariff Measure-Mr Carlisle
Makes a Strong Protest Against the
Cannon-Ban Method OF Rushing
Through the Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-After the read
ing Of the journal this morning. the House
proceeded to vote upon the passage of the
bill for the classification of worsted cloths
as woolen cloths The bill was passed by a
vote of 13S yeas to nays, the speaker
counting quorum. Tbs text of the bill is
as follows:
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby authorized and directed to classify as
woolen cloths all imports OF worsted cloths
whether known under the name of worssed
cloth or under the names of worsteds, or dag
onals, or otherwise.
THE PENSION BILL
Mr.. Mckinley, from the committee on
rules, reported a resolution providing for
the immediate consideration of the Senate
service pension bill, TO which the Morrill,
service pension bill may be added as a sub
stitute, the previous question to be consid-
cred as ordered at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Carlisle of Kentucky protested
against the adoption of resolutions of this
character, which took away from COM
mittee OF the whole the right to consider
many bills, and forced the House to vote
upon them after brief debate.
THE EXPENDITURE INVOLVED.
1t was estimated that the Morrill, bill in
volved an expenditure of $40, ,000, 900 and
the Senate bill an expenditure OF S37, 900, 000
One of these bills it was proposed to pass
after three hours debate. 1t was unfair to
the members Of the house. 1t was not fair
to the taxpayers Of the country. The pen
sion estimates were never large enough, and
he undertook to say that the expenditure
under the Senate bill would amount to
$45, 100000 and under the house bill to
$50, 100000
NO GOOD REASON PRESENTED.
There was no reason that they should not
be considered under the rules of the House.
What was the reason for this proceeding!
Was it because the gentlemen feared discus
sion? He imagined not, for if they were
meritorious bills, the more discussion there
was the more their merit would appear
Was it because they feared amendments,
which the gentlemen supposed the soldiers
of the country desreds He imagined that
this was the real cause. While he would
vote for either bill he did not SEQ any sub
stantial reason why they should not be con-
sidered in the usual way.
Idh OhGAaOMA BILL.
The Oklahoma bill had been taken out Of
committee of the whole with the previ-
GUS question ordered upon it, The same
had been true of the great court bill If
this was not a confession that the new code
of rules had failed to facilitate the business
Of the House, he did not understand its
meaning. [Applause on the democratic side. ]
From this time on he would protest
against this system and insist upon the
| rights of the members on both sides to have
| opportunity for discussion and amendment,
which every Just code of rules must secure
| Mr.. Mckinley argued that the resolution
was justified under the present code of
rules; not only this, but it was justified
| by precedents by the House over
which the gentleman from Ken
lucky (Mr. Carlisle) presided. The re-
| publicans wanted to do the public
business of the country. Talk about con-
sidering measures-the democrats considered
and did nothing, the republicans considered
and did something. What the country
| wanted was results and not speeches.
| [Applause on the republican side.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The resolution was adopted, and Mr..
Morrill, of Kansas took the floor in explana-
ton and support of his bill. This act of
lubtLCc, uo othAO. ld0 DOOA wv kOuk PObb-
poned. If the government were
to grant service pension it
should grant it without delay.
The total number of persons put upon the
pension roll under the provisions of the
bill was estimated at 440, 900. at an annual
cost of S39, ,629, 900. The object of the bill
was to render aid to every soldier over 62
years of age, to every disabled soldier with
out regard to age and to the widows Of de-
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Mr.. Tarsney of Missouri opposed the bill
because it made no discrimination between
a soldier who served three months and a
soldier who served three years; because it
made no distinction between disability
arising from service in the army and dis
ability resulting from vicious conduct of
the person to whom the pension was
granted. The pending bill ought not to go
into history as the Morrill, bill, but under
the appellation of the immoral bill.
A CANNON BALL SCHEME.
Mr.. Spinola criticised the majority for
rushing through bill involving $42, ,000, 900
with but three hours debate and no oppor-
tunity to the minority to offer amend
ments. He attributed it to cowardice. 1t
was betrayal of the veterans of the coun-
try by the republican party. 1t was a cum
ming device Of the majority to prevent the
members of the minority from offering
amendments for the benefit Of the soldiers.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio said that this bill
added to the prisoner-of-war bill, and when
it was passed would add 100000 names to
the pension roll, and would make that roll
| $4,000. The total expenditure for pen
sions would reach $3.50, ,000, 900 per annum
| This gross sum amounted to nearly 43 per
cent. of the gross income Of the govern
ment. 1t did not do all he wished, but it
resulted in muniicent generosity such as
the world had never before witnessed, and
| exceeding that Of all civilized nations COM
| bined.
DOWN TO VOTE.
The debate having ended, the amendment
| agreed to in caucus) was adopted to the
| Morrill, bill reducing the age from 62 to 60
| years of age.
The Morrill, bill was agreed to as a substi-
tute for the Senate bill, the vote being
Yeas 1S3, nays II.
| Mr.. Yoder moved to recommit the bill
with instructions to the committee on in
valid pensions to report blck per diem
pension BILL The motion to recommit was
| lost by vote of 4S yeas TO 16l nays. The
| Senate bill, as amended by the substitute,
was then passed, the vote being: Yeas 179,
nays 70. loud applausel.
EFFECTS OF THE BILL.
| The bill authorizes the Secretary of the
| Interior to place on the pension roll the
| name of any officer or enlisted man of 60
| years Of age or over, or who shall hereafter