Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-01
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THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION. A Philadelphia Bank Closes It's Doors.
 THE FIFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS. Passage of the Bill for the CIassiaca- tion of Worsted Cloths as Woolen CIoths-The Senate Service Pension BiIl With the Merrill Substitute Passed in the House-Text Of the Blll.
 WARRINGTON, April 30.-The house pro- ceeded to vote upon the passage of the bill for the classification of worsted cloths as woolen cloths.
 The bill was passed-yeas 138, nays 0, the speaker counting quorum.
 The text of the bill is as follows: "That the secretary of the treasury be and he here- by is authorized and directed to classify as woolen cloths all imports of worsted cloths, whether known under the name of worsted cloth or under the names of worsteds, or di- agonals, or otherwise"
 Mir. Mckinley of Ohio, from the committee on rules, reported a provision providing for the immediate consideration of the senate service pension bill to which the Morrill, ser- vice pension bill may be ordered as substi. | ute, the previous question to be considered as ordered at o'clock.
 Mir. Carlisle of Kentucky protested against the adoption of resolutions of this character, which took away from the committee of the l whole the right to consider money bills and forced the house to vote upon them after brief debate. It was estimated that the Morrill, bill involved an expenditure of $4O,- O0O. .OOO, and the senate bill an expenditure of $37, ,O0O, ,O0O. One of these bills it was proposed to pass after three hours debate. It was not fair to the members of the house; 1t was not fair to the taxpayers of the country. Pension estimates to say that the expenditure under the senate bill would amount to $45, ,000, 900 and under the house bill to $50, ,00O, 900. There was no reason that they should not be considered under the rules of the house. What was the reason of this proceedinga Was it because | not, for if they were meritorious bills the more discussion there was the more their merit would appear. Was it because they feared the amendments which gentlemen supposed the soldiers of the country de- sired9 He imagined that this was the real cause. While he would not vote for either bill, he did not see any substantial reason why they ml sho1ld not be considered in the usual way. The Oklahoma
 bill had been taken out of the committee of the whole with the previous question ordered upon it. The same had been true of the great court bill. If this was not confession
 that the new code of rules had failed to faoil- itate the business of the house he did not
 understand it's meaning. Applause on Dem
 ocratic eide.
 Mr. Mckinley argued that the resolution
 was justified under the present code of rules.
 Not only this but it was justified by the pre-
 cedents get by the house over which the gens
 tleman from Kentucky (Mr. Carlisle) pre-
 sided. The republicans wanted to do the
 public business of the country. What the
 country wanted was results and not
 speeches. [Applause on republican eide. ]
 The resolution was adopted and MT. Morrill,
 of Kansas took the floor in explanation and
 support of his bill. This act of justice, he
 said, had been too long postponed. If the
 government were to grant 8 service pension
 1t should grant it without delay. The total : number of persons put upon the pension roll under the provisions of this bill was esti' mated at 40, 900 at an annual cost of $39,- 629, ,000. The object of the bill was to render aid to every soldier over 62 yeari of age, to every disabled soldier without !, regard to age and to widows of deceased
 soldiers who needed assistance. Although
 the government had not been niggardly te
 the old soldiers, 1t had not been extravagant His old comrades were as loyal and true te the government today as when they Jeff r their homes and 6resides and went to battl'
 for their country, and those who were sue cessful and surrounded by the comforts O. l life and health would forego any clain ' against the government until their unfortu . nate comrades were kindly cared for. : Nr. Yoder of Ohio spoke in favor of th 3 per diem pension bill asked for by the UnioI . . Veterans' association, the G. A. R. and tn
 Kansas and Indiana Service Penaion associ.
 ation. Whatever opposition the minorit,
 offered to the pending so-oalled service pen
 sion bill was not an opposition to pensiol
 legislation. The minority opposed the bill
 not because 1t paid pensions, but because 1
 the republicans with not being true to thei
 promises to the soldier. For i've month
 congress had been in session and the hous
 had considered no pension legislAtion save
 few minor bills. Now the majority cam
 forward with c so-called service pension
 bill, which might be better entitled bill
 "providiug pensions to soldiers after the
 become paupers before they die." If h
 could not get the per diem bill he would vot
 for the pending measure. but he would vot = l under protest.
 MT. Martin of Indiana held the san,
 views and spoke in support of a per dieE 2 pension and an arrears limitation repeal bill a He asked leave to offer the Grand Army bt
 as substitute for the Morrill, bill, but Hl D Kerr of Iowa objected.
 MT. Tarsney of Missouri opposed the bi n because 1t made no discrimination betwee ', the soldiers who served three months an '' the soldiers who served three years. d MT. Spinola of Now York criticised th ing $42 ,000, ,000 with but three hours debat ' and no opportunity to the minority to offe amendments. He attributed 1t to cowardics q 2 It was 0 betrayal of the veterans of th n country by the republican party. It was
 cunning device of the majority to prever n members of the minority from oferin m amendments for the benefit of the soldiers. y MT. Sawyer of New York arraigned tt .. democratic party for opposing pension legi' ,n lation.
 " MT. Reilly of Pennsylvania, MT. Kerr ( h. Iowa, and J. D. Taylor of Ohio advocate Ee the bill, Mir. Grosvenor of Ohio said thu h. under this bill the pension expenditure woul 6. be increased to $100, 100000 annually or 10 per cent. of the gross increase ot the goverl ment. After an extended debate in whic of Messrs. Springer of Illinois, Turner ar ,.. Perkins of Kansas, and Cutohson of Mich '' gan participated, the bill was ordered to
 vote. An amendment of Mir. Yoder provi' . ing for per diam pension was ruled out (
 point of order. The caucus amendment r G ducing the age limitation from sixty-tv v years was agreed to. The Morrill, bill VI
 then passed as a substitute for the sena
 bill-yeas 18S, nays 7l. :.
 MT. Yoder moved to recommit the bi
 with instructions to report back per die as pension bill. This was lost-yeas 4S, na 'g 161.
 '.' The senate bill as amended by the subst 's tute was then passed-yeas 178, nays Oc, Loud applause.
 The bill authorizes the secretary of the nd terior to place on the pension roll the mar on of any officer or enlisted man of sixty yes
 or over, or who shall hereafter reach th m age, who served ninety days or more in t