The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-24

under the bill would be about forty mil
lion dollars. He denied that the bill was a
service pension bill and asserted it was a
dis ability bill pure and simple.
German said ii the bill became law
there would be deficit of Sl00, 100000 in
1872 and even if it did not become law there
would be deficit of SAC, 000,00 He called
attention to what the Republican leader
Mr.. Blaine) 1.-The greatest leader that the
party had had in this..day and generation, u
mad said as to the extravaganza of the ap-
preparation and the unthoIghtful and I'M
wise legislation in the matter of revenue. He
compllmented Davis for the courage with
which he had stemmed the tide of dema-
gogues and claim agents and prevented re-
porting bill that would have cost $780,
600, 600 wear.
ingalls, advocated the conference report.
This was an obligation just as sacred as
that under which the soldiers were paid
and yet the Senate was asked to postpone
It; to higgle and haggle about it. For him
self, he was in favor of the removal of the
limitation in the act granting arrears of
pensions. He did not care whether it costs
500, 100000 or billion.
Vest spoke of the monstrous abuses that
had grown up under the pension system
and declared his belief that the pending
bill was being pressed for personal and
political motives. He asserted that the
pension list was unduly swollen in Indiana
because 1t was pivotal state and its vote
was necessary to elect a President, and he
prophesied that the people of the United
States would revolt against the pension
system and its abuses.
Turpie said he had not heard of any
charges in Indiana against the administra-
ton of the pension bureau, and he was not
prepared to say that political bias has any
thing to do with the granting or refusing
of pensions.
Hawley expressed the hope that the SOL
diers would not get the idea from what
had been said to day that the Senate was
favorable to the payment of Arrears of pen
sion or to an equalization of bounties or the
payment of the difference between paper
money and gold. He thought altogether
| too much was said about what the nation
owed the soldiers. The prominent feeling
in his state was that the needy soldier
should not suffer, but that nothing should
be wasted on a man who did not need a
| pension for support. The soldiers did not
want the money wasted; they wanted their
suffering comrades aided; they want the
glory of having fought for their country
| without respect to money consideration.
Finally the discussion closed and vote
was taken and the conference report
| agreed to, yeas, "a; nays, IS.
a conference was ordered on the fortifi
cation bill and Dawes, Plumb and German
appointed conferees on the part of the
Senate. After executive session, adjourned.
Senator ingalls, offered a resolution
| agreed toy instructing the committee on
privileges and elections to enquire as to the
date when, under the law and precedents
the salaries of the Senators from Montana,
Washington and North and South Dakota
began. The Senate resumed consideration
| of the agricultural college hill
Morrill, offered a substitute for various
amendments pending Saturday as to di-
vision of the fund between colored and
white schools.