The advocate., 1890-08-13
A CLEAR RING.
from tho Fort SoOtt Monitor.

ue Che following ctt0r from 5enatOr Ingalls,
WAsuINGT0N, ID. O., July n, l8aO.
MY DEAR SIR In reply 10 yours Oi the 7ih
Inst, would say chat am grateful fOr the AS
snrance Oi your confidence and approval While
Che pension Legislation s not an that ] wished,
nor all that the veterans had q right 10 expect,
stll 10 win he Of great benefit relieving the nc.
coesltIes Of not less than 3O0OOO comrades and
their dependent relatives and adding about 9iO,.
00OOOO 10 the annual appropriation. seylcepen-
slons and the act granting arrears are sure 10
come Campaigns are not often won In n single
battle and the war has Just begun. 30 long as
remain In public liie ! shall dedicate myself t0
the accomplishment Of these great acts Of mn
Lonal Justice. Very truly yours,
JOHN !, INGALLS,,
A bill providing for arrears Of pom
sions was introduced in the House OF
Representatives by the Hon. j. d.
Cummings, Of Winterset, Iowa, April
2, 1878, and passed that body on June
10Th following Senator Ingalls, was
then chairman Of the committee on
pensions in the United States Senate,
and of course the bill was committed
TO his tender mercies in that body
On January 1e, 1879, nearly seven
months after It's passage by the
House, and just prior TO the Kansas
senatorial election, Mr.. Ingalls, re-
ported the bill to the Senate and it
passed that body the same day by
vote of "A to A. Immediately after
the passage of this bill Mr. Ingalls,
left Washington to look after his in
terests in the Kansas Legislature. Sc
curing his reelection on the 3lst Of
January he Immediately returned to
the capital and resumed his seat on
the 7th of February.
On February II, 1879, Representa-
tive w. A. j. Sparks, of Illinois, in
trOduCed a bill in the House of Rep
resentatives making appropriations
for the payment Of arrears of pen
sions provided for by the recent act.
IL passed the House by vote Of l94
TO 81, and was sent 10 the Senate,
where on February ~ it was consid-
cred in committee Of the whole.
While the bill was under discussion
Senator Ingalls, introduced, among
other amendments, the following pro-
viso;
Provided the application for such pension has
been or Is hereafter filed with the commissioner
Of pensions pror 10 the nrst day Of January, $780,
otherwise the pension shall commence from the
date Of filing the application; but the Limitation
herein prescribed shall not apply 10 claims by or
In behalf of insane persons or children under
sixteen years Of age.
Mr.. Ingalls,, in his remarks upon
this subject, said:
The committee on pensions believe the arrears
Of pensions should not De pMd aTter the nrM OK
January 1880; that that would leave a sufficient
" long period since the termination Of the war
20 allow an claims properly reierable to the war
10 be adIudlcated without giving pensions back
To the date Of disability or discharge.
Hon. Samuel j. KirkwoOd proposed
this amendment to Senator Ingalls,
provisO:
Provided that application for such pension has
been or Is filed with the commissioner Of pensions
prior to the first day Of Jmlv, 1880.
Speaking in support of his amend,
ment Mr.. Kirkwood said
The purpose Of my amendment is very eyl-