The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-04-17
pHn PnAsIon auRhrIoN.


The pension episode In the House
Monday, has started the old soldier u
thinking, The Republican press Ii On
deayOrinR 10 obscure the real points OF
tho e0llihiOn, ana by violent attacks on
tho opponents OF gag law ~ befOg the
features OF the bill itself, This IL the
familiar device OF tho escaping Guttle
ihh Hut that tho matter may DO unr
deratOOd completely, We will present
from the Congressional Record tho 49,
marks OF Republican COngreahmen,
while Mr. Morrill, was trying 70 gag
their pension bills, First, MI, liOOth-
man OF tho Defiance dlatTlet had this
OOll0quyi
Nil CuTOnEoN, l only want TO know
II tho gentleman la opposed 10 any fea-
tuTe contained Ia this blllY
Nh, HOFFMAN, Yes, am,
Now, / Will state tho points OF 0bjee-
tiOn IN the bill First, 1 object 10 the
ago limitation OF sixty two years, And
Whyf Why Ia an age Limitation put
into pension bill NJ allY II IN tor one
OF two reaaOnh either 10 give the eOun-
try tlme 10 gather tho means 10 pay tho
pensions, or 10 eeOnOml2e NJ the eX-
penae OF the soldier who ia claiming the
pension,
Mn, PIoNLER Waiting for the sold
ler 70 die,
Mn BOOTlmAN, Hut what becomes
OF the soldiers who, under this bill, are
denied pensions, Rnd who cannot 20 on
tho rolls because OF disability, aud who
die before attaining the age Of sixty
tw0Y There ia the objection 10 the bill
! AN Ia favor Of the per diem rated bill,
which will give W every soldier, accord
Ing 70 his service, tho same rights % II
pensions aud | desired 10 sec that bill
introduced 40 an amendment 10 some
such measure aa this,
| object 10 putting of until the age
OF hlxty'tw0 tho granting Of pension
tho nation Ia now able 10 payi for we
arc able 20 pay all these reasonable dc,
manda, The pGr diem rated penai1n
would take no more money annually
out OF tho Treasury than viii this bin
now under consideration, ltWOuld give
70 man who served four years u pen
sion OF about ga or 6lb a month, while
10 Il man who served but ninety daya
OF year II would give NO oehta or
~ 0a u month aa the case might be,
Now, Dir, II II aeryloe-penalOn ia 10 DO
granted for services, II should be for
services rendered, and lot each man get
according 10 his service; but the pen,
sion by this bin IL put off until the age
OF alXty-twO shall Do reached, many OF
these men Will hh In their graves and
viii have received no pension, TO my
mind these arf tho objections 10 this
particular bill,
Next Mr., Allcn remarkedi
MIR, ALLEN, OF Michigan. Mr..
Speaker, Si00OOOOO In addition 10 the
sums now paid 70 tho soldiers 10 some
thing towards aiding them, 10 ia not
aa much 40 they deserve, but, II can
notgot more propose 10 take what
eau get, and IN doing 90 expect 10
live long enough 10 see II doubled by
another Congress 10 another time.
Mr., Bliss Of Michigan next caught
the eye OF the Speaker.
Mi BLiss-NOw II we cannot do
that ISeryice pension. Ed this Is q
step tOrward aud, aa was stated by the
gentleman from Michigan Mr. Clutch.
eonl, when we get this In the next Con-
gross or the next afterward we viii got
more, but my voice will not bo silent
until this 10 dore, | was In hope In.
stead OF u service pension being limited
10 aixty two years Of age the limitation
would be put NJ llity'two, ! would like
TO offer an amendment 10 that effect
but will not be able 10 do 80 under
Of the rules.
Mi, CuEApLE-Mr. Speaker ] want
the country 10 know that this aubsti-
tute removes the element of depend,
enoe from the Senate bill, and | want
the country 10 know that II removes II
NJ the expense Of reducing the pension
from Sl2 TO SS q month. / objected TO
the consideration of this bill, and one
of the reasons was because by elimina-
ting the word dependence II reduces |
the pension from Sl2 TO SS u month, |
Since applications for pension have |
been llled In the Department more than |
100000 of my comrades have died, and |
the widows OF only about 5000 have |
been granted pensions; 80 that nearly |
10000 widows OF soldiers who died with |
their claims pending have never been
ponal0ned nt all, aud this bill proposes |
10 give them SS instead Of Sl2 "a month,
Nowwe will quote but one Democrat;
Mr., MARTIN, of Indiana. Mr., Speaker
In some measure / feel now In the |
iam0 situation rs was expressed u few
minutes ago by the gentleman from
Ohio Mr.. Boothmanl 10 was my In.
entIOn TO offer an amendment TO this
)ill, by which u service pension of NJ
east SS u month should be granted TO
very honorably discharged Union
loldier who served for period Of sixty
lays or upwards In the war for the
Union, and In addition per diem for
he time actually served over eight
hundred days, and this was known to