St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-06
congressman Get by the Ears
Over the Pension Def
cheney Bill.
Much Talk and Little Voting
Finally Passes the Meas
upe.
Five Thousand Stand OF Arms
Ordered to Five
States.
Senator Gray Stamps the
Feathers Out OF Lodges
Bill.

MT. MorrOW, OF California, the house
went into committee of the whole, Mr..
Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair, on
the pension appropriation bill. Mr..
Cultivate, of Ohio, said that. in the de-
bate yesterday, charges had been made
against the commissioner of pensions.
which. if sustained brought that officer
very near to an impeacnable Offense.
He criticized the conduct of the commits
Sioner in abandoning his post for the
purpose of effecting an honest (sarcasti-
callyl election in the district of the gen
tleman from Indiana Mr. Cooper.
Mr.. Cutcheon suggested that Commits
sloner Black had taken part in con-
gressional elections.
Raum's Fix.
Mr.. Outhwaite replied that If Mr..
Black had done things as Commissioner
Raum had done he should have been
brought to justice for 1t. He then pro-
ceeded to reproach the Republican
house with Sinking its duty. arguing
that the pending bill would show de-
ficlency of at least $50, ,S34, 900.
Mr.. Dockery, OF Missouri, said that a
few months ago he had stood on this
floor and declared that the Republicans
OF the house were refusing, for party
purposes, to appropriate within S45, ,0Uu,-
COO or the amount which would be re-
CURED for pensions under existing law.
This declaration had been almost SUBJ
stantlated by the fact the commissioner
now came in asking for deficiency of
S34, SOC, 900.
Pensions Increasing.
Mr.. Breekinridge, of Kentucky, said
hlf hn f,1l 5%S
seven years there would be a million
pensioners on the roll who would be
paid s170,0OO000 annually. The first
necessity was to meet the question
frankly by adequate appropriations, the
second was to raise committee to in
ve5tigate the bureau thoroughly. to
have the list revised and to strike off
unworthy pensioners. the third was to
transfer the bureau to the, war depart
ment and take it out of the domain of
politics. This was not question as to
whether the present commissioner had
taken part IN the election in Indiana. or
whether the former commissioner had
been guilty. of the charges
charges which gentlemen could
throw at each across the center
aisle, but when gentlemen came to act
as legislators these charges ought to
disappear from their consideration.
Here were the people staggel .lg under
the burdens that had so distressed them
that they were seeking new alliances.
Let congress meet this matter frankly.
The people could not be fooled.
Mr. Peters, of Kansas.
made an exhaustive argument TO show
that the appropriation carried by the
bill was amply sufficient to pay all the
pensions which would be granted dur
ing the ensuing year. He charged the
Democratic party with hypocrisy in it's
treatment OF the soldier. The Demo-
cratic party was endeaYoring to en-
brace the Farmers Alliance movement.
party in Kansas had run against
it and had been overthrown,
1t had received black eye.
But the time was coming when the cy-
clone would strike Democratic states.
1t was now being intrenched in Texas
and Missouri. and in 1892 gentlemen
who were relying upon the Alliance
hosts would find that their hosts had
disappeared, as the Republican major
ity had disappeared in Kansas. The
Republican party would revive, because
Truth crushed to earth would rise
again." He wanted the Fifty-second
j..
the free coinage bill and the service
pension bill; and. unless his Democratic
friends would do all that. they would
find that the Farmers Alliance would
sweep over them aud wipe them from
the face of the earth.
Where Is Truths
Mr.. Spinola, of New York. referring
to Mr.. Peters quotation of truth
crushed to earth shall rise again." in
Quired what had become of the false
hood which had been crushed to earth
in November last. During the last ses-
sion he had called attention to the
rumbling of thunder, and had advised
his Republican friends to put their
ears to the earth. His friend from
Kansas (Mr. Peters, had put his ear to
the ground, and having heard the
rumbling, had got out of the way. The
gentleman nominated by the Repub-
licans wore silk socks, but the bare
legged man running against him had
been elected by 10000 majority.
BIggs VIII Bet,
Mr.. Biggs. of California. said that
when his colleague (Mr Morrow stated
that there would be no deficiency, he
stated what he knew was not true, and
in order to back his judgment he (Mr,
Biggs) would bet $1,000 to 500.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois. offered an
amendment increasing to s15O, 600. 600
the appropriation for the payment of
pensions. There was no excuse, he
held, for the Republican house to make
inadequate appropriations aud to throw
the deficiency on the Democratic house.
Mr.. Springer's amendment was lost
Go to 129. After further debate the
committee rose. the bill was passed and
the house adjourned.
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