New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-14
DLSAGREEING o. PENSIONS.
THE SENATE AND H0USl TO LOCK HORNS
ON THE QUEIoN
THE UPPER HOUSE WANTS THE DEPENDENT
PENSION FEATURE, wHiE THE LOWER
HOUSE FAvORS THE ERvICE PEN
SION IDEA-MR. DAYS STATES
THE sENATEs POTION.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rInryE.

SION IDEA-Mh DAVS STAlES
THE sENATE's POTION.
ynY TELEGRAPH TO Tue rInuyE.
Washington May 10 (SpeciaD. The Senate and the
House Of Representatives abouto lock horns tho
nenson question II will be remerered that the SEN
ate over a month ago passed DEPENDENT Pension bill
drawn strictly on the lines Of the MEASURE vetoed by
Mr CLEVELAND when he Preslden. Various unsuc-
ccssfuI attempts made BY Mr.. Plumb and others
IN add features Of service pension haracer. but the
senate Committee defeated them all In the House
the clauses which Mr. Plumb had clanpioned were In
ornorated into the BILL the House voting to put
nv soldier who had reached the axe oisixy the pen
sion list. without regard TO dependGce or disaploS.
Numerous changes also MADE intie PROVISIONS VI
| the senate BILL including reduction Ok the moh"'S
minimum OF allowance from Sl2 10 and the measure
AS sent back to the Senate was pfacuaV suo'''e"0
undcr the name Of the Morrill, Pension DILL Inc oeh'
a.. cor,ni,tec took the reconstructed MEASURE under
onsidcraton on its return from the Hote ana ailer
careful review of the whole question aecldeu pS
unanimous vote to insist absolutely on tne eXciooh Vi
,he intorpoated clauses as to service PASSIONS anu
comnlete recurrence tho original DepNdent PENSION
bill. ,...-...,.., .unorncea
AT, onc,r.iop this morning and moved that the sen
~, .,,so m concur in the House amendments lhis
| 100. .e,raed Ia without division and Nssrs DAVIS
souvcr and Blodgett were appointed TO rprese"' ''
| senate on the Committee OF Conference.
w. novis alSo presented a carefully drwn report III
| bich the reasons for inconvenience we're sVaVc'
~ o,,ot ohiecton made in IL 10 the House bill is OF
course that that measure mixes loeeVnc' "e' ,
na nuarrantably the dependent pension IND services
-, ideas which are entirely distinct am independ-
r., md call for separate treatment Besdes,f service
orsion T. TO be given, the senate comnl'Va Is Vi INV
,inon that the provisions OF the present house Oii
/ are inadeauate and unsatisfactory D"V VIC iio''
! or,orees are likely 70 be as urgent 10 h'@h wv
w., n,,e,or feature as the Senate membes Of the
conference 10 discard 1t, the House commute peis
| apprchcnsivc OF the iaIulV Vi my A
! this session Of Congress.
| e.,., DavIs,s report on the reasons Tor as
agreement on the part Of the senate Is looked UPON d.
n highly important document, ana Al ''e rus
~ Senator sherman 10000 copies OF IL "eiV ""cIe"
nrnted The report says that tho senate Din p'ViueS
,a, IN. beneficiary must be dependent upon hisda'iy
labor or upon the contributions vi o''ie'' ho' ~.
hound Tor his support" while the House amendment
! Ito. r..ns,onable all persons who can orns uem'
,o, WITHIN its requirements, irrespective OF Welt
! ,acuntary means. The Senate BILL hkes the Id" Vi
! mansion AZ sl2 and the House bill al a. h'o''H'
Th senate bill makes provision for dependent parea
| uhich is omitted IN the House amendment 'ho
can.t. hill provides that disability shall not be Vie
csult of vicious habits this Is omitted IN the ho''c
! amendment The House also provides lot Ser're
! ,e,sior which the senate does not. In the oph'h
=, IN. senate committee the two measures are en.''vs
i-,cconcilable and In the commuters !uugmeh' 'in
House bill is wholly Inadequate
Tho >, mort SAWS that counting The Number oi us
abled soldiers in the soldiers homes ana eieeuo', '
Institutions there arc at least $1,000 disabled anu
.or,.,, Union soldiers recipients Of public charity
rhc rate Of si2 month approaches nearly tie ru''
! mum, of subsistence while "a month Undoubtedly
| falls far below IL. II 1t he deemed eApedieh' -
allow pension OF ss a month because pci,o" -
disabled, although he may be keFie,' rsos "n' why
suupor himself and family that Il no rcas"" "ns
eFi mill sLnulJ he t,kel, from dependent SOLDIER
os is done by the House bill. The House pro.l'.qS
DEMENT'S tvI Sos Who arr in absolute reed. 1t is The
opiuiOn Of the senate Committee that II II INC Nv :!
- hs Coz S,:oT to e' prSydc or the needs Of The
d,oblrd and dependent soldiers IN the moSe "U nn
manner possible The senate bill was ifsmeo rPoI
his ,he6ry The report then says that the serseS
pension is matter which shonld h4t pc n,otte
nr,r',s tho most careful consideration IN o,de'
tist Justice may be done both to the So!aler anu .
Estanes prepared by Captain AlnswOrth o. IN
Adintan Generals Office, show That the apPtHa.1 phi !"
teg ,No vc, As he a:e limit will be Il 152 o9532o
iron basis OF sixty years the cos COS, ON VII mnS
1852 100, $40 OF I'M, amount ~ and tn
average annual payment would Re til,2x3,.3 az
, npuu 90 an annual reduction OF sll74 o36, due {
~ 93 Of the pensioners who are already on tne roi.
At ~ ~ mon srrotcr than those OF the House Com
mttec but the senate Committee adopts u.eh a %,
causc thcy seem 10 be based on Vad reasVao' az,
ircause all experience has shown that pension es
! mates have heretofore invariably faIleh 100 ~
actu,l cost The committee does not nehG M s .I
Service pension would give satisfaction 10 ,g s .o
dl.rs Il is preferential and invldiois, ~, >. p I'm
! Tho man who served ninety days upon .'c sn III
fotnS Win him who served four wears SG con, o
The vouth when enlisted AT eighteen losing nun VI
nnr,i,ntv FOR education, aud who was osclarSeaS
Veteran al twenty three IA wait Twelve yea' III ~
nj, ,aim for recognition Will be ehtrta.h,N' a1,r
The committees opinion that Whenever u !, hn,,ld i
Vie - begin system of service pchSohs II rbo a
| AIM. for the benefit OF all LIVING soW'IS VIZ a.
honorabiy discharged and that me rae .n "a P'
| ",,n .hould be graded accoring To- length :. y
! orr,cc The estimates submitted 10 the comInteo
respecting the average tern, OF serV,c NH hSs,s IN
rigkt.ru 10 twenty tx months OF IN, O.sr, ~
onnuol charge would be ScS.t2- 40, tl' c'l'h'd'
| however heing largely conlec'ural. A., ,uor
act the committee state that the Se,st,an , 90 sn
Irtarinr estimates that il would require S-io ~
~, ,bc Claims allowed between the date the Ut
wa ~ Irritation went into effect and January !
,Sc. and sa55I s. 900 10 pay arrears on an chiul
| lin ncrdug These estimates de- not apply 10 'I'i"
! died since the beginning Of loo"