New-York tribune., 1891-02-06
MONEY FOR PENSIONS.
TIE APPROPRIATION BILL PASSES THE
SENATE.
1T CARRIES TOTAL or ABOUT s1S5oVoooo-
PENSION ATTORNEYS FEES REGULATED
Mr.. STEW Art WITuDRAWS HIS
FREE COINAGE RIDER
fpY I:LEGRAPu TO THE TABuSB.'

Washington Feb 5.-Tlc Pension Appropriation Dill
oassed the senate this afternoon after few hours OF
discnssen ana without serious opposition OF any SORT
-, stewart w!o.c announcements in regard 10 legis-
,sion can never be taken with lnnch scIlonSness' ~
cilcd TO withdraw his proposed ficc-ccnag' " rider
on tho bill and it did not get through his own com
,,i,too t,ot ON Mine, and Mininc-tO w:ch he had II
r,otcse.oly referred The bll arpDp?iates ioF pen
q ~ gi33l7gos5: for fec, ard expenses oi cAalhl
ing surs,ons ~ 600 FOR salaries 4 pens on ascU'
So 600: and for clerical services. Siooooo. MI Al
u.oo tie chairman Of the Committee on AppopFia-
fam, said That this tctal Of &135,o00c00 might fall
.,o,4 hv 5000 600 or $6,o0O,Co0 OF the actual eH
r,n.es for pensions during the neAt year but he dd
10. q: the worst, expect deficiency any larger 'hah
that; !, l.,
Mr. Stewart's announcement yesterday OF MS III
ten,,on 10 offer the FrecCOnagc bill OF last month as
or amendment to the Pension bill carsed needless
alarm apimrcntN in some quartes| Wh2Ic NY
stowaris legislative capacity Is not fully uhueS'oou'
Tho free coinage amendment wa' introduced ia'heT
unostcnatiousIy and, without any5odys notcns wAa'
wa, being done with II, was referred, al Tue NeV"da
SENATOR'S request to his own Committee on Mines and
Mining. The other Republicans on this committee are
,,sers Jones. Of Nevada: Teller, Mitchell and Moody,
on f.cdc1 free coinage men, but Mr.. Moody, VINO Is
absent The four Democrats on 1t are hoS'fs. baoe'
Faulkner Hearst and Call-all OF thcin slahch sup
po,ters Of any radical silver legislation Ihs COM
rit,c however. by all ordinary practice would haVo
'''''S~'
Finance Committee which has jurisdiction over it-the
comritteo on Mines and Mining has nothing What
ovcr IN do with general financial legislation. Mr..
stcwart's friends conscious OF this ana ty pf
IDENTITY decided let his committee Try to ac' upon
tbo rider Finally they insisted on his dropping the
whole scheme for the present. His plan OF acuoh'
they declared entirely erroneous
I.raar the rule an amendment TO appropriation
hill 10 be in ORDER they pointed out must have been
favorab,y reported by committee or propoSeu III
,,pr.uanca Of An estimate OF the head Of some one
of the Departments OF the Government ana even aiter
such an amendment should have received favorable
rcport from standing select committee OF the
Senate the rule required that it should at least one
day before is considered in the senate DC reierreo
10 the Committee Appropriations.
The manifest necessity Of having report from some
committee WAS sufficient TO call halt and this delay
was fatal TO the rider" The intention OF the free-
coinage men now is 10 secure an early report irom
the Committee Mines and Mining OF "hieh MI
stewart is the chairman and In which, under the
circumstances no opposition whatever will be en-
conntered This will lead 10 n conflict with the
Finance Committee as 10 jurisdiction, in whlch the
Committee on Mines and Mining VIII nave haru
work 10 Justify itself; but Il the freecoinage coaioh
succeeds I'm sustaining Mr.. stewarts POSITION IL then
homes 10 attach the Stewart rider 10 future APP
preparation bill . =, A..
There is a rule in the Senate, as well as In tho
uouSe which directly forbds this sort OF legislation
The senate rule says:
No amendment which proposes general legislation ION
shall he received 10 any general appropriation bll nor
shall apy amendment not eermane or relevant 10 the
subject matter contained In the bill be received nor
.Laii any amendment TO any item or clause OF such
lii no received which does not directly relate thereto
and all questions Of relevancy Of amendments unicf
tLis ue when raised shall DE submitted 10 the senate
and be decided without debate
II NAV be that Mr.. Stewart ard his friends VIII
endeavor to override this rule and decide freedom
ag. rider germane 70 any Appropriation bill Ihdt
seems extravagant and unlikely. however, and the
general feeling among the opponents Of free-oolnage
I, NAT Mr. German cannot be led into such a stupid
potca bunder as 10 try any more rider" legislation
In the interest of free silver coinage earing men,
her OF the Finance Committee said today that. In
his opiniop no free coinage "rider'' could receive
majority vote in the senate, and that the radical
silver men had already discovered this. Mr. stewarts
move Yesterday was made without consultation with
the Democratic managers and they informed him
mainly to-day that they could not run the risk OF
impsrlllng pension appropriations by loading down
the Pension bill with extraneOus and irrelevant legs
lstive propositions. II is doubtful IL they can take
the rsk on any other appropriation BILL and the threat
OF tie f,w silver extremists ~ hang the operations
OF a: Government unless the price Of silver Is arti
Ncali- raised Is regarded only one additional sign
OF their present weakness and Generalization.
When tile Pension Appropriation bill was taken up
n amendment reported from the committee etrikng