The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-06
INGALLS, Onposed TO Closure.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Among the bills
reported and placed on the calendar was
one increasing the pension of General Gus
ter's widow to 500 month.
Ingalls,, rising to make personal state
mept, said he had been absent from the
sessions Of the Senate during the past two
weeks, in which interval action had been
taken on cloture and on the election bill.
His attitude on both these questions had
been the subject of comment and censure
and OF animadversion. On the day of his
departure, after consultation with Allison.
ON whom he had been accustomed to lean
IN every hour of need he had left with
Casey (wko had charge of the pairs of alb
sentees) note saying: Il should vote
against the proposed change of rules, and
should vote for motion to proceed Go the
consideration of any other than the election
Dill, and am paired accordingly with
Senator Allison, who is at liberty to vote
or make notion He had been opuosed
he said, unalterably opposed, to the adop-
ton OF cioture for many reasons sufi-
Gent and satisfactory to himself. There
were those present who knew that many
months ago, while occupying the chair in
the absence of the Vice President.
he resisted many urgent, importu-
nate, and many strenuous solicitations
TO operate in that direction by methods
which he then believed and now believes
were revolutionary and subversive of the
fundamental principles of constitutional
government. He had not since seen any
occasion to change or modify his conyic-
lions. He was now and always has been
IN favor OF just and impartial election
law, directed alike against force and fraud
non-parnsan and applicable alike to ali
parts OF the nation. The measure under
consideration, however, did not in MANY of
It's details, receive the sanction of his iudg-
ment. Ii APPEARED TO him to be cum hrous.
complicated and obscure in MANY of its nro-
visions and difficult of application. 1t sub-
ordluated the judiciary to political control
and opened the treasury to indefinite ex-
pendlture, without requisite supervision
and inviolation, in his Judgment.
OF the spirit, if not the letter.
of that provision of the constitu
ton that declared no money shall be drawn
out of the treasury except in consequence
OF appropriations made by law
In order to guard against the enactment of
such measure into law in his absence and
without amendments which be regarded es-
sentlai 10 prevent dangers not less distinct
tnan those which it was intended 20 obviate,
ne had reserved the right TO vote in his
absence, with those Republicans who ia
Fored consideration of other important
made. He had no arrangement. agreement
or understanding, express or implied. direct
or lnQlrect, remote or contingent, to have
hls vote counted AGAINST the passage of the
election bill He had been a Republican
since the party was born and voted with
out variableness or shadow turning for
every Republican candidate during that
period; he had never espoused a cause
which he believed to be wrong because il
was populer, and had never refused to ad
Vocate accuse which he believed to be RIGHT
because it was unpopular.
Allison deemed it due to himself 10 say
that on every occasion when he had an on
portunity he had stated distinctly he had
no pair with ingalls, on votes Respecting the
election bill
The conference report was presented and
agreed to, on the bill setting apart for set
Element portion of Fort Ellis military
reservation, Montana
The pension appropriation bill was taken
up. 1t appropriates for pensions for the
year sl33, lI3,OS5: for fees and expenses of
examining surgeons, $500, 600; for salaries
OF eighteen pension agents, 1000, and for
clerk hire, S3J0,0O0.
In the course of a discussion on the an
preparation bill, Mcpherson inquired
whether the amount appropriated would be
sufficient for one year.
Allison believed it would be. but admitted
there might De deficiency of five, six.
eight or ten millions. On the other hand
there might be surplus, but he thought it
more likely there would be deficiency.
Mcpherson asked how many applications
had been made under the act last year.
Allison gave the number up to January 10
as $500 of which only eight or nine
thousand had been yet allowed
Quay moved to add to the provision as to
fees proviso that it shall not apply to any
case now pending where there is existing a
lawful contract. Agreed to.
Cockrell moved to insert a proviso that
hereafter no fee or compensation for any
pension attorney or agent shall be retained
out of any allowance for pensions. There
was long discussion upon the amendment.
which was finally disagreed to on strict
party lines Cockrell offered an amend
ment providing that hereafter no pension
be allowed or paid any officer. non-com-
missioned officer, or private in the army,
navy or marine corps, either on the active
or retired list. Agreed TO.
All the committee amendments having
been agreed to, the bill passed, Stewart not