Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-06

THAT GRAND ARMY APPROPRIATION.
Senators Protest Against n Two-Peuuy Pol
icy In the Matter.
VOTE WHICH SHOWS HOW THE SENATE STANDS
REMARKS BY MEssRs. ALLISON. DAWES, GAL
IISaER AND orHERs-MR. PaLNERs BROAD
yrEw-oProsrrIoS FROM MEssRs. HARRIS,
cooKEEIL, KYLE AND OTHERS.
All efforts to reach an agreement on the
Grand Army encaripment appropriation hav-
ing failed Senator Allison, as indicated in yes
terday's STAR, took his case to the Senate and
secured the sense Of that body without trouble
THE POINTS OF DIFFERENCE.
In response to request from Senator PETER
Senator Allison explained the points of differ
ence between the two houses
1.-The other house, said Senator Allison, Gin
sists that the appropriation shall be limited to
$4,000. and that it shall be paid from the taxes
levied upon the property Of the District of Co.
lupbia irrespective Of the government property.
The contention upon the part Of the Senate as
shown in the amendment Of the Senate, is that
the appropriation should be SlO0, 0oO and that
1t should be taken from the revenues Of the Dis
trlct as other appropriations are taken from
the revenues of the District, one-half to be paid
by taxation and the other half to be paid from
the treasury of the United States
Mr.. Harris spoke against the resolution.
On the adoption of the resolution there was a
division, but as no quorum voted the yeas and
nays were called for.
Before the roll was called Messrs. PETER and
Cockrell spoke against the resolution, following
the same line OF argument as was used in the
House. Mr.. COckrell quoted again the letter
from Private Dalzell protesting that the money
appropriated "goes. as Won know for the of
chi nEa nd
ileged few. every cent. We poor privates pay
our own car fare and hotel bills. Not one cent
OF your $1,000 or of the funds Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic comes back to u.s."
On the roll call the vote was 25 in the afirma-
tive and Is in the negative. The total was less
than a quorum. SO a Call Of the Senate was
ordered.
SENATOR KYLE's OPPOSITION.
More than quorum answering a second roll
call was ordered, and pending that Senator
Kyle arose to explain his vote.
why should this amount of $4,000 or
800, 900" he said, ''be paid strictly from the
District funds? 1t should be paid from the
District funds because the benefit to be derived
financially from this gathering Of the old SOL
Of the city Of Washington and this District
made a computation a little while ago upon
figures that were given me by certain old SOL
diers, who asserted that there would assemble
in the city of Washington next September (this
being the central city Of the Union and the
place where they used to be during the war
time) about 100000 of these old soldiers at
least. not to speak of their wives and families
who may be present with them. Now. COM
putting the amount at $40 that each one Of
these men will spend in the city OF Washington
which is very small, because some of them will
spend as high as $500. 1t makes - 900 900 to be
spent in the city of Washington that the people
Of Washington will have the benefit Of. I ask,
is it not reasonable that this appropriation
should come from the funds Of the District?
believe, as l stated at the outset that there
are men of common sense among the old sol
diers Of this country who do not ask that the
people of the country at large shall be taxed
for the benefit Of those Who happen to live in
the city Of Washington and the District Of
Columbia
MR.. ALLIsoN's EXPLANATION.
Senator Allison was on his feet in an instant.
''Mr. President" said he, Il have stated many
times respecting this appropriation that it
passed from the Senate it proposes to take this
sum, as all other Sims for District purposes are
taken, from the treasury of the United States
and the taxes of the District of Columbia in
equal proportions. As far as l am concerned
l can see no distinction between this appropria-
tlon and many appropriations that con-
tanned In the District appropriation bill We
have appropriated at this session considerable
sums for charity, to the St. JOseph's Orphan
Asylum, TO st. Roses Industrial School and to
various other charities in this District. The
Senator from South Dakota seems to think that
his constituents and mine are taxed to paw this
sum. If We are then should be glad to know
why it is that the people of South Dakota and
OF Iowa should maintain charitable institutions
in this District. Therefore l can see no dis
tinction. But having attained the object had
in view, namely, the judgment Of the Senate by
a ma ority upon this question. with the leave
of the Senate will withdraw the resolution that
/ offered"
SENATOR PALMER TAXES A BROAD VIEW.
Senator Palmer had something to say and he
said it: 1 would not claim the right, he went
on, ''to control the action of the Senator from
Iowa, but should really be glad to be allowed
to express by my vote my judgment upon this
resolution. OF course I am not urgent in
pressing the matter. / understand that this is
upon the report of committee of conference
onI the disagreeing votes of the two houses in
regard to the appropriation for the meeting of
the old soldiers in this city in September next
have felt that it was eminentiy proper that
the Congress of the United States should not
by meager. marrow pinching processes. but by a
frank and liberal appropriation from the treas
ury, aid that assembiage.
l feel III my own person, and can speak,
there fore, with more frankness, that the men
who will be here in September are vestiges.
the mere remains OF historical events that
| interest all sections of the country They
were young men, comparatively at the time of
the late civil war. and had supposed ard now
suppose and now say in the presence of gentle
men whom l see and who were engaged on the
other side of that great contest that it was a
war carried on for great national purposes.
have regarded this struggle of itself as a mere
paroxysm in our national growth and that the
parties were involuntarily made factors in that
great struggle, and had supposed that on this
occasion OF an assembly more than a Quarter
of century after the close of the struggle it
was competent and proper and eminently the
duty Of the national Congress and of the Repre-
sentatives of these Is, 00O, 900 on this ocean
bound republic that they should in this way
| contribute in some measure to this national as
semblnge.
Mr.. President. OF course there are many as
poets in which to view this matter. These men
are all now Of comparatively advanced age
They are all. as remarked before rather the
vestiges of past period in our history. and it
is that alone that makes the event 40 important.
1t is on event i'll our natural history that in this
year 1892 the men collected from all the states
in the Union shall assemble at the national
capital that they may meet together, and in
coming from the remotest quarters of the re-
public that they may see what this great coun-
try is that they struggled for in the years of the
past.
That is not all. believe that il at the close
Of the war all the questions between the sections
had been referred to the men in the armies we