The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-07
Feeling of Ex- -Brigadiers on the Subject Shown
By the Hooting Down Of Major Picker.
Few Bills Of Any Kind Will Pass.
Favorable Reports on Two Measures in
Which Indianians Are Interested.
Captains Schley and Reniy Relieved from Com.
mand Of the Baltimore and Charleston
Twenty-Five Customs Officers Removed.
HAVE NO LOVE FOR VETERANS
An Incident I'm the House That illustrates
Democratic Feeling Towards Pensions

An Incident I'm the House That Illustrates
Democratic Feeling Towards Pensions
Special 90 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-There will not
only be no legislation in this Congress in.
tended to generally affect pensions. but no
opportunity will be missed in the House to
cast odium upon the policy of pensions.
There may be some general pension bills
passed by the Senate, but not as much in
terest will be taken by that body as usual,
on account of the weli-known fact that 1t
is next TO an lmpossibility to get any gen.
eral legislation through this House.
The first time the mace. the emblem of
authority. has been brought forward In the
present Congress was in the House the
other day, when an ex-soldier was making
an appeal for hearing in the interest of
general pension bill. The House had wasted
number of days in the discussion of the
rules and had come to what was. in effect.
a deadlock. Democratic members had
howled themselves hoarse and made their
arms tired shaking their fists at each other
and at the Republican side. when Major
Pickler, of South Dakota. arose and asked,
in @ very temperate tone and modest man
ner, if 1t would not be a good time to take
o rest on thediscussion OF the rules and givs
consideration to o general pension bill. the
merits of which were so plain on its face as
to invite no unnecessary debate. The
moment the word pensions" passed his
lips, Buck" Kilgore, of Texas, the howl
ing ex-confederate. who never misses an
opportunity of rising and declaiming
against pensions. sprang to his feet and
yelled an objection. lt was unnecessary,
however. for that gentleman to enter a
protest. for more than one hundred men on
the Democratic side began to groan and
murmur, "Oh, oh. OH" Again and again
Major Picker attempted to appeal to the
reason of the Honse. il not TO the pity and
charity of those who had the power to
bestow assistance to the veterans, their
widows and orphans. but in every effort his
words were drowned by chorue from the
Democratic side. where there were jeers.
ridicule and the very picture of disgust as
each one exclaimed, "Oh, oh, Oh" The
scene was one which would have stirred
the blood in any patriots heart.
After persistent and patriotic appeal to
the House, which met with the most cordial
sympathy ON the part of every republican
aud few Democrats, but with the rldicule
of great number and large majority of
the followers of Crisp and Mills. the at
tempt TO fix day for securing considera-
tion of the pension bill was abandoned
and, for q moment at least. the last hope of
pension legislation was defeated. There is
no doubt that the pressnt House would re-
it dared to do so In the face of the coming
campaign or believed that such action
would receive serious consideration at the
hands of the Senate.