The National tribune., 1892-10-20
NO EXCUSE FOR HIM.

without any preienSe OF consideration.
Such plea as that is gross insult to Con-
gress, and equally an insult to the inielli-
geucs of those to whom the statement is
addressed, because of its contradiction of
known facts.
What are the facts? They are:
L. During the whole of Mr. Cleyeland's
Administration the Senate was strongly Re-
publican, and the House strongly Demo-
cratic. This disposes Of the supposition that
there was any political bias in the matter.
If there had been any partisan advantage
to be gained by the passage of these bills,
if there were any politics in them in any
shape, it would not have been possible to get
both Houses to agree to them, which had to
be done before they came before Mr. Cleye-
land for signature.
2. No Governmental device is more per-
feet than the method taken for insuring
that every pension bill should receive the
utmost consideration, and all the evidence
supporting it be carefully sifted and weighed
For example, every pension bill introduced
in the House during the Forty ninth Con-
gress-which passed the most of those vetoed
by Mr. Cleveland-was referred to the Com
of nine Democratic and six Republican
Representatives, as follows:
Dsnaocrats Republicans.
G. C. Matson, Ind. e. N. Morrill,, Kan.
E. B. Winans Mich. n. A Haynes, n III.
H. g. Lowering Mass j. z. O'Hsra. n G.
W. H. Neccc ILL., J. G. Sawyer. ". Y.
j. A. Swope, Pa. T. III. Conger. Iowa.
w. p. Taulbee, Ky. j. A. Lovslt. Cal.
j. n. Pidcock ". J.
Nv. Ell5berry, Ohio.
John s. Pindar. n. Y.
Most of these men are we'll known to the
Nation. G. c. Matson was afterward the
Democratic candidate for Governor of In
diana; E. B. Winans is to-day the Governor
of Michigan; E. N. Morrill, was strongly
supported for Senator from Kansas; E. Fl.
Conger is now Minister to Brazil; j. G. Saw
yer is one of the Republican leaders of the
House. These gentlemen carefully con-
sidered every bill. generally sending to
the Pension Bureau and the War Depart
ment for all papers bearing upon it, and
if they decided in its favor reported it to
the House, with the recommendation that it
pass 1t was then considered in the full
House at the time set apart for the consid-
Grafton of private pension bills, and if it
passed it was sent to the Senate, where it was
referred to the Committee on Pensions, con-
sisting of five Republican AID four Demo
cratic Senators, as follows:
Republicans. fgss Democrats.
John l. Mitchell. Pa r. E. Jackson. Tenn.
w. Blair. N. II. J. N Camden, w. Va.
c. H. Van Wyck, Neb. A. H. CoIquitt, Ga.
N. w. Aldrici, r. /. Ii. B. Payne, o.
VIM. ]. Sewell. n. J.
These gave it the same examination it
had received from the House Committee, and
if they agreed with the latter that it ought to
pass reported it to the Senate with favor
able recommendation, and it was then dis
cussed in open Senate and passed.
Mr. Cleveland's brazen assumption that
he could know more about pension claim
in few minutes cursory examination than
all these men had gained by painstaking
study of it-that he was superior to all of
them in intellectual acumen, in fidelity to
the public interests and in patriotism, is one
of the most amazing things in our history.
He treated the whole House and Senate as
wicked accomplices in a raid upon the
Treasury-as men who could not be trusted
where dollar of public money was in
and curb them in their designs upon the
Treasury. His malignant hatred against
the veterans was made to count for more
than the sense of equity, justice and duty of
all the Senators and Representatives-Dem-
ocratic and Republcan-whod directly rep
resented the people and were responsible to
them for the proper discharge of their
duties.
Comrades, do we want four years more of
this intolerable business in the White
House?
We are sure you do not.
Get your vetoes ready.