The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-04
They All Died From Neglect
He Introduced Bills But Never
Pushed Them Many Went to
Wrong Committees.

Erasmus o. Louke, late of Company l, Six
teenth Regiment New York Infantry. This
bill was Immediately referred to the COM
mittee on military affairs and there it slum-
bered and died. Congressman Belknap of
Grand Rapids is member of the committee
on military affairs and he can testify that
Mr.. Youmaris never followed the bill into
the committee-room nor ever made any
practical effort to secure the passage of the
bill or do anything else in behalf of Mr.
Louke, except the mere formallty of intro
ducing the bill.
Mr.. Youmans introduced bill to permit
Lewis Schofeld, Jr., to prosecute his claim
against the United States in the Court of
Claims. This bill was referred to the COM
mittee on war claims and ordered to be
printed. Mr.. Youmans has done nothing to
secure its passage and Mr.. SchOield is under
no obligation to him whatever 1t would
have been better for the prospects of Mr.
Schofield if he had caused his bill to be in
troduced by some man with more force of
character and aggressiveness.
MORE BULL-HEADED BLUNDERs.
Mr. Youmans also introduced bill pro-
posing to grant an honorable discharge to
Caleb Woolpert, late of Battery f, Third
United States Artillery. This bill was re-
ferred to the committee on military affairs,
and there it slumbered and died. Mr. You
mans made no effort of which there is any
IN tho of III a
getting favorable report from the COM
mittee, which, of course, is always pre-
liminary step in legislation.
Mr.. Youmans introduced bill, also, to
the rolls of Company b, Fifth Regiment
Michigan Volunteers, as second lieutenant
from June 10, 1868, until Ju!e 81, 1865. the
name of David X. Halsey. This bill was
also referred to the committee on military
affairs, where several members of the COM
mttee were inclined to believe that it was a
just measure. from the slight evidence be-
fore them; but Mr.. YoumanS made no effort
to secure the passage of the bill. If he had
gone to the cOmmittee-room and urged Its
passage with any degree of force. whatever,
he might certainly have secured favorable
report Of the bill so that it would have been
placed upon the calendar and called up for
passage some time during the next session
of Congress. But Mr.. YOumans did moth
ing of the kind. He allowed the bill to
slumber in the cOmmittee-room and there it
is now, dead. There are over one thousand
rebel war claims favorably reported upon
the calendar which must be considered in
order, and not One-half of them will be
passed because there is not enough time to
pass them. Consequently, the bills which
were introduced by Mr.. Youmans, and have
not been favorably reported by the commit
tees, are practically dead and will never be
heard of again during the Fifty-second
Congress.
Mr.. Youmans also introduced a bill for
the construction and completion of addi-
tional school buildings for the Indian In
dustrial School at Mount Pleasant, Mich.
1t proposed to appropriate $4,000 for that
purpose, and the bill was referred to the
committee on public buildings and grounds.
1t seems to me that every reader of daily
newspapers i'm the United States knows, or
ought to know, that it was the policy of
the democrat house to refuse to make favor
able reports upon any public building bills
whatever. That policy was carried out
strictly, until the close of the last session of
Congress and, consequently, this bill for the
industrial school received no consideration.
However, If the bill had been favorably re-
ported and placed upon the calendar, it
might possibly have been passed during the
last six days of the next session. You
know the last six days of the last session of
Congress are called suspension days."
when the rules may be suspended by unan-
imous consent and bills of this character
passed. Mr.. Youmans could not look far
enough into the future, in legislative
sense, and hence he made no effort to
secure favorable report upon this bill, and
il has died in the committee room; died
from pure neglect on the part of its legis-
lative parent Mr.. Youmans.
WRONG COMMITTEE AGAIN.
Mr.. Youmans also introduced bill Ito
place upon the pension roll the name of
Phebe s. Hunt as IL she was the mother of
Armenius Hunt of Company g., Twenty