Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-16

lie says The soafksrn Democrats wcule
XII the Pensions.


WAsHIsoToS, Feb i5.-To1ss. th~
house In committee OF the whole. -.
sumed the consideration Of she pen
sion appropriation ball. Mr.. Eoulsls
| spoke vigorously against tbe scopfca
OF the proposed amendments ~ the
pension las. IL had been sac that fhs
union veterans would toe as safe ia tIn
hands Of tie eex-coEfederstes a. they
had been IA the hsnds OF the rcoubli-
can party. Much a. he regretted i.
II wss bis daty 70 cay the pisiu. uam.s-
taxable record oil congress showed thai.
upon every question affecting thc lib
ersllty OF the government IN pcn.ion-
ing the men who saved its llfs. the *.
confederste members had been almost
| uniformly and Almost. x not ou.ts.
solid against q. And today, n.nlast
thirty years after the iast shot oi the
war had ceased 10 resercersts. q pol.ii-
cal party wnIch wss coming lnto power
on March 4. whose headquarters we're
south of Mason and Dlxon's lDc. wss
Fastening 10 proclaim i.s policy.
Every item OF these amendments WAS
an assault on some great principle III
the interest OF what wss thought a.
have been protected and guaranteed bv
| the civil war. The democratic paffy
VAS msrshaled today, with not
thought OF progress. with mol q
proposition for advance unfurling the
banner OF repeal
/ Today the democratic party pro.
claimed as the policy Of the new ac-
min islratlon the repeal OF the laws pro
tecting the Liberty OF the Citizens. fiic
repeal OF laws protecting tue great ~
nussrles of the country, the repcsi ~
laws carrying into efc,t the great duty
Il the country TO thoso who fought IA
the war. That was The democrats
platform: that WAS the attitude q had
voluntarily assumed before the people
OF the United states.
Mr.. Oates s2id that he had tus one
rsoineni % say word as O. the mis-
representation of. the ex-confcderstes
on the floor OF tins house by the gen
tieman from Maine. The srntleman's
charge sss . general one, trst ~H-con.
feaerstes mad voted against TOE pea
sioning OF union soldiers.
Mr.. DAtef salt that tho other charges
OF the gentleman were equally ursof.
tunsfe and IA founded. The gentlt.
man had stated that the dfn,ocrats frd
refused 10 pat General 6fant on tfs
retired last during nis last illness They
had done nothing OF the KIND. Nhen
the till came up General Grant vas
not ill. And the gcnilem.r Knew the
opposition Was not Opposition - t,en-
eral Grant, hut opposition 70 the prin-
elpie OF reinststing snv man who RAD
resigned from tne army IN orcsf to
take . civil positlon. No gentleman
could charge him or any other st-ccn-
fsderste of opposing proper pepsien
90 any union soldier who wss worthy
| OF n pension.
Nrcammings opposed the legislation.
addressing hmsslf puncipsiis 10 the
amend menf Withdrawing the ptne'rus
Of widows " DO were rot irsrfied within
I've years sitter tirs snd ~ fhs rer
The investigation he denounced ss
brutal and hrutsl-hesrt-c- A. demo-
cfst. srpport.ng = Cemocfafit admin
/ svtrsfioB. ne declared that ne veterans
OF New York CITY would never vote for
. man who would vote % take tie
widows from the pension rolls. hsrsus<
they were not married within tive yesrs
after the close Of the var.
After further dstate. general discns.
sson vss closed AID the b,f wss read
for smeudmeots. T7le fret one Of.
fered vas that recommended ~ the
committee on appropriations. trans.
ferring IRE pensioD bnresp from TIE
intsftor 20 the vsf department.
Aganst tina amendment NJ. DoE-
lev raised = poiut - order. Is raised
q potnt ~ order sfsfnst the secoua
amsodmsnf of the CON slittrs. This
smendfnfnt snthcr T~s fhs secretary 81
var q detail from tho medical exam
1rsrs N the frcord and r~rs,cr ufirefs
leo for the purpo.e % disehsfeinf the
dutiss Row sssrc ed ~ exam .nfnE suf-
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