The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-17
FOR THE OLD SOLDIER VOTE
REPUBETclNs ATrAcK TBE <DM1SIs-
1RA1IoE's PENSION POLICE

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orths Ps--,sn oMes is 80 Degrees Beio,,
Nor-si-A hot Conoauy netw-e- Me-
Iivi.esto. .-d Mr.. Dinst.y stopped ~
the Chsir-Mr. EsIee OF Tennessee ne
Dukes the Rspubiiesns for DsfsssI.s
Fraud and Obi-eurs 10 an Iave,tieat,ou.
WASHINGTON. Dec 1o.-In the House to-day
Mr.. Breckenridge Dem. KyJ called up the
Urgent Deficiency bill. and asked that the
1rst reading OF the bill be dispensed with to
which there was no objection. The House
then went into Committee OF the Whole on the
BILL with Mr. Hatch dem. Mo- In the chair.
Mr.. Cannon rep. ILL took the floor and at
tackled the Administrations policy Of suspend
Ing pensions pending examinations for fraud.
He said that the Com missioner Of Pensions
and various chiefs OF division OF the Pension
once had been called before the Com mlttee
on Appropriations and asked many questions
In regard to the conduct OF business. The
Committee Of Pensions said that the actual
saving resulting from the Investigations
for fraud since May /. when that ruling OF
Commissioner Lochren went into effect was
something over 81 100000. On cross exam
ination It appeared that substantially all Of
this million was counted as q saving. because
certain claims which had never been allowed.
and never would have been allowed. because
they would not have been granted a special
examination, were specially examined and
that the exact amount, which was saved dur
ing this period was only S3l 900.
ssi 900 included he REDUCTIONS as we'll as the
disallowanoes for fraud.
nr Oannon-Certainly.
Continuing. he said that the Commiss oner
Of Pensions had said that In the conduct OF the
business h sH Of his oniee, which dsburses from
lion persons, there was no more fraud than in
the ordinary conduct Of business in the courts.
who had cham cd the construction OF order ia.
Mr: cannon replied that II was done By the
present oSommissi0net Of Pensions and the
first Congress made two appropriations, GER
tainly one, to meet the requirements of this
sions. q large proportion OF which were adiu-
dlcated under that law When the Fifty second
@aiorsy in IN the House m Of Rsprsssn
tives. that Congress- appropriated the money
e., s Of Fl. tfs w
yoked rule 1854. gromulgaied during the. Ad-
fected 100000 pensioners. The Dem ocratio
Hopse had refused to accept the amendnent.
1888. with William Locbren Commissioner OF
Pensions, Hoke Smith Secretary OF the In
tssTio, and Grover {sysIsnd p5s.idsnt q the
about, 400 900 pen toner's. and had thus com
Some one may ask said Mr.. Cannon in
conclusion. whether / intend to attack the
the sG Of IT. oe to
which y now about twenty degrees below
Mr. Livingston Dem, Ca defended the
policy OF the AID min istration in regard to PEN
sion natter He defended II psrticusr the
his Com missioner Of Pensions. Mr.. Lochren.
MI. Liyingston was 6reauently interrogated
* Mr. nsksr Re ~ Il mr. and sa Mr.
pinRley lRep;, Mel. The latter was SO per-
and acrimonious dispute The, Chairman INT.
Hatch endeavored to quell the disturbance
mind Mt bn9iey and Mr. Living stOn C that they r
were not not IN The APPROXIMATION Committee
such, personal dialogue ON the floor as the
gentlemen were indulging in.
Mr.. Lacey Rep. Ia. made an earnest speech
Administration. He criticised the policy Of
the Pension ONCE in suspending pensions
many charges of frauds. he said. but no would
like any gentleman on the floor TO Instance,
After a few minutes delay Mr. Livinsst e
Dem. Gal said that he knew OF a case OF
Good" said Mr.. Lacey. I'VE have one case
But what is fraud N Georgia may wear diff
Just possible that the gentleman from Georgia
might regard any man who helped to put down
In 1858" he said. THE boys went m archine
through Georgia; In 1893 Georgia goes march
the %
the smile drawn BY the gentleman, from
Illinois INT. Cannon was most applicable to
the TEN perature OF the Pension Ofiice was 20
degrees below normal. 1t was chilly day
once noSndsys to G after P the s II
snd SsSsd w sfs they Ss ssSs s
men which were being held up while they
were trying to ind out whether these men
admission and coming In through the gate.
Mr. Enloe tDem.. Tenn said that he never |
door than the line Of deiense q tue sse Union
soldier adopted by Mr.. Lacey. He did not sup |
snsrs %
a not sP' SSl$ =:
iRSss T SS'e' deudsa eR mSn w s%S
dos while his companion looted the house. He
claimed that there was dishonesty bribery.
sfa h sa Ssd IN bs sss fsnsSH
with fraud for years past. and that the ex-Com-
missioner Of Pensions was in collision with
He also asserted that rules Nos. 149 and lSl
bad been nut In at the instance OF George i;
hat these rules had made him millionaire.
He wanted the matter thoroughly Investigated
add he wanted no man on the pension roll who
In speaking Of the pension frauds unearthsd
N Baltimore Mr.. Enloe said that one attorney
n that city had had .. 900 vouchers sent to him
md had deposited them In bank to his own ae-
count and had turned them over to the proper
claimant only on the payment OF certain per-
.entARe. He could not give all the details, be- |
,Ause the Investigation had not been com
pleted. hut the facts were In the line he indi-
'ated. In speaking OF the frauds discovered
n New Mexico in one instance. he said, the
MANNERS had found a discrepancy OF eight
inches between the stature OF the man who |
.laimed the pension and his height as given |
n the description. In another case II was
Ound that the peTpetTator OF the fraud was a
Iub-Agent OF a Washington pension agency. |
In Enloe also mentioned The Newly case in |
which the original bearer Of that name had
,een killed at Shiloh yet years afterward a
entiary In Tennessee appeared In NeWby's old |
lome and claimed to be Newly. and the neigh |
,ors swoTe he was Newby. The Govern ment |
,Eought forty Witnesses who swore that Newoy |
vas dead-sOlder In his own reg ment who
sstllied that they had seen him die and were