Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-06


The petitions and circular were 50 re-
ferred.
THE sEIGNIORAGE BILL.
The Vice President proceeded, as a mat
ter OF form, to take from his table the
hills thereon and TO have them referred to
the appropriate committees. He had
reached the seigniorage bill. and was
about TO have 1t referred to the Finance
COMMITTEE when objection was made by
Mr. stewart He said that he desired
| the bilI TO lie on the table to be called
nm hereafter Everybody knew what the
bin was. and there was no use in re-
| ferrine II TO the Finance Committee.
which had its entire attention taken up
by the tariff bin This was matter
which should precede any consideration
~ the tariff. because until the people had
money TO buy with the tariff was unim-
\ nortant He Offered as an amendment
a hill for the free coinage of silver
| ohioctIon was made to the second read
,ro ~ the segniorage bill. and 1t went
over until tomorrow. with the UNDER
standing that the Vlce-President would
| Law IL before the Senate at any time ne
pleased. ~, -. NJ
PETER for change OF the rules SO that
| oil ovecutiye sessions shall be open ex-
cent in cases where the President OF the
! I-ni,ed states ruggests that the subject
,oattor ~ his communication requires Sc
80, n,as laid before the Senate, and
orter some remarks by Mr.. PETER, was
roferred 10 the Committee on Rules.
,rhe senate theu took the calendar In
reg,,Iar order. the, first bill upon 1t beinS
the one referring the McGarranan cialn
| 10 the Court OF Private Land Ciaims; oii
| ~, .oo,,eet NJ Mr. Morrill,, who has mere
4 N4'N leading nnDaneut or the
...aosnr' Mr.. Teller. who has charge or
:. oonsonted that IL should go over I'LL
,ri,,ate peusons bills were passed.
- ~ the Senate, on motion or Mr'
cnr,nan Sl1 went into executive session.
T,ha doors were reopened at 3:lo' when
Nr Morgan offered an amendneht 10
The tariff bill, providins for 1ne 1 np
noIntment OF Board Oh tanraa a. 90
vision. 1t was rean anu then at
The Finance Committee anu '"e"
a'po @ the senate adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
ri. ,ro,,se of Representatives began the
,.aa,d vear of the Fifty-third congress
~ noon to-day with prayer oy Dwls"t -,
Moody the evangelist. There was e"ou
attendance OF merabers' anu 'ne pi"'
was listened to atiennveiS' 49,
| motion Ol va f%'~
~ ~ tennessee, the Senate resoiu-
! ,ior was passed appropriatins @'1Cs fcr
| Indication of the correspondence Sud-
,,t,,od IN Congress since January Ist on
| M,,aiian affairs. with an amendment
nlaclnr the publication In charge nf the
| Secretary Of State instead or 'ne ConH'-
tee on Foreign Relations
The bin TO enable New Mexico to be-
come a State, which was called up py
Mr.. Joseph DemocraO, or New Mexico
| Immediately developed opposition. MT.
Cannon Republcan). OF Illinois. DEMANDED
q seccnd and tellers were ordered. The
| Rerublicans refrained from voting. ard
the result was l2s yeas and | nay. NO
m,or,,m having appeared. Mr. Joseph with
drew his motion. and Mr.. ONeil Demo
cram. OF Massachusetts. called up the
regular order-the pension appropriation
bill-and Mr.. Doliver tRepublican), OF
Iowa. addressed the House on its pro-
visions. crlticising the present administra'
ton Of the Pension Office
Mr.. Hepburn Republican,, OF Iowa
scored the action OF "the representatives
of the eleven late Confederate States
for their opposition 10 liberal pensions.
Not one OF these States, he said. contri-
buted a dollar-nOt even nick"l-to the
pension-roll The late Confederate States
contribute but small proportion To the
expenees Of the government In all the
ports OF the United States sl77,00o,ooO was
collected. and Of this vast sum the late
Confederate States contributed but 1900
0Oo.
MEASUREMENTS CORRECTED.
Mr.. Livingston lGeorgia) and Mr.. En-
loc CTennessee) objected to some Of Mr.
Hepburn's statements as to the South 5
proportion OF contribution TO the gov
ernment's expenses, and Mr.. Hepburn ad-
mitted that there was justice In the OBJ
lection. A large propcrtiCn OF the snuth-
ern people, he said. wore cheap cottons
large proportion when barefoot and did
not have TO wear shoes. This was on
account Of the climate. and they were
not Obliged 10 pay duty on imported
goods But the people of the States In
favor of granting pensions contributed
nearly all the expenses of the govern
| ment. and now the people OF the late
Confederate States wanted to know wha,
the people of other States should do with
their own money. The Confederate States
did not contribute to the pension-rOll
(ApplauseD
Mr.. Hepburn said he could show that
the present administration was opposed
TO liberal pension policy, and the first
proof was that Grover Cleveland was
President of the United States. He had
vetoed "A bill granting pensions to de-
serving men, and had coupled his veto
with many expressions insulting 10 old
soldiers. The selection of Hoke Smith tc
administer pensions was another evidence
OF hostility Mr.. Smith was referred to
In sarcastic terms. and the reading Of his
biography from the congressional di-
rectory. which Mr.. Hepburn hinted WAS
vo1 Itr ha ertI,fapt 4
much laughter among the Republicans
particularly the detailed account OF Mr.
Smiths law study. Hoke Smith, he held
was unfit TO administer the great office
he held. He had been brought up under
influences opposed to the old soldiers; and
those influences dominated him in His PEN
Sion policy. Another evidence OF hostility
| 10 pensions was the change In the ex-
amining boards. Now men thousands OF
miles away examined the cases OF pen
sioners; the boards OF physicians who had
made personal examinations Of applicants
had been done away with II was the
intention Of this administration not Ia
allow any pensions during this fiscal year
GIVE AND TAKE.
controversy took place between Mr.
Hepburn and Mr.. Tdlbert DemocraD. o.
South Carolina, over a statement Of Mr.
Hepburns that II the Democrats believed
their charges that the pension roll was
running over with frlId were true they
would be only too glad to investigate II
Mr.. Talbert objected TO this statement
| and he and Mr.. Hepburn played "giye anC
take" for several minutes turing which
there was much confusion. Order wa:
finally restored, ana Mr.. Hepburn re
sumed.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee. took the op
positive view from the preceding speaker
He said there was n large amount oi
money involved and large number o
votes involved in the pension question
and 1t opened up a chance for dema
gogues TO exercise their vocation. IL,
defended the Secretary of the interior
and his pension policy. He contendet
that justice had actuated every suspen'
sion OF pensions. Since the beginning OF
the Cleveland administration until Feb
ruary 9th last 303 cases OF fraud in PEN
sions had been discovered by the Pension
Office, and III convictions hal been OBJ
tanned.
a large part of Mr.. Enloe'J argument
was devoted 10 Company / OF the lsitf
Ohio Regiment. The members OF this
company, he said who had not partici
pated In any Of the battles Of the war
had alleged more disability In their ap
plications for pensions tnan lid the mem
bers of the Seventeenth kentucky Regi
ment, which had served between three anC
four years and participated in fifteen bat
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