The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of TIE RECORD.
WAsuINpTnN March 2 lSO


WAsHIN0ToN, March 8, 1894.
Representative Grout, OF Vt, in a speech
on the Pension Appropriation bill, now
before the House, presented some statistics
showing the Pension policy of the present
administration to be against the veterans,
In manner that could not be truthfully
contrsdicted. He presented figures showing
that pensions are granted only one-fourth as
fast by Commissioner Lochren as they were
by Commissioner Raum, the latter rejecting
on an average only one case out of every
four applications, while the former rejects
two applications for every one granted, in
order to carry out the policy mapped out by
MIR. Cleveland, of reducing pension pay.
ments by Withholding certificates that should
properly be issued, He called attention to
the recent Democratic estimate that S26,.
00o0o0 would remain unexpended at the
close Of the present fiscal year out of the
appropriations to pay pensions. "and sgui.
ticantly enough" said Mr.. Grout, that is
Just about the amount Speaker Crisp said,
in his speech in favor OF the tariff bill,
would be saved by reducing expenses" No
Democrat attempted to reply to these state.
ments, but Mr.. Merdith, of Va, made a
foolish speech in which he repeated Mr..
Clevelands libel of there heing thousands Of
fraudulent pensioners, and he went step
further aud said that he had personal
knowledge of these frauds. He was inter.
rupted by Mr.. Funk, of Ill T., who told him
that if he knew of fraudulent pensioner
and failed to denounce him to the authori.
ties he was not good citizen, to which he,
after clustering and talking about
lighting, made the childish reply that
he was not required to act as a spy or an in.
former and that he declined to do So Now
wasn't that like Democrat?
1t Is certain that no administration of the
United States was ever so universally con.
demned after one year Of power as that OF
MIR. Cleveland is. Here are a few of the
condemnations of it by members of Congress:
Senator Teller-"th most signal failure of
any administration we have ever had;"
Senator Peffer-"has been series of
blunders that might have been avoided;"
Senator Wilson-'I do not think the
country will want repetition OF such an
administration. There is no doubt what
ever that we shall have a changer Senator
Cullom-"has been most unfortunate, and
characterised by greater number of
blunders than have occurred under any
other administration; Senator Dolph-"has
proven disastrous failure, having no
parallel in our history;" Senator Power
''Mr. Cleveland's free trade policy has made
the cup OF the American working men full
OF misery; Senator Proctor--'the esteem in
which the people hold Mr.. Clcveland's first
year OF administration is shown by the re-
cent election in Pennsylvania" Senator
Higgins-"for our present miseries we have
to thank the Democratic party which is,
it seems never so happy as when trying to
run sword through our industries" Sena.
tor Pugh (DemocratJ- condemn Mr.
Ceveland'S financial policy in to-" Senator
Frye-"his Hawaiian policy and his
attempting to force the Wilson bill through
Congress have wrecked his party, and to
this extent Mr.. Cleveland is public bene.
factor; Senator Hale-'the only hope of
business men is the expected fetal overthrow
OF the Democratic party at the fall eec.
tons;' Senator Manderson-"a miserable
and lamentable failure;" Senator Plat
incompetent and bad" Representatives,
Bowers may the good Lord save US from
three more such years." Bngham-"h has
lost the good esteem of the people by his
pique and bitterness as we'll as by his
attempts to control the Legislative branch
of the Government contrary to the Const.
tuition; Payne"-'the only good thing ac-
complished is the Generalization of the
party which placed it in power;" Walker
'the record of the year is little short of dis.
GRACEFUL" Hepburn-''no administration
has ever gone out of power so little regretted
as will that OF Mr. Cleveaud;" and Marsh
has been hell upon earth"