The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-08
pENsIoX nILL rAssED.

Speaks With III. Old Time EloIuencv.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.-Aitcr
Ave daya Of dcbato tho pension appro.
priation bill carrying $lJl,000,00O was
passed this afternoon without division.
Throughout the debate thOrO had been
no criticism OF tho amount carried by
the bill, debate being on tho ono hand
confined 10 an assault on tho manner in
which the present commissioner Of
pensions had administered the office and
his alleged unauthorized suspension OF
pensions, and on the other to defense
OF tho attempt OF the commissioner to
purge the rolls OF those who were not
ontit!cd To place upon them. To-day
there were several very spirited
speeches. those by General Henderson.
of Iowa; Mr.. O'Neill, in closing tho de-
bate, aud ex.Speakrr Grow.
Mr.. Hudson Dom, Kan, who
opened the debate for tho day, criti.
cised tho conduct OF tho pension office
under both the Harrison and Cleveland
administrations. Ito Was drawn into u
lively alteration with some Of his Re-
publican Collca ,ues from Kansas over
The calnpairmin. tours OF Pension
Agent CampbeIl, OF that state.
In Kansas. no sad, there wore 10000
pensioners receiving on an average
$lGO. while in Massachusetts there were
81 ,OU0 PENSIONERS receiving an average
nf SlSO Dor ahnum.
"Do you ,hinS the MasaachrSotts SOL
diers received TOO much2" interiected
Mr.. Walker.
"Lct mo tell the gentleman that
iias.aChuSett. has paid her soldiers
S23,O0LuOD in addition to all they had
received IRON the general government"
llr. slockdaIn iDem. Miss supported
the pension uOlCy OF Commissioner
Lochren and the President, They were
trying, he laid, to rid tho roll OF the
camp follower and coffee coolers and
desertrrs in order to make it an historic
and houured roll OF the nations de.
Tenders.
Mr.. johnson (Rep., Indiana) made 4
vigorous onslaught On tho policy OF
SecrO ary Smith and Commissioner
Lochren. He reviewed what he called
Wholesale suspensions.
Alter brief speech by Mr.. Thomas
(Kep., MichIgan). Mr.. Springer Dem,
Illinois, took the floor in defense OF the
policy OF the pension Office.
lie wanted 10 know why Illinois, hay
ing moro population than Ohio, but
GS,0J0 pensioners receiving Sll.0l9,OOO,
While Ohio had lO2,9Sl pensioners re.
cciving Sl7, 100000 In Intinna, $780,
900 was distributed to the congressional
district: in Ohio $3.50, 900, while in Hi
nois but $4,000 vi, distributed to the
district. lie attributed this state OF af-
fairs to the fact that the pension office
had been made political machine by
tho Republican party. Illinois was certain
Tor tho Republican party, while Indiana
and ONO were doubtful. The pension
cases were settled in the doubtful states
while chose IRON the solid states were
plgeOn-holed.
Mr.. Marshal, OF Illinois, explained
this discrimination by pointing out that
in Kansas, winch sent but fifteen rcgl-
menls into the field, there were 1900
pensioners. The old soldiers from ILL.
nois had moved west to kansas aud
other states.
ONeil, Dem. Mass.) who was in
charge OF the bill, closed the debate.
At 3 o'clock general debate closed
under the agreement reached yesterday
and the bill WAS road for amendment
and debate under the FIVE minute rule.
Mr.. Bingham. OF Pennsylvania, and
Mr.. Hopkins, OF Illinois, offered amend
ments which were declared OUT OF order
as not being germane.
General Henderson rep. Iowa.. VINO
had been i'll ior some time. next got the
6oor. Several weeks ago he submitted
to another amputation OF his limb. He
md beeu panied beyond measure. he
said, to find that upon theme which
ought to inspire every patriotic heart,
tins house was divided US ii it were
war measure.
"0h, my countrymen, said General
Henderson, addressing the Democratic
side, "he who wore stars on his shout
ders in the cause OF the Union can do
more harm to his old comrades than NIL
those who fought under the Confederate
flag. Mark the contrast presented by
that other distinguished soldier, Gen
eral Sickles Republican applause7,
who. fearing not the thunder OF the
executive or the cruel heel OF the pat
ronage, stands for the soldiers with
whom he fought. Sears are honorable,
but they must not be used as u cloak
from behind which to strike equally
honorable men.
Mr.. Picker, of South Dakota, offered
amendment to make the reports OF the
examining surgeons omen to the inspec-
ton OF the attorneys aud applicants. It
was agreed to.
Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania, offered
the last amendment. providing that no