St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-07
A LECTURE FOR LOCHREH.
CEN SicKLES TAXES The COMMITS.
SiCRER TO TASK
AVID REPUBLICAN APPLAUSE.

He Disagrees With the Commits.
sioner in His Treatment of
Congressional Laws and Sus.
pension of Pensioners Res.
oiution for an Investigation OF
Judge Jenkins Approved.
WASHINGTON, March 6-The debate
on the pension appropriation bill was
continued today in the house, the feat
nre OF the day being Gen. Sickles'
speech criticlcing the action of Comnis-
s:oner Iochren. An agreement was
reached whereby the debate on the bill
viii close at 3 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. Before the debate began today,
the resolution for the investigation OF
Judge jenkins writ of Injunction
against the Northern Pacific railway
employees was taken I'D and passed.
Some minor loutine business preceded
the resumption of the debate on the
pension appropriation bill III the house
to-day. Quite heated discussion was
preclpitated at the beginning of the
session over resolution instructing the
secretary OF the navy 10 appoint naval
cadet from the Fifth South Carollua
district. 1t seemed that Mr.. Strait, the
representative from Maryland. failed to
appoint cadet. and the secretary of
the navy appointed and charged to that
district young man from Alabama.
1t developed that in several other cases
the secretary of the navy had filled
vacancies from districts with residents
or other districts, and there was man
lfest disposition On the part of the men,
Ders OF the house TO resent what they
considered an infringement of their
rights.
The speaker ruled the discussion oui
OF order, and Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., Iu.l
demanded the regular order. Mr.. Boat.
ner Dem, La, from the committee On
Judiciary, asked unanimous consent for
the consideration Of the resolution d.
recting the investigation by that COM
mittee of the injunction issued by
United States
JUDGE JENKINS,
on behalf of the Farmers Loan and
trust company. against the Northern
Pacific Railroad company. There was
no objection, and the resolution was
adopted. Mr.. Linton rep. Mich.) Sc.
cured unanimous consent for the con-
sideration of a resolution authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to transfer
certain piece of property in the ciiy
OF Saginaw, Mich, TO that city, and II
was passed. Mr.. Strait Dem, S. CT
then rose to question Of privilege on.
the ground that his rights had be en-
invaded by the secretary of the navy in
appointing and charging to his district
naval cadet from another state. He
detailed the circumstances under which
the appointment had been made. Mr..
Cummings, ehairman of the naval COM
mittee, agreed with Mr.. Strait, and had
reported the bill to prevent such mis-
takes in the future.
But that does not go far enough
interrupted Mr. Hatch. 1--WE want 10
correct this wrong already done mem
bers?"
Mr.. Strait asked the adoption of the
following resolution: Resolved, That
the appointment by the secretary of the
navy OF naval cadet for the Fifth dis
trlct OF South Carolina from the Sixth
Alabama district was without authority
Of law, and is void. The resolution vas
adopted. The house then went iuta
committee of the whole for the further
consideration OF the pension appropria-
ton bill, an agreement having been
reached by unanimous consent to close
rPnnTQl ,-oI
row. MT. Sickles Dem, \. y took
the floor and had read an extract from
MIR. CLEVELAND's LETTER
OF acceptance Of the presidential nomi-
nation, saying that the debt due the de-
tenders of the Union should be uu-
grudgingly discharged. Upon that
pledge to the soldiers the Democratic
party stood and won the political vic
tory The pension system commanded
the approval OF all parties and all sec
tons. Justice to the Union soldiers was
the one thing upon which all were
united. He was not able to agree with
the commissioner Of pensions either in
his Interpretation OF the law or his man.
ner OF treating the legislation of con-
gress. The commissioner had charae-
terlzed the act of Dec D. 1898, in which
congress declared a pension TO be a
vested right" as inaccurate and inap-
propriate." That was not decorons
way OF treating an act of congress, and
his superior officer should have
returned it TO him with the
adnonition TO treat congress with
more respect Besides, he continued.
Commissioner Lochren was as defective
in his law as in his manner. TReppl,-
lican applause. He has only to 90 to
his law dictionary to find what was
right and what vested right. A right
was well-fOunded claim; a vested
right, right 10 present ENJOYMENT.
The pension was vested right con-
ferred by law. Yet an army Of 1000
men had been deprived of that enioy-
ment by an official of the government.
Mr.. Milli6en rep, Me- made brief
speech in favor of liberality in pen.
sions. and was followed by Mr.. Grosyen-
or (Rep., Ohio.) The charge that there
was wholesale fraud in the pension
rolls Mr.. GrosYenor stamped as false
and malicious. If the president had
gone TO Illinois and had selected the
hero OF Fort Henry. Democrat of edu-
cation and training before Mr.. CIeye-
land knew the difference between
DEMOCRACY AND HUMBUG. =
as secretary of the interior. no sneh
trouble as confronted the Democracy
would have occurred. There was more
fraud in the custom house in New
York IN single year than in all the
pension cases that have ever come |