Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06
OUR PENSIONS.
Course of Administration De-
nounced by Republicans.
The Union Veterans Defended in
Demanding Their Rights.
Pres. Cl.veisnd and Koke Smith Called 10
Task for Their Acts.

WAsuIs6Toy. March Tie Hon e non
concuueI In ssll The Senate amendments
TO the urgency deficiency bill. exeepting the
one appropria.ing 5000 for tfavt ling ex-
pepses OF insps ctots OF furniture, etc, IN
publ, building, which vas agreed to with
amendment; sppromiaiinz $500. 600 tor
public printing and Finding for ID" last two
qnatters Of the fiscal year OF 1874 AMI
sl5 600 10 enable the public printer t. grant
80 dsys leave {, employees 0. tae govern
nspt printing oiiire.
BIZ t, enabl. New Mexico t. .ecome a
stst- was called up by Jo'ept, .nd inmef-
lately developed orpisi1on. Cannon de-
manieh seeoud teiers ordered. The Re
uublicans refrAined iron yo;ing AMI the
result was TIC yeas and / nay. No q1orum
having app ared, joseph withdrew hls mo-
tion aud ONeil called no the regnl,r order
(the pension approplisti,n biii.) Deliver
REM addressed tue House on its pro-
visions.
Dol.ver criticised The present admins
tratiop Of he pension ofiice. O.d b'o&en
down solai ~. he sail, and women ana
children in his district, had complained u
him of the bl5o Hess Ingenuity disp'ay cd by
the interior department. in putting obsta-
:
entitled TO. Tne survivors of the Rebellion
were not to be ollosed by the yonrg Of ,hi'
country TO have their oil age embhtersd by
The denials of their rights. These yonng
men were laying up wrath that would kin
die the popular furnace in the uni.ed
States to hite heat AW liue.
Hepburn IKsp) Of Iowa scored the ar
lion of thr .'R representatives. OF the Lite
.-tf i ia bpr ni
pensions. Not one of these states. he sail,
contributed dollar, not even nickel, TO
the pension rall. The lnte Confederate
states contributed bit anal proportion to
the expenst OF the government Ia Nil
pnrts of tn. United States SLIT
600 600 was colier,ei aGh Of tbis sum
the late Confed rate states cot
tribnted 81 900 900 Hepburn attacked
with bitterness iii. Pr 81 ient for bis pen
sion vetoes. aud Sc r ta'y lloke Smta for
Influences hostiie to The Cnon sol 'i"r,
which don i1atei lnm in ! Is pension policy
Enloe Dem of Tennessee sad Large
amount OF money and lsrg, number of
yot.s were Involved in thu pensioa question.
and it opened II chlncs for demagogies TO
exercise their vocation. lie defended the
secretary the intetilr and lis pension
policy, ana cont ma a ibht Jlslct' Acua.el
every suspen,i,n OF p nsions. Enloe d.
Tended the methois Of the present camns-
sjoner of pensions IN prO'e, ntng fr uou-
lent appltcauts. When E1lse said the
Ranm administration changed III. political
character of pension examining boar II, he
met with a storm o.. protests from Repub-
Leans.
Millken jR p) of VI inc, g. the rolicy
of changing the political compilation OF the
medical boards texan under the fret
Cleveland administration aud "as continued
by General Rtum,
Enloe ma Re the scnus itlon that persons
employed in the pension office we're IN
sympathy with the last administration AMI
rejected deserving applications for pensions
to in lure the present administration.
Tawnsy (Rep), of Mlnnes3t', defended
the old soldier agsi ist the charge of frsul,
which he said was made by Pfesi lent Cleve-
land. In Minnesota so Of ih ~ indict-
men for fraudulent practices il obttinicg
pensions, referred to ON the ii,or By liz
Democratic colleague, were found against
one man Republican applaust] Ii was
the pension agent, the pension clerk. an
the notary puzzle Who committed psnsio
frauds. The discussion continue tuIl
$40, when the House adjourned.