The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06

any oJner man ON the hoor. IL did not
matter whether he was too young to go
INTO the war or not, nor did it matter
what section he came from, he had a
right to speak on any question that con
cerned the people. He was there to pro
tect the taxpayers of the country and to
stop fraud and this was not only the DO
SlJlon OF the commissioner of pensions
ana the Secretary of the Interior, but of
the President himself.
MIR. Baldwin, dem. of Minnesota, had
hoped that the war had ended with the
surrender OF Lee, but he was mistaken
The gentlemen on the other side were
nRhtlng 1t over again wing it from
generation TO generation as a heritage.
MIR. Baldwin also wanted to know fthe
gentlemen on the other side, in endeavor-
ing 10 make eXtravagant pension appro-
prlallons, were trying to embarrass the
tarld legislation, for pensicns must be
pald out OF money provided by the tariff
laws.
BLACKS STORY ON LoCHREN
MIR. Cannon, rep, of Illinois. said the
gentleman from Illinois, Mr.. Black, the
former commissioner of pensions, had
suood on the floor of the House and, it
seemed to him, acted as the attorney for
the Democratic party in its pension pol-
ICY In his speech last Saturday he had
ent commissioner Of pensions at Gettys-
ourg, and IL seemed to him that the gen
Jleman was endeavoring TO have the record
or Commissioner LoChren spread over
the pension policy and tho unfriendliness
OF the administration to the pensioners.
lie would like to know whether the gen
tleman from Illinois was In favor of the
pension veto which MIR. Cleveland made
during his first administration
MIR klagl gai1 fha hills vyaf,aI ,,,,,, %
him from the President through the Sec
retary Of the Interior, and were by him
referred to various divisions for report.
Ho had then sent the cases back to the
Secre.a of the Interior with reports.
sometimes giving the opinion that they
should be vetoed. More questioning by
MIR Cannon failed to set the desired in
formation from Mr.. Black. who declined
to betray what he believed to be conf
dental relations between the President
and the commissioner of pensions (him-
self.
CANNON SETS TRAP.
To one answer of Mr.. Black Mr.. Can
non said Then my colleague does en-
dorse the veto of the private bills, but
not the dependent pension bills}"
You understand something / have not
said,' was the reply, but YOU have dc.
termined to mako me say.u Laughter. |
MIR. Cannon crsisted that the gentle
man had unanswered his question as to
whether he favored the pension policy Of
the first Cleveland administration. and
Mr. Black repeated that he could not an
swer until permission had been given him
by the president, or the law had pro.
vided for the removal of the confidential
relations under which he was placed with
regard TO his official connection with the
president.
Mr.. Cannon wanted to know what his
colleague thought of the matter, as an in
dividual, not rs a former commissioner
Of pensions. He saw nothing wrong in
that
"Your estimate of duty under given cir
cumstnnces, might guide some, but it
would not guide me-"
will my colleague tell me whether the
vetOes were written in the pension office
or in the white house," asked Mr.. Can
non.
~ trust the gentleman will not persist
in that line OF questioning after what /
have said, >" said Black.
CANNON PERSISTS.
Mr.. Cannon did not want to embarrass
his colleague, but he would like his Ques-
tion answered, he said, and Mr. Black
replied, amid great applause from the
democratic side, that it was a question Of
y
Then Mr. Cannon made some reference
to the embarrassment he had caused Mr.
Black, followed by few other remarks
about Mr.. Blacks refusal to answer his
question.
This brought Mr. Black again to his
feet with the declaration, which he de-
livered with much feeling, that he de-
clined any longer to be placed in the
position Of a witness, to be badgered by
the gentleman from Illinois
The gentleman declines to answer"
said MIR Cannon "The people OF this coun-
try don't care three hurrahs in Hades
about what he thinks-they want to know
about the policy of the administration
on the pension question"
Mr. Cannon devoted the rest of his ar
gument to citing cases of deserving pen
sioners, many of whom had received
their injnries from disease and not from
bullets, and he declared that the Presi-
dent was doing Just as little as possible
under the dependent pension act, which
he had once vetoed.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Cannon's re-
marks the House, at 40 o'clock, ad-
jOurned until TO morrow.