The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-07

n'.NPAVu pN lue pension once ltSol1 long
before tho act was passed. He read from
mplauOn OF the pension laws issued by
the bureau, saying: They print them for
other people TO read; they ought 90 read
/ them themselves ~ lie had had marked
twenty sections in that compilation which
SAID that upon a certain state of
facts being shown, the claimant shall
be entitled to so many dollars from the
government. The whole pension policy of
the government was based on the rights
OF the pensioner. The country froWned
when IL saw the maXims of common JUS
ice violated in the interior department
In the consideration of the claims of the
wards OF the nation The law of 1893 was
kpassed pursuant TO that sentiment and 10
would stand
In conclusion Gen. Siczles said: $50
much for the law of this case. In a
larger and broader sense, before the pen
sion laws We're passed, the people of this
country decreed that from time to time,
as an expression of their grateful appre-
Clatlou of the services of the defenders of
the union, money ample sums of money,
should be appropriated as an expression
OF the nations gratitude. That decree is
as good to-day in the hearts of the Amer
lean people as it was when made That
decree will never be modified, rescinded
or revoked as long as one surviving sol
dler OF the war Ives lApp plausc.
GRosvENoR DENIES EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.
Mr. Grosvenor, rep, Of Ohio, quoted
the statement in the Presidents message
that thousands of the neighborhoods of
this country had their fraudulent pensions
He denounced the statementas slanderous
and untrue. He said that there were more
frauds committed every day in the New
York custom house than had been COM
mltted by all the union veterans together
Aft ION
to one, he charged, than could
be found on the pension roll. If
there were 200 fraudulent pension
ers on the roll, the commissioner
of pensions should be impeached for
incompetencY. Mr.. Grosvenor referred
to MIR, Blacks charge in his speech that
eight companies of a certain north western
lOO-days regiment had contributed GA
names to the pension roll for disabilities
incurred in the term Of service. The
regiment, he said was the One Hundred
and Eigh hty-secOnd Ohio volunteer in
fantry II was an organization composed
OF veterans of two and three years serv-
ice, enlisted for a year and not for ninety
days, as Mr. Black had stated, and its
service was ardupus and valuable,
GRosvENoR ATTACKS BLACK.
Upon the question of fraudulent pen
siOns, Mr.. Grosvenor said he had been
informed by an Official in the pension bu-
reau that the greatest number of fraudu-
lent pensions upon the roll were placed
there by the gentleman from Illinois, Mr.
Slack, when he was commissioner of PEN
siOns, under the Mexican veteran bill
Mr.. GrosvenOr was paying some attention
to the record of the gentleman from Ten
nessee MIR Enloe on the pension ques-
tion, when Mr.. kigore broke in to re
| mark: May I tell the gentleman
| from Ohio that am much more friendly
| TO the union soldier than ! used to belN
To which MIR. Grosyenor responded: "I
have no doubt that you learned some
thing by rubbing up against himl ~
Laughter
Mr.. Grosvenor dwelt at length upon the
suspension of Ohio pensioners in 1898 and
the reinstatements, in order to affect the
result of the election in that state last
November OF 1000 suspensions he SAID
that over 300 were reinstated without
examination, and that the action was n
crime which in any other than a political
bureau would have raised a storm of in
dignation and protest throughout the
country,
THE PLACE FoR MAKING RECORDS
Mr. Coombs, dom, of New York said
| he supposed that when this bill had been
| reported to the House there would be
nothing to do but vote on its passage, that
| committee. But he he'd forgotten, he
| said that the House of Representatives
was the place for making records for its
MEMBERS and so for the past few days
| tn old stories have been retold. He said
| that the claims Of the republicans to be
| the only friends Of the soldier were not
well founded that there were among the
| democrats, including those who were our
| cnemies during the war, just as true and
faithful friends of the soldier as the other
| side could show.
! THE EFFECT AT THE POLLS.
| Mr. Mahon, rep, of Pennsylvania, said
| that the pension policy of the Democratic
| party and administration had aroused the
| antagOnism of not only the old soldiers,
| but Of members of the party. The vote
| in the recent election in Pennsylvania, by
| which Mr.. Grow was chosen representa-
| tive at large by the enormous ma ority of
| lsS, 900, could not be charged altogether to
| the tariff question. He believed that
| fully 5000 democratic soldiers in his
state voted the republican ticket TO
| express their opinion Of the present
! policy of the administration. AS
to the responsibility for that policy, Mr..
! MahOn said Commissioner Lochrcn wolg
| not and did not originate or execute a
| single important act without the knowl-
! edge and direction of the President. If
this system of attack upon the soldiers
! was persisted in, the speaker prophesied
| that at the next congressional election
| Pennsylvania would return a solid repub-
| lican delegation.
Mr. Mahon gave notice OF an amend
ment he proposed TO offer, making pen
| sion once granted. unless obtained by
| fraud, accident or mistake vested right
| aud shall be so held by all the courts and
| officers of the United States.
.4O o'gloey tho goru p,iffaa vsoaa nd
! the House adjourned until tomorrow at
/ noon.
MTNTS READY TO COIN.