The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-01
VETO SUSTAINED.
House Refused to Pass the Hiram
Rhea Pension Bill.

House Refused to Pass the Hiram
Rhea Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2S.-The rush of the
closing hours of Congress showed itself in
the House to-day in the miscellaneous char
acter of the business transacted. An at
tempt to pass a bill to pension Hiram Ehea,
an alleged member of the Tenth Regiment
of North Carolina Infantry, over the veto
of the President, failed--96 to 15s--both the
veto and the report of the Secretary of
the Interior showing that Rhea was al
legged to have been at the time he was
wounded a member Of an armed band of
guerrillas. The House, by vote of III
to $50. decided to further insist on it's dis
agreement to the Senate amendment to
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill providing for the Hawaiian cable.
When the session opened this morning
the Speaker laid before the House the Pres
ident's veto OF the bill to pension Gather
Inc ott. and it was referred to the COM
The ffty-four bills passed by the Senate
on Tuesday night (most of them OF minor
and disposed of. some by 0' reference @ 'yusd and
some by passage. The Senate amendments
to the bill to, prohibit the wearing of the
sign of the Red Cross without permission
OF the national Red Cross Society was
The Senate bill TO regulate the deductions
from the gross tonnage OF vessels for the
purpose OF determining OF net tonnage,
which, forms the basis OF port charges. was
Mr.. McCreary presented the conference
report on the consular and diplomatic APP
propriation bill and moved that the House
insist on its disagreement to the Senate
amendment providing for the Hawaiian
cable.
Mr.. Hit moved to concur a motion that
took precedence. This question had been
discussed In the House and tho vote was
taken on Mr.. Hits motion without debate.
Mr.. Hits motion was lost-115 10 $50. Then,
without division, the House insisted on its
amendment. and the bill was sent to fur
ther conference
Mr.. Martin, chairman or the invalid PEN
sions committee. then called up the presi-
dents veto of the bin to pension Hiram
Rhea and moved TO pass II, the Presidents
veto Notwithstanding. Mr.. Martin. In sup
port of his motion. said he believed he could
convince the House that If this bill was
passed over the veto that IL would be I'm
the interest of the people and of the treas
tice TO Rhea. the Beneficiary OF the bin
Mr.. Cultivate bitterly attacked the mo-
tion to pass the bill over the Presidents Il
veto. He read from the afildayits OF some
of Rhea's acauaintances, alleging that he
was a notorious rebel bushwhacker. "A COM
mon robber and "A terror to the community
in which he iived-that he had. in fact.
at one time belonged to the Sixty-fourth
North Carolina rebel regiment: that he had
been wounded after tne war, and that
he had been accused OF murder; Congress
bin in favor OF a man with such u disrep-
utable record
The vote was taken by yeas and nays. in
accordance with the provision of the Con-
stitution. and the bill failed to pass over
the veto-96 to l53
The House then proceeded with business
reported from the District OF Columbia COM
mittee. Several bills relating TO the Dis
trict az Columbia were passed. after which,
ut 5d5. the House adjcurned-