The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-28
PILING UP MORE PENSIONS.
THE VOTE on THE PENDING BILL
TO BE TAKEN TO-DAY.

ing the Time for the Closing OF
the Debate and Taking of the
Vote-Mr. DfngIey Points Out That
the order is in Almost Precisely
the Language of the Order Under
which the Wilson Tarin Bill Was
Passed
Washington, April 27.-In the House to-
5sv. after passing a few private bills
ana others local to the District of Column
bfa. a resolution was reported from the
lammittee on rules providing for the con-
s.5eration Of the pending general pension
hill for an hour and a half under the
fvs minute rule, the vote TO be taken to-
morrow Immediately after the approval of
the journal
Mr.. Crisp criticised the order as re-
markable in that it shut out all amend
ments.
Mr.. Dingley called Mr.. Cr,sp's attention
IN the fact that the order was in precisely
the language of the order under which
The Wilson tariff bill was passed-while
the gentleman from Georgia was speaker
and chairman of the rules committee.
AIr. Crisp called attention to the waste
Of time of to-day's session after the hour
and a half debate was over, and said it
was very apparent that the leaders of the
House had decided the pension bill must
pass. and nothing else. This order was
necessary, he said, to protect the $50 re-
publican majority from itself.
Mr. Henderson, rep, of Iowa wanted to
SAY a word in reply TO the voice from
the solemn star-chamber of the past"
He urged the adoption of the rule. The
pension bill had been amply discussed. and
there was all necessary opportunity to
perfect the bill in the hour and half,
which could be enlarged by the commit
tee He wished the pension bill passed
as soon as possible and sent TO the Senate,
where the question or adjournment had
already been considered.
Mr. Cannon, rep, of Illinois, was
member of the Fifty-frst congress, which
had passed the pension law of 1880, bene-
fting 100000 deserving old soldiers. The
present administration had by one stroke
of the pen taken away the rights of 10000
of these and had put the remaining three
hundred and odd thousand in a state of
fear The bill did not go as far as he
wished, but it was the best that could be
done now.
Mr.. Hepburn, rep, of Iowa opposed the
rule He thought the republican majori-
~ could be trusted to legislate without
any such restrictions for the old soldier.
on a division the vote on the adoption
of the rule was 20 to sc.
The yeas and nays were then called, re-
sulting: Yeas, 119; nays, IS. So the reso-
luton was adopted
The following republicans voted against
the resolution, which was opposed by the
democrats sondly: Messrs. Blue, Bow
ers, Burton of Missouri, Calderhead, Con-
molly, Cook, Cooper Of Wisconsin, Crow
Their, Danford, Dewitt, Eddy, Fenton,
Graf, Hager, Hartman, Henry of Connec-
ticut Hepburn, Johnson of California,
Kirkpatrick, Mcclure, Miller of Kansas,
Miner of Wisconsin, Smith of Illinois,
Strong. TaWneN.
Towne. Tracewell Updegraff Van Horn,
Wanger and Wilson of Idaho.
The House voted to disagree to the
Senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation bill and ordered a confer
ence.
Mr.. Henderson, rep, of Iowa. gave no
tice that tomorrow, after the general
pension bill had been disposed of, he would
ean up the general bankruptcy Dill
lucky, March 26, from the committee on
ways and means, providing for the with
drawal of distilled spirits from bonded
warehouses by the distiller or owner, was
recommitted to the committee on ways
and means.
Mr.. Connolly, rep, of Illinois. offered an
amendment to the first section which
would limit the granting of pensions to
eX-cOnfederates whose service IN the
confederate army was involuntary, or
which ended at least ninety days before
the close of the war.
In the discussion which followed, Mr..
Miles. dem. of Maryland, read a letter
from Pension Commissioner Lochren, in
which he designated this class of soldiers
as galvanized rebels"
Mr. Layton, dem, of Ohio, offered as
a substitute for the first section a graded
service pension measure for more than
ninety days service. 1t was ruled out on
point of order, and on appeal by Mr..
Layton, the ruling of the chairman (Mr.
Payne, rep, of New York; was sustained.
The amendment offered by Mr. Connol
ly was rejected.
Mr.. Hepburn, rep, of Iowa, offered an
amendment providing that hereafter in
the administration of the pension bureau
all laws shall be construed literally in
the interest of the claimant, and in no
case shall the claimant be required to
furnish a measure of proof that excludes
all reasonable doubt, but shall be required
only TO establish his claim by a fair
preponderance of proof.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Wheeler, DEM, OF Alabama, offered
an amendment provsing for the establish
ment of battle pension roll" on which
shall be placed only the names of soldiers
who fought in battle. 1t was ruled out
on point of order.
The period provided for the considera-
ton of the bill under the order expired
when only two of the seventeen sections
OF the bill bad been read. 1t was then
reported to the House by Mr.. Payne
by vote of lib to IA the bill was ordered
70 be engrossed and read a third time
by the terms of the rule the vote on the
passage of the bill will be taken to-mor-
row after the reading of the journal.
AT 4;4O o'clock the House adjourned.