The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-23
TWO PEEsIOE VEToIs.
The PreSIdsnt Dlsapprovss Two RtIir
R.oentiv Pasled-Acfion of ths Bsliafe.

ANtV @1A-AseA te-eSe@-'
Ths Presidsnt Dlsappr0Ves Two Btlls
Recently Passed-ActIon of ths Ssnaie.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April q. THE
President to-day sent 20 the senate We
! toes Of two senate pension bllig. The
| frat was IN the case OF Charles 81 JOnes,
a photographer, which attracted con-
siderable attention In the house. u IS
as follows:
To the Senate:
/ return herewith without my appro-
val, senate bill No. 2le. entitled an act
granting pension 10 Charles =. Jlnes,
1'ht beneficiary named In this bill was
a photographer who accompanied one
OF The regiments Of the UniSn arIny In
tiie war OF the rebellion. He was iniur-
ed. apparently not very seriously, while
| taxing photographs and whore no bat-
tlR was In actual progress. He was not
enlisted, and was In no manner IN the
military service OF the United States.
Aside from the question as to wheth-
er his present sad condition Is attribu-
tabie to the injury sustained It Beems
to me the extension Of pension relief
to such cases would open the door TO
legislation hard TO satisfy and imposs-
ible to restrain from abuse.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, April u, 1895.
The other veto was in the case of tho
bill for pension TO Nancy @. Ala
bach. It provides for a pension for Mrs.
Y Allabach who Is the widow OF Peter
N NllHhlch, who served in both the
Mexican war and the war OF the rebel
lion. Tho President calls attention TO
the fnct that Mr.. Allabacii made no ap-
plication for pension on account OF dis.
abilities during his life. 1T ls not" he
says, 'now claimed that he was in the
least disabled as an accident OF his mil.
ltory service, norris It alleged tnnt his
death. which occurred nearly twenty
nine years after his discharge from the
army, was In any degree related TO
such service. He says the widow was
pcnsipntL after her husbands Heath ne
the widow OF a Mexican soldier and
that her case fails under ths general
act ot 1890 "It is proposed, however"
he continues, "by the special ast under
consideration to give this widow a pen
bion OF $50 a month without the least
Huggestion Of the death or disability OF
her husband having been caused by his
military service and solely so far as dis
coYernbie, upon the ground that she is
poor and needs the money. The condi-
ton is precisely covered by existing
laws; and II precedent Is to be es-
thpllSneu ny NnG Specltl AGBlSAhSSA nv
posed, do not see how the same RELIEF
as Is contained in this bill can be de-
MED to the many thousand widows who
In similar situation are now on the
pension rolls under general laws"
When the messages were presented 70
the senate Mr.. Gallinger, (Rep., N. HI,
chairman Of the pension committee.
said he regretted that the President
had seen 1T to veto these bills, Captain
AlIabach's military services were such
that he might have applied for PEN
sion. but,dId not do 50, owing 70 per-
Ronal (llsinclinatIon. While Jones was
photographer, yet he received a gnnshot
wound. resulting In total blindness dur-
ing the attack on LongStreets lines.
'The President refers TO q trivial
wound, y" said Mr. .Gallinger. II will not
discuss and suggest what Is my mind
that the message was written without
a knowledge of the facts" The pension
rommittea had not proceeded careless
IS and Itcklessly in feyoring pensions.
Mr.. Palmer, (Dem., Ills.), spoke Of the
embarrassment attending cases IN
which the APPLICANT for q pension had
not been formally enlisted.
IT held.'' said Mr.. Palmer, that when
n ritisen voluntarily associated him
self with the military foreest he ,har-
ieomPs 0etacto in ne ntlii1Sy service,
and IL wounded. he has the same moral
right to pension Is anyone formally
enlisted"
The vetoes were referred to the pcil-
sion committee.
Many petitions came urging action In
behalf Of Bishop DIaz. arrested In Cuba
and resolution by Mr.. Bacon, CDeIrl.,
CAD, was'adopted, requesting the state
department for information as TO the
arrest and as 10 what steps had been
taken toward securing an impartial
trial.
seetarian school Question Settled.
The senate to-day disposed Of the
sectarlan school question By adopting
a compromise framed by Senator Cock
rell. of Missouri. The Indian bill. as It
came from the house, provided that mo
money herein appropriated shall be
paid for education IN sectarian schools"
| This provision Is struck out by the
Coclkreil amendment, as adopted, and It
Is declared to be the settled policy q
the government to make no appropria-
tIons for sectarian schools after July l.
1898. thus giving two years for the aban-
donment Of sectarian schools, instead OF
an immediate abandonment. The
amendment was adopted by the deci-
sive vote OF thirty-elght to tweuty-four.
| The Indian bill was not completed when
| the senate adjourned.
In the House.