The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-15
Mr.. CUMMINGS PATRIOTIC
New lork's Representative Attacks
the Pension Bureau.
Is CHEERED BY REPUBLICANS.
lie Repudintcs the Remarks Of Mr.. Kart.
lett. and Declares That Tammauy iinlI
is the Friend of the Union Soldier.
The senate Proceedings.

! Washington. Jan. 1.-two bills were
| passed in the senate today-a railroad
! bill and a private pension bill The first
| grants to the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad company. the right of
way over a part of the Sac and Fox and
| Iowa Indian reservations i'm Kansas and
| Nebraska, made necessary by the en-
! croachments of the Missouri river on
| the original track; and the second gives
/ q pension of $1J month to the widow
of Brigadier General Cogswell, of
| Massachusetts. The pension bill pro-
voked a discussion which lasted more
than an hour and a half. The remain
| der of today's session was consume, in
the delivery by the Popuist senator
| from North Carolina, Mr.. Butler, of a
prepared speech on the house bond BILL
with the free silver substitute TO 1t re-
ported by the finance committee. Mr.
Butler advocated an amendment sub
mitted by himself prohibiting any fur
ther issue of United States bonds with
out action by congress, and requiring
the use of silver in the payment Of
| greenbacks, treasury notes and OF the
interest and principal of coin bonds. Mr..
Pepper. CPop., kan), obtained the floor
and will address the senate tomorrow
on free silver
The senate is also to be entertained
tomorrow with speech by Mr.. Mills.
! Dem, TeX.), in support of resolution
on the financial question, which that
senator offered today and which among
various other things, requires the coin
| age of all the silver bullion in the treas
ury and the use of the money so coined
in payment of current expenses and in
the redemption of treasury notes.
Discussing the Pension Bili.
For four hours today the debate on
| hn onf a lnnrnnrtH
ran along in the house without especial
incident. the only spice of variety being
! the occasional efforts of Mr.. Bartlett
CDem., n. " to defend the position he
had taken in his speech yesterday in
! which he supported the administration
by the pension bureau of the laws en-
trusted to 1t for execution. Then Mr..
Cummings Dem.. N. " occupied five
minutes in a most vigorous attack upon
the policy of the pension bureau. which
he declared caused Union soldiers and
| their widows to shiver with apprehen-
sion that they would be stabbed in the
! back by "A bureau where they should
| receive only encomiumS and support.
He reDudiated the speech of Mr. Bart
! lett in the name of the Democracy of
| New York, the Tammany Hall Demdc-
racy, which, he asserted had always
| been loyal to the Union and the friends
| III Inc VI tflt oIlDll. IIt was
surrounded during the delivery of. his
impassioned philippe by Republican
members, who applauded nearly every
| sentence.
| Just before Mr.. Cummings spoke there
had been a partial defense Of the pen
sion bureau by Mr.. Pool lRep.. n. W
| and his attack was all the more notice.
| able because of the contrast thus af
| fOrded.
| The debate on the pension bill will
| probably continue two or three days
| longer Before the house adjourned
! Mr.. Curtis (Rep., n. W reported the
military academy appropriation bill
and it was placed on the calendar.
Nominations Confirmed.
The senate in executive session to-
day confirmed the following nomna-
tions: Herman kretZ. to be Superin-
| tendent and William T.. Morgan to be
| coiner of the mint at Philadelphia !:
| Edward a. Bowers. of Connecticut. to
be assistant comptroller of the treas
ury; joseph Fl. Hcrod, of Indiana. to
be secretary and Stephen Bopsal of
| Maryland. To be second secretary of the
| legation to japan.
Collectors of internal revenue: w. ID.
Rutan, Fifth district of New Jersey.