The morning times., 1896-02-20
SENATE HIS GREAT FUN
An Amusing CoIIoquy Between
Senators Allen and Call.
ALL OVER A PENSION BILL
Tt Was simple Measure to Give
Relief to an Officers widow-This
Reused the Senator From Nebraska
and He Pitched Into the Gentle
man From Florida

Right merry was the Senate yesterday
| afternoon.
Senators Allen and Cali were the cause
of 1t and 1t has been a long time since an
unoffending pension bill had created so
much fun. Right jolly was the laughter
that came from Senators and from occu-
pants OF the gallery.
As he frankly and openly states himself
Senator Allen is crank on the subject of
pensions. He believes no difference should
be made between the widow of an officer
| and the widow of private. SO when a
bill came up to pension the widow of ex-
Senator Spencer, formerly colonel OF an
Alabama regiment, he was ready TO speak
/ against It,, which he did
This led Senator Call to make a reply.
In the course of his remarks he said he
thought an officer should be better treated
than private soldier and praised the Gus
tom of paying the widows of Senators
dying. while in office $4,000, or years
Allen took hold of Mr.. Calls statement and
kept that gentleman in a state of chronic
denial for quarter of an hour.
FUN BEGINS.
THE Senator from Florida, if he keeps
tnent military aristocracy in this country
with a civil aristocracy."
Il deny the statement" shouted Mr..
Call. The Senator from Nebraska is
talking nonsense. | protest against his
turning round and facing inc and charging
me with statements l did not make. He is
advocating plutocracy."
"No, I'm not answered Mr.. Allen, I'D
like to get rid of ii in the Senate, in the
H ouse, in the White House even. WePop-
uliSts have killed the Democratic party.
Now like the locusts we are going over to
feed on the Republicans and destroy them.
We will do this in five or six years.
Mr.. Chandler Why postponed it until 1900?
Mr.. Allen-Because there have been so
many scalawags who have fastened their
fangs so deeply that twill take six or seven
years 10 uproot them.
Mr.. Harris What scaIawags?
Mr.. Allen-There are some things so sacred
that they shdH!d not be spoken of. SO
refuse to answer the Senator question. But
mustreturn to the gentleman from Florida.
He holds that as soon as a man gets into
public life something springs up around
him and makes him and his wife and his
children better than anybody else.
Mr.. CALI said no such thing. The peo-
pie send us here and we should have rea-
sonable compensation.
Mr.. Allen-I have heard the Senator in
sinuate that the people had nothing to do
with it.
''Some men are sent here answered Mr.
Call, 'by corporations, but not ali. When
q Senator comes here he must take the
consequences.
MONEY MAKING'S PEACEFUL FIELD.
why don't you turn to the peaceful
fields OF money making? Why don't you
separate yourself from the consequences?~
querried Mr. Allen.
Are the consequences poverty?' retorted
Mr.. Call.
ION, no. cheerfully answered Mr.. Allen.
IF l can't live on the salary III go back
to my profession"
Mr.. Collaborating TO your principles
you should get S1.50 per day.
Mr.. Allen-I want at least So. If the
salary is not large enough for the gentle
man from Florida let him return TO Florida
and make $4,000 or $4,000 a year.
So the wordy battle continued until each
gentleman ran out Of breath. Then the bill
was passed. A large number of other pri-
vate bills were passed, and at 800 the
Senate adjourned until today.