The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-28
THE POOR OLD SOLDIER
Mr.. Crlsp'S Sarcasm In Relation to the
Debates on the General Pension Bill.
TO PROTECT THE MAJORITY FROM ITSELF
Involving Service in the Confederate
Army sixty Days Prior 10 the Close
ofthe War, Entails the Sobriquet
of"GaIvanized Rebels, Applied by
Pension Commissioner Lochrcn.

Washington, April 27.-(Special)-A
supplementary reportto the report hereto
fore made by the Committee on Privi-
leGeS and Elections in favor of inquiry
into the elections in Alabama in 1894.
was presented by Mr.. Chandler to-day
ana ordered printed. 1t states that the
new report is made because the minority
report is not Forthcoming after the laps,
of forty-eight days. The report rec!tes
the statement made by Senator Allen in
the Senate, February IL, 1895. showing
that $4,000 fraudulent votes were cast
Tor Oates in the fifteen black belt coun-
ties, which being deducted would show
the election of Kolb by about 1000 ma
jority: that a Kolb Legislature was elect
ed; that in four black belt counties two
koib Senator's and seven Kolb represen-
tauVes were chosen, and in fourteen
white counties four Kolh Senators and
twenty-four kolb representatives were
chosen, but that the Democratic candi-
dates We're fraudulently declared elected
and eliminating these frauds there was
an actual Populist and Republican ma
1ority OF twenty-nine in the legislature
making Senator Morgan's election inva-
ia The report says the truth of the
facts charged is admitted in the Selma.
Ala, Times. of December g. 1895 where
1t Is said that the election crimes were
necessary in order 10 prevent negro dom
nation; yet that the young men of the
black belt are weary of going into tho
ballot boxes and bringing up manufac-
tured majorities." and that 1t is expedi
ent Tor Alabama 10 adopt the Mississippi
lIiah oil disfranchising the colored voters
by Constitutional amendment
Alter unimportnnt coutine morning
business the senate proceeded to the
consideration of the naval apparopria
ton bill. AS passed by the House IN.
plii appropriated S3l 647 .240. The changes
recommended by the Senate committee
would result in net reduction of S367.
.3S, leaving the amount of the bill s31
2l9.4S2. w.
me unimportan1 amendments of the
commute" We're all agreed to- while those
aHectinS the increase of the navy were
reserved for the present.
MT. quay moved to increase the an
p!opriat:on for reserve guns" for aux
iliarS cruisers from S250.000 to $500 600
Inc amendment gave rise TO debate
IN winch Mr.. Gorman commented uDon
the suspension of gun making at the
Washington Navy-yard. and said that
the prior activity there had stimulated
by the war feeling got up at that time
while the suspension of the work was
due TO the fact that the manufacturers
OF stsel tubes and steel packets had
failed to furnish them according TO con-
tract. He did not share. he said, in the
feeling that there should be any great
haste in preparing for war: IL the Trea-
sury was in ii poor condition he would
favor the appropriation. But he ad-
mlited that II was unwise at this time
TO appropriate n large amount on ac-
count of guns and follow 1t up with
twenty millions for war vessels.
House: After passing n few private
bills and others local to the District of
Columbia resolution was reported from
the Committee on Rules for the consid-
Grafton of the pending Pension bill for
an hour and a half. the vote to be taken
tomorrow immediately after approval
of the journal
Mr. Crisp criticised the order as re-
markable in that it shut out all amend
mentS.
Mr.. Dingley called Mr.. Crsp's atten-
ton To the fact that the order was al
most precisely the language under
which the Wilson Tariff bill was passed
while the gentleman from Georgia was
speaker and chairman of the Rules
Committee.
Mr.. Crisp called attention 10 the waste
Of time of to-day's session after the
hour and a half of debate was over
and said ii was very apparent the
lea derS of the House had decided the
Pension bill must pass and nothing else.
This order was necessary. he said. to
protect the $50 Republican majority
from itself.
Mr.. Henderson Utep., Iowa. wanted to
say 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 Sen
ate. where the question of adjournment
had already been considered
Mr.. Cannon was member of the 5lst
Congress. which had passed the pension
law Of 1890. henefiting 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 300 and odd thousand i'm
a state of fear The bill did not go as ia
as he wished. but 1t was the bestthat
could he done now.
Mr.. Hepburn Rep0. OF Iowa. opposed
the rule. He thought the Republican n
majority could be trusted to legIslate
without any such restrictions for the
old soldier
On a division the vote on the adop-
tion of the rule was 40 tu 76.
The yeas and nays were then called
resulting: Yeas. 119: navs. SS. So the
resolution was adopted
The House voted to disagree to the
Senate amendments TO the sundvy civil
appropria ton bill and ordred q confer
ence.