Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-14
MARTYRS
Blood Cries Out to
High Heaven.
WANTS TURKEY WIPED OFF THE
ACTION DEMANDED
ON THE PART OF THE UNITED
STATES on THE ALLIED
POWERS.
Rrorts Being Mndc 10 Increase the
Pension Rolls by Adding Names
OF ThouHanas Of widows.
ACTION DEMANDED

Washington. Jan. is.-The house at
ter devoting an hour to the consider
alton OF business reported from the
District OF Columbia committee today
took up the pension appropriation bill.
The debate on the bill consumed the
DAY.
Mr.. w. A. Stone qlep.. Pal. in
charge of the bill. explained its pro-
visions.
Mr. Gran OF Illinois offered the
amendment offered by the committee
inhibiting suspension OF pensions for
fraud until the fraud had been proved
In United States court, and Mr.. Bart
lett IN. " opposed the proposed eX-
tension Of the dependent act OF 1880
BY the removal Of the Inhibition Of
WIDOWS pensions until they had proved
theiT dependence On their daily labor
FOR support.
He estimated that the proposed ex-
tension would add 10000 names 10 the
pension rolls.
In the house today Sir. Morse (Rep..
MassD presented the following resolu-
lion for presentation 10 the committee
on foreign affairs:
whereas, the most mournful tragedy
OF the Nineteenth century has been and
Is now being enacted under the APP
parent sanction OF the sultan OF Tur-
Key by which hundreds OF thousands
OF innocent Armenians are being
rutf lessly Slaughtered in cold blood.
women are being driven into captivity
worse than death and Inhabitants who
have fed to the mountains are dying
of cold and starvation.
Whereas. the blood OF those martyred
dead cry to heaven for justice.
Resolved. that the committee on for
elgn AFFAIRS consider the eNpediency
OF reporting forthwith come expression
oy this government In deuuuuintion
OF these atrocities. and II they lind as
a nation they are pOwCrless to act,
that we Invoke the cooperation Of the
nllied powers to wipe the Turkish gov
eminent on the face OF the earth and
secure the freedom and Independence
OF Armenia.
The resolution was referred and the
house then entered upon the eonsidera-
zion OF District business.
Two untmporiant District OF Column
bla bills were passed. after which the
house went Into committee OF the
whole for the consideration OF the pen
sion Appropriation bill.
Ar, W. A. Stone tRsp.. Pa), In
charge Of the bin. explained It's pro-
visions. II carried Sl4l.3-5,S20. a reduc-
ton Of s5OS.75O from the estimates
The amendments to the existing law
attached TO the bill provided that pen
s!ons under the act OF 1880 should date
from the first application, no matter
how many times they had been rejected
or dismissed for defects or informally
In the application, and repeated the
provisions OF the act OF 1880 requiring
widow 10 prove that she was de-
pendent for her support on her daily
labor. Instead. by the terms OF the
amendment. she must prove that her
net income does not exceed $500 per
"a Mf
Stone said he did not know how many
widows would receive pensions under
the amendment, but Il mattered not
whether II would result In giving pen
sions 20 one or one hundred thousand
widows. The government was not so
poor that II could not AFFORD 20 pension
the widows OF the defenders Of the
Union, (Applause)
Mr.. Gran Qtep.. III gave notice OF
an amendment he proposed to offer In
hibiting the reduction or suspension OF
pension on allegation of fraud unless
such fraud had first Oeen proved in
a United States court
The amendment was practically the
same as that drafted by the sub-com-
mittee on pensions, which was subse-
Quently abandoned because II was
thought that II trenched upon the ter
ritory OF the committee on invalid PEN
sons which proposed bringing forward
general bill to cover this ground.
Mr.. bartlett Dem. N " gave no.
tice that he would raise a point OF
order against Mr.. Graf's amendment,
also the amendment to the bill repeal
Ing the provisions of the act OF 1890
relative to widows pensions.
With reference to the Graf amend
ment he said II would be unwise TO
strip the pension commissioner OF leg
islativc power and clogging the ma
chinery OF the United States courts
with matters that should be left TO the
commissioners discretion.
Mr., Bartlett announced himself as a
supporter OF pensions OF deserving
soldiers who were wounded or con-
tracted disease in the line OF duty. but
expressed the opinion that the senti-
ment in New York among the Demo-
Gratis and better class OF Republicans
was opposed to further extension OF
the pension roll and the further footing
OF the treasury. The amendment. he
said. would add the names OF at least
10000 widows TO the rolls.
Mr.. bingham tRep., Pal challenged