The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-16
GENERAL PENSION BILL
Under Discussion in The House EliCitS Pa
trlOtiC, Personal and Sectional Debate.
WALSH APPEALS TO SOUTHERN CHIVALRY
The Only Element Not Satisfied WITH
tho Result OF the War Were ttc
AEN Speaker Grow Upon the Pre.
r0gntivcs OF thc Executive.

Washington. Jan. 15.-tSenatc.)- 1.-THE
Senate to-day liYtencd TO two long
speeches against the further issue
of United states bonds and in favor
OF the use Of silver money. The first
WAS made by Mr. Mills ana the second
by MIR. PETER. Mr.. Mills speech was
bitterly dcnunciatory of the national
banking system, and was an arraign-
ment of the financial policy Of the Pres
ident and OF the Secretary of the Thea
Sury; while Alr. Peffcr denied that there
was any authority In existing statutes
for the Issue of United States bonds.
Although the Kansas Senator spoke
for two hours and quarter. he did
not conclude all he desired TO say, pre-
ferring to SO on with remainder of his
speech Tomorrow.
Mr.. Mills speech had for It's text his
resolution offered yesterday I'm favor OF
the free coinage OF silver
MIR. PETER based his upon the House
bond bin With the silver substitute re-
ported from the Senate Committee on
Finance.
a. bill heretofore introduced by MIR.
Ailcn Pop.) OF Nebraska and then re-
ferrcd to the Committee on Foreign
relations to prevent United States citi-
@cns from accepting titles or patents
of nobility from foreign nations wa.
reported back to-day from the com
nlittee adversely, and'was postponed in
definitely.
~ joint resolution appropriating 81, 500
for the expenses of locating the boundu-
ry between ALASKA and the British
North American territory, was adopt
ed
On motion of Mr.. Wolcott It was or.
dered that when the Senate adjourn to-
morrow IL ndjuorn TIL Monday next f
After II short executive session the
senate, at i:26 p. IN, adjourned until
Tomorrow.
House.-Mr Johnson (Rep.), of In
diana, diana presented the report OF Elections
Robert Is. Mcclellan. from the Twelfth
District of New York
The report recited the facts In the
ease, which showed that Chesebrough
had abandoned the contest, and was
accompanied by resolution declaring
that Mcclellan had been duly elected,
ana was entitled to the seat The re-
port was agreed to and the resolution
passed t.'E
The House then, In committee of the
whole, resumed consideration of the
general pension bill,
Mr. Morse (Rcp), of Massa chusctts,
announced that he would offer at thf.
proper time an amendment to the bill
ewing the widow of soldier the mini
mum pension OF ST. n MONTH notwith-
standing the soldier died of disease not
contracted In the service t.
Mr.. Walsh GOcm.) OF New York, said
that he desired to dlssipatc the idea
that might have hccn inculcated in
the minds Of members of the House bv
certain speeches ON the Democratic side
mat the Democratic party was antiLg j.
histlc TO the bcStowal of pensions. That
was not the case and as to the amend
mcnt proposed by the committee with
regard TO the payment of pensions TO
widows OF soldiers there was no differ
encc IN sentiment. Mr. Walsh paid a
glowing tribute to womanS part I'm the
struggle. and In closing he appealed to
the chiVnlry of the Southern Demo-
Gratis. which he said had never been
invoked In vain. to vote for the bill
granting relief to the widows of those
who had met them in open and hon
orable conflict. (Applause).
Thc discussion was further continued
ny Mr.: Mccall ufep). of Tennessee;
Mr.. lianley tNep). of Indiana: Mr.
Hardy I2ep), OF Indiana, and Mr.. Me
Clure GRep), OF Ohio.
Brief Speeches were made by Lacey
dtep) OF Iowa, who with Mccall. &p-
posed the adoption of the Graft amend
ment as not tending to further the best
Interest OF the pensioners: Miincs (RepJ
OF Michigan, Crowbhcr U,ep) of Mary
land, Low Uep) Of New York. Howe
Rep) OF New York, Spalding GRepD Of
Mlchlgan' who raised laugh by saying
that the only element not satisfied
with the result OF the war of the re-
bcllinn were the non-combatants North
ana south; Tracewcll RepD of Indiana
ana i'ickler QtepO OF South Dakota, who
urged the necessity of n general revi-
S!on OF the pension laws SO az to insure
Il rauical changc In the administration
of the Pension Bureau This evoked q
query from WA. Stone (Rep) Of Penn
sylvania as to whether or not Picker
believed the President would sign a bill
containing such amendments as hc
proposed, and whether or not il WAS
not best to take what they could prob
aDiy get as rider to an appropriation
bill. rather than to risk getting no
thing?
TO this Pickler replied that he did
not know what the President would do
bu he did know that the House should
do lis duty regardless of the attitude of
the President. Applause)
Apropos to this collaquy the vcncia-
BILE eX-Spcaker Grow GtepD OF PennsyI- |
Vania addressed the House briefly upon
the necessity of resenting the cncwonch-
ment upon It's prerogatives by the Exec
utive. lie said:
Under the long Parlia-
meniary law, II has been regarded as an |
INVASION of the prerogativcs of Parlia-
ment Tor any one to refer in it's discus |
sion 10 the opinion of the King on any |
question pending before it,
a member: rs Mr.. Cleveland the |
King?"
Mr.. Grow: "In reference to matters OF |
this kind ne occupies the same relation
10 the House of Congress that the SOW
ereign in Great Britain does to Parlia-