The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-23
The National Congress


make this Oil give 800. II vas
shown that Mrs. Gogsweli had 10
family TO support, and this led Sen
tor Allen 70 make the following re
marks:
"Mr. President, mad some e1pe-
rience during the late war in follow
ing brigadier generals, sometimes
following them and they sometimes
following us. / understand quite
distinctly that their services were
not at all times as merItorIous as
they have sometimes been described
in later years. II we would pay at
tcntion 10 the Committee on Pen
sions and the laudatious INDUCED q
here from time TO time by certain
/ Senators who had no experience
whatever as soldiers we would sup
| pose that the BATTLES Of this country
had been fought alone by brigadier-
generals and aJOr-generals. and
that no person below the rank OF a
brigadier general could be found IN
the late war on either side. | want
TO say that it was the services OF the
humble private soldiers during the
last war that pat stars upon tie
shoulders Of some Of the gentlemen
whose widows are now being pen
stoned in fabulous sums.
say it is decidedly un-American
to discriminate between the poor
struggling widow OF a private soldier
and the struggling widow OF Il brlga-
dier-general. know of thousands OF
honest women in this country, intel
ligent women, struggling upon a
pension of ten or fifteen dollars a
month, supporting a family, raising
and educating children, who are OF
should be as meritorious in the
eyes Of this country as the widow OF
the most distinguished general in
orr late army. 1t is a. species OF
namby- pambyism, of iiunkeysm, tC
make this discrimination"
81 do not want my position to be
misunderstood. | repeat, it is my
sincere desire to see every meritori
GUS soldier in this Union pensioned
and pensioned adequately. | wan
to see every merltorlous soldier!
widow and his dependent children
pensioned adequately. But | cal
not for the lite of me see the dis
tinction that is made in this Cham
Der between the services Of the mai
who carried his musket through th'
mud and in the rain and storm, wht
performed his duty upon the Skin
mish line, in the camp, and in th'
field, and the man who rode OF
horseback and happened to com
mand the brigade of which the prl
vate soldier was a member
But Senator Allen could not dowl
the pension grabbing gang. A Ion:
debate ensued IN this particula
ease, which is n sample of score
upon scores Of the same kind tina
, come up, but the grabbers won a
usual. a roll call was had, and tn
vote resulted as follows: For $50
month 80; for SIS month 3G; no
voting 2S. Butler voted for So
and Pritchard voted for $500.
The bond bill passed by the House
with the free silver coinage bill OF
fered as substitute by the Senat
l committee on finance came up. Ser
} ator Butler made a speech of tw
, hours length on the bill and tn
amendment offered by himself. TIL
speech will be presented in full
. the North Carolina people in som
: way, but The CAUCASIAN has NJ
| space for it this week.
= Senator Butler said in part:
u "Mr. President, certainly ever
II man who is opposed to further il
IS creasing the public debt favors tn
amendment. And | cannot see no
h even the men who favor a furth
h issue Of bonds can oppose it. Il
a effect of it is simply to prohibit Il
a President from issuing more bon
without the advice and consent
Congress. | deny that he has tn
Il power now, but inasmuch as
} claims he has that power, and ina
l. much as some Senators on this flo
d admit the same, while many othe
> deny or question the authority, '
tie should promptly pass this amen
ment and settle the controversy.
the President has power to issue t
bonds which he has already sol
under this law of 1875, then he b
" the power to issue thousand m
1e lions Of such bonds without the a
vice or consent of Congress. Su
tremendous and dangerous pow
can not safely be put in the han
49, of any one man. 1t is the power
IL bankrupt nation at one stroke
- the pen.
NC The power to control our finant
n was vested 10y the Constitution I
IL in the President, but in Congre
and we should lose no time IN
O. Stunning our sworn and constitution
duty in this respect. The langua
TO- of the Constitution is as follows:
Congress shall have power
y, borrow money on the credit OF
II II United States"
ne But nowhere does it give Il
ne power TO the President, and nOwh
'ld does it authorize us to delegate t
ee. power to the President. 1t is
duty of Congress to deal with ia
Questions. 1t is the duty of Congr
cd. to decide, first, whether or
no bonus Suail No lSSuou " Jul
&C money, and if they are to be ISIS
his it is the duty of Congress to de
'ar- mine how and under what col
une tons
ub- | offered a bill containing
same provision before the Presto
made his last call for bonds.
lpt,, Congress had promptly passe(
ana then $l0O,0O0,O00 of debt, with
interest that will accumulate, VIZ
have been saved the American
!. pie. We do not know what da
its what hour the President may Sc
am. to again burden the people
;ts debt without their consent OF
iS' consent of their representative
wy Congress"
, i"a During his speech Senator b
nen e referred to the fact that Sen