The morning times., 1896-05-12
PENSION BILLS co SLOW
Senators Disagreed and the Sen
ie Adjourned in a Tiff.
OBJECTED Tot.NEW METHODS
If g.-
Mr.. Allen Attempted to Dispose of
Pension as an Amendment to An
other Billnnd Mr.. Cullom Denounced
the Unusual Proceeding-Large
Dose of San Pedro Harbor Dispute.

The close of the Senates session yes
tefday afternoon wa IS abrupt.
Mr.. Gallinger as chairman Of the CoE-
mittee on Pensions had only fairly got
started on the passage OF private bills
when Mr. Allen interposed an amendment
to the bill granting a pension To Mrs.
Comfy, widow of an officer. His amend
ment was to give Alice v. Cook, the
daughter OF a private in Company ID,
Eighth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, a
pension.
Mr.. Cullom did not hear at first ex-
actly what was proposed but as it grad
ually dawned upon him that some way the
pension of some person whose name was
not in the bill at all was being discussed
he arose in wonder and asked which bill
the Senator from Kansas was talking
about.
Mr. Allen explained that he was at
tempting TO put the pension of Miss Cook
as an amendment upon the bill to pension
Mrs. Comfy.
MR.. CULLoM OBJECTED.
Mr. Cullom and half a dozen Others in
turn exclaimed that such thing as put
ting Que private pension bill upon another
as an amendment had never before been
heard or. II was new audunprecendented
'>'St' Vi icE EioiitIpu. Dub NIL <ilcll Sbtltu
his ground and insisted that as riders
IN The form of general legislation had
been put upon these pension bills there
was no reason why one meritorious pen
sion case should DOT be combined with an
other.
We'll l object to this BILL" said Mr.
Cullom, apparently a little out of patience.
Then responded Mr.. Allen sharply. Il
snail offer this same amendment to tie next
bill that Is taken up and so on through the
whole list"
As the proceeding was by una nimous con-
sent this would delay legislation 10 the
point OF biockatiing it for the afternoon
Mr. Gaiiinger appealed to Mr.. Allen TO
Withdraw the Objectionable amendment and
Mr.. Allen presented the merits OF Miss
Cooks case. He said it was singular that
the daughters OF majors and generals could
Getpeuslons while the daughters OF private
soldier, whose need was Us great and claim
as just, was shut out by the Pension Com
mttee.
IMP MOVED TO ADJOURN.
Mr.. Galhnger said he had not personally
looked into Miss Cooks case. The report
had been made by Mr.. Brice. He promised
IL Mr.. Allen would allow The bills on hand
tobe passed to hitv e the ma tier TeconSidered.
But Mr.. Allen persisted. and upon a vote
on his amendment demanded the yeas and
nays. E
At this. as il was 5 O'Clock and quorum
was not likeiy'to respond, Mr.. Gallinger,
III disappointment and disgust, moved to
adjourn. r7N
During the day the Senate had another
cOpiouS dose OF san Pedro and Santa
Monica harbor dispute. Three Of the MEM
bers of the Committee on Commerce who
oppose the amendment offered by the echair-
man of the committee. Mr.. Frye. Gesignat-
ing Santa Monic3 as the place for deep
sea harbor in Southern California-Seaa
Berry, Dem. Ark, Vest, Dem, Mo: and
CaIfeFy. Dem. I.a. submitted remarks
against the amensiment. which Mr.. Berry
described as most unjustfiable and in
excusahlc attempt to oSerrule public seuti-
meut and TO appropriate money in the in
terest OF private greed and private gain.
MIR. Vest argued against ma king anappro-
priattoa for breakwater either at the
one place or the other; as in his Judgment
there was no necessity for the eXEendi-
ture. and as the condition of the Treasury
was such that au issue of bonds would be
necessary in few months.
ARMY ENGINEERS OPPOSE.
Mr.. Caffery based his argument against
Santa Monica on the unanimous reports OF
two Army engineers; and was reminded in
that connection of the success of the EadS
scheme for deepening the approaches to
New Orleans, in spite of the adverse views
of the Army engineers.
Then the chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Frye. Rep, Maine, commenced the task
of answering all the objections to the COM
mittee amendment, and in doing so he
eulogiZed Mr.. c. p Huntington who had
been mentioned as a political factor in
California, where a mans chances of a
nomination for office turned upon the
fact of whether he was for or against
Huntington.
Mr.. Frye's speech was not finished when
the bill was laid aside till tomorrow; but
at that point Mr.. German, Dem, Maryland,
gave notice OF an amendment limiting the
annual expenditure under the pending and
former river aud harbor bills, to SO, ,0o0,-
0oo.