The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-01-23
PENSION LEGISLATION.
Judge Gibson makes hot speech
War cloud again.

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War cloud again.
WASHINGTON, DC. Jan. 20 1896
The Republican new broom is
sweeping the House very rapidly.
On Friday, after n weeks debate
z the first of the great appropriation
q bills was passed and sent on to the
senate. 1t was the pension bill,
carrying $l4l0O0000, and it was
passed so days earlier than the
democrats were in the habit of
passing it. That is a large amount
of money Uncle Sam pays for his
defenders, nearly 100000 a day,
but who will say that preserved
country is not worth that much?
@bqMr. Barrett of New York, made
illiyely fight against the old soldiers
and on points of order prevented
the "veste1 right and other amend
S,nents becoming law; but chairman
fPjckler, of the Invalid Pension
committee gave notice that they
would appear in IA bill that his
committee would report and
awhere they, of right, belong and
gthey.will then become law unless
killed by thel veto of the Fat
-Gentlemen of the White House.
Judge Gibson made speech on
the. pension appropriation bill Of
am hours length which received
very close attention from, the
House and WHICH WAS vociferously
applauded. Mr.Stone who was IN
charge of the bill and the House
pa.dhim II high compliment on
that OCCASION, the former asking
and the latter granting him unan-
imous consent to finish his speech,
The subject Of the Judges re-
mark was the Pension Bureau and
his treatment of it was scathing
affaignAenf Of the custom grown
.eup under democratic administra-
tions Of encouraging secret lying
malicious reports of pensioners by
private enemies or democratic
officials. Hes is having lot of
themprinted and Blount Countians
desiring copies win do wellF to
apply for them early in the game.
They are well worth reading.
This prominence in pension mat
ters, now apparently almost with
out effort and Very early in his
Congressional career, has had the
effect of coveringshis desk with let
ters from old soldiers all over the
United States thanking him for
his brave words in the cause of the
old soldiers and asking him to keep
up the fight. And-he will!
sfOteourse, however, there is a
reverse side to this. In direct
ratio as a man here wins the adj
miratien of the old soldiers and
their friends, he awakens the anger
of democratic newspapers and the
enemies of the old soldiers. 1t is
not surprising, then, that the
democratic press, from the New
York World, clear down to the
Knoxville Tribune, are bowling al
his. heels. 1t is the old game OF
attempting to damage the. cause OF
the veteran by ridiculing his adj
vocate. Fortunally, too, the best
way to make republican friends
in East Tennessee is for the demo
Gratis to abuse him and Judge Glib
son is usedto democratic abuse.
There is a rumor current here
today that the British flying
squadron now gathering at Bantry
Bay, Ireland, is bound for Ameri
can waters, its destination being a
Bermuda. With those English
ships already there that will in
crease the British force to 26 meA
of-war or more than enough,
wipe out our North Atlantic
squadron. If that be johnny
Bulls game YOU may look fo
sensational war news from Wash
ington within week that will no
be all talk.