The herald., 1896-04-24
IN THE HOUSE
Cuban Information Asked-Rancorous Debate
on Pension rlatters


WASHINGTON, April 23.--The house
today, on motion of Mr.. Talbot, Dem
ocrat, of South Carolina. unanimously
adopted a resolution calling on the sec
retary of state for all information re-
lating to the arrest and Imprisonment
in Cuba of Rev. Diaz.
Consideration of the Pickler general
pension bill was resumed and Mr.. Me-
Clellan, Democrat, OF New York, spoke
in opposition to the measure, as in
tended as q Republican sop to the SEN
ators and reflection on the admins
tration of the pension laws by the pres
cnt executive officers.
The best the majority could for the
old soldiers, he said, was to bring in this
hill which proposed to put upon the
pension rolls the names of bounty jump
ers and men who had deserted from the
ranks of the confederacy. ss 5.4
Mr. Mahaney, Republican, of New
York, supported the bill and rem aFkss'
upon the strange sight of a soll OF tier
George Il. Mcclellan standing on the
floor of the house opposing justiceto the
men whom his father led to battle.
MI Mahaney then turned his atten-
ton to the good taste of copfederates
opposing pension legislation. He said
that six years ago he had Witnessed
the reception given in the senate to Mr..
Reagan OF Texas and postmaster-geu- s.
cral Of the southern cOnfederacy, as hc
today witnessed other confederates Ill
the house like gentlemen from south
Carolina. blocking pension legislation,
while the men who saved the union We're
starving in the alInshouses.
Il challenge the gentleman" shouted
Mr.. Talbert, jumping 10 his feet, to
show where ] opposed single Dill
which my Judgment did not tell me was
urmeritorious
Il would be 10th TO accept the gentle
mans judgment" replied MI Mahaney'
ION that or any other subject"
"And l would not accept your judg-
nent," retored Mr.. Talbert. hotly "l
desire to say" h econtinued. angrily,
that T am responsible here and else
where for what say and do"
II thought the gentleman was very IT.
responsible at all times retorted Mr.,
Mahaney.
Mr., Hager. Republican of Iowa made
n speech in support of the Till and Mr..
Mahon Republican of Pennsylvania. IN
the course IF his remarks, eceiely
scored the adminstra tion, ascrihins its
alleged hostility to the soldiers to the
loss to the Democracy of 10000 votes III
Pennsylvania.
I'VE Will" said he, never See another
I1oke Smith in the pension Office Re
publican applause.)
At 5 o'clock the house adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT DISCUSSED
Republican senators held brief eau
Gus today. Senator Chandler suggest
ed that adjournment ought to be posi-
BILE by May IS, and was supported in
this opinion by an almost unanimous
vote of the caucus. 1t was the general
opinion that the appropriation bills
should be kept to the front until dis
posed of, and no more adjournments
over Saturday are contemplated. SEN
ator Sherman was authorized. as the
chairman of the caucus, to appoint a
steering committee of nine to take
charge of the details as to order of busi
hess In case it was found possible to
consider other than appropriation bills.
Mention was made of several general
bills which it was considered important
should receive attention before ad-
journment. among them being the Pa
cific railroads, the bankruptcy, the i'm
migration and the filled cheese bills.
Tut it was the general opinion that no
attempt should be made to get up any
Of these at the expense of an appropria-
ton bill and that they should be post
poned until the appropriation bills are
cut of the way. The order of their con-
sideration will be left wholly to the
steering committee. Considerable in
terest was manifested in the caucus as
to the attitude of the Democrats on the
subject Of adjournment, but no one was