The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-15

stabbed In the back from the very quar-
Ter IN which they should receive enco-
niums, encouragement, ana justice. tPro-
Ionged appiause)
Now, / make no charges against the
PENSION department, but / do say this:
That repeatedly Instances have come TO
my attention where boards OF examiners
have steadily declared that the soldier
was entitled TO pension, and yet II has
been rejected In the ofrice here In Wash
ington."
Mr.. Stewart (Rep.). OF New Jersey: lis
u not true that for the last two and a
half years the Pension Bureau has been
emphatically hostile to the pension claims
of old soldiersY'
Mr.. Cummings: Il cannot say that. but
II has been emphatically unjust 10 them"
(Appause)
COLD SOPHISTRY.
Now, sir the speech j heard frorn my
colleague tMr. BartletD yesterday is not
calculated to remove the Impressions from
the minds OF the soldiers and their
widows. Cold sophstry may be good, but
you had better apply to the Pacific rail-
roads than 10 the pensioners loud ap-
plausel 1 repudiate that speetn on pc
mar or the constituents which 1 repre-
sent, Republicans as well as Democrats.
/ repudiate the speech on behalf OF me
veterans OF New York: | repudiate the
speech on behalf OF the Grand Army
Post and the widows who are drawing
pensions In the city OF New York. / re-
pudiate the speech on behalf OF the De-
mocracy OF New York city-on behalf OF
the Tammany Hall Democracy OF New
YORK. daughter and applause)
Sir l have not forgotten, and you will
not forget, which ever side of the House
you stand on. that Tammany Hall organ
lzed, equipped, ana sent to the front one
OF the unest regiments that ever appeared
IN the Army Of the Potomac
heir bravery and their galIantry at
hails Blum and At Gettysburg email
lenged the admiration Of the world.
repudiate, on behalf Of the Tammany
society who equipped and sent that regi-
ment TO the front. the speech that was
uttered on this floor yesterday by a man
claiming 10 represent that Democracy
(Applause)
PRAISE FOR TAMNANY.
'Tammany Hall has always been loyal
10 the Union. Tammany Hall has always
been loyal 10 the veterans Of the war.
flaw.
Nania. can you not go a little further
ana repudiate the speech OF the gentleman
VINO said that evsry neighborhood was
tSIo,ySSSa,,, noneyeSm9ed ,s with pension frauds
Mr. cummings; If was the Commis-
siOner OF the Pensions l might be able 10
do 80 knowingly" (Applause)
now, Mr.. Chairman, 1 speak on be-
haf Of every veteran. on behalf of
every widow, on behalf of every or
phan who draws pension in the United
States.
They are all included in this work at
the pension Office up here. one
fraud ought not 10 punish forty in.
nocent people, and / believe that the
rate would reach only one 10 a thousand
J believe fraudulent pensiOner who has
been stricken from the list or suspended
az least thC.s4nd who were receiving
only their just dVes from the Government
have been punished.
u shall vote for the proposition of the
gentleman from Illinois with pleasure
and if H. fails IL will have one good ef-
rect IL will call the attention OF the
commissioner Of pensions to the fact that
the people OF the country are watching
him ana that in process of time we shall
have tribunal either there or some
where else that will do Justice to tho
men who fought I'm the Union Armies.
(Appause)
OTHER BUSINESS.
The committee rose at the conclusion Of
Mr.. Cummings speech and Mr.. Curtis
Rcpublicam OF New York. presented
the military academy appropriation bill.
which was placed on the calendar.
Speaker Reed announced the follow
ing members Of the joint committee on
the inauguration OF the Chickamauga
and CHATTANOOGA National Park. The one
which has not yet been made TO Congress:
Grosvenor. keifer Strong. Avery. Bowers.
Wheeler, Cox, OF Tennes-
see. Maddox and Crisp.
BY the admission Of Utah as a State
and the consequent retirement OF Dele
gate Cannon, q reassignment of delegates
10 committee service was made necessary |
and the Speaker announced the assign |
ment Of Delegate Murphy (Republican),
Arizona, 10 the Committee on Claims, |
Mines and Mining. and Coinage Weights !
ana Measures. and Of Delegate Flynn |
tkepublcan), Of Oklahoma, TO the Com |
mittee on Agriculture
At f:l5 o'clock the House, on motion /
of W. A. Stone. adjourned.