The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

lated, the Inveterat Hosfititv oof
General Grosvenor Being Reinforced
by Two of Hts CoiIeag ues. and Others
Dingiey Explains That the Deficit is Due
to Auticipatory ImportatIons and Pre-
diets Ten Million Surplus Next Year.
Washington, Dec. 10.-The house to-
day passed the pension appropriation
bill without amendment and adjourned
lill Monday. The amendments offered
oy Democrats to correct alleged existing
abuses were all ruled out on the the
point Of order that they were new legis-
iation. As passed, the bill carries $141,-
1s3, $50. The debate today covered a
vide range 1t touched not only the
question OF our pension policy, but that
of civil service reform and the receipts
and expenditures of the treasury under
me Dingley law. On the latter question
Mr.. Dingley made an important state
rnent, in which he expressed the opinion
that the receipts would equal the ex-
penditures before the close of the pres
IF so. 900 next year. The civil serv-
ice law was savagely attacked by sew
eral members, notably by Mr.. Brown
Rep, Ohio and M. Linney Rep., N.
O. and was warmly defended by Mr.
Johnson (Rep., Iud) Just before the
Lose OF the session Mr.. Hit, chairman
IF the foreign affairs committee, at
tempted to secure unanimous consent
for the passage Of the. bill to prohibit
pelagic sealing by American citizens,
but objection was made. It will, under
agreement, however, be considered
Monday.
Washington, Dec. 1O.-At the opening
Al the session Of the house today it was
agreed that when the house adjourned to-
day it be to meet On Monday.
On motion Of Mr.. Foss (Rep., Ill.) Sat
paying tribute to the memory of the
late Representative E. D. Cooke Of Hi
nois
The mouse then resumed the consider
>tion Of the pension appropriation bill,
which was debated yesterday.
ATTACKED BY OHIO MEN.
Mr.. Brown (Rep., Ohio) attacked the
6avil service law because it protected
come of the pension examining boards
appointed under the last administration.
He styled it an tabomination" and was
Justify applauded by many of his col
leagues. He said the soldiers of his dis
trict regarded this law as inimical to
their interests and he favored its repeaI
jr radical modification. He declared
that the president was mistaken when |
7e affirmed that the civil Service law |
lad the approval of the people The Re-
publicans and the press of mis- district |
rad denounced it The last Republican
state convention of Ohio had Declared |
against the law and on that platform he
stood.
If disloyalty to the law was disloyalty |
to the Republican party then he was |
0isloyal. (Great applause in the gal |
leries)
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Browns re-
marks the house by unanimous consent |
greed to close general debate on the |
oil at 3:15
Mr.. Bromwell Rep., Ohio) said he con- |
H..
.7ut he insisted that true civil service re-
Sorm was cardinal principle of Repub- /
lcanism- 1t was believed, he said. that
Grover Cleveland had done more to dis
credit the true spirit OF civil service re-
form than all the others combined. and
ne thought Mr.. Mckinley could be re-
lied upon to bring it back into its proper
channel
BACKED BY GROSVENOR.
Mr.. Maxwell Pop., Neb) submitted
nome remarks in favor of liberal pen
sions, and was followed by Mr.. Gros
Yenor (Rep., Ohio), who said that while
his colleagues from Ohio seemed to DIFF
fer on the civil service question. he
thought they were practically of one
mind. So far as he wa. concerned ne
mad enlisted for the war against the
Jaw
In discussing the pension matter. Mr..
Grosvenor said if ne could he would
tSolisn the pension examining board
Ind much of the expense of administra-
ton in the examination of pensions and
substitute general pension system
carefully safeguarded.
In reply to Mr.. Morton's criticism YES
terday, Mr.. GrosveRor reviewed the
records of the two parties en- the pension
legislation of congress, showing that i'm
the aggregate 1,034 Republican votes
we're cast in congress for general nen-
sion examination and but > against il.
fhile 412 Democrats votes had been in
iaVor Of such legislation and SIC votes
n opposition.
Mr. Sullivan fDem. Miss). in slIpoo~t
~ an argument against the payment of
tensions II those WHO were wealthy ana
iid not need them, quoted at length
from an article recently written bv Cen
eFal ii. V. Boynton, whose testimony
against abuses in the present system.
ne sald' was entitled to respectful con-
sideration by the other side.
MR.. JOHNSON DEFENDS
Mr.. johnson (Rep., Ind) in defense Of
c;vii service reform, which he said. was
Being attacked nthis floor by members
from the presidents own state. reiters+-
ed bis statement Of the other dav tf7st
civil service reform was an essential
principle of Repnbicanism. He refer
PED TO the declarations Of state Re2Ibii-
can conventions and read from the plat
sorms adopted at Republican national
conventions in twenty years in support
q ms contention. Hayes, Garfield. Hgr-
Flson and Mckinley all stood for the law
ana the presidents last utterance in its
taVoF had received the Overwhelming
spproval OF the Republican press Of the
country Mr. Johnson declared that the
enemies of the Law were not attacking j.