Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-10
CoIONEL John CUSSONS, EX- COMMANDER.

compelled most soldiers to stand on the
rejected list, or commit moral and legal
perjury to reach those rolls"
Mr.. Norton disclalmed having used the
word most" but with change OF that
word 10 many" he said he stood by
that statement The Pension Office re-
quired testimony which was not in exist
ence. He stood ready, he said, to aid in
sweeping away these senseless regula-
tions.
THE DEMOCRACY'S PRESIDENT.
"While your party had the presidency
and the Senate and the House." asked
Mr. Stone Qepublican), of Pennsylvania,
why did you not remedy some OF the
evls?'
when God or the country had the
misfortune to give us the only Democratic
President we have had since the civil
war" replied Mr.. Norton, I'VE found it
too late. He belonged to you, and you
owned him" Democratic applauseD
Remedies don't begin with the Presi-
dent" said Mr.. Stone. "but with Con-
gress. Why did a Democratic Congress
do nothing but reduce the pension roll?
1t does not lie in your mouths TO COM
plain" Republican applause.)
'If we committed a wrong, why should
you sit by suplnely and not seek to cor
applause and Republican jeers)
Mr. Hepburn denied that he had put
any words in Nr Nortons mouth. On
the contrary, he insisted that he had
heard the word most" and that he was
corroborated by all the members about
him and by the official reporters notes.
The gentleman from Ohio. with all his
boasted courage, was trying TO run away
from the foul SANDER he had uttered.
At this point the committee rose, and
the House adjourned.
SENATE INDUSTRIOUS.
The Senate did considerable business
to-day, although no very important
measures were considered or passed, and
there was very little debate. Senator
Gallinger, chairman of the Committee on
Pensions. called attention TO the In
creasing demand Tor private pension
legislation, and requested senator's to be
careful In future 10 see that their bills
for private pensions were meritorious
before they were introduced.
Senator Hoar presented petltion'
signed by q ,2G9 natives OF Hawai-, pro-
testing against the annexation Oh lhose
islands 20 the United States.
Az attemnt was made by Senator Nc
Pride TO secure an appropriation for the
result was a resolution calling on the
Secretary of War for all information ne
had on that subject.
An hour was devoted to the conside-
ration Of private pension bills, ana ior'y-
five of these were passed.
The resolution OF the Pacinc halltodo
Company, asking information resarulns
the sale of the Kansas Pacihc road was
nassed. which gave Senator Gear, OF
Jowa and Senator Thurston, OF Nebraska,
an onnortunity TO make short speeches.
conoratulating the country upon The set
tIement OF the Pacific railway question:,
A rasolutIon was offered by Mr.. Cnand-
Ier Of New Hampshire, ana reierreu 70
the Committee on Naval Analrs' proviu-
ing for an Investigation OF tne question:
OF dry-docks and naval slallohS'
The resolution reported by the Pacinc
pailroad committee, asking the Attorney
coneral for information concerning the
sale OF the Kansas Pacific. and request
mo the President 20 obtain q postpone
mont OF such sale TO such a time as
will give TO Congress reasonable time
"a consider and act upon his recommen-
dation. was adopted.
PRIVATE PENSION BILLS.
Mr. Gallinger. OF New Hampshire.
chairman of the Committee on Pensions,
requested that at the conclusion OF the
morning business day and hour be
set aside for the consideration OF private
nenston bills. OF which he said there
were over two hundred on the calandcr,
endorsed By the committee.
..I am satisfied he said, that in pri-
yate pension matters we have gone 10
the extreme limit. and that IL is now
time TO call halt. l have always been
friendly to the soldiers, but l am con-
strained to feel that we are going too
far. and that we ought in the future TO
exercise the greatest conservatism In the
consideration OF all pension matters
Mr.. Gallinger thought that the practice
of pensioning remarked widows, and seve-
raj other similar classes OF Claimants,
ought 10 be stopped. He thought. too. that
the recommendation OF the Commissioner
of Pensions that a law should ebe enacted
speedily providing that no pension should
be granted 10 widow u her marriage
to the soldier had been subsequent to