Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-08
PENSION BILLS.
Senate DGVOteS Some Time TO
Debate on Pension List,
House In Committee Of the Whole on
Deficiency Bill.
Meeting OF the Santa Re Company Stock
holders at T0p .ka.
ST. LOUIS MURDER MYSTERY

Washington, Dec 8 AT the opening OF
10 days " ssiOn Oi the senate Is was de-
eided that adjournment be until Monday
Il was also determined to give QUE hOui
OF 10 days session 10 consideration Cl
pension bills.
Vest, Missouri, said: 81 do not want
TO be captlOus about this pension bust
ness aud DO not want 10 set myself up ~
refOrmer, but this thing Of passing u
lot OF pension bills simply by reading the
tttles, when quorum OF the senate is
lot present, has got 10 be stopped.
Recent events have OOliter4tjd sec
tiOnalism, aud We are united. We can,
therefore. come here aud object 10 this
HpOliattOn, I usa the word gdyissdiy,
without fear OF having cur motives ina
pugntd or our words IutscOnstTued. We
are paying out la round figures sal,
0O00 annually fOI pensions. IL Il our
duty tO Ind out why, thitt three years
after the close OF the civil war, this
tnlng OF pension olalm5 sh0V 40 enOr
nous sum. have been criticised by
some people because | have not takt n
q more depTm,ntd tsnd Oh this pension
question. | want. however, to pay liOer
ally the pensions. / regard such pay.
ment as a sacred duty, but / DO object ~
the passage OF these bills without proper
consideration, and with the same re-
stTictiOn rs Is hedged about other
measures"
Gallinger (N. H.. as chairman Of the
pension committee, agreed with Vest H.
the desire ~ have the pension bills care
fully considered. He thought quorum
Of the senate ought to be IA attendance
when the pension calendar was cOnsid
cred.
During the consideration OF bills on
the pension calendar, CBffery (La.) in
trOduced a resolution d, claring that it
was the sense OF the senate that ihe
"pTesident enter into negotiations with
the government OF Grsat Britain for the
purpose OF abrogatiDg or modifying the
Clay ION. Bulwer treaty, 30 far and 10 the
extent that the same may be deemed 10
prevent the United States from owning,
constructing, controlling or operating
any oceanic anal across the isthmus OF
Darlen."
Senator Morgan moved TO take up the
NieATaguRn canal bill In the senate to-
day. motion TO adjourn was made by
pettigrew. Motion defeated. The bill
was then taken up. The senate then Rd-
jOurned on motion OF Senator Morgan.
HOUSE.
Washington, Dec Son motion OF
Chairman Cannon Of the appropriations
committee, the house went into commit.
Tee OF the whole Immediately after the
reading OF the Journal, 10 consider the
Urgent deficiency bill for the support OF
the military and naval establishments
during the six months beginning Janu-
AIRY /, 1899.
Washington, Dec. S.-The deficiency
bill gave rise TO q long debate In the
house on the increase Of the siZs Of the
army and the mastering out OF the vol
unteeTs, n number Of democrats insisting
that the bill would enable the president
tO retain the volunteers In service after
peace wBs declared.
DlckeTy and Sayre', Leading democrats
OF the appropriations committee, de-
Tended the bill. and said that II could
not be construed TO modify the volunteer
Law.
Rae, democrat, OF Arkansas, announc
ed his purpose 10 move an fmpndment
specifically declaring that the bill should
not have such effect The house finally
passed the urgent deficiency bill.