The Atlanta constitution., 1898-12-12
VEST CALLS HALT ON PENSIONS.
Missourla,i Declares Bills Go Through
with Too Much Ease.

Washington, December Sat the opening
of todays session of the senate 1t was
decided that the adjournment today be un-
til Monday next. 1t was also determined TO
give one hour of today's session 10 lhe
consideration of pension bills
In connection with the consideration ol
bills on the pension calendar. Mr.. vest, or
Missouri, said:
l do not want to be cautious about
this pension business. and DO NOT want
to set myself up as reloriii9L f t,o,,,in, 10,
bills simply by the reading OF inc
titles, and when a quorum OF the sena'e
is not present, has got to De SIoppeu'
After further referring to the methoos oy
which pension bills are passed by the
senate Mr.. Vest said:
"Men of the south have sit here and
permitted these bills to be passed, having
some delicacy about entering obJectlons 70
the course of procedure. Recent events
have obiiterated sectionaism, and we are
once more united, and are one country anu
one treasury. We can. theLeiofe, COZ come
hero and object to this spollatoh. anu
use the word adviSedly without rear OF
having our motives impugned or our WORDS
msconstrued. We are paying out III IpuItu @
figures $l41 600 annually Tor pensions
and il is our duty to find out why II Is tha',
thirty-threc years after the close OF tle
civil war, this thing OF pension Ii3iill 3la,,
shows SO enormous a sum. l hayr ia,,,,, :
criticised by some of my people pec'u9e
have not taken n more deternlncu Sttlu oil
this pension question. ] want however W
pay munihaently and literally i'll pensions.
] regard such payment as Il srti," Xii,
but j do object to the passage OF IhGSe on,o tI,o
without proper consideration, and Wlth me
same restrictions that are heose" "'0'-
other measures
Mr. GaIinGer, of New Hampshire d,
chairman of the pension committee, aSreed
with Mr.. Vest in his desire to nave Lhe
nension bills carefully consldered lie
thought a quorum Of the senate ought 10
ha in attendance when the pension calendar
was considered
During the consideration Of bills on the
nersion calendar, Mr.. CafferY, OF LOUIS
lana, introduced this resolution;
..That it is the sense Of the senate OF tne
United States that the pLeSirnJ e nf c,rlf
negotiations with the government ot W ~ ~ ~
Britain for the purpose OF aptoEdlitI9 pl
modifying the CIayton-BulWet treaty 50
far and to the extent tAaI tilS S''illE ma
he deemed to prevent the Unljrd statues
from owning constructing. contFoIlh@ or
onorating an inter-OCcamc CANA across 'he
iSthmus of Daricn. u...7
A. Inc cypiration Of the one hour allotted
10 t.he consideration of the pension caleh-
d3r twenty-six bills had been passed
All 1:50 o'clock the senate went INTO eH-
ccutiVe session. .,,1 I,-i
,,ass in omen session. Mr.. Morgan called
NO the Nicaragua canal I'M "ll!l u NITM
to making it the unfinished puSn1NS' re
moved that the senate proceed 10 Ii'e co'-
Sid,r.tiOn of the ~Al.
Instantly Mr. Pcttigrcw moved 10 al
tourn. ON this motion the aNt9 any 10 ' nor9
were demanded. The vote resulted 10 ayes
Mr. Morgan's motion to proceed with
the Consideration of the Nicaragua hlIl was
then carried, and after the hlll mao ptrh
laid before the senate, this becoming ne
unfinished business. the senate. ON motion
Of Nr Morgan. at 2;25 o'clock y. M, ad-
j0urncd until Monday