The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-15
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diana. the pension roll for Indiana ex-
ceeded that of Illinois by $1,500,00O.
He accounted for this fact on the ground
that Indiana is pivotal State politically,
saying that it was notorious that theI
commissioner Of pensions, who was AM
ex-Union soldier, had granted pensions
to almost every applicant in political DIS
tricts which are close. He did not con-
tend that the Republican party was
alone to blame, but knew that men of all
parties were inclined to use the ma
chinery of the pension office to further
their political interests.
He did not want to deprive any honest
applicant of his pension, but he wanted
the abuses stopped.
The Senate adjourned at 5:25 p. IN.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Dee. 1.-THE House to-
day for the second time during this
Congress refused to consider the Lodge
immigration Bill At the last session an
attempt was made to take it from the
Speakers table, but it was defeated by
large majority. Mr.. Danford, of
Ohio. chairman OF the immigration Com
mittee, thought the bill would be strong
er at this session after the elections
were over, but to-day when he tried
again to secure consideration the House
declined 100 to 103 to take it up.
An interesting but brief debate on the
rules was precipitated during the ses-
sion by Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, du-
ring which Mr.. DearmOnd made
speech on the decadence of the privilege
of debate in the House.
He was exceedingly ironical in his
reference to the decadence Of the Old
time privi ege of full debate. 1t had
become the fashion, he said, to bring in
repressive rules TO cut off debate upon
every important question and asserted
that the rules under which the House
was now operating which could not have
been adopted permanently had become
permanent by the attitude of the Speak
, or. Mr.. DearmOnd w4s literally ap-
plauded by his side OF the House when
he concluded.
The Speaker from the Chair, replied to
his critics as fellows:
''Thc gentleman from Missouri has
permitted himself to make statements
in regard to the relations between the
Speaker and the other members of the
Committee on Rules that | am happy
to state are not justified by the facts.
The House must not feel itself to have
been treated to an unusual discourse
upon the lack of liberty given to the
citizen. 1t so happens that in the House
of Representatives there are many mem
hers and that while in theory every
man can occupy ali the time in discourse.
in actual practice he has to occupy it
! in subordination to the rights OF every
other member. to the rights of the body
i, itself and to the prosecution of public
Rus ness In actual praCtich also, the
House may have noticed, that however
much d, spotsm is exercised by the rule
there is no subject in the avens above
or in the earth beneath that has not
heen discussed, even in this present
Congress. naughter).
i "Now if the gentleman from Missouri
will turn to the annals of Congr IS
away back in 1876 during the period
of liberty such as he thinks he desires,
he will find that John Randolph, who
certainly was heard enough to become
famous for century, was complaining
about the despotism of the rules at
that period and was also complaining
that even the arch inquis:tor himself
would have been satisfied with the wick
edness of them. So you see that human
nature is the same in all time Q4augh,
ter and applause on the Republican
side)."
The Pension Appropriation Bill as re-
ported to the House aud Mr.. Barney.
Repubican). Wisconsin. gave notice
that he would call it up tomorrow. The
Senate bill to regulate the sitting CT
United States Courts within rhe district
of South Carolina was passed.
The House adjourned at 2:05 p. m.