The record-union., 1899-01-08
Florida Veterans Send a Memorial
to the Senate
Protesting Against the Adoption Of Senator
Buffers Proposition.
The House Completes Consideration
Of the Executive Appropriation
Bill, Except the Items for the
Civil Service Commission, Which
Went Over Until Tomorrow.

Went Over Until To-Morrow.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-When the
Senate convened to-day Pasco of
Florida presented a memorial from a
camp of Confederate Veterans at Ocala,
Florida, protesting against the adop-
ton of the proposition of Butler of
North Carolina to pension ex-Confed-
crate soldiers.
In this connection Allen of Nebraska
said: L believe a word on this sub
1ect is due at this point. 1 do not be-
heVe there was ever serious purpose
on the part Of the Senator who is the
author of the proposed amendment to
pension Confederate Veterans. 1 think
the author of the amendment, like the
President of the United States, was
carried away by his feelings. In my
opinion, altogether too much attention
is being paid to it. 1t would be an in
justice to the rank and file of the Con-
federate soldiers to say that they would
consider seriously any proposition to
receive pensions. They have cared for
their cemeteries and for their dead. 1t
seems time that the whole matter can
ident of the United States and the
author of the amendment were carried
away by their enthusiasm. In my
judgment, speaking from the stand
point of a Northern soldier it is time
to close this incident. 1t may be closed
by the happy thought that all bitter
ness and sectionalism have been wiped
out by the late Spanish war;
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ness, in accordance with the order made
yesterday, the District of Columbia bill
was taken up
Mason of Illinois offered the follow
ing resolutions:
Whereas, all just powers of Govern
ment are derived from the consent of
the governed; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Senate of the United
States, that the Government of the
United States of America will not at
tempt to- govern the people of any other
country in the world without the con-
sent of the people themselves, or SUD
iect them by force to our dominion
against their will.
Mason asked that the resolution lie
on the table, announcing his intention
of addressing the Senate upon it next
Tuesday
The district appropriation bill was
passed.
The House bill granting extra pay to
officers and enlisted men of United
States volunteers was called up by
Shoup and passed without amendment.
The bill grants two months extra pay
to troops that have served outside of
this country and one months extra pay
to those who have served only in this
country.
The Senate then, after short execu-
tive session, at 2:10 p. m. adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE House
was engaged all day in the legislation
of the executive appropriation BILL and
completed it substantially as reported,
except the items for the Civil Service
Commission, which went over till Mon
day.
There were several side debates dur
ing the day, one of these being
brought out by Grosvenor of Ohio in a
speech of an hour on current political
questions. The Philippines also came
in for attention, on the discovery of an
item of $4,000 for naval charts of the
island. The item was ruled out on a
point of order by Dockery, the Chair
man, Payne, holding that the Philip
pines We're still foreign territory and as
such not the proper subject for legisia-
ton proposed.
On converting to-day the House re-
sumed consideration of the executive,
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill, in Committee of the Whole.
Z, \ MI
NAL amendment to the bill to ask why
the appointments of emergency clerks
in the War Department had not been
made from the eligible list under the
Civil Service law and said the circum-
stances connected with these temper
airy appointments exposed the manifest
absurdities of the Civil Service law. He
thought that the law should be gen.
orally overhauled.
Bailey replied to Bromwell, predict
ing that if the present civil service law
continued on the statute books the next
twenty years would see the passage OF
a civil service pension list.
Cannon explained that as the civil
service machinery was taking time to
fill places, it was necessary in emer-
gencies to employ clerks outside that
law.
Bromwell withdrew his amendment,
and the reading of the bill proceeded
At ] o'clock Grosvenor was recog-
nized to make an hours speech con-
corning the attitude of the political
parties of the country toward the imam
cial question. He began by referring
to the campaign of 1896, which was,
he said, characterized by zeal, ffrmness
and candor on both sides. Never In
the history of the United States had
we ever seen harder times than in the
early months of 1896, when the people
were suffering under great financial
and commercial distress. The CONTRAST
was very strong, as the preceding few
months had been months of great
prosperity. There were more idle men
in the United States on election day IN
1896 than at any previous time in the
history of the country, while on cleo
ton day of 1892 the number of idle
men had been fewer Both parties had
meet the situation frankly, each offer
ing it's remedy. Hence. the campaign
had been fought under no favorable
conditions. In whatever direction one
might turn, whether to our railroads
to our manufactures or to our inland
or foreign trade, there was gloom and
dependency.