Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10
WOULD BANKRUPT
! THE GOVERNMENT
Co.,, If Passing the Pension Bills
Now Before Congress-
|orHrR SIDE OF THE CASE
.,,,,lou Of Pension Money Pre-
' wall street from Making n
p,o,e-uow the Claims Come

work. Feb. lO.-A special dispatch
~ ~. Times nom Washington says
ya,,lnr Ike the flood Of private PEN
=" INNS, which is being poured In on
=, congress. has ever been known be-
y, IN American history Within two
IN, after the opening Of the session
any hills have been introduced as
n.nally offered in a whole session,
ne food is increasing instead OF
snlnishlng. IN
1, This respect this Congress VIII
.,.,s All records. The pension COM
rstses are simply staggered under the
,..ses Of business. There has also
an increase in the number Of bills
.rjueed to amend the record OF de-
..ssr; 50 as to enable them 10 get
n, Ia this time last year the Senate
.Tmit,ee on pensions had received
'srt hoo bills. Since the opening OF
~, session Il has received l,ls5 private
,-Tson bills and IS general oills-l,lsO
ln During the whole OF the last
Son and the extra session which
,..rs5sd II. l.2ss. such bills were re-
s,rsd 10 this committee, so that the
,snber introduced In two months OF
~ crescent session Is almost as large
!. Ne total number introduced in the
ha two sessions
M extra session was as long as some
,.mhr sessions. The total number Of
,,'vate penslon bills referred to this
..mmlttee In the whole Of last Con-
RS, from both House and Senate was
'N scarcely more than double the
rlput OF the last two months.
senator Gallinger, chairman OF the
,,,ate committee on pensions, says
AL h ali the pensions We're passed 1t
yud bankrupt the government. Rep
sentative Cyrus Sulloway chairman
ns House committee on Invalid PEN
ssrs does not agree with him. When
N suloway was asked how many pri.
va pension bills had been introduced
he House he said
About 5000. That Is an increase
g,r preceding sessions, but II is per-
kly legitimate
What is the reason for the In
gsa;e? One Of the reasons for that last
y.ar the pension bureau rejected lO1-
n claims Three thousand is not a
M large proportion Of 10000 This
al about bankrupting the government
r5rsense. The money spent on the
4. nlders is drop IN the bucket COM
yH with the sums that are being
rsa In other directions Nobody OBJ
4, to spending a lot Of money on a
u without any sides TO II or In
rating a slough In Louisiana"
Y Subway was aware OF the eX-
xae Of an cutlery against the in
rzs In pension legislation. and he
az h was the work OF newspaper
risn who did not understand the
ntjst
"Ihse bills don't average over ten
o congressional district" he said,
md how many districts have you got?
AZ matter Of fact, the distribution OF
ftson money is q blessing 20 this
Nniiy. II prevents Wall Street from
Tu creating another Black Friday,
Khsn you have got s30,QO00O0 among
De people In free circulation II cannot
X Mmsrei"
Qyg 100 bills have been introduced
3 remove the charge OF desertion. This
4 arge Increase over the number OF
frila bills introduced In the pfeced-
is congresses Senator Cullom intro
i1cet bill early In the session to re-
roTe desertion charges by wholesale,
v, there was an outcry against II and
: dropped Il, explaining TINT he had
troduced II under a Misrepresentation,
n blll Is now being used against Mr.,
sIlon by his enemies in Illinois In the
a'sresi OF Tanners campaign for his
~ In the Senate
ne Increase In private pension bills
not explainable by reason OF the
iahlsh and Philippine wars, for COM
Nsiyely few OF the bills are In the
ils'est Of those who served In these
anpalgns, Most OF the private PEN
l'h els ere introduced after the PEN
e bureau has rejected the claims OF
ts applicants
Where bills are introduced IN the In
d@, Of Spanish war veterans the
,l'e Is generally found to be that the
,rshanded veteran had an application
lsldng al the pension bureau and has
pll Introduced also, so as TO be sure
y getting IT,