The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-14
The Estimate Is Five and IlaIf
Millions Less Than Last Year.
TO CREATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Bill Was Up in the Senate, but
Went Over to Give Way 10 an
Executive Session.

aud Nj. Hepburn dows denounced a re
! port presented To- the last Grand Army of
! -, 49,, ~
| thc hrpublc eneampment crluclsine the
course " themselves and other members Of
congress on the veteran preference" bill.
vticb vas d1c..,.., a., NV. ..,,n
Nu''u was HPieaiel at the hst session
sr2 explained ihut their opposition 90
me bin was din, IN tho INCORPORATION in
I ~ ~
! TUG pNI OF clause Wnl'h had no' been
/ Endorsed 10y the Grand Army ~ the Re
/ public, placing Veterans NJ the spanish
| war ID the preferential class
MIR Riycv VA caused soiurgtit,e. Of d,
/ stir ON tho dcmorrtir Side bv ndvntirinl !,
/ Uroposition ,o or15 M do1rs ~ Noti,7,.i
/ Soldiers hon,r. fo ny. Coufcinr,tcs NM "a
farsiSh Federal 5il "a sfotc Cnuscder,tr
/ home,
/ Nr Richardson tAlaI pas tho only
/ democrat Who Joined Mn Bix,y IN stnnnrt
/ of IN
This was District Of roln,nnia dov i'm
] thr bcu.c ANA i,,, t' t,,,i WI! az
ing ~ ,l ""I H. r"t,.a tuv WIN
chairman of tbr III ~ ~ r,.in,,ii.i -,
mittec claimed tLe dev 1nd t5n 'Lon"c ,il,
/ cecdrd Ia The consideration ~ di.t,i.t
! bushes. '"' ''"s'N''''''u OF "N'''''
/ IL the -ogclusi.p of tho n,.tri,, ar a..
[ lsmbla business III. nous. tant ,,, "a.
/ Iausi1u ,r,r,,.,.i..5,, Viz ~ W ''
! MI. b "ri,rur' '"ts'"E HttF ~ h1rHtE
il rgrrtrd SIgI StG lsn -, ~ .,t- ii,1
appropriated Tor the ciirrem, yrIp. M
estimates of the nrytuent ~ nnusiirs d.
crcasod from Si4i Utnnn W. s1H2. .',o,u,s "'
lie was asked ~ M pib5,i, r,'.
why the uWOunt for uopsinn. 'I.,r.,.,.l.,,,
Sl5O0Cuo Shic tbr rpi., , ny' 49,
was .1t5 to h Inr,, r''"''' vi pensioners
AFR Dnvu,v ,,I,7,.It .,,, .t.t
Couutod for hy thc fart tbat Tie Ilil,E.
u uis, peu.fnu. th"sc ~, "a num-
uc- month. uo d 1870 5"'" -" 70 80
4 .,u1tlsr Itostinn S d" t'PH ''
missioner az rppstops i.ii.,- N %
/ hish tide az rrUsicn r.,t,'.,,t tt -
.r1cgcd and AZ ,',,,,,'' '' ' -lr.' "'" N''H
F v~iuli remain s,.tjn,,n~ '.. i,."u'"'t
Mr. Roll ,CnioI J%,,, 49," 'GG,nt Nt".1.
ttuy were iunort,I,i,,,, .,,lit,, ,,t ~. 100
isl war ana those rbo b,5 sjr ,,'' nl''u
m ia. pbtii,nito "," ll's' '''1'"
III, seiJ fbtFV ~ NUN l"t ,pIHHl'Gs'
F woyc thoroughly aXtn.ineJ gt ,n,, I'm, ""T
. their disrbaTs,. !ind f,,,,I S t - w.
sound yielded 10 these npart,piti,. onS
their discharges III. majinn tn ,rl "tSet
tor Justice To- the -oldicrs 1,nt oni, IL"
/ rebellion, but ot the spanish war coltenn
/ ing that tu SECURE fustice for desnr,j,,..
. veterans pop,ions t ~ ,r, ,V, UeStrN !nT
/ b. opposed As against tho soldier In '' tbn
( avn war who had moi auniied fnr " n ~, ~
eli recently ht thouihf ti,a 5u NJ p'hsIoh
missioner was not 100 strict hut in N1 H..
. matter Of ferrctng on fraud he tbnu,ht
Commissioners Evans had been uuexcelled
bN any Of his predecessors
Mr. Grosvouor ,OhloD assRlled tho rero.t
OF committee OF The, Grand Army - tIe
4 Republic nude 10 tho CrgnG ar,S ,hhr
Republic encampment a. SIc r,I,E ~ Wv.
summer. The report placed nt rio Ioor ' ~
certain members Of the house ana tho sen
nimEHlfI hR fat
pass what was known as the "nrefpreprn
pension bin" Mr. CrosVcnor cbnrnctcrileJ
thG report unjust. unfair and untrntb.
ful," Mr. Grosvenor said ,hnt dp,Im.. Il" 81
long service IN the house he fbfJ ,iT,
SUPPORTED cordially every general anG "ncS,,,
ial bill for the bcnedt Of his comrp,loa iu
o arms. The objection To tho lin he ssid
, was that II contained provision which
would have given preference orer me ntd
soldier Of the rebellion 60 a quarter Of
! million men who enlisted I'm III" Snani.b
American war He ala NOT think m" nr0
vision Just and explained why he rnuid not
support II IN the shape In which 1t npneer-
od before the house ''i'"'
Mr.. rnlbcrt IS a. delivered yneo,.h 40
show the growing extravaganza and fraud
Of the present pension system . r. thatght
the practice Of passing spCci.l u'psion h,is
should bc abandoned '''''
Mt Hepburn again brought IN the report
made TO the Grand Army OF the Republis
cucampment In criticism of mruIb.rs a.
congress who yotcd against The 'yntcren
preference bill He said tho hin MS In
dorscd by the Grand Army of The Republic
and rs originally Introduced did nci cnn
tain toe provision giving prsfeTep.. ~ y ,o,
Grams OF the Srsbisb var 49, 70 Wy w
veterans Of the spanish war, he said ~ were ere
class o. the veterans OF Tho ciyti rtr L,,t
the vast meiority ~ tbe o7n doo WI P thI
spanish war volunteers had not besrd
hostile gun dred ana be wa rn,,itIinu ~
they should be placed in a prefetentiai
he recruited toE the next twenty Nv years. IiI
committee wbiob 'u ro,t "5' Vas on me
preference Mn eTpresssd ,be nG hon De'f tbat
the hiIl would be rclptrsdnl re M nope ma
Mr.. Riyev va smH,In Ifugyu anu passe,i.
in favor Of 5N introdueed by him I tpJay
sod r bc SGtSag ISd veterans to National
National aid to State Confederate homes
an tue South as was extended to State
whot sI1 %tss MI mr; klAey SAID that some
last congress had provoked 'consid en- I,ic
hostility and criticism IN the South and in
come WIN ,.I,eu, 4ul ne pt9eyed me time had
l, 1 "ueh nc I"ors OF MON homes could
TestTlrtioSuus 10 I,9hteaerate yctorans The
ttt11r,tttlpus AGAINST eN'Coniederntes par
ueiPsuhE IN inc government aud against
arm, ouieIerates holding commissions In tho
any any aug navy having been removed, he
aIsmtu tnat tue soldiers homes barrier
fe ,d s's I,,H across ne path OF eN-ton
M. Reaardson, lFcnnl,. the Democratic
ltader' lnterposfd 10 declare that never
Nuulu ne ne Wiling 70 sec OK Cunfcderatps
Hhtrt nlgn homos Tho debate grew live.
MN MneFences Of oplnioD de,clonipc
~, we democIane side; Air RiehNrdteu
1AM;l SIDED with Mr., RiXev whlc, Mi
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