Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-18

IN FAVOR or the hill | attended every
meeting Of the committee on pensions
and offered an amendment TO the bill
which was adopted; and as amended
the bill was passed by the committee
and | reported favorably the hin to the
senate on April 4, 9O4, From that
date the bin was on the calendar.
THE BILL THAT PASSED.
| now desire to real you the bill ne,
passed by the committee on PENSIONS
That the provisions of the act OF
July twenty seventh, eighteen hundred
and ninety two, rs amended by the act
Of June twenty-seventh. nineteen hum
dred and two, be, and the same are
hereby, extended 10 include the Indian
wars which occurred in the Territory
on Utah, down to AMI including those
which took place In the year eighteen
hundred and slyty-seyen; Provided,
That before the name Of any person
shall be placed upon the pension rolls
under this act proof shall be made un-
der such rules and regulations as the
commissioner of nensious, With the ap.
proval of the secretary Of the Interior
shall prescribe, that the applicant is en-
titled to pension under this act The
loss or lack OF a certificate of discharge
shall not deprive the applicant Of the
benefit OF this act. but other proof of
the service performed md an honorable
discharge, II satisfactory. shall BIZ
deemed sufficient; and Uhcn there IL no
record evidence Of such service and
such discharge the applicant may esa
tablish the same by ether satisfactory
testimony"
ENTIRELY CHANGED
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was entirely changed with the excep-
tion OF the enacting clause, have read
the bill as II was originally, also the
act as amended By myself and 40
passed by the committee. and l will
leave IL 10 you which bl would be best
for the Indian fighters Of our state.
The bill being ON the calendar, II
could have been called up any time i'm
the senate. provided Unanimous consent
could have been obtained. This con-
sent could not be secured, however, for
any local bill which would bring up n
discussion. call your attention to the
fact that the bill Is a service pension
bill pure and simple. that is a bill
granting pension Il all who have
served a certain period without regard
to injuries received during the period
OF service or to the present condition
OF the applicant Many senators are
opposed to service pension bills. Thu
committee on pensions had before It az
that time a great many service pension
bills. among them one for the
telegraph operators, another for
the engineers Of the Civil war. and an
other covering all Of the soldiers who
fought 30 days In the Civil war. All
these bills failed IN the committee new
es.reached the calendar, but 1 fully be-
lieye that It viii not be very long be-
fore a general service pension bin Will
be passed by Congress then, 10 not be-
fore, | feel positive that the Indian
fighters Of Utah win be recognized
The senate adjourned Thursday April
Is. on Tuesday afternoon April 20,
Senator Kearns and myself being anX-
ious 10 secure the passage OF the bin
IN the senate, spoke TO the senator haV-
ing the legislative bills IN charge and
impressed upon him the importance OF
securing the passage ~ the bill at
that session. ! was prepared TO make
an argument for It's passage covering
all the points that I had presented In
the committee. Sometime Tuesday aft
ernoon the senator 10 whom we had
spoken met u.s. and stated that there
would be only two more days during the
session Of Congress. that this bill being
a service pension bill would DE bitterly
opposed BY members OF the senate, and
n we tried TO force tho consideration OF
the bill, its opponents would certainly