The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
LIST OF SUPPLY BILLS
 GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE

sit idly by while g gentleman who has heretofore been lazy abiding citi- zen raised the red flag of anarchy 1 against its rules and offered a legisla- tive amendment to an appropriation bill MT. Williams, noticing Speaker Cannon occupying a seat on the floor, saidS he was almost struck with par aIysis by the fact that the speaker Is sitting now by the gentleman from In- diana (Mr. Hemenway) aiding and abetting him in this felonious attempt to strangle the rules" (Laughter.) If this sort of thing went on much longer, he said with derision. the com mittee on rules would grow rusty in the exercise of it's function. He con- cluded by saying the amendment was good legislation.
 Under Whip and Spur. Mir. Underwood (Ala.) thought the committee on foreign affairs should have presented the amendment as a separate measure. It had, however, he .said,. been brought in under whip and spur to patch up legislation already passed by the Republicans that was ineffective.
 Messrs. wynne, Belle and Livernash (Col) and Perkins (N. Y.) spoke brief l ly in support of the amendment It was agreed to unanimously. The committee then returned to the deficiency appropriation of $4,000,00 for pensions, embracing $1,500,000 to carry out the provisions of the Pres l ident's recent order regarding age dis ability. MT. Underwood (Ala.) offered an amendment, reducing the total ap- propriation to $2,50O,000, and Mir. Liv- ingston (Dem. Ga.) offered another, providing that no part of the appro- priation shall be paid to any claim ant for pension under the Presidents order. Another amendment by Mir. Miers (Dem., Ind.) increased the ap- propriation to $5,000,000, while still an- other amendment was offered by Mir. Moon (Dem., Tenn.) providing that persons who served 90 days or more in the service of the United States dur | ing the Civil War. shall, when they month; after 65 years $S month; after 68 years $10 a month and after 70 years SIP a month.
 Democratic Trick. | It developed that this last amendment was a sharp move by the Democrats. Mir. Hemenway made a point of order against it. because, he said, 1t changed existing Jaws.
 Mir. Underwood promptly stated that 1t followed word for word the Presidents ol der and inquired if the President was | more entitled to violate existing law | than the House.
 Mir. Hemenway declared that in the confusion he did not get the draft of the amendment and in defending the appro- priation as provided by the bill, said the Democrats had been wandering around for ten months for an issue in the coming campaign and they thought | they had 1t now, but, he said. the Re- publicans would meet them on the issue He inquired if there was a man who served in the Civil War and who was now sixty-two years of age or over. who | was capable of performing more than one half a days labor. He charged thai by tho several amendments the Demo. crats wero simply trying to play politics at the expense of the old soldiers. Re- | plying to MT. Moon, Mir. Hemenway said he would insist on his point of order against the amendment, because the law was different from the suggestion of Mir Moon.
 MT. williams (diss) said the order twas another illustration of executive usurpation. He emphatically declared | that the order was a change of existing law and insisted that the commissioner of pensions had committed an impeach- able offence.
 MT. Moon Indignant. Mir. Moon indignantly denied that he offered his amendment for political pur- poses. It was not, he said, the first time nor would it be the last that he would protect the interests of the American soldier. His amendment he explained. was offered solely that there may be no doubt as to what the soldiers are en- titled to, because he believed the order wise and sensible one if enacted into law in pursuance of the Constitution.
 MT. Moon said the Presidents order
 was unjust but that emanating from the law-making power it would be wise and
 judicial.
 MT. Gardner CMich) charged that no
 Democrat had lifted his voice in protest
 against the construction put on the act
 of 1890 by Commissioner Lochren, and
 under President Cleveland.
 MT. Hemenway in his remarks to the
 Democrats said the amendments would l not be agreed to and the oaIi would go | through as reported.
 The point of order against the Moon amendment was sustained with derisive laughter from the Democratic side. | All amendments were rejected and the
 bill was reported to the House.
 Mir. Moon was recognized for a parlia- mentary inquiry, but moved to recommit the bill with instructions to incorporate the executive order in the bill.
 The gentleman was not recognized for that purpose" the speaker interrupted. ''The speaker of the House cannot re- fuse to entertain the motion of the gen. tleman. from Tennessee" MT. Williams broke in.
 It was with some warmth the speaker replied:
 The speaker did refuse"
 MT Payne demanded the previous ques- ton and the roll being called, the ab- sence of a quorum developed. Finally the quorum was obtained, the motion to recommit was defeated and the bill was i passed. <-.
 At si5 p. m. the House adjourned The juice of one-half a. lemon, squeezed | into a quarter of a glassful of cool water ] and taken early in the morning before