The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
PENSIONS Bill
PASSES! !! !: |. !. House !. {: !
Minority Makes Intellectual I Fl Fl
fort to Reduce Aggreg gate
81 APPROX
FIG MADE ON ORDER / / NO. I % 9:
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yly7AsH1NGroN, Re b. Is. - louise to-
e day passed the pensions g appropriation Dill
as,ri.rying s1sS, 100. The minority led BY
1lr. Underwood, made an5aineffectunll Il CT
tort 10 reduce tho aggregate OF tho a p
Enropriation SO as 4 to exclude pensions
allowed under. order No. 73, which, II
was stated. would involve about $40 1000
ut was con1cnded that tho order was
without authority Of y law 81 a " sS
s54s Under a special rule. the House 5to-
lay passed a bout twenty live private bill
Adjournment was taken until noon to-
VI morrow, W hen memorial services IN honor
OF the latc Senator Quay, OF Pennsylya-
MIA, Will be held. Mr. Underwood iAla-
bn MAJ elaborated the Views OF tho minor
gsity OF the Pension Committee and gave
/! notice that he would move to strike from
y tho bill $4,000 tho amount which he
said was estimated as required TO pay
pensions under what is known as order
y NO.. 49, 81 Hc contcnded5 that this orde or
was not authorized BY law and objected
to paying pensions under It. He said that
the people who paid one-third the taxes
oftthe country were not opposing the pay
Ing OF pensions but demanded that PEN
sions 30 paid under tho law and not in
4 violation OF 1t. ss
Grosvenor Hits at Parker. 4
Mr. Grosyenor Ohio defended order
No rs, saying IT was In line OF law, and
In line Of justice. Tho President, he
u said, had taken satisfactory, wise and
intelligent view of the whole matter
Mr. Grosyenor reviewed tt tho sE course Of
Judge Parker In tho late campaign
n cvoking laughterEon the Republican side
when he said 1t was not his purpose to
criticize him as he had done a great
,jOY
publican could appreciate Mr., Grosye-
nor commented on y the attitude OF the
Democratic candidate for President md
regretted his inability to put on Canvass
al picture OF tho visages Of tho Demo-
Gratis when they read Mr.. Farker's re-
ply on being asked \ he would revoke
D order No. rs If elected President. 4 5t 3t
Mr.. Underwood said if the majority
wanted to give service pension they.
should do 1t by, law. He declared that
they should not have the President do by
4 unwarranted order what they. do not dare
4 do by law. f. 4, ~
Mr.. Benton (Nlissouri) said there would
not bnve heen twenty-five 4yo ties. against
K n service pensiongbill lastfyear. but when
18itS was found that 1t would require an
"A approximation OF $4,000, 0O0, the majority
q thoughtRit would not be wise to Increase
appropriations to the extent. Order 7S
1 followed. sHos said the majority. should
tell the old soldiers that they did not
pass n service pension BILL because they
did not want to pay out, SIS, 600, 600.
Mr.. Underwood sought TO amend the
4 bill by reducing the total appropriation
ITO $ls2,5O0,0oO. but the amendment was
E rejected,
Mr.. Robinson (Indana) offered as an
amendment section providing q service
f pension of 8$12 ~ month for all soldiers
who served ninety days. s ~ a s&
Mr. GrosYenor characterized the amend
4 ment as buncombe, !. 7. b
The amendment was ruled out on q
a point of order, t{
The bill then was passed without amends
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