Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-18
Congressman NE. Kendall And
His Views OF The Nations Defenders

could and did smother 1t most affec
tually, no matter how pronounced 8
majority Of the house desired to act
favorably upon 1t. This condition
which had existed for many years, be
came 1ntolerable, and the friends OF
Legislation which had been thus sup
pressed determined to correct it. AT
ter much agitation the following
amendment to the rules was adopted:
| ANY member may present to the
clerk a motion in writing to discharge
a committee from futher considera,
ton of any public bin or joint reso-
luton which may have been referred
to such committee. All such motions
shall be entered in the Journal and
printed In the calendar under an ap'
propriate heading. Immediately after
the unanimous consent calendar shall
have been called on any Monday, 1t
shall be in order to call up any such
motion which shall have been entered
at least seven days prior thereto.
H. Whenever such mo-
ton shall prevail the bill so ta..en
from the consideration of committee
shall thereby on be placed upon Its
appropriate calendar and upon the
call of the committee from which any
bill has been so taken, it may be called
for consideration by any member
prior to any bill reported by said com
mittee at a date subsequent to the dis
charge Of said committee"
The purpose of this amendment is
obvious, and the result of 1t is as
sured. 1t provides that after COM
mittee has retained bill an unreason-
able time without report, any member
may file a motion to withdraw the
| y the house itself; and after the ex-
| piration of seven days from the filing
! of suck motion it may, if majority
SO order be considered and disposed
of in the regular way. The adoption
of this amendment opens way here
tofore barred, and renders absolutely
certain that the dollar-a-day pension
bill will be enacted into law or de-
feated upon it's meri' Immediately
after this modification of the rules Of
procedure was effected, l filed a
written molten to recall my bill from
the committee for consideration by the
house, but final adjournment was taken
before the necessary period OF seven
days had elapsed That motion will
be pending how,v~r, when congress
convenes in December, and no matter
who shall be elected to represent this
district, the veterans may rest as
sured that this long DELAYED measure
Of Justice will be acted upon by the
house at that session. Upon an open
record vote nobody entertains doubt OF
it's passage through that body. l
know there is powerful opposition to
the measure. but the conviction is gen.
eral throu o. t co, ltry that If the
govern --ert IS ever to alloT futher
benefits to the men who maintained
it's emblems when the national author.
ity was disputed and defined, that pro.
vision must be extended now. The vet
Grams are answering the last roll call
at the rate of. more than fifty thou
sand per annum. while those who are
spared us are all old, many OF them
physically infirm, and some Of them
financially needy. The debt which
we owe to item is the only one we
cannot fully discharge. If I accom-
plish nothing else during my service
in congress I shall be abundantly sat
isfied if can aid in contributing this
modest relief to these heroic men.
While, for the reason have as
signed, it has not been possible to
secure any general legislation during
the session just adjourned, was glad
of the opportunity to procure the pas
sage of private bills allowing monthly
nensiODs as follows: