New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
PENSION BILL WILL PASS.
House Democrats Resolve to Put
ST a Day Measure Through.
VOTE TO BE TAKEN TUESDAY
Il Will Add, 1t Is Estimated,
s35,0O0,O0o to $45,o0O,ooo
a Year to Pension Budget.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

washington, Dec s.-The Democratic ma
,or4tv of the House to-day eulogized the
,o,d soldier" brought forward the Sher-
wood dollar-a-day pension bill and decreeo
that II shall pass next Tuesday. The DILL
4, &c estimated, will add from S5,0O0@ 10
q, oo 900 to the pension rolls, and its pas
cage by the Democratic House at this time
!. ,pdoubtedly a bid for the old soldier vote
in the campaign Of 1872.
Republican members who discussed the
bill to-day lost no opportunity TO coniounu
che Democrats by reminding them that IN
previous Congresses the Democratic SIDE
.luays denounced "the extravaganza of
s6vance OF additional pension legislation.
,rbst however, occurred when the Repuo-
,icsns were I'm control OF tho House and
no campaign was Immediately In sight.
The oratory in the House to-day was OF
tho starry flag" character. First one Dem
ocrat and then another-the delegations
from, Ohio and Indiana being especially
sctiye-would arise and picture nation
,nerattude TO the saviors Of the Union. Inc
nrivations Of a soldiers life, the whlsthng
a, the bullets, the bloodshed at Gettysburg
ID otber subjects dear 10 the hearts OF
,ho nIaade- for the votes of veterans were
all recounted with proper tremolo erect
One might almost see the tears g1Sten IN
,ba owes Of tho overworked orators.
REPRESENTATIVE Sulloway. a Republican,
With a pension bill of his own, pointed out
,b. defects Of the Sherwood measure, one
.oct,on of which provides that pension
shall not be paid 70 any veteran who has
a. income Of 81. 900 a year. This provision.
Mr.. suuoway and Mr.. Prince declared
meant that the government would encour-
age the slothful veteran who had been z
failure in life, but that It penalized the
oId soldier who had been frugal or who
might earn $500 year.
Mr.. sulloway also condemned the fact
that the Sherwood bill made no distinction
n the pension granted 10 an aged and EN-
ffeebled veteran as compared with that
siven 10 q Younger man. The Sherwood Dill
Awards pensions based entirely on length
OF service while the pensions under the
Sulloway measure would be graduated ac-
cording 10 the ago of the soldier.
The "dollar-a-day" bill provides mini
Mum penslon OF $50 month to all soldiers
who served more than a year in the Union
cause. Those who served less than one
vsar receive amounts in reduced portion.
DEBATE will proceed on the bill tomorrow
and II has been agreed that vote viii be
taken on Tuesday. Representative Sher-
wood already has the assurance OF the
House Democratic machine that the bill
viii pass.
Reprcsentative Adair. an Indiana Demo-
crat. predicted that the Senate would re-
fuse 10 consider the bill. This aroused eX-
Speaker Cannon.
You ought not to prophesy concerning
the other body without definite informa-
ton" suggested Mr. Cannon, sharply.
Where did YOU get your information
demanded Mr. Mann, the minority leader.
II have been told that the bill will not
PASS the Senate That Is ns specific as l
caro- 10 be at this time said Mr. Adair,
resuming his eulogy of ''the boys who wore
the blue
The House presented remarkable ap-
rearance as Isaac r. Sherwood. the Oldest
member and q former general IN the Union
army in an hours speech. advocated the
uassage of his measure. Members crowded
the open space in front Of the Speaker 3
desk. sat in the aisles and hung over desks
IN sct within range OF the voice Of the Ohio
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