Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-13
It Provides Increased Allow
anCes to Civil and Mexican
War Veterans Based on
Length of Service,
EIGHTY-F0UR DEMOCRATS
VOTED AGAINST MEASURE
Several Republicans Also Re-
corded in Negatives Adds
Millions to Governmental Ex-I
penditureS,
lBy Morning journal Special Leased wirei

IBy Morning Journal Special leased wirel
Washington, Dec 12.-The Sher-
wood service pension bill which would
add upwards of $4,000. 900 to the
government annual expenditures by
granting increased pensions to civil
and Mexican war veterans on the basis
OF length of service, was passed by
the house tonight despite the deter
mined opposition of many democratic
leaders.
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher has
estimated that the bill would add
N5,000,000 to the pension rolls il the
100000 veterans eligible take advant-
age of the Increased pension
The republicans who voted with the
eighty-four democrats against the
bill We're Gardiner Gillett and Nc
Call Of Massachusetts; Hill, Connect
cut Kent of California. MeCreary of
Pennsylvania, Payne Of New York,
and Utter of Rhode Island
Speaker Clark voted with the ma
iority Of his party TOR the bill and
Democratic Leader Underwood and
Representative Fitzgerald of New
York chairman of the appropriations
committee, voted against it.
The bill now goes to the senate
where there Is a disposition 60 pass
some form Of amended service pen
sion legislation. Senate leaders, how
ever, will proceed slowly In the con
sideration Of this legislation and many
house democrats voted for ,the mea
sure in the belief that the senate
would not pass IL.
The Sulloway age pension bill pass
tls u 2ttso last spring, failed of
passage in the senate. This republican
measure was Offered unsuccessfully in
the house as a substitute for the Sher-
wood bill. Scores of amendments
were offered and hard but unsuc-
cessful fight was made to have a
straight 81 day pension bill estah-
lished without regard to length of
service.
The Sherwood bill would establish
the following basis of pension:
For service for ninety days to six
MONTHS $15 a month; from six TO
nine months, $40 a month; from nine
months to one year, $25 a month;
more than one year. $50 a month.
Two important changes We're made
in the Sherwood bill during the all
hde Uulllt. ~ JOiHl AilNlluliAfil W
Representative Rauch of Indiana,
and Cox of Ohio, struck out the pro-
vision denying entrance to federal sol
dlers' homes of veterans receiving
more than s25 a month pension and
refusing state home federal aid for
the support OF such pensioners. The
restriction against the payment OF any
pension to a veteran whose income
exceeded $1,000 a year was voted out
on the motion of Representative Ruck-
er Of Colorado. The fight on the bill
was Waged on political lines to a
considerable extent and members of
each party charged the other party
with buncombe in their attitude to-
ward the old soldiers. Prominent
democrats attacked the bill as direct
" opposed to the democratic princi-
pies of economy and destructive OF
the plans to reduce the tariff.
Chairman Fitzgerald Of the appro-
priations committee, fought ii because
Of its Tremendous demands upon the
treasury Representative Harrison Of
New York, Il leading democrat on the
ways and means committee, declared
that the bill knocks in the face all
pfetcnsions made by the democratic
party in the last campaign.