Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-26

gone from the house wing of the capitol that the treasury Is not to
 be raided by any extraysgant author
 nations.
 If the house is forced to vote on
 the Anderson bill. many members will find themselves in most embar-
 rassing positions, and it may be i'm possible to avert an inroad upon the public till to the enormous amount of $45.0O0.000 by one piece Of legis. 1 lation alone.
 Both Want the Credit. Representative Anderson. knowing that opposition would develop 10 his measure, but constrained neverthe- ] less to secure its passage because he comes from an old soldier district. ! waited a reasonable length Of time | for the committee on invalid pen sions to give a favorable report upon 1 the bill. The committee took no such action, and further omplications en- sued. Representative Sherwood, ot Ohio, democrat, is chairman of the committee and he. too, has a pension bill similar to that of Rep
 resentatiye Anderson. There is great
 rivalry between the two Ohio mem bers as to which shall obtain the ibI httRAuE ll4S htttA dhS. Naturally, Representative SherWOou
 aid not look kindly upon his col ] leagues bill. If any bin is to be reported by his committee, reasoned Representative Sherwood. why not the bill that the chairman of that committee himself introduced. So the Anderson bill slumbered in com. mittee-
 Sure 10 Come Up. Then Representative Anderson be- thought himself of the calendar to
 discharge committees. The new demo cratic rules provide that if a com
 mittee shall keep in a pigeon.hole any desired piece of legislation, its author may move to discharge the committee from it's further consider Htion. Upon such a motion, the bill goes upon the calendar to discharge committees" and by this means 1t 1 is brought before the house as soon ss that calendar is reached, upon it's regnlar day, by the house.
 This matter was brought up promptly, so promptly, In fact. that his motion to discharge now stands at the head of the calendar It must be taken up the first day the house turns its attention to this new cal endar. and this calendar is in order
 on the first and third Mondays Of every month.
 Can't Dodge It Always
 The house leaders determined that, in order to prevent action upon this bill and to save an annual ex. penditure of $45.00O,OOO. but one thing could be done-the house would have to adjourn over each Monday ,iDon which the calendar might be the order Of the day. The house al- ready has adjourned over for two of these Mondays, but the econo- mists are afraid that eventually the row over this sort of proceeding will become so hot that they win 1e compelled to hold a session on first or ,...-d Monday. -ld Lis means that the Anderson bill will come up on its merits.
 Many members Of the house are in favor of pensio-ing the old soldiers as liberally as possible. but 1t is not felt that the treasury ought tO stand a drain of S35, ,OO0, 900 in this 1 year of economy and retrenchment in public expenditures.
 The southern democrats are aversc | to adding such an amount to the 1 pensions of Union veterans. The southern democrats will lose no votes | back home if they refuse to vote for ' the bill when it is placed upon its ] passage The northern democrats, ! however, are not Tn this comfortable position. Many Union veterans live | in their districts. These veterans may be democrats, but they will likely take revenge upon any mem her, democrat or republican. who t declines to vote for increased pen
 sions for those who went through the struggle between the north and the south.
 Between a Dilemma
 The northern democrats therefore
 must choose between two fires.
 The republicans, most Of them
 from states north of Mason and | Dixon's line, and in favor of large pensions. are enjoying the situation immensely. With tho aid of a few
 democratic votes, the republican
 side may be in a position to pass the Anderson measure if it finally
 comes up before tho house. Not only are the republicans ia favor oi big pensions. but they v0Jid also reLsh aQulug S4o.UJy,Dc0 t) the bur 6ens of the democrats who are out for an economy rccOrd. and who want to go before the county with good record.
 "Keep On AIiourning."
 According to the reasoning of the democratic rank and file, there re mains only one thing to do-"keep on adj)uruins-" IT the extra session lis pr0tracted into the summer months this plan seems to he impossible, for there are other motions on the cal
 endar to discharge. and eventually ] the pressure will be so great that
 members will demand that this cal
 endar shall be taken up
 It is a ticklisb situation for the
 economical democrats and many of
 them wish Representative Anderson did not have SO many old soldiers
 in his district. Others are beginning
 to wish that the calendar to dis
 charge had never been thought of,
 and that the good old plan of bury
 ing troublesome bills in committed
 rooms was still in vogue.