The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-23
DEBATE in THE SENATE.
Senators Curtis and Scott Try Secure the Passage of the
SuIIoway Bill.

Saturday, Feb. IL, Senator Seoul VI
West Virginia, asked the unanimous
consent of the Senate to call up ana
consider House Bill 2s3i6, the Suiio-
way bill Senators Overman IN. CD
Beveridge Und.) and Porah udaho)
objected, and the roll was called on
agreeing to the motion of the Senator
from West Virginia. There were yeas
40, nays SIS and not voting seven
Among the nays were Rulklel-~i'urton,
Crane, Kean, Lodge, Warren ana wat
son. Aldrich, Gore, Hale, La toilette
Root. Smoot and Terrell did not vote.
The Secretary read the bill. There was
a call for the reading of the reports
The amendment to the original Dill
was read, which struck out $50 and in.
serted $50 at 75 years of age.
Senator McCumber's Amendment. ,
The amendment of Senator McCum-
Der was read, which was to strike out
all after the enacting clause and insert:
That section l of an act entitled An
act granting pensions to certain enlist
ed men, soldiers and officers who
served in the civil war and the war
with Mexico" approved Feb. 6, 1907;
be, and the same is hereby, amended
to read as follows:
THAT any person who served 80 days
or more in the military or naval service
of the United States during the late
civil war, and Tho has been honorably
discharged therefrom, shall, upon ap-
plicat;on therefor be entitled TO receive
a pension upon reaching the age speci-
fed in the following table, in an amount
therein mentioned, according to the
days or years of his service, 10 wit:
"SiNty-two years: Ninety days ser
vice, s12; one years service, S13; two
years service, $14; three years service,
SIS; four years service, SIG.
"Sixty-six years: Ninety days SER
vice, s13; one years service, s14; two
years service, SIS: three years service,
$16;-four years service. SIT.
Seventy years: Ninety days ser
vice, SIS: one years service, SIC; two
years service, s1i; three years service,
SIS: four years service, $19.
"Seventy-fve years: Ninety days SER
vice, s21; one years service, s22; two
years service, s23; three years service,
S24: four years service, $25.
That the same provision shall apply
to the officers, soldiers and sailors of
the War with Mexico, except that go
days service shall entitle such officers,
soldiers or sailors to the amount that
would be allowed the officers, soldiers
or sailors of the civil war having 80
days service
Senator Gallinger moved to insert
sections } and 4 of the original bill,
providing that rank shall not be consid-
cred, and that no pension attorney shall
receive any compensation. This was
adopted without objection, and the
Becretary read the reports.
The Grand Army Bill.
Senator McCumber represented that
the only authorized expression of the
Grand Army of the Republic was in
favor of the Grand Army bill, and said:
"rhe Grand Army of the Republic
have committee called the Commit
fee on Pensions and Legislation. That
coniniStce at the Encampn1ent of the
Grand Army of the Republic IN August
last. I believe. passed a resolution de-
elaring what they believed to be fair
and Just pension law and recommended
q bill accordingly. In that bill, which
relates to those who have served 80
days, or any length of time beyond
that, they have placed an additional
rung in this ladder of progression, and
provided that those who are 81 years
of age are to receive s12, which is the
same as they are receiving now; when
they reach the age of 66 years, under
that recommendation, they would re-
ceive SIS; at 20 years. $40; and at IS
years, S25- In other WorGs, the 6Z-
year-old men would be upon the same
plane that they are now: the 66-year-
old men would be raised from s12 TO
SIS; the 70-year-old men from SIS TO
$40; and the 75-year-old men from $40
to $25."
Senator Crawford said that neither
the Sulioway bill nor the substitute
fixed the rates as low as the Grand
Army itself recommended at its last
Encampment
Senator Lodge said he had heard it
stated that the Sulloway bill as it pass
ed the House would add in 10 years an
expediture of s400,000.000.
Senator AcCumber said this was not
true. That according to the report of
the Commissioner of Pensions there
would be shrinkage of 100000 in
the third year, and probably $1,000. 000
a year thereafter for several years. He