New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
PENSION TALK IN HOUSE
Sherwood, Of Ohio, Pleads for
0olIar-a.Day Plan.
HULL ATTACKS PROTECTION
His the Only Speech on Tariff,
Though Day Was Set for
Cotton Bill Debate.
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Washington. July 29.-The House met 10
continue debate on the cotton nil to-day.
but there was only one speech germane IN
cotton or the tariff Altogether the debate
was a listless affair. and Representative
Mann, the minority leader. was forced to
ask for two rollcalls 10 keep a semhlance
OF 4 quorum.
Representative Hull. IF Tennessee. a Dem
ocratic member OF the Ways and Means
Committee, made a characteristic attack
on the Republican policy Of protection. He
ridiculed the idea that the House ought 10
await the report Of the Tariff Board before
proceeding with tariff revision and ex-
pressed the opinion that the information
furnished by the board would De partisan
and useless. anyway. Mr.. Huh devoted
most Of the time 10 an exposition or why
the House is able n frame It's own tariff
legislation without the aid Of Tariff Board
experts and he turned 70 account former
utterances Of Senator'S Allison. Hale and
others who did not approve the idea ot
permanent tariff commission.
Representative Taylor, Of Ohio. and Rep
resentative Johnson. OF Kentucky. regaled
the House with long speeches relating TO
the government Of the District Of Column
bia. and Representative Sherwood. Of ohio.
made plea for hs dollar-a-day pension
bill. General" Sherwood. who II the Dem
ocratic chairman Of the Pensions Commit
tee. pleaded Just as eloquently for the old
soldier as though the Democratic leaders
had not DECIDED that there Is 10 be no pen
sion legislation this session.
Mr.. Sherwood was also constrained 10
rebuke his Democratic colleague Repre-
sentative Anderson. Of Ohio, who IS a
Sherwood rival In pension legislation MI
Anderson has a pension bin which the
Sherwood committee would not report. 81
Mr. Anderson moved 70 discharge the com
,,,i+tee The Democratic leaders have never
permitted the Anderson motion 10 come 10
q. vote and Representative Sherwood has
been efYectually prevented from reporting
his own bill. The general was AFFORDED
an opportun,tv 10 relieve himself to-day as
n the 'Inferiority'' Of the Anderson meas
IRE and the sterling virtues OF his own.
Instead Of a pension bill based on age
such az was enacted by the Repuohcahs
in 1907 or as proposed by the SuIIo"ay
Anderson bill. the Ohio Representative said
tho only equitable BILL from the point OF
view Of the men who really saved the
Union was a measure based on service
and sacrifice. He arraigned General Keifer
~ Ohio. General Hall, also Of that state
and John McElroy, editor OF The Ma
tonaI Tribune" for opposing MS bill
General Hail. Mr.. Sherwood told the
House did not win his stars as orisa-
der general in the war, but oy galiah'
conduct in the G. o. ?. forty years after
ward"
Mr. Sherwood fled a protest against the
nensionipg OF spring puliets,' VINO ne
explained. were girls who marry oiP sol
diers on their last legs.
At the same time he expressed the GER
that the present House could pass pen
sion bill which would pension the WIDOW
~ soldiers without working fraud on ''e
government by pensioning those VINO mar
lied iust 10 get pension.