The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-23

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Dolly-Does she believe in compuls
Pully-Yes. She has bought a big
President making age a specific dis
ability, which order was made by the
secretary of the interior, or by the
statutes now in force in the country. /
There is no occasion for examining !
under the age act. There is |
no occasion for inspectors or special
examiners going over the country to !
ascertain whether a man has this dis
ability or that disability. To the sur
geons alone since 1866, we have paid
for examining these old warriors over
S23,OOO,OOO.
An Unworthy Proposition.
There is proposition here which I
think unworthy of the consideration
of any man who holds his seat on the
floor of this House. refer to one
that was alluded to ny the distin-
guished gentleman from Illinois (Mr,
Fuller a moment ago. What does it
propose to do?
The proposition is that while there
are $4,000 of those old soldiers in sol
diers' homes, either national or state.
if a soldier should take the benefit of
this act and obtain $25 month pen
sion, he will be banished from all sol
diers' homes, both national and state
Why should he be banished from the
homes? The government has already
constructed them. The government has
already invested the money of the peo-
pie of this country in them. 1t fur
nishes sustenance, nurses, physicians
and watchers, and all that is neces-
sary, so far as hospitals are con
many, many blind men, decrepit men,
paralyzed men, who are unable. 10
dress themselves, unable to get in or
out of bed, unable to feed themselves,
and they have no home on the face Of
the earth but that home which the pa
triotism of this country has provided
for them. (Applause) Why should
such men be driven from the home
when they are granted a pension of
S25, when we know that the S25 would
not pay for watchers or nurses for
them in the night or in the day time
even. Yet that is the penalty under
this proposition which it is proposed
to visit upon an old soldier who NAV
have served four long years under that
flag, who did all that a man could 10
to preserve and perpetuate that flag, "A
flag which has done more for mankind
liberty, and humanity than all other
flags that wave between earth and sky.
tApplause)
Now under this bill he is to be
driven from his only home on this
earth, and he has none in the future,
except that which God in His match
less love may bestoW upon him when
he passes over. Is that the way you
desire that the old soldier should be
treated? If so, why, then, gentlemen,
you should support this bill, but
rather my right hand wither than for
me to favor a measure of that kind,
my friends
Starting the Fight.
WASHINGTON, December S.-The
fight to establish a general service
pension of 81 a day for veterans of the
Civil War opened in the House Of Rep
resentatives early this afternoon when
Representative Adair of Indiana called
up the Sherwood bill. which has been
before the House since the opening o!
the special session last April, ,
Opponents of the plan began their
attack at once by demanding a divis-
ION OF the time of debate so that the
friends of the bill would not control
the floor.
Representative Fitzgerald of Brook
lyn, n. Y, demanded that half the
time be given to those who oppose the
"dolar.a-day" plan
Republican Leader Mann objected to
the fixing of any time limit on the de-
bate, and the House began cousidera-
ton of the measure with the prospect
of long and vigorous debate.
Fine Job Printing, Star once.