The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-01-26
NEWS NOTES OF
NATIONS CAPITAL
(By F. J. DYER.)
Especial to Silver State.) J

not likely to be much dissent from the
country at large over the passeage of
the new pension bill adding $45, 100000
to the expenditures of the government;
and yet there was here and there q
voice raised against it on the floor
of congress. At the risk, perhaps, of
encountering the enmity of the "sol-
der vote,' Serene Payne, of New
York, said:
1--WE have never had an estimate yet
that was not exceeded by many mil
lions of dollars by the actual payments
under the law. The expenditures un.
der this act are likely to be nearer
$60,000,00O than the $45,000,000 esti-
mated.
"The astonishing statement was
made in the debate:
" Already this year, after we have
paid the expenses of this great repub-
| lie from the revenue laws of the coun-
| try in the first six months, we have
$50, 100000 surplus, and it is fair to
say on the 1st day of July next that
| $50, 100000 will be doubled to 60,000,-
O00.'
"On the contrary, the daily state
ment of the treasury department, dat
ed January 9, 1911, reported deficit
for the fiscal year beginning July l
last of $6,528, ,616.O4, without counting
the further deficit of $19, 1926, ,665.57 dis
bursements for the Panama canal, max
ing a total deficit Of $26, 6,451, ,281 81.
Here is a mistake amounting to more
than fifty-six and one-half million dol
lars If this bill is enacted, it will pro-
duce an enormous deficit
Mr.. Payne referred to the presi-
dent IS approval, in his message, of ap-
propriate care for the old soldier, but
he added that care had been taken by
those who quoted the president on the
floor not to quote him where he said:
''But while we should be actuated
by this spirit to the soldier himself,
care should be exercised not to 90 to
absurd lengths or distribute the bounty
of the government to classes of per-
sons who may, at this late day, from
mere mercenary motive, seek to OBJ
tain some legal relation with an old
veteran now tottering on the brink Of
the grave
The presidents concluding sentence
was as follows:
1.-THE true spirit of the pension laws
is to be found in the noble sentiments
expressed by Mr.. Lincoln in his last
inaugural address, wherein, in speak
ing of the nation g duty to it's soldiers
when the struggle should be over, he
said we should scare for him who shall
have borne the battle, and for his
widow and orphans"
tWhen we get all the president said
on this subject" commented Mr..
Payne, "no one will seriously contend
that it is anargument in favor of the
passage of the pending bill. 1t is a
caution to congress to exercise great
care in the consideration of bill of
the character under consideration.
II have met every argument that
was urged in favor of the passage Of
this bill by the cold facts gathered
from official sources. This bill was
uncalled for. 1t did not receive the
sanction of many veterans until after
and during the whole period have
received letter from but one veteran
in my district who asked for its pass
age, while I have received many others
protesting against it. The veteran
who served for three and half years
protests against being placed on the
same plane for service pension with
the man who served only 30 days, and
he has just cause for complaint"
Extra Session Possible.
! With the end of congress but little
more than a month distant, members
of congress are becoming highly ner-
vous over the prospect that they will
be unable to get the appropriation bills
out of the way before the session ex-
pires by legal limitation. Congress has
not exactly been idle. In fact, it has
been rather more industrious than
usual, but the consideration of the big
appropriation bills takes time, and the
innovation as to rules, with discussions
which occurred occasionally over the
same, has taken up more time than it
was thought would be consumed in that
manner. Nobody, it seems, wants an
extra session. Almost everyone would
do anything possible to prevent such
thing and yet even with night ses-
sions and the greatest expedition of
which congress is capable, it begins to
look so dubious that both the house
and the senate are considerably per-
turbed over the outlook.
Good Humored Mr.. Parsons.
Congressman Herbert Parsons, Of
New York, the d-gloved boss, says
that he is trying to get out of politics.
He says it with smile as though the
prospect was immensely pleasing to
him. He declared positively but few
days ago that he knew nothing at all
about the reorganization of the New
York State Republican committee, or
who would probably be the new chair
man, although rumor had it that Mr..
Parsons knew the names Of dozen
men who would make very suitable
leaders When the name of ex-boss
Timothy Woodruff was mentioned, Mr..
Parsons smiled even more broadly than
ever. He did not believe that Mr..
Woodruff would consent to reassume
the craftsmanship, but he said that he
and Mr.. Woodruff were very friendly
and he referred to the last convention
when he declared that he was perfect
~ good humored all the time, and he
| scanned anxious to have his hearers