Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-08
snERwoop oil 70 AID vETER
Ans Of WAR DUE 70 90
r4RutHousE AND sE*ATE.
SENATE WILL NOT DARE
osFEAT HOUSE MEASURE
osmeera.s ssss Opportunity For shrssd
Political Eceup-sill Appliss to Sol
d;ers Yer or More in Civil war
War-Doss Not Apply to Soldiers
Widows.
Especial correspondence

Washington. Dee. S.-Onc of the first
important measures taken up ana
passed BY the house will be the sher-
wood persiSn bill. This bill will give
pension ct a col!a. day to every old
sc,dsc, OF tie civil war who served for
enc year or more under the Union flag.
1, Is .kely ,hat this measure will be
lcssed Is the house. within the next
week orSten days. It will be passed
withcu. Preference to caucus.
Speaker. Clark, Leader Underwood and
some OF the other leaders have talked
The sitEa,ion over and have determined
to hasten the bill thru.
This will be mo,nentoIs news for the
hundreds OF thousands of old soldiers
in the Cni:cd states. If the house acts
fhe senate can. hardly fail
10 act eiusttss favorably. Last session
President Taft let it be Known he vas
DISPOSED TO veto the Sulloway bill II II
passed. But i, is hardly probable ne
will veto pension measure that might
be nessea hv a republican house and
a democratc senate.
Political Coup.
1t is ha-ly needful to point out that
the determination of the democratic
leader to pass service pension bill Is
coup hat is not devoid of brilliant
politic..N Viewed in political sense it
means that the democratic leaders have
reached out to annex the old soldier
voter ora good share of it in 1912. Ev-
cry politician knows that when the
hat =
dent Taft was minded to veto, the
Sulloway bill or any bill like 1t, that
instant the president won the anteg-
nnism of large share of the old SOL
6iers Of the country. They have not
got over it.. II on the heels of this. the
house democrats come along now and
force pension legislation. 1t will mean
much for the democrats in added votes
pext November.
Would Add $50 900 900 Yearly.
The Sherwood bill as 1t has come out
of committee would add about $37 .oo0.-
600 to the pension roll OF the country.
This would bring the total pension bill
up to about 3l9o.o00.0oo. OF course. 1t
would not a1ong remain at that high
figure, so rapidly are taps being sound
ed for the veterans. 1t is calculated
tha.. aho..444s.eae old soldiers would
coming under the provisions OF the bill
Provisions Of Measure.
The pay provided under the Sher-
wood bill is: For service between
three and six months, SIS per month;
between six and nine months. $50; be-
tween nine and twelve months. &23;
ore year or over. $50. that is. dollar
a day. Wounded or disabled soldiers
would get a dollar day regardless Of
length of service. Soldiers now getting
more than the bill prescribes. would
not be cut down. Soldiers widows are
not included in this bill.
At first there was provision In the
Sherwood bill. that any person who nae
an income of $1,000 year or ovei
should not get pension. But this wal
stricken out as 1t seemed 1t put pen
sicns ION charity basis. Under the
bill as 1t stands, an applicant for
pensicf1 would not have to make an!
proof, other than Identification ant
that furnished by the records in thu
office of the adjutant general.
The measure does not modify the ex-
isting arrangements as to inmates 0
soldiers homes. whether state or ma