The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-13
FAVOR SULLOWAY BILL.
Committee Votes to Report Pension
Measure to Senate.

Washington. Feb. 13.-By a vote of s
to the senate committee on pensions
today agreed to report to the senate
the Sulloway general pension bill
which already has passed the house. 1t
was SO amended that the annual cost,
in addition to the $153. 900 estimated
for the ensuing year, will be about
$45. 100000. AS the bill passed the
house it would have cost about $780,
600, 900.
Senator McCumber, chairman of the
committee, opposed the Sulloway bill
and endeavored to have the committee
report a measure which would cost for
the first year about $500, 900. He
was Joined by Senators Gore and Talia-
ferro in making up the minority on the
final vote.
AS passed by the house the SulloWay
bill would increase the monthly PEN
sion of veterans of 81 years from $12 TO
SIS; of 65 years from $12 to $40; of 70
from SIS to $25, and from 20 from SIS
to $25 and of rs or more from $40 to $36.
The senate committee by a vote of 6
to 5 reduced the proposed maximum
allowance from $36 to $50.
As there are estimated to be 63, 461
veterans who would be affected by this
amendment at the present time, the
change would decrease the annual cost
6 little more $4,500, 900.
OIl Tile SlcLSl1Gul lIldQ0 Dy secretary
of the Interior Ballinger the cost of the
Sulloway bill as passed by the house
would be $45, ,4S0, 46S but the committee
found that there would have to be
added to this amount about $4,000, 900
to which limited number of veterans
would be entitled under general laws,
increasing the total to about $50, ,000.-
900 a year. It's friends do not antici-
pate an easy time passing the meas
ure through the senate, especially as
it has been intimated that President
Taft would veto it if it were presented
to him. The fact that some senators
are confident that the president would
veto the measure is said to have in
duced a withdrawal of considerable op-
position but on the other hand there
are senators who feel that the re-
sponsibility of such action should not
be placed upon the president.
The motion in committee to report
the Sulloway bill was made by Senator
Curtis and it is expected he will lead
the fight for its passage by the senate.
Later in the day Senator Scott re-
ported the bill to the senate.
The bill is first being considered by
the house as committee of the whole.
Speaker Cannon called Representative
Mann, of Illinois, to the chair to pre-
side over the committee during the
consideration of the measure. In the
earlier proceedings Mr.. Cannon, by rec
ognizing Mccall and declaring his mo-
ton to take up the reciprocity bill "a
privileged matter, had shown a dis
position to help the cause along to a
vote despite the sentiments against re-
ciprocity which he expressed in a let
ter to the Illinois legislature On Satur-
day. Representative Hill, of Connecti-
cut, one of the Republican members of
the committee of ways and means was
recognized for one hour in support OF
the reciprocity agreement. When he
began to speak the house was in much
confusion and Mr.. Hill asked for close
attention. Come over on this side,
suggested Representative Fitzgerald
of New York. a Democrat. ''we'll lis
| ten to you and this is where you will
get your votes
The voting on the motion to take ur
the reciprocity measure was followed
| with keenest interest. On a nay and
yea vote there were two calls through
| the alphabetical list.
At the end of the first call it was
seen that the reciprocity advocates were
winning. The vote then was: Ayes
| 178; noes 10.
At the end of the second call the
vote was announced as 1876 to 121.