Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-12
SHERWOOD PENSION
BILL IS KILLED
AND SMOOT HAS
A new ONE
Expenditures for Old Soldiers
is Chopped From 900
600 to $24,OOO,0OO by Sub
stitute.
THIRTY DOLLARS IS
FOR MOST AGED ONLY

ny AFeaanH HeFnla a. ~ Leased Warel
Washington, -. g.. Feb. i2.-The
so-calied dollar-G-day pension bin
was rejected today 5y the SENATE com
nittee on pensions and another meas-
ure which would Involve an annual cx-
penditnre OF $4,000. 900. proposed as
q substitute by senator Smoot OF Utah.
was adopted. Senators Brown Of Ne
brp ska and Curtis of Kansas gave no.
,ice that in the senate they would
press the sherwood bill az substi-
tute for tho Snoot bill.
Smoot's estimate OF $4,000. goo as
the cost of his plan IL based on tho
pension bureaus computation of age
and longth of service Of the veterans
P1ho Sherwood bin, according TO the
pension bureau. would have cost about
SIS, 0OO,0 600 a year
The smoot bin. adopted Ly vote
OK 10 10 eaftoy the sherw God bin had
been voted down 10 TO 4, omDodlcs
provisions 20 pension civil war vet
Grams 62 years old who served ninety
days or more. and any MEXICAN war
veteran who served sixty days or
more. The Mexlcan war veterans
would receive thirty dollars n month.
The civil war Veterans would be
Put on a graduated scn' OF from St3
month for nincty-day veterans. 62
years Of age 10 $50 month for vet-
| Grams as years old. who served three
years or more.
why cry economy only when the
soldier is involved demanded Sena-
tor Kenyon Of Iowa, In speech In
;he senate today advocating the Sher-
wood dollar day" pension blll passs
ed by the house.
Mr. Kenyon said the cost OF living
had increased as much FOR the sol-
dior as for anyone else. lie suggested
there could he a saving of $4,000 a
year IN the matter of mileage for sem
ators and representatives and yet leave
sufficient for travelling expenses
1--WE could ecpnomize." he contin-
ued "hy getting rid OF some OF the
commissions that surround us or
every hand with enormous expense
Possibly a few expeditions to Lake
Champlaln. recently exposed Ia the
ouse. might DE dispensed with IN tins
interest of economy Perhaps the
rlveg and harDor bills running int
the millions o.. create harbors whGrl
the Almighty forbade them end rlvor
: be dispensed with Republican
> senator a few months ago. snid ON,
! thing that Is absolutely true. that thi
: government cen be- conducted TO
e three hundred million dollars lehs pc
4, year than IL Is now. Every mar
. Knows this TO Doc correct. one sew
d enth of this sum would carry the pen
e siOns provided by the Sherwood bill
e There was an implied contrac
with this government when those mel
/ marched away ana that contract wa
that when they needed help from th'
government they should have Il.
. MANY millions 90 for the main
e flamenco Of navy yards so ahsoluiel
r chaste that their watefshave never ye
g ! embraced the form OF a sea goinl
= battlcshlp and for dry docks that ar
= q constant challenge "a the word Il
D God. because they are SO dry that TIA
= only possible chance for them 70 eve
e be used for docking ships Is confines
70 TO the remote prospect that We shall
q soc "a repetition Of the flood describes
~ the scriptures.