628 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J ANU.A.RY 9, the passage of House bill178, for the reduction of the tax on alco­ · The CHAIRMAN. The Chair thinks the point of order is well hol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. taken. The bill will be laid aside as not being properly on this Also. papers to accompany House bil115788, for the relief of the Calendar. heirs of G. W. Upton, sr.-to the Committee on War Claims. ELVIRA. M. COOPER. By Mr. STARK: Petition of Henry R. Cone and others, of Ash­ The first business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. land, Nebr., favoring House bill178-to the Committee on Ways 12524) granting an increase of pension to Elvira M. Cooper. and Means. . The bill was read, as follows: ByMr.STEELE: PetitionofCarpenters'UnionNo.365,Marion, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Ind.,.favoring the repeal of the desert-land law-to the Commit­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions tee on the Public Lands. and limitations of the pension laws the name of 'Elvira. M. Cooper, widow of Lieut. CoL George E. Cooper medical1 purveyor, United States Army,and Also, petition of Carpenters' Union No. 365, Marion, Ind., in pay her a. pension at the rate or1 $30 per month in lieu of that she is now re­ opposition to the passage of House bill3076, limiting the hours of ceiving. daily service of laborers-to the Committee on Labor. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as By Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: Petition of citizens of Archer follows: County, Tex., urging the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to the In line 6 strike out" Lieutenant-Colonel." Committee on Ways and Means. In line 7 strike out "medical purveyor" and substitute "late major and Also, resolutions of the American Free Trade League, request­ surgeon." ing the removal of the tariff duties on beef and coal-to the Com­ The amendments were agreed to. mittee on Ways and Means. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ By Mr. THAYER: Petition of G. W. Green and others, urging able recommendation. the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to the Committee on Ways LEWIS W .ALTON. andMeans. . The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. By Mr. THOMAS of Iowa: Resolutions of General Hancock 11199) granting a pension to Lewis Walton. Post, No. 22, Grand Army of- the Republic, Department of Iowa, The' bill was read, as follows: favoring the establishment of a national park to include the bat­ B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, tlefields of Fredericksburg and other battlefields in the vicinity­ authorized and directed to pl!Lce on the pension roll the name of Lewis to the Committee on Military Affairs. Walton, and to pay him a pension of $_!8 per month. Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as pension to David L. Mills-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. follows: · · By Mr. THOMAS of North Carolina: Petition of citizens of Strike out all in the bill after the word "roll" and substitute therefor Onslow, Jones, and Carteret counties, N.C., for an appropriation "subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws1 the name of for White Oak Riv!3r-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Lewis Walton, lil.te corporal, ordnance detachment, United Staves Army." The amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. able recommendation. PffiLLIP MOONEY. FRIDAY, January 9, 1908. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The House met at 12 o'clock m. 14897) granting an increase of pension to Phillip Mooney,' Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. HENRY N. CouDEN, D. D. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ARMY APPROPRI.A.TION BILL. and limitJl.tions of the pens10n laws, the name of Phillip Mooney ,late of Com· pany D, First Georgia Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and pay bim a pension ·Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, I am instructed by the Committee at the rate of S20 per month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. on Military Affairs to report a bill making appropriations for the The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. follows: The bill (H. R. 16567) was read a first and second time, referred In line 7, after the word "Infantry," insert "war with Mexico." to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, In line 8 strike out "twenty" and substitute therefor the word "sixteen." and with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. The amendments were agreed to. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I reserve all points of order on this The bill as amended was ordered to .be laid aside with a favor· bill. able recommendation. Mr. HULL. I give. notice now that I shall caD. this bill up The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. on Monday next if the District Committee should not occupy 13839) granting an increase of pension to John W. B. Huntsman. the day. The bill was read, as follows: RESIGN A.TION OF COMMITTEE SERVICE. JOHN W. B. HUNTSMAN. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read a communication received Be it enacted, -etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, by the Speaker from a member of the House. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, snbject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. t he name of John W . B. Huntsman, late of The Clerk read as follows: Company C. Ninth Regiment Kentucl...-y Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. COMMITI'E1D ON THE JUDICIARY, penBlon at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. HouSE Oll' R:mPRESENT.A.TIVEs, UNITED STATES, Washington, D. C., January 9, 190S. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on laying aside the bill to Hon. D. B. HENDERSON, be reported to the House with the recommendation that it pass. Speaker of the House of Representatives. If there be no objection-- MY DEAR Sm: I respectfully resign my place a.s a. member of the Com­ mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Chairman, I object to the passage of this · I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, bill, and I desire to state my reasons for doing so. My service S. W.T. LANHAM. in this House is of such recent 01igin that my disposition would The SPEAKER. If there is no objection, this resignation will be to conform to the unwritten custom of the House and remain be accepted. The Chair hears none; and the Chair appoints to silent; but, having made this objection, I feel that it is due to my­ the vacancy on the Committee on the Judiciary the gentleman self and to the members of the House and to the constituency from Texas, Mr. HENRY. which I represent to briefly state som~ of my objections. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. Chairman, it is a rule of this House that every member shall vote upon every bill unless he has some personal or pecuni­ Mr. SULLOWAY. I move that the House resolve itself into ary interest in the result of it. This would be a moral obligation Committee of the Whole House for the consideration of bills on resting upon every member of the House in the absence of the the Private Calendar, in order to-day under_the rules. law of the House on this subject. It is also the rule of the House The motion was agreed ·to. that the second and fourth Fridays in each month shall be de­ The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the voted to the consideration of bills known as private pension bills. Whole House, Mr. CAPRON in the chair. The rules of the House, to which I have just adverted, neces­ EUGENE H. ELY. sarily imply that every member of this body who casts his vote The bill (H. R. 2670) granting an honorable discharge to Eu­ for or against any measure pending before the House shall have gene H. Ely was read, with the amendment reported from the some conception of its merits, and that the measure shall have Committee on Military Affairs. passed muster in some way before his judgment and his con­ Mr. STEELE. I should like to hear the report in this case read. science. Now, sir, I think I do not overstate it nor misstate it The report was read. when I declare that so far as the bills-- Mr. STEELE. This bill evidently does not belong on this Cal­ Mr. MADDOX: Mr. Chairman, I rise to a point of order. endar, and I ask that it be laid aside. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state his point. 1903, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 629

. Mr. MADDOX. It is that we have no order. it by laughter, as shown in this RECORD. I have in my hand the The CHAIRMAN. The poi:D.t is well taken. · The Committee report of the-Commissioner of Pensions, filed in the year 1902, of the Whole will come to order. Gentlemen in the aisles will and that report shows that the Senate committee adopted certain take their seats and cease conversation. rules which are embraced in the report of the Commissioner of Mr. BROMWELL. Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman Pensions, and therefore to that extent indorsed by him. I read a.s a question. To what bill is the gentleman speaking? follows: Mr. RUSSELL. The one just read by the Clerk.. The Pension COmmittees of the two Houses of Congress were created to Mr. BROMWELL. What one is that? consider a limited number of claims, some of which were necessarilyrej,ected Mr. SIMS. Calendar No. 2065. by the Bureau of Pensions for t he r eason that they w~e not covered by '"'-. BRO'~LL. rm...at I·s House bill13S <:r any existin~ law, while ot h ers were r ejected upon legal or medical t echm- .Lu .L .ru. n = .Lu 39• calities, which Congress could properly set aside as a matter of equity and Mr. R USSELL. Yes. justice. It was not the intention to have Congress flooded with p ension bills, Mr BROMWELL I have no interest in that but simply to a~ord a means of !elie.f in cases of exoeptio~l m erit. Unfor- •. • . . . • . · . tnnately the priiilli.I'y and essential purpose of these comnnttees has been. lost Mr. RUSSELL. I do not thmk I IIDSstate It nor overstate It sight or, and there seems to be a prevalent opinion that it is proper to bring when I say that there is probably no membe-r. of this. Rouse out- 1 every rejected cl~, ei~r for original pension or incr~e,_to ~e att~:tiun side of the member who introduced this bill and the members of ?f Conr.ss, and m many instances the Bureau of Pens1ons lS bemg entu:ely the Committee on Inv~id Pensions who hasanyideaof the.merits Ignore · . . . . . of that case. I have mquired amongst the members pnva.tely I submit, srr, that that language from the appendix to this re­ ari.d in conversation with them, and I have failed to find that any port clearly corroborates and indorses the position announced on other sentiment or condition than the one I have stated exists in the floor of this Honse by the distinguished Representative from this body so far as these ·bills considered on occasions like the California [Mr. LoUD]. present are concerned. . In addition t~ that, sir-~d I ~ hurry forward-:-as showing Mr. GIBSON. Mr. . Chairman, I would like to ask the gentle- that the Committee on Invalid Pensions has not the time, no:r has man a question. · · this House any time properly to consider these m~es , I refer The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentlemruryield to the gentleman , to the fact that since 1861 there have been passed by the Congress from Tennessee? of the United States 9·,286 private pension bills, and of that nnm- Mr. RUSSELL. Yes. ber at the last session of this Congress there were passed 1~114, Mr. GIBSON. That question is this: This bill has been on the or more than one-ninth of them. Calendar nearly two weeks. The report has been also on file for To !estate the proposi~ion, eight-ninths ~f the an;wunt I have . tho same length .of time. Now, why has not the gentleman re- mentioned were passed. m fort}: years, while one-nmth of them ferred to the report for the purpose of getting information? were passed at one s~sw;n of ~ Con~ess. . Mr. RUSSELL. I will come to that in a moment. As my Let me call attention, m this connection, Mr. Chauman, to the time is limited, I hope I will not be interrupted any oftener than rapid increase in these J?rivate pe:r:sion. bills. In th~ year 1898 the members think necessary. I make the proposition, .and I there were passed 394 private penSion bills, that earned $67,014. think I can substantiate it by the facts, that. there has been no In the year 1899 there were passed 300.bills, carrying. $45,186. . In time for the consideration of this or any other bill on this Calen- the year 1900 there were passed 684 pnv-ate penSion bills, carrymg dar by the members of the House who were disposed to·devote a 11?,75.9. ·In the year 1901 ~ 707 of these acts, carrying $120.• 192, proper portion of their time to the business of a public nature be- whil~ m ~he year 1.902 there '!"ere passed 1,114 of these pnvate fore this body. penSlon bills, carrymg $182,825. Here are the facts Mr. Chairman. The House Calendar for This, Mr. Ch~ exhibits the rapid increase and growth of the 5th day of this ~onth shows that there was then upon this t'!rls e~ in the House, w~ere these bills. are P!lflSed without-co:r:­ Calendar 54 bills of this nature.. The House Calendar dis.trib- . Slderation, and necessarily so, because the trme of members IB uted among the membership for the 7th of January shows that ?Ompletely absorbed in the consideration of weightier and more ntm1ber had increased to 116, or an increase of 62 bills. The rmportantmatters. House Calenda.r put upon the desks of members to-day shows , Now, sir,. we have aPensionBn.reau. We have generalpension · that ther~ . are now upon the Calendar·144 bills, or an in,crease of laws. The Pension ~U!eau has in its empJoy 2,173 persons; and 28 since the 7th, or a total increase since the 5th of January of 90 to support and sustam 1t there was expended last year the sum of bills. Now, I submit that no member of thiB body who devotes $3,590,529.12. any time whatever to the investigation of the large and impor- Now, Mr. Chairman, in conclusion, I have made no assault tant subjects which come befoi·e it would have any time to devote upon any just pension measure, nor do I proP9se to do so where to the investigation of these bills upon the Private Calendar., I the measure is just and there has been time ror the members of have been told by members that these matters were committed the Honse to consider it, but I submit that if the general pension to .the Committee on Invalid Pensions and that their judgment laws of the Government are unjust they should be amende9, . . If was accepted bJ the membership of the House without any ques- the force in the Department is insufficient, it should be increased. tion whatever. Bnt as long as we have the Pension B1ll'eau, as long as it is so I want to say, sir, that I have no reason on earth to doubt the admirably and so expensively equipped and maintamed, this is diligence and the honesty and the integrity of' any member of the not the body where measures ought to be passed without debate Committee on Invalid Pensions. The factthattheywereassigned and without consideration. [Applause on the Democratic side.] to that service by the distinguished Speaker of this House is a Mr. SillS. Mr. Chairman, I wish to ask the gentleman a guaranty to me that they are honest and intelligent and just; question before he takes his seat. but, sir, as an evidence of the fact that they can not have sufficient The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman from Texas yield to time to devote to these measures I desire to call attention to some t.he gentleman from Tennessee? remarks made upon this floor on the 23d day of May,.1902, by the Mr. RUSSELL. Certainly. distinguished Representative from the State of California [Mr. Mr. SIMS. It is a common practice in this body, when a bill ' LoUD]. I read a portion of what he said on that occasion: is introduced that relates in its subject-matter to some depart- Pension (egislation, to my mind, has become a disgrace to this legislative ment of the Government, to refer that bill to that department· and body. During this session of Con ~ we have, on eight days, passed 1,169 get a reportJrom it before the bill is acted upon. I want to ask pension bills, probably not exceeding twenty hours ·having been spent to the gentleman if he does not.think it would be a good practice, pass 1,169 bills. Most of these cases have been examined by the Pension bef th mmitt · b' Bureau very carefully, by a bodythatwe constitute, that have used delibera- ore e co ee reports any pnvate ill, either for or4,oinal tion with all the ·m eans at their command and have rejected them. They pension or increase, that the bill should be first submitted to the come to Congress. Bureau for a report from the Commissioner of Pensions as to Now, what is t he routine? L et us be fair with ourselves a.nd frank with whether adem"~~te relief can be afforded bcv e:n"sting laws befo~e the country. Repr esentative Smit h or Jones is entitled to so many bills. He ....,_~ J ... goes to the member to wh om his bills are r eferred, and, I think I am speaking this body acts upon the bill? correctly of what is actually done, and says: ''I wish you would report that Mr. RUSSELL. I think so. I think the evil, as I stated in the bill." I think in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred that bill. is reported. and ts t · t • tl... tte t to h thr h the man himself selects the bill which shall be r eported; and without desir- on · e , exl.S s m ue a · mp rns oug the House measures ing to criticise particularly the Committee on Invalid Pensions, let us see which the membei'S individually can not possibly have time to how it w orks there. A member of the Committee on Invalid Pensions intro- consider and make up theh· judgment about, when at the same duces a bill. H e r ef ers it to himself. He orders a report made. It goes tim th · d d h uP.on the Calendar. It has there in front of it or back of it 100 or 150 other e ey are requrre un er t e rules to vote upon each measure. bills. For these reasons, sir, I object to the bill just read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole works as if he was working Mr. LACEY. The gentleman who has just taken his seat [Mr. for a thousand doll.a.rs a minute [laughterl and speaks as fast as he can; the R ) · ch · h d · Clerk begins, the perspiration showing in his face, and his actions show that USSELL 18 e omg a speec ma em 1892. He is not discussing he feels that "We have got this day and we must get through as many as we the bill before the House. He has not suggested a single objec­ can," a:dd the bill is passed: and one membe1· of Congress a.nd no more knows tion to that particular bill. the merits or demerits of that bill. Mr. RUSSELL. If the gentleman will permit me to interrupt When the distinguished member from California, who is also a him, I desire to correct his statement in this particular: He said distingui3hed member of the. Republican party, announced this 1892. It. was 1902. doctrine heTe, the House good-naturedly joined in and assented to Mr. LACEY. I understood the gentleman to say 1892. 630 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J .ANU.ARY 9,

Mr. SIMS. Yes; you did. and consider no case where the Commissioner of Pensions can Mr. RUSSELL. I am told by my colleague that I said 1892. give relief. They only take up those cases where by reason of the I meant 1902. universality of the law he can not grant relief. Where' the law Mr. LACEY. Well, let us talk about 1902, then. Since 1861, can not provide for a particular case and the peculiar exigencies he informs us, there have been 9,000 private pension bills passed. of a particular case the Pension Committees recommend relief. Mr. RUSSELL. Since 1861 there have been more than 9,000. These are the only cases that they attempt to pass upon, and that Mr. LACEY. Very well, in forty-one years, with a million of is the basis on which we have the organization of the Committee soldiers' names upon the roll-- on Invalid Pensions and the Committee on Pensions of this House Mr. MADDOX. Two and a half million. and the Committee on Pensions in the Senate. Mr. LACEY. A million of soldiers who are living to-day-­ Mr. LIVINGSTON. Then, Mr. Chairman, I understand the Mr. MADDOX. Two million and a half. gentleman to admit that it is a fact that the pension bills passed Mr. LACEY. No; there are a million soldiers' names on the here are passed outside of the law, without law, and could not roll. With over two million or nearly three million enlistments be enacted in any other way? there have been in forty-one years only 9,000 private pension bills Mr. LACEY. Certainly, not outside of the law, but outside of passed. Let me call the attention of 'the gentleman from Texas the general law. We make the laws for each particular case, to the fact that nearly all the Revolutionary soldiers were put just as after the Revolutionary war Congress made a law for upon the roll by private bills, a private bill for each of them, or every case brought before them. Congress in the first place for a large group in one bill. The custom of passing private acted as Commissioner of Pensions; Congress passed a law appli­ - pension bills is as old as the Government itself. I think when cable to each particular case. Later on general laws were passed, he calls our attention to the fact that 9,000 of these bills have been but still many private bills were acted upon. passed in forty-one years, that he illustrates the moderation in Now there a1·e too many cases to follow that original method, which the Congress has dealt with this subject. He forgets, Mr. and yet it is impossible to. frame a law that will fit each particular Chairman, that the soldiers of the war of 1861 now average con­ case. We have the case of a soldier who has lost his sight, per­ siderably over 60 years of age. He forgets that the exigencies haps, through Army service, and he can not prove it. It was forty of particular cases growing out of age and infirmity take many years ago, and he is unable by adequate evidence to connect the - of them entirely beyond the reach of the general law. I yield to blindness and helplessness of the present time with the service in the gentleman from Georgia. the Army. The Committee on Pensions consider it, look at it Mr. MADDOX. I want to ask the gentleman this question. like a court of equity, and say this man ought to have a pension. He said all the Revolutionary soldiers were pensioned by private They take up the cases and consider them in that spirit. And bills. Did we have any Pension Bureau then. with all these laws when the gentleman says that 9,000 bills have been pa-ssed in that we now have? over forty years, it only shows the great care and patience and good Mr. LACEY. We did not have a Bureau in the beginning. sense of the committees that have handled the cases of this Mr. MADDOX. Then we had to have private bills? kind. Mr. LACEY. An attempt was made in the first instance to Mr. LIVINGSTON. Will the gentleman allow me another in­ . dispose of all these cases by Congress on the individual merits of terruption? each case. That was found impossible. You will find thousands Mr. LACEY. Certainly. of these beneficiaries named by special bills in the early part Mr. LIVINGSTON. If the gentleman says that this pensioner of the nineteenth century. Then laws have been passed since can not convince the Commissioner that he is entitled to a pen­ · then by which this country has attempted to settle these matters sion, how can he convince the committee of this House? - under general laws. But general laws can not cover all cases. Mr. LACEY. Certain fixed rules of law must be established for And let me give an illustration of one case placed on the Calen­ the presentation of these cases in the Pension Bureau. A high dar a day or two ago. A man who is in absolute poverty and order of evidence is necessarily required to establish the facts, destitution is drawing a pension of $12 a month under the act of and soldiers are often unable to furnish the evidence which would June 27, 1890. He is supported by the county in which he lives be required in a court of law or by the Commissioner of Pensions. as a pauper; he is cared for by a nurse; he is provided for as an In sucl~ a case the strict technicalities of the law are waived by utterly helpless man. · these committees, and this class of cases considered upon their Now, the question comes up in the form of a private pension bill merits, and on somewhat different principles, more as a court of before this Congress as to whether relief will be given to this man. equity would consider them than under the stl'ict rules of a court He is now 75 or 76 years of age. It is utterly impossible for him of law. to prove that his present condition is due to Army service. In Mr. COOPER of Texas. I want to say that the gentleman fact, it is not wholly due to the service, but mainly due to his ad­ from Iowa perverts and misconstrues the argument of my col­ vanced age. He appeals to Congress, and states that the pension league with respect to the number of bills passed in forty-one of $12 per month is an utterly inadequate sum to support him, years. He shows the number of bills that pa-ssed, and shows that and he is supported as a pauper from the treasury of the county many of them in the early consideration were carefully consid­ in which he lives. The Committee on Invalid Pensions examined ered, but that 10 per cent had passed in one session of Congress. the case, and understanding that while he would be entitled to $72 Mr. LACEY. I am glad my friend from Texas has made this a month under existing laws if he could prove service origin of his suggestion; it is worthy of an answer. If the argument has any disabilities, that, that being impossible, they make an exception force or effect at all, it is to the effect that in late years the pro­ in his favor and place him on the roll at 30 a month. Now, this portion of pensions granted by and approved by Congress has is the character of the cases reported by the Committee on Inva­ improperly increased. That is the objection, as I understand, lid Pensions. that he makes. Let me say that in the last forty-one years 41 Mr. LIVINGSTON. Will the gentleman allow me to interrupt years of age has been a-dded to the burden upon the shoulders him? of these-veteransof the war of 1861. Many of these cases brought Mr. LACEY. Certainly. before the House are cases where the pensioner dies before here­ Mr. LIVINGSTON. I want to suggest to the gentleman from ceives the benefit of the bill, caused by his advanced age. I know Iowa that he does not answer the point made by the gentleman a number of instances of this kind where the pension bill has be­ from Texas. The point is this: We have a Commissioner and a come a law, but before the heart of the pensioner has been glad­ Bureau for the consideration of these cases. The gentleman says dened by the reception of the certificate he has gone down into that these claims passed on in this House in this way are claims his honored grave. which have been rejected by the Bureau; and he wants to know So, Mr. Chairman, it is certainly natural that the cases where why. if we have a Commissioner and have a Bureau and.we pur­ the facts require great attention on the part of the committee sue the laws made by Congress on this subject-why can not the must increase, and will no douht continue to ucrease for the friends of pensioners rest there and not multiply these compel a man who has fought for his country and incurred physic;:{ disab1li ty to be compelled to expose to the Government or its officers the fact make no mistake. that he_was in. needy cir~umstan~s- ~metimes we have urged that as a Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I will read exactly the gentle­ matter m f?Up-port of~ private pensi~n bill when t~e law seemed inadequate, man's words, because he knows I do not want to misstate him. but neyer mall our history have we mcorpora.ted mto a measure conferring ~ pension upon a wounded soldier or a disabled soldier the necessity of mak­ The gentleman misquoted me on yesterday and the RECORD shows !llg known that h~ ~as also a pauper. I refer, of course, to legislation relat­ that I was correct. mg to the great civil war. I advise the ~entleman from Tennessee, in all kindness, to study the history Mr. GROSVENOR. The gentleman is entirely mistaken. He of this legislation. has built a straw man and is knocking it down. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I hope the gentleman will get the . :t:T ot legislation about the Revolutionary pensioners, not the legis­ language and read it. lation about the Indian wars, but this legislation, the legislation Mr. GROSVENOR. I will. with regard to the great civil war; and I repeated later on in the Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Or refer me to the page. I had remarks that I made that I was talking solely and only about the the RECORD here a moment ago, but can not find it just now. I great body of pension legislation that related to the civil war. will read what I started to read when I was interrupted, and then And I said then, and I say now, that there are no gentlemen on I will ask my friend to read from the RECORD what he asked me either side of this House will rise in their places and say that we to read. The Attorney-General of the United States in 1832 said­ have ever incorporated in a bill to pension a Union soldier a pro­ ! read the syllabus: vision that he should prove that he was indigent and a pauper. No If after a person is placed on the pension roll he acquires so much prop­ gentleman on the Democratic side of this House, whether he was a erty that he no lonler needs the assistance of his country for support, the soldier of theNorth or a gallant soldier of the South,has ever sought ~~~~~.on on whic the pension is given falls, and he may be dropped from to put such a condition as that into a pension bill, at least since I have been a member of this House, and never has it been made Thus spoke Attorney-General Taney. a condition precedent to the successful prosecution of a pension Mr. Chairman, here is another opinion from William Wirt, claim. [Applause on the Republican side.] the Attorney-General of the United States, delivered at an early Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman-­ day, in which he says in reference to this oath to which I alluded Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman-- a few moments ago, wherein the applicant says he had not fraudu­ The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana is recognized. lently disposed of his property in order to get a pension: Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, it was not my good That it was the intention of Congress to make the amount of the schedule the fortune to be present in the House when this tempest was started. test of the indigence of the applicant, and that consequently the relief given I was detained a moment over in the Public Buildings and Grounds by the former act is to be continued in everyca.seinwhichthe schedule shall exhibit proof of such indigence and that the income of the property is inade­ Committee. But I realize that one of the reports of the Commit­ quate to the support of the applicant. tee on Invalid Pensions must necessarily be the matter of discus­ I will read more at length from the opinion of the Attorney­ sion. I feel like all of that committee's reports are susceptible of defense. Report No. 2834 shows that this soldier served his General in 1832. He said: country from September 15, 1861, to December 15, 1864. The rec­ The law was designed for the relief of those who were at any time in actual want. If after a person is placed on the pension roll he acquh·es so ords of the Pension Office show that- much property that he no longer needs the assistance of his country for sup­ Asearlyas1892tbeexaminingsurgoonsfoundaventralhernia,andgaveitas port, the founaation u~n which thepension isgivenfails,and therefora any­ their opinion that the bullet which produced gunshot wound ot the back, one who does not need It for his support may, I think, at any time be dropped which was never extracted, and which could be easily felt-- from the roll. If a different construction is put upon the laws of 1818 and 1820, a person Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. · Mr. Ghairman, I rise to a question who by descent or devise or in any other way had become wealthy and of personal privilege. affiuent might be receiving the bounty of the public; when it is evidently intended for no one but person.~ who have no other sufficient means of The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will,state it. support. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee (continuing). If my friend will I have cited this old law and authorities, gentlemen, to show yield, and I hope he will. I am informed the gentleman from how far we have wandered away from the track of the fathers Ohio. in the course of his remarks-- by passing laws here to pension millionaires and people who were Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Oh, Mr. Chairman- capable of supporting themselves. Yr. GAINES of Tennessee. Said !made a false statement. If Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, I care nothing whatever the gentleman will allow me, I want to know if that is true? about the effort of the gentleman to substantiate his position of Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman-- a few days ago, except as he attempts to make it appear that I The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana has the floor. made a statement of a fact in regard to the statute of my coun­ Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I believe a question of personal try that was not true. Against that attack of his I come with privilege is higher than any other question in this House. I hope determination to let him understand once and for all that he can the gentleman from Indiana will yield to me for a moment. not dodge and quibble behind a proposition such as he has at­ Mr. MIERS of Indiana. How much time do you want? tempted to bring here now. There was no discussion about the Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Just a few minutes. question of the Revolutionary pensions. There was no discussion Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I will yield to the gentleman five about the question of the pensions of the Mexican war. And I minutes. will read now to the House and show to the House how utterly Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I will wait. I see the gentleman shameless it is to attempt to impeach me with a false statement, from Ohio is out of the Chamber. I do not know where the gen­ by reading a statute and a decision made under laws that I had tleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVENOR] is. I will wait until ·he re­ no reference to whatever. turns. We were discussing a question growing out of the increase of Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Then wait until he returns, and I will pensions from 35 to $40 a month for deafness in our own service, yield to you. and my language could not be misunderstood by anybody who Mr. MADDOX. Send for him. was disposed to treat me fairly. Mr. MIE.RS of Indiana. When the gentleman returns I will Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Have I not asked my friend to yield. read from the RECORD, so that I would state it correctly? I will continue reading the report where I was interrupted: Mr. GROSVENOR. The gentleman has gone to work and Which was never extracted, and which could be easilr felt and found be­ neath the insiform appendix, had produced a. rupture of the abdominal wall made a speech, assuming a condition that did not exist, and then and of the stomach. asks me to read from the RECORD, and then to publish his speech, as having achieved a wonderful attack and a successful contra­ Here is a soldier who had three years' service, who was wounded diction of what I had said. Now, let me read what I said. I read three times in battle. Let us see what his condition is, following from page 546 of the RECORD: in the report: Mr. Speaker, one of the important considerations which has always been Gunshot wound of back: involved in the passage of general legislation touching the subject of pensions Ball entered 3 inches to the left of the spinal column and lodged 2 inches has been to steer clear, as far as possible, of the very proposition suggested below the sternum and is encysted under the fascia. Muscles at entrance are 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 633

atrophied and contracted. This gunshot wound is a. very bad one. The whom I made a report, Captain White, passed beyond, and if this stomach trouble is due to the gunshot wound of back by causing an atrophy of the same. The stomach is reduced in size one-eighth. The ball seems to soldier and a few more are to be left behind let these gentlemen press against the anterior wall of the stomach and is the source of constant consume the time. U"ritation. Part of the nerve supply which supplies the stomach is destroyed. So I would suggest to the gentlemen of this House that when­ This produces a spinal irritation. He has irregular breathing, dyspnooa, and hiccough, produced by an irritated diaphragm from the pressure of the ball. ever the Committee on Invalid Pensions make a report that will The h eart's action is irregular and rapid, neck and shoulders painful, and not bear sCI·utinity, one that does not present a case that is both abdomen and thorax constricted, and there are local areas o.f hYlJerthesia. of patriotic and founded in justice, then let us scrutiniz.e that report the skin, legs, and back, and the muscles tremble all the time m the arms and abdomen. and turn it down. But in this case, where we have a soldier who Has articular and muscular rheumatism. All joints are invaded, enlarged, gave three years and three months, who gave his life, almost, red, painful, and swollen. Muscles and tendons are atrophied and the ridge from wounds in two battles, and who for many years has been con­ joints anchylosed. Elbows are partially anchylosed; ankles and knees are swollen and tender, painful and a.nchylosed; joints of wrists, knees and fined to his bed by reason of ac~ual injuries received, I say for one ankles are stiffened; muscles of legs are atroBhied and contracted, and ten­ I am not only willing to stand by the old soldier, but I am willing dons contracted; can not stand upon legs at a ; legs are drawn and they are to stand by the record which this committee has made and chal­ the same as no legs. Has to stay in bed except when helped from a cot to a chair. Can not use feet or handS, and he is so disabled from double inguinal lenge successful attack. hernia, ventral hernia, rheumatism, heart and stomach trouble as to require Mr. SIMS. Will the gentleman allow an interruption? the regular aid and attendance of another person. Mr. MIERS of ~ndiana. Certainly. Proof filed in the Pension Bureau shows that the beneficiary has no income or means of support excent the J?ension of $24 per month; that he can not Mr. SIMS. What reason does the Bureau give for not having feed himself or dress or unaress himself or attend to the calls of nature, and acted favorably upon this man's case? . has to be cleansed and washed as a baby; that he has not walked since 1897, etc. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. The general and usual reast:n that 24 . In the opinion of your committeetheventralhernia. and the spinal trouble are due to the severe wound of the back described by the examining sur­ is commensurate for the injury received according to the present geons, and inasmuch as the soldier is shown to be in such a condition that he examination. requires the aid and attendance of another person and is in destitute cir­ cumstances, and that he can not even feed or dress or undress himself, relief Mr. SIMS. I would like to ask the gentleman if his committee to the extent sought for in the- bill seems warranted, and the bill is there­ has evidence in addition to that which was before the Bureau. fore reported back with the recommendation that it pass. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Yes. Mr. BUTLER of Pennsylvania. I make the point of order Mr. SIMS. How does the gentleman know that the Bureau that we can not hear what is said. with the additional evidence would not act favorably upon it? The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will request all gentlemen to Mr. MIERS of Indiana. The evidence that the committee had, cease conversation, and gentlemen in the aisles will please take if there was nothing else than that, would show to this House their seats. that in that particular case a great injustice had been done to Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I am speaking from the record and I this man. I know my good friend from Tennessee-in the case do not desire to go beyond the record. Three years' service, of this old soldier, who can not last but a short time, who is help­ three times wounded in battle, to-day,as described by the records less and forced to have friends wait on him as they would a babe­ of the Pension Department, this soldier is unable to stand on his l know my friend would not send him back to the Department, feet by reason of the injury received, not since 1865, but by in­ where his death would be likely to follow while he was waiting jury received in battle. He lies not only in bed, unable to move, for justice. Here we are not only lawmakers, but judges of the · but he is unable to attend to the common wants of nature. His situation, and let us take these cases and do justice to these sol­ friends have nursed him these many years, but unable to nurse diers, as we do to other American citizens. That I ask, if noth­ him back to health, but unfortunately the Bureau has seen fit to ing more. Let us get down to business. [Applause.] say that for this service he shall only receive $24. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Mr. BARTLETT. May I interrupt the gentleman right there? mendation. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Certainly. JESSIE R. DEWSTOE, Mr. BARTLETT. As to this particular bill, because I have The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. read the report in this case, I would like the gentleman from 14256) granting a pension to Jessie R. Dewstoe. Indiana, who is a member of this committee, to tell me if he The bill was read, as follows: does not think the statement contained in the report as to the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary -of the Interior be, and he is hereby, condition of this soldier, and the causes of it, entitles him tore­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jessie R. Dewstoe, widow ceive at the hands of the Pension Bureau this increase without of Garritt S. Dewstoe, late of Company B, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, and pay coming to Congress? . her a. pension at the rate of $12 per month. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. . Yes. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, Mr. BARTLETT. Why is it, if he is entitled to receive it from as follows: · the Bureau under the law, and I take it that under the law he was In line 7 strike out the letter "B" and insert in lieu thereof the letter" C." justly entitled to receive more pension, why was it he did not get In same line, a.fter the word "Sixth," insert the word "Re~ent." it and had to come to Congress to secure that which he is entitled In same line, before the word "Cavalry," insert the word • Volunteer." In line 8, after the_word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that she is to under the law? now receiving." Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Of course I can not speak for the Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to motives that exist in the Pension Department, but I agree with Jessie R. Dewstoe." the gentleman from Georgia that, outside of the action of the The amendments were agreed to. Department, I believe it ought to have granted him a pension of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ $50. I rise here for the purpose of saying that I am in favor of able recommendation. this bill and its passage in the next five minutes, because I believe ALBERT BLOOD. this man is entitled to it under the law; and for one when I find one of these old patriots where I believe he is entitled to it under The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. the law I shall not be content to say that he shall be turned back 14185) granting an increase of pension to Albert Blood. to the Department that has wronged him, either purposely or by The bill was read, as follows: mistake in judgment. . Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions I believe to thus treat this soldier with three years' service, and and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Albert Blood, late of Company the record shows that he has to be waited upon like a child, H , Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ would send the blush of shame not only to the members of this sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving . · House, but to every American patriot did he know the actual con­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ dition of this soldier; and if the blame is with the Department mendation. I believe that the time will come when that Department over JOHN WRIGHT. there may not only be criticised when wrong on the floor of this House, on this side of the House, but the other side of the House The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. as well, and not only on the other side of the House, 'but in the 15549) granting an increase of pension to John Wright. country at large. We have increased the pension of the totally The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, deaf of service origin, also of the maimed, and the country demands authorized and directed to J:.>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions a more definite and liberal pension to the country's defenders, and limitations of"the peilSlon laws, the name of John Wright, late of Com­ and I hope next session of Congress will so amend the pension pany D, One hundred and twentieth RegimentN ew York Volunteer Infantry, and Jl8:Y him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now laws as to insure better pensions. rece1vmg. I believe in this case there is a wrong done in the Pension Depart­ ment. As a member of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, I The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ joined in this report because I believed it. I do not believe that mendation. the time of this House should be taken in settling a controversy JOHN SMITH. between the gentleman from Ohio and the gentleman from Ten­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. nessee. No longer ago than yesterday one of the gentlemen fo1· 15870) granting an increase of pension to John Smith. -634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J .ANU.ARY 9,

The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Smith, late of Troop A, SARAH E. SMITH. · Fifth Regiment United States Cavah·yt and the One hundred and twenty- The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay nim a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 12963) granting a pension to Sarah E. Smith. SEC. 2. That an act granting an increase of pension to John Smith approved The bill was read, as follows: June 7,1902, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah E. Smith, widow of follows: Squire J. Smith, late of Company A, First Regiment New York Volunteer In line 7 after the word "and," insert the words " Company G." Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month. In same ~e, before the word "One," strike out the word "the." · In same line, before the word "Ohio," insert the word "Regiment;" The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Strike out all of lines 11, 12, and 13. follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to In line 8 strike out the word "twenty" and insert in lien thereof the word John Smith." "eight." The amendments were agreed to. In same line, after the word "month." insert the words "such pension to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ cease upon proof that the soldier is still living." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. GEORGE H. STONE. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 15396) granting an increase of pension to George H. Stone. WILLIAM ZICKERICK. The bill was read, as follows: · The next business on the Private· Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 12413) granting an increase of pension to William Zickerick. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George H. Stone; late of The bill was read, as follows: . Company B; SiXteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, pellSlon at the rate of $40 per month in lieu ()f that he is now receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ sions and limitations" of the pension laws, the name of William Zickerick, The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as late captain, of the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay · follows: him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. In line 8 strike out the word "forty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendments recommended by the committee were read, "thirty." . as follows: The amendment was agreed to. In line 6, before the word "Twelfth," strike out the words "of the." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In same line, before the word "Wisconsin" insert the word "Battery." able recommendation. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word •'thirty." . WILLIAM THOMPSON. The amendments were agreed to. ~he next _business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 15416) granting an increase of pension to William Thompson. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: BRIDGET LOGAN. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to t~e provisions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of William Thompson, late of 8244) granting a pension to Bridget Logan. Company D, Second Regiment Pe~y!vania Reserve Infantry Volunteers, and Pli:Y him a pension at the rate of $DO per month in lieu of that he is now The bill was read, as follows: rece1vmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendment recoriunended by the committee was read, as and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Bridget Logan, mother of follows: William Logan, late pnvate in Company K, Second Massachusetts Volunteer · In line 7 strike out the words "Infantry Volunteers" and insert in lieu Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month. thereof the words" Volunteer Infantry." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendment was agreed to. follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In li.D,e 6, }:>afore ~he word "mother," ~ert t~e word."depe~d~nt." able recommendation. In same line strike out the words" pr1vate In" and msert m lien thereof the word "of." · · JOHN KELLEY. In line 7, before the word "Massachusetts," insert the word ''Regiment." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments were agreed to. 7385) granting an increase of pension to John Kelley. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted-l etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ana directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ JOHN M.A.CF ARL.A.NE. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Kelley, second, now in the National Military Home at Leavenworth, Kans., late of Company The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. F, Sixth R~g!ment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and :{>ay him a pension at 15571) granting an increase of pension to John Macfarlane. the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill was read, as follows: The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior beband he is hereby, follows: authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, su ject to the provi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws,_~he name of John Macfarlane, late Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and insert in lieu thereof the follow­ of Company D, Fortv-seventh Regiment .New York Volunteer Infantry, and ing: "of John Kelley, second, late of Company F, Sixth Regiment Vermont pay him a I?e~on of--- dollars a month, the same to be in lieu of that he Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in IS now recmvmg. lien of that he is now receiving." The amendment was agreed to. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- follows: · Strike out all after· the enacting clause and insert· in lien thereof th~ fol­ able recommendation. · lowing: JOSEPH R. PRENTICE. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions and li~tations The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. of t~s-~~nsion laws, the name of Jo~ Macfarlane, late of the United States 15684) granting an increase of pension to Joseph R. Prentice. stea ·ps Vermont, New Hampshire, Phlla<'l:_~~hia, and Para1_:1Jnited States Navy, and Jl&Y him a pension at the rate of ~per month in lieu of that he The bill was read, as follows: is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendment was agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph R. Prentice, late of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Companies E and C First Battalion, Nineteenth Infantry, and pay him a pellSlon at the rate or1 $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. able recommendation. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as lUCH.A.EL RADER. follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. In line 6 strike out the words" Companies E and" and insert in lien thereof 6889) granting an increase of pension to Michael Rader. The bill was read, as follows: · th~:~;·~~f:dfn''rute 7 strike out the words "First Battalion." In line 7, before the word "Infantry," insert the words" Regiment United Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, States." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 8 strike out the word " fifty " and insert in lieu thereof the word and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Michael Rader, late captain • "twenty-four." of Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of the $12 per month he is The amendments were agreed to. now drawing. _ _ 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 635

' The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as by Mr. PARKINSON, its reading clerk, .announced that the Senate follows: had passed bills of the following titles; in which the concurrence In line 6 strike out the word "of." of the House was requested: In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." . S. 2341. An act to authorize the readjustment of the accounts In line 8 strike out the words "the twelve," and all of line 9, and insert in of Army officers in certain cases. and for other purposes; lieu t hereof the words "that he is now receiving." S. 3953. An act granting additional lands adjacent to the site The amendments were agreed to. of the University of Montana to the State of Montana for the use The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ of the said university; able recommendation. S. 4782. An act conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims JOHN M. STANLEY. to try, adjudicate, and determine the claimof Clayton G. Landis, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. administrator of David B. Landis, deceased; . 2675) granting an increase of pension to John M. Stanley. S. 5229. An act to authorize, settle, and compromise certain liti­ The bill was read, as follows: gation pending in the circuit court for the western district of B e i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, ·and he is hereby, North Carolina; _ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions S._ 5694. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the and limitations of t h e pension laws, the name of J ohn M . Stanley, late of erection of a public building thereon at Shamokin, in the State of Company D, One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer In­ fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he Pennsylvania; is now receiving. S. 5724. An act for the relief of Paymaster James E. Tolfree, The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as United States Navy; follows: S. 6059. An act for the relief of certain_enlisted men in the In line 1 strike out the word "seventh" and insert in lieu thereof the word Navy; . "first." · S. 6446. An act to provide for the construction of a bridge across In line 8 strike out the word " forty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty." Rainy River, in Minnesota; ·and S. 6693. An act granting a pension to Mary J. I vey. The amendments were agreed to. The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to the · The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ amendments of the House of Representatives to bills of the fol­ able recommendation. lowing titles: - HARRIET. ROBINSON. . S. 4616. An act to grant title to the town of Juneau, Alaska, of . The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. lands occupied for school purposes, and for other purposes; and 14262) granting a pension to Harriet Robinson. S. 2210. An act relating to Hawaiian silver coinage and silver The bill was read, as follows: certificates. Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The message also announced that the Senate had passed with authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harriett Robinson, widow of amendment bill of the following title; in which the concurrence George Robinson, late of Company C, One hundred and ninth Regiment of of the House was requested: United States Colored Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per H. R. 15006. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend month. the statute in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as goods, and for other purposes," approved June 10, 1880. follows: In line 6 strike out the word "Harriett" and insert in lieu thereof the word REBECCA R . GREER. "Harriet., The committee resumed its session. In line 7, before the words "United States," strike out the word "of." In line 8, before the word "Infantry," insert the word "Volunteer." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. In same line strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the 15874) granting a pension to Rebecca R. ·Greer. . word "eight." - - The bill was read, as follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A "Qill granting a pe~ion to Harriet Rob­ inson." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendments were agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rebecca R . Greer, widow The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ of Allen Greer, late of Company A, Thirt y-second R egiment Iowa Volunteer able recommendation. Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 p er month. JOHN H. HALL. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The next bnsiness on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Pensions were read, as follows: In line 6, before the word "Company," strike out the word "of" and insert 6719) granting an increase of pension to John H. Hall. in lieu ther eof the words "first lieutenant." . The bill was read, as follows: In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-four" and insert in lieu thereof the B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, word "seventeen." authorized and directed to place on the p ension roll, subject to the provisions In same line! after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that and limitations of the p ellSlon laws, the name of John H. Hall, late first lieu­ she is now receiving." tenant Compan;v H, Eighteenth R egiment Mich igan Volunteer Infantry, and Re"t::'k~~r!~~· so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to pay him a pellSlon at the rate of $36 p ermonthinlieu of that he is nowreceiv­ mg. The amendnients were agreed to. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ follows: able recommendation. Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8. and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the followifig: "of J ohn H . Hall, late captain Company H, Eighty-sixth Regiment Illinois HENRY PENSINGER. .Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. · The amendment was agreed to. 3265) granting an increase of pension to Henry Pensinger. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: Be i ~ enacted, ~tc. , That the Secretary of t_he Interior ~e, and he is hereby, able recommendation. autho_ri~ed ~nd directed to p~a ce on the p ensiOn roll, subJect to the provisions LEWIS FISHBAUGH. and limitatiOJU? of the p ensw n !aw:s, the name of H enry P ensinger, late of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. qompany G, Nillth Reg1ment flli?.oil;' Volunteer C~:!- valry, and :Pay him a pen· smn at the rate of $20 per month ill lieu of that he lS now receiving. 10757) granting an increase of pension to Lewis Fishbaugh, of ·Macon. Mo. The bill was ordered to be laid asid~ with a favorable recom­ The bill was- read, as follows: mendation. FREDERICK W. DAMON. Be it enacted, etc., That t he Secr etary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on t h e pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Lewis Fishbaugh, late of 1923) granting an increase of pension F. W. Damon. Company E , Seventy-eighth R egiment. Ob?:o Volunteer Ipiantry, an~ :pay him to a pension a t the r ate of $30 per m onth ill lieu of that h e lS now receivmg. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Be it. enacted, e.tc., That the Secretary of ~he Interior b e, and h e is hereby, au thol'lZed and directed to place on the p en siOn r oll, subject to t he provisions follows: and limitat~ons of the pe~sion laws, the name of F . W. Damon , late of Com­ In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word pany G , T~rty-first R egune_nt Massachus_ett!? Volunteer Infantry , and pay "twenty-four." him a p ensiOn at the rate of $30 p er m onth ill lieu of t hat he is now receiving. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an inc-rease of pension to Lewis Fishbaugh." The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The amendments were agreed to. . Pensions were read, as follows: In line 6 strike out the letter "F" and insert in lieu thereof the word The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ "Frederick.'' . able recommendation. In line ·8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty-four." MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Fr!'-~:~~ ~~ Ji:::o~ ,~s to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The committee informally rose; and Mr. LACEY having taken the chair as Speaker pro tempore, a message from the Senate, The amen~ents were agreed to. 636 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9,

The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The _amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid able recommendation. Pensions was read, as follows: · CHARLES B. GREELY. In line 8 stlike out the word "fifty'"" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." • . The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 13200) granting an increase of pension to Charles B. Greely. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as "follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- able recommendation. · Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to lJlace the name of Charles B. Greely, late of Com­ ANDREW J. REEVES. pany G, Twenty-fourth Mame Volunteer Infantry1 on the pension roll at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendmen.t recommended by the Committee on Invalid 5792) granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Reeves. P ensions was read, as follows: ' The bill was read, as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby~ lowing: authorized and directed to increase the pension of Andrew .T. Reeve , late or "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Company E, First Regiment Maine Heavy Artillery, subject to the provi­ directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J>rovisions and limita­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, a.nd grant him a pension at the rate tions of the pension laws, the name of Charles B. Greely, late of the United of S50 a month. States ships Ohio and Rhode Island, United States Navy, and .Pay him a pen­ sion at the rate of $30 p er month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The amendment was agreed to. follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and able recommendation. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions aud limit&­ SAMUEL BURRELL. tions of the pension laws, the name of Andrew .T. Reeves, late of Company E, First Regiment Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pen­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. sion a.t the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." 14302) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Burrell. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enac1ed, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to increase the pension of Samuel Burrell, late a member of Company M, Fifth Regiment lllinois Cavalry, in the war of the HENRY EHMKE. rebellion, from $17 to $30 per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid 4266) granting an increase of pension to Henry Ehmke. Pensions was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior beband he is hereby, lowing: authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, su ject to the provi­ "That the Secretary of the Interior be, a.nd he is hereby, authorized a.nd sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Ehmke, late directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J>rovisions and li:mitations corporal, Company K, Ninth Regiment .Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Burrell, late first lieutenant Com­ pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ pany M , Fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. and J?B>Y him a pension ceiving. at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg." The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The amendment was agreed to. Pensions were read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In line 4 strike out the word "upon" and insert in lieu thereof the word. able recommendation. "on." JAMES CLA.YBOURN. In same line strike out the word "rolls" and insert in li.eu thereof the word "roll." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. In line 6 strike out the word "corporal" and insert in lieu thereof the 154:09) granting an increase of pension to James Claybourn. word "of." The bill was read, as follows: The amendments were agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ authorized and directed to increase the pension of .Tames Claybourn, late or1 able recommendation. Company EhTwenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, to $72 per month in lieu of that e is now receiving. HOMER DA.VIS. · The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid The next b-qsiness on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Pensions was_read, as follows: 6161) granting an increase of pension to Homer Davis. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ The bill was read, as follows: lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitation.S authorized and directed to lJlace on the pension roll. subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of .Tames Claybourn, late of Company E, and limitations of the pens10n laws the name of E:omer Davis, late of Com­ Twenty-fifth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension pany I, Second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen­ at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." sion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Pensions were read, as follows: able recommendation. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word .ALSEY E. POTTS. "thirty." In same line, after the word ''receiving," insert the words "the same to be The next business on the Piivate Calendar was the bill (H. R. paid to him under the rules of the Pension Bureau as to mode and times of 5019) granting a pension to Alsey G. Potts. payment, without any deduction or r ebate on account of former alleged over-· The bill was read, as follows: payments or erroneous payments of pension." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments were agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Alsey E. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Potts... :wJ.dow of John Potts, late assistant surgeon in the Fortieth R egiment able recommendation. of Inaiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of $17 per month from and after the passage of this act. JOSIAH STACKPOLE. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. P ensions were read, as follows: 15441) granting an increase of pension to Josiah Stackpole. Strike out all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8, and insert in lieu thereof the following: The bill wa~ read, as follows: "of Alsey E. Potts, widow of John P~tts, late of Company A, Fourteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and assistant surgeon, Fortieth R~gi­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a p ension at the rate of $8 a authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions month." and limitations of the pension laws the name of Josiah Stackpole, late of Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a. pension to Alsey E. Potts." Company K, Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is nowreceivmg. The amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended wa~ ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ able recommendation. mendation. DAVID C. YAKEY. WILLIAM H. HOUSEAL. The next business on the Piivate Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 7680) granting an increase of pension to David C. Yakey. 14930) granting a pension to William H. Houseal. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to place on the p ension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David C. Yakey, late of and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Houseal, late Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay of Company B, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. pension at the rate of $30 per month. 1903. .CONGRESSJONAL REOORD-liOUSE. 637

The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as a.nd limitations of the pension laws, the na.me of Henry G. Wheeler, late first sergeant Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; · follows: in the war of the rebellion, and pay him a pension of S2i per month in lieu In line 6, after the word "Forty-fifth," insert the word "Regiment." of the pension he is now drawing. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty-four." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as In same line, after the word J'month," insert the words "in lieu of that follows: he is now receiving." Strike out all of lines 6, 7,8, and 9, and insert in lieu thereof the following: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to "of Henry G. Wheeler, late of Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Illinois Vol­ William H. Houseal." unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $1.7 per month in lieu The amendments were agreed to. of that he is now receiving." Amend the title so a.s to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Henry G. Wheeler." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. BENJAMIN COOPER. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 15789) granting a pension to Benjamin Cooper. FREDERICK SHOV A.R. The bill was read, a-s follows~ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 15064) granting an increase of pension to Frederick Shovar. and limitations of the peDSlon laws, the na.me of Benjamin Cooper, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company , Second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pensiOn at the rate of $50 per month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Frederick Shovar, late a private The amendments recommended by the committee w~re read, as in Company I, One hundred and seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Intantry, follows: upon the p2nsion roll, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month m lieu of the pension that he IS now receiving. In line 6, after the word "Company," insert the letter" I." In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as "thirty." follows: In same line, after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that he is now receiving." · . Strike-out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Amend the title so a.s to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to lowing: Benjamin Cooper." "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sub~ect to the pruvisionsand limitations The amendments were agreed to. of the pension laws, the na.me of F1·eder1ck Shovar, late of Company I, One The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ hundred and seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay able recommendation. him a pension at therateof $24per month in lieu of thatheisnowreceiving." DAVID .A.. BALDWIN. The amendments were agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 15558) granting an increase of pension to David A. Baldwin. able recommendation. The bill was.read, as follows: ALMOND PARTRIDGE. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (8. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the na.me of David A. Baldwin, late of 2353) granting an increase of pension to Almond Partridge. Company A, Eighth Regiment Connecticut Infantry Volunteers, and pay him The bill was read, as follows: · a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That th{l Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as authorized and directed to place on the pension ro~~., subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of A.Unond Partridge, late of follows: ' Company B, Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a In line 6 strike out the word "of'; and insert in lieu thereof the words pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. "first lieutenant." In line 7 strike out the words "Infantry Volunteers" and insert in lieu The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ thereof the words "Volunteer Infantry." mendation. The amendments were agreed to. EDWARD H. BRADY. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able 1·ecommendation. 3503) granting an increase of pension to E. H. Brady. D.A. VID T. TOWLES.· The bill was read, as fo~ows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. ·R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, 14195) grantfug an increase of pension to David T. Towles. authorized and directed to IJlace on the pension roll, subject to all the condi­ tions and limitations of the pension laws, the na.me of Edward H. Brady, The bill was read, as follows: who was a captain in Company G, Fh·st New York Veteran Cavalry, and pay Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, him a pension at the rate of $30IJer month from and after the passage of this authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions -act in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of David T. Towles, late of Company A, Thirteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, a-s Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ follows: lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and In line 6, before the word "Company," strike out the word "of" and insert directed to place on the pension roll, subject totheprovi

The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Otis T. Hooper, late of Company E, Second Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay follows; him a. pension at the rate of $?A per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom- "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and mendation. • directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the_provisions and limitations JAMES EVANS. of the pension laws, the name of George W. Brill, late of Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." 13534) granting an increase of pension to James Evans. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted-1 etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized ana directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pro­ MARY J. CLEAVES. visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Evans, late Company E, Forty-first Regiment Ohio, and Company D, Fifth Regiment The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. United States Infantry, and pay him a pension a.t the rate of $30per month 15386) granting a pension-to Mary J. Cleaves, widow of GeorgeS. in lieu of that he is now receiving. McCorrison. The amendments recommended by the eommittee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions fn ~: ~ ~~: ~~~ ~: :~~t ::~~~~[.~·Forty-first Regiment." and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary J. Cleaves, widow In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word of Geor~e S. McCorrison, late of Company L, First Regiment District of "twenty-four." Columbia Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question The amendments recommended by the committee were read, of personal privilege, and I regret very much to have to do so. as follows: The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Tennessee will state In line 6, before the word "widow," insert the word " former." his question of personal privilege. In line 7 strike out the word "of." In same line, before the word "Cavalry," insert the word "Volunteer." Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. In the course of his remarks, a Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Mary J. stenographic report of which I have, the gentleman from Ohio Cleaves." [Mr. GROSVE.l"'fOR], a few moments ago, uses this language: The amendments were agreed to. Mr. Chairman, I care nothing whatever about the effort of the gentleman to substantiate his position of a. few days ago, except as he attempts to make The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ it appear that I made a. statement of a Iact in regard to the statute of my coun­ able recommendation. try that was not true. Against that attack of his I come with determmation JAMES D. KIPER. to let him understand once and for all that he can not dodge and CJuibble be­ hind a proposition such as he has attempted to bring here now. :rhere was The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. no discussion about the question of the Revolutionary pensions. There was 14518) granting an increase of pension to James D. Kiper. no discussion about the question of the pensions of the Mexican war. And I will read now to the House and show to the House how utterly shameless it The bill was read, as follows: is to attempt to impeach me with a false statement, by reading a statute and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, a decision made under laws that I had no reference to whatever. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James D. Kiper,late of Com­ l\Ir. Chairman, I feel that this reflects upon me, and without pany I, Twenty-seventh Regiment of Kentucky VoluntRer Infantry, and pay justification. The gentleman, after thus speaking, reads from him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now recei vmg. the RECORD to show that my arraignment of him was unjustifi­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as able and "shameless." He reads his speech found in the RECORD follows: on page 546, of January 6, 1903. He now states that there In line 7 strike out the word "of." was no reference whatever to our wars previous to the civil war In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word in this debate, January 6. I will not take up the time of the "twenty-four." House to read exactly the words used by the gentleman. The amendments were agreed to. Mr. Chairman, let us see exactly what I said in my speech of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ January 6, in which I denounced the bill which allowed million­ able recommendation. · aires to become pensioners upon this Government. Let us see HENRY M. POSEY. what I said and what I had in :r:q.ind, and what the gentleman had The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. in his mind when he undertook to reply, and then we will see 12215) granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Posey. whether what I said is " shameless" or not. I said: The bill was read, as follows: Mr. Speaker, the bill states that on and after the passage of this act a.ll Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ·persons on the pension rolls of the United States, or who may hereafter be authorized and directed to pl:l.ce on the- pension roll, subject to the provisions placed thereon. shall receive this rate of pension. "All persons;" no limit. and limitations of the p ension laws, the name of Henry M. Posey, late of Sir, that "person" may be worth a. million dollars, and under this lawhecan be pensioned. "Allt not certain persons, but "all" who have served in our Company B, Forty-first Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and ya.y him a. Army or Navy. Tnat was never intended to bf) the policy of our pension penswnat the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. la.w. Our old pension law, Mr. Speaker, read something like this, "unable to The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as make a livin~\ unable to support oneself because of military or naval serv­ follows: ice." I hope me bill~ not open to the criticism that I have made. In line 6 strike out the word "Forty-fu·st" a.nd insert in lieu thereof the Now, then, the gentleman from Ohio took the floor to reply to word "Fourteenth." my remarks, and here is his language at the very opening of his In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty." speech: · Mr. Speaker, one of the important considerations which bas always been The amendments were agreed to. involved in the passage of general legislation touching the subject of pen­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ sions has been to steer clear, as far as possible, of the very proJ?osition sug­ able recommendation. gested by the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. GAINES] and which he see:mS ADAM KOHLHA.UFF. to advocate. Again, at the bottom of page 546, he said: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Mr. Speaker, it has been the purpose, steadily and adhered to by Congress 15771) granting an increase of pension to Adam Kohlhauff. never to compel a man who has fought for his country and incurred physical The bill was read, as follows: . disabilities to be compelled to expose to the Government or its officers the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, fact that he was in needy circumstances. · authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions '' Never'' is a long time. The Government has '' never '' done and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Adam Kohlhauff, late of Com­ pany I, Sixty-second Regiment New Y?r~ Volunteer Infantry, and. ~ay him so and so. a. pension at the rate of $30 per month m heu of that he 18 now rece1vmg. Now, I submit, Mr. Chairman, that I was not talking about the The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as late civil war, and that the gentlemanat theverybeginningofhis follows: speech replied to my language about our '' old pension laws.'' I In line 6 stlike out the letter ''I" and insert in lieu thereof the letter "D." submit that I quoted almost literally from the old pension laws In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" a.nd insert in lieu thereof the word that I had in mind, and with which I am familiar, when I used "twenty." this language January 6: The ame11dments were agreed to. Unable to make a. living, unable to support oneself because of military or The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ naval service. able recommendation. Here is the pension act passed in 1843 or 1856, incorporating OTIS T. HOOPER. statutes that applied to the Revolutionary soldiers, and I will now The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. read section 4, applying to the Revolutionary soldiers. It applies 12812) granting an increase of pension to Otis T. Hooper. to any man or officer clear down to the humblest man" enlisted The bill was read, as follows: in the service" in the Revolutionary war. Such persons had come within this limitation be pen­ Be it 8"nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be~, and he is hereby, to to authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, suoject to the pro- sioned, to wit, those "'who in consequence of known wounds .

1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 639 received aforesaid has at any period since become and continued Now, Mr. Chairman, I had these old laws that I have been read­ disabled in such a manner as to render him unable to procure ing from in mind when I used the language quoted in my speech. subsistence by manual labor." I had no other laws in mind. My language proves this: " Our In section 5 it says the affidavit must show "the nature of old pension laws read something like this." Then the gentleman, such disability, and in what degree it prevents the claimant from replying :to my proposition, used, January 6, as I repeat, this obtaining his subsistence." language: Again, over on the next page, in section 8, we find this: I advise the ~entleman from Tennessee, in all kindness, to study the his- Every invalid making application for this purpose shall be examined by tory of this leglSlation. two reputable physicians or surgeons, to be authorized by commission from And again the gentleman says: the judge of the district where such invalid resides, who shall report in writ­ ing on oath or affirmation their opinion of the nature of the applicant's disa­ Mr. Speaker, one of the important considerations which has always­ bility, and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining subsistence by "Always." mind you-going even further back than I did, for manual labor. I did not allude to the Continental laws (I was not familiar with And so on through, with even stronger language, and which I them), which were more rigid than those of later years. But he substantially quoted when I said that no man under the old laws says: who was able to mainta.irr1rimself was within the letter or spirit Mr. Speaker, one of the important considerations which has always been of these laws. involved in the passage of general legislation upon the subject of pensions has been to steer clear, as far as possible, of the very proposition suggested by Now, Mr. Chairman, I turn to a book which contains the pen­ the gentleman from Tennessee, and which he seems to advocate. sion laws of the United States, second edition, and its author is George W. Raff, of Ohio. On the very first page we find he says, So, Mr. Chairman, we find that the gentleman said that the in speaking of our old pension laws: policy of the law had'' always" been to avoid the very thing that I was talking about and to steer clear of the very thing that I was Invalid pensions are grants of money to persons who become disabled in the service, either by wounds or other injuries received, or by sickness con­ talking about, thus making the position I took indefensible, as tracted in the line of duty, whereby the sufferer is rendered incapable, in it were, and my statement of history inconect, unsupported, and whole or in part, of procuring for himself, or those dependent upon him, a. indefensible. livelihood. Now, the gentleman goes still further back in ancient history­ I read a few moments ago the act of1806, containing almost the further than I went: identical langriage that I have read. I will not take up the time Mr. Speaker, it has been the purpose, steadily adhered to by Congress, never of the committee to read that again. to compel a. man- · Now, Mr. Chairman, let me go a step further and see whether "Never," in no case, under no circumstances- or not my criticism of the gentleman's criticism of me is "shame­ who bad fought for his country and incurred physical disability to expose to less" or not, whether or not I, here in the great American Con­ the Government or its officers the fact that he was in needy circumstances. gress, got up willfully and deliberately and criticised in a "shame­ Mr. Chairman, I have thus read the opinions of the Attorneys­ less'' way a member of this House, and particularly one very far General; I have read the statute; and I submit again to this House my senior both in years and in experience in this House. whether or not I did substantially quote, January 6, the "his­ Here is the oath, Mr. Chairman, construed by the then Attorney­ tory " of our country touching upon " our old pension laws," which General, William Wirt, whose opinion I read. a few moments I was discussing, and which the gentleman led me to believe he ago: was discussing, and which he certainly did discuss. I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case maybe) that I was a resi­ I will leave it to the House and to the country to see whether dent citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed or not I have made a " shameless " statement of history or of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it whether or not the distinguished gentleman has made a " shame­ or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An less" statement or misstatement of history. act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of Mr. Chairman, I submit in all candor that I was courteous to March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any the gentleman, for when I submitted myself to an interruption property or securities, contracts or debt, due to me- from the gentleman from Ohio, cordially and willingly, I in­ l hope gentlemen will give special attention to this- vited him to take the RECORD and find his exact remarks. I took nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto the RECORD myself here and tried to find his remarks, but as my annexed and by me subscribed; nor until such persons shall have delivered time, brief, as you know, was running rapidly I wanted to go on or caused to be delivered to the Secretary of War a copy of the aforesaid with my speech, and in my usual, I hope, cordial way, I, asked schedule and oath or affirmation certified bY. the clerk of the court to which the said schedule was delivered, together With the opinion of said court, also the gentleman to open the RECORD and read his language so I certified by_ their clerk, of the value of the :property contained in the said could get it exact. The report of the debate shows that. I will schedule: Now, provided that in every case m which the pensioner may be not repeat it here. insane or incapable of taking an oath, the court may receive the said sched­ ule without the aforesaid affirmation from the committee or other person Now, I submit that I not only substantially quoted the gentle­ authorized to take care of such person. man's language, Mr. Chairman, but I say that I have stated the Even the insane who were rich were not pensionable. pension history of my country under our old laws substantially The opinion of Mr. William Wirt, as Attorney-General, con­ on the point in question; I have stated the substance of the struing this oath is thus referred to in Brightly's Digest, page opinions of great officers of the Government on these laws; I have 742, that I am reading from: taken the statutes here and read them in the presence of this great body of lawmakers, and have clearly shown I was on June It was the intention of Congress to make the amount of the schedule the test of the indigence of the applicant. (1 Opinions of Attorneys-General, p. 6 correct, and am to-day, in my contentions, and that the gentle­ 356.) man from Ohio was not correct, and that his statement of history " Indigence," if you please. · was '' shameless '' and not mine. Now, Mr. Chairman, I turnagain to the opinion of the Attorney­ The gentleman from Ohio became angry· in the premises and "General of the United States, delivered in 1832, which I read in leveled his guns at me, and says that he serves on me for to-day full: and hereafter a notice that I shall not do so and so. I will say to OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL, him that as long as I am a member of this House I shall defend March s:e, 1892. my rights as a member, but at all times I will respect the gray Sm: There is no express provision a.uthorizin~ you to strike from the roll hairs of the distinguished gentleman, although he may never see of pensions a person who wa-s continued on the list after the exhibition of his schedule and who has since acquired property enough to support him with­ even now or hereafter that he has done me or himself, in this out the assistance of his country. Yet the pensionjs obviously intended for matter, an injustice. those only who have not othsr sufficient means of support. Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, I owe an apology to the By the original law of March 18, 1818, it is not given merely to the persons who were at that time in need of assistance J;rom their country for support, House and to my country for having been the innocent cause of by reason of their reduced circumstances, but to those also to whom the like the suspension of the public business for the length of time that misfortune might afterwards happen. It was de~igned for the relief of those we have endured this suspension. I congratulate the gentleman who were at any time in actual want. from Tennessee [Mr. GAINES] that he has had an opportunity to If, after a. person is placed on the pension roll, he acquires so much prop­ erty that be no longer "needs the assistance of his country for support," the speak without limit of time and has made one of the best speeches foundation on which the pension is given fails, and, therefore.J anyone who of his life, the best part of it being the speech which I had the does not need it for his support may, I think, at any time be aropped from honor to deliver two m: three days ago, and which he has incor­ the roll. If a different construction is put upon the laws of 1818 and 1820, a person porated very fully into his own speech. [Laughter on the Re­ who, by descent or devise or any other way, had become wealthy and a.ffiu­ publican side.] Taking the whole matter together, the House ent might be receiving the bounty of the public, when it is evidently intended understands exactly what the issue was, and I do not propose to for none but persons who have no other sufficie~t ~ns of R.p~~T1_NEY. repeat it. The whole instance reminds me of an event which hap­ The SECRETARY OF WAR. pened many years ago, when the hair of the gentlema{l from TE:m­ nessee was not quite so gray as mine is now. It was at a time Attorney-General Clifford ~eld: A lieutenant, otherwise entitled to a. pension, is not entitled to receive it when we used to visit, as a great event in sociallife, the Mammoth while on dutY. and in rec.eipt of _pay as. an officer of the Navy; J?.Or can he Cave in Kentucky. It was a wonderful place, and there was a receive it while not on duty but m receipt of the pay allowed to his grade.. little hotel there, and a very ingenious hotel.keeper had adopted a • .. 640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9,

plan of having all of his patrons, in addition to the 'indorsement Peterman, late a member of Company K, of the-Fifth Cavalry of Indiana Vol­ of their names upon the register, write something of a poetical or =~:d.and pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of the pension now other character expressive of their views of the Mammoth Cave. There was one gentleman there who was not very highly devel­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as loped in the art of writing poetry, but who possessed some skill follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ in making a good point at the right time. He was urged to write lowing: something. He said he was not capable of the occasion, but upon "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and being urged very greatly finally wrote these words, which came directed to place on the pension roll, subjecttotheprovisionsandlimita.tions of the pension laws, the name of JohnP.Peterman,lateof Company K,Fifth to my mind in the progress of this wonderful debate: Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of . Oh, Mammoth Cave, what a. spot! $00 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving." In summer cold, in winter hot. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Great God Almighty, what a wonder! John P. Peterman." _And he stopped there. Some one said, '' Yon must fill that out.'' The amendments were agreed to. He wracked his brains and finally wrote: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Andrew Jackson, hell and thunder! able recommendation. [Applause and laughter.] AUSTIN A. VORE. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. The gentleman may be able to The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. get Andrew Jackson into a hole-he is dead and gone; but he 9107) granting an increase of pension to A11Stin A. Yore. can not get me into one. The bill was read, as follows: The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment. Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, The question was taken and the amendment agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi ions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Austin A. Vore, late of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ CompanyL, E!g!J.th RegunentOhio Volunteer Cavalry, a.nd.Payhima pension able recommendation. at the rate of ~per month in lieu of that be is now receivmg. ALEXANDER H. TAYLOR. The amendments . recommended by the committee were t·ead, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. as follows: 11625) granting an increase of pension to Alexander H. Taylor, In line 8 strike out the word "thirty " and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty." · late of Company E, Twelfth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, now In line 9 strike out the words "in lieu of that he is now receiving." a resident of Norwalk, Conn. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a. pension to Austin A. Vore." The bill was read as follows: The amendments were agreed to. . Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alexander H. Taylor late recomri:lendation. of Company E, Twelfth Regiment Connecticut Infantry Volunteershand pay LESTER H. SALSBURY. him a pension at the rate of $30 dollars per month in1ieu of that e is now receiving. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, 15648) granting an increase of pension to Col Lester H. Salsbury. as follows: The bill was read, as follows: In line 7 strike out the words "Infantry Volunteers" and insert in lieu Be it enacted, P.tc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, thereof the words "Volunteer Infantry." • authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lester H . Salsbury, late colo­ .Alexander H. Taylor." nel of the Fourth Regiment Michisan Volunteer Infantry, and !'S:Y him a pen­ The amendments were agreed to. sion at the rate of $100 per month m lieu of tb:l.t he is now receiving. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendments recommended by the committee were-read, as able recommendation. follows: MARY A. HINKLE. In line 6 strike out the words "colonel of the" and insert in lieu thereof the words "of Company B." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. In line 8 strike out the words "one hundred" and insert in lieu thereof the word " fifty." 15550) granting a pension to Mary A. Hinkle. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The bill was read, as follows: Lester H. Salsbury." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, The amendments were agreed to. authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Mary A. Hinkle, widow of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Aaron H. Hinkle, late private, Company I, One hundred and ninety-ninth able recommendation. Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. ALFRED J. SELLERS. The amendments recommended by the committee were read The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. as follows: 15385) for the relief of Alfred J. Sellers. In line 6 strike out the word "private" and insert in lieu thereof the word The bill was read, as follows: "of. '~ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 8 before the word "Infantry," insert the word" Volunteer." authorized and directed to .Place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions In same ~e strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the and limitations of the penswn laws, the name of Allred J . Seller s, late major word "eight." Ninetieth Pennsylvama Volunteers, at the rate of $72 per month. The amendments were agreed to. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ as follows: able recommendation. Strike out all of lines 6 and 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of REBECCA PIPER. Alfred J. Sellers, late major Ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania. Volunteer Infantry, and J'S:Y him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. be is now receiving." 10350) gi-anting a pension to Rebecca Piper, foster mother of Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a.n increase of pension to Simpson Eaton. Alfred J . Sellers." The bill was read, as follows: Mr. ADAMS. Mr. Chairman, I offer the following amend- Be i t enacted, e_tc., That the Secretary of ~e Interior~ . and be is be:~by, ment to the amendment: · aut horized and directed to place on the pens1on roll, subJe<:t to the proVJSions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rebecca Piper, foster mother In line 10 strike out "thirty" and insert "fllty." of Simll_son Eaton, late of Company I, Eighteenth R egiment Kentucky Vol­ The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Pennsylvania pro­ unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $15 per month. poses an amendment to the amendment, which the Clerk will The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as report. · follows: The Clerk read as follows: In line 8 strike out the word "fifteen" and insert in lieu thereof the word In line 10 strike out "thirty " and insert "fifty." "twelve." . . . Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a. pens1on to Rebecca Mr. ADAMS. Mr. Chairman, if the House will bear with me Piper." for one minute I will state why I offer this amendment, and I do The amendments were agreed to. not think the committee will object. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In the first place, in the ten years that I have been in Congress able recommendation. I do not think I have ever made such a motion before, and I JOHN P. PETERMAN. therefore ask this consideration at your hands. Next, the evidence is undisputed that Colonel Sellers has been The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. paralyzed; that he has been in the hospital for months, and that 9734) increasing the pension of John P. Peterman. he is obliged to have an attendant. Were this disability of serv­ The bill was read, as follows: ice origin he would be entitled to $72 a month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of John P. His claim has the support of the Grand Army by resolution, 1903 .. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD- HO.USE. 641

and I have a petition here, signed by Republicans and Democrats Therefore I hope that the gentleman's motion will be voted prominent in my district, interested in military affairs, certifying down. that he is totally disabled, and that he is absolutely without Mr. ADAMS. In reply to the gentleman from Indiana, I would means. I have the affidavit of his physician that he is attending say that, from the standpoint of the committeeman. his position him as an object of charity, so to speak. This case should appeal is well taken. It may be necessary for the committee tO lay down to the judgment of this House that this man should have $50 a a general rule that when certain members come to them, how­ month. He is 67 years of age. It can not run for long. He had ever much the committee may think of the justice of the case a most brilliant record. He won the medal of honor at Gettys­ presented_, however much it may appeal to their sympathy and burg, and everything that can be said in favor of a man's service patriotism, it is necessary to have some rule upon which they to his country and his utter incapability of taking care of him­ can .fall back and say no; but this House is not limited by the self is embodied in the matter that I lay before you. I appeal to rule of the committee. All legislation from every committee is the sense of justice of the House. I am not asking the $72 pro­ brought in here and submitted to the judgment of this House. vided by law for total disability. I am only asking that the sum This case is now in the House, and it is for the House to say whether allowed by the committee, $30. be raised to $50; and I hope that this appeal to their judgment should be granted. I ask, in the the House. in its judgment, will sustain this amendment. language of the gentleman of the committee who has just sat Mr. DEEMER. On the part of the committee, I accept the down, I demand that the soldier who fought for his country amendment. shall not be allowed to spend his last days as a pauper, dependent ·Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I heartily agree with upon friends and neighbors. I ask, and I demand, for a man who all that the gentlema.n from Pennsylvania has said with refer­ haS a wound of service origin, and who in the com·se of nature ence to the bravery and reference to the present condition of the has become stricken with paralysis and lies at a public hospital, soldier. For one I would be glad to see him have $50. If his dependent upon his friends and neighbors, with the affidavit of condition was of service origin he would be entitled to $72. But his physician on file here to that effect-I ask that the House make I remind this House that the Committee on Invalid Pensions has this increase for this man who on the field of honor was wounded passed on this case. It has passed upon it in light of the action and whO' on the field of battle won a medal of honor. This House of the House heretofore as well as that of the committee. That should respond to the appeal that he be not left in his old age, at is on this proposition. The soldier notwithstanding his bravery, if 67 years, a pauper in a public hospital, attended by physicians and he did not receive the injury while in the line of service, has no dependent on his friends and neighbors for support. Thirty dol­ pensionable standing at the Department tmder the general law. lars will not let that man live and have the attendance of some The committee adopted that rule that if in the condition that this one to take care of him. honorable soldier was, notwithstanding he could only get $12 at Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I heartily approve of the Department, where he was helpless, where he was in the con­ all the gentleman from Pennsylvania has said. If it were possible dition that he required the attendance of another, we would give to prevent any old soldier, or all old soldiers, from going to the him $30. This is a pretty good increase over the general law. poorhouse, from languishing, from the want of any of the neces­ The rule has been invariable. That rule has governed the com­ saries of ea1:th, I would be willing to give it to him, but he must mittee. That rule thus far has governed this committee. This concede that in this case this condition is not of service origin·. soldier, like htmdreds of others, has been turned down by the This great Republic through this body has said, and the law was Committee on Invalid Pensions approved by this House; but if criticised at the time-- this House in its liberality is willing to say that the Committee. Mr. ADAMS. Will the gentleman permit an interruption? on Invalid Pensions has not been liberal enough with these honor­ :Mr. MIE~S of Indiana.· Certainly. able eoldiers with a good recOl'd ·who, like thousands of others,· Mr. ADAMS. The gentleman does not wish to make a mistake. can only receive $12 at the Department and have been given $30; This applicant is pensio~ed, a~d $12 of his present pension is for if you say we shall make it $50, and that is the policy of the service origin, a gunshot wound at the battle of Gettysburg. House and of the committee, I have no objection. But one law Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Yes; and that is the extent of his dis­ must apply in this House to all of a given class. It is unfair to ability, but he has other disabilities that make him require the turn down yesterday a soldier who has as honorable a· record as attendance of another. We have passed a law that says that all this one-~e. in a condition as deplorable as this one-and say of these applicants shall receive $12. The committee has recom­ we will only give him $30, and then as a matter of sentiment mended from time to time, notwithstanding that general law, say we will give thi~ one $50. Without any reference to his when we found a soldier in this condition, that we give him $30. condition being different from the other, but with reference to The question which I wanted to ask the gentleman from Penn­ other soldiers with just as good· a record and other soldiers in sylvania was whether there was anything different in this case just as deplorable'coiidition, I want to. know of this House, now, from hundreds of others that have been turned down. There js if you are going to tu1:n down the committee, if you are going to nothing, and he is now Jecommended for $18 above others of his establish another rule, if you are going to saY to this committee class. The gentleman from Pennsylvania should be content. that has been criticised for overliberality-if you are going to say The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered that they have not been liberal enough in giving increases and by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. give an increase in this instance to $50? · If so I want you to go The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. back to the committee room with me and I will show you not one, ADAMS) there were-ayes 31, noes 40. · but fifty others that the committee has declined to give $50. So the amendment was lost. I believe, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of this House, when The committee amendments were agreed to. we hava ~general law that confines an honorably discharged sol­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ dier whose disability is not of service origin to $12 at yonder De­ able recommendation. partment by reason of the general law-when we come, as we ELIZ.ABETII ROSE!'.TB.ARGER. have been doing, and increasing that law, not by amendment of law, but by special act, to $30, I think gentlemen will judge, pos­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. sibly from every standpoint, we were subject to criticism. Still, 15329) granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Rosenbarger. we were not caring for that. But in establishing the rule and The bill was read, as follows: ' Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, stating, if the soldier was dependent, was helpless, if he required authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions the aid of an attendant, we, as the lawmakers, would make it a~d limitatio~~ of the pension laws, the name of Eli~abeth Rosenbarger, $30, we then discriminate in his favor $18. If you make $50 for Widow of Philip Rosenbarger, late of Company A, Eighty-first R egiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per this one, we must cl:_lange not only the rule of the committee, but month in lieu of t~t she IS now r eceiving: Pro1Ji.ded, lwwever, That in the the rule of this House, and say that we have not only raised this case of the death of the helpless child, William Rosenbarger, on whose ac­ count the J>ension of EliZabeth Rosenbarger is increased, the pension of said soldier's pension and made this up to $30, but beyond all that the Elizabeth Rosenbarger shall continue only at the rate of $12 per month from House raises it to $50. and after the date of death of said helpless child. I submit, Mr. Chairman, in the interest of this Friday set apart The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as for the purpose of rendering a little aid to the old soldiers, we follows: _ . . . . should not now throw a barrier in the :way and take this case up In line'l3 strike out the word" twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the word and make it another exception and make it $50. If you are going "eight." to stand by the committee, you will not only have this oppor­ The amendment was agreed to. tunity to do so on a motion to increase, but also on a motion to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- cut down, when it would be a little narrow to do so . . Without able recommendation. · any reference to this case, with due regard to the distinguished JOSI.AH S. F.A Y. gentleman from Pennsylvania and his interests in this matter, I insist-aye, more, I demand-in the interest of the old soldier, I The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. demand in the interest of the system that will permit us to put 10826) granting a pension to Josiah S. Fay. bills through, that you do not tTeat even this honorable soldiel' The bill was read, as follows: · - · Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, . different from the treatment you have been rendering others. authorized and directed to place-on the pensi.Onroll;subject to the provisioru XXXVI-41 642 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Josiah S. Fay, third assisir down the river upon the steamer City of Pittsburg. Down below ant enjf.neer, of the United. States Navy during the civil war between the States, tmd pay him a pension at the rate of $100 per month. Evansville, if I 1·emember rightly, when an accident happened to the steamer, he put on·his life-saver in the middle of the night The amendments recommended by the committee were read, and was found dead on the beach the next morning. Very near as follows: him was the body of another passenger, an old lady, whom he had Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8, and 9, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of Josiah S. Fay, late acting third assi tant engineer, United States Navy, undoubtedly been trying to save from drowning. and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now The widow of this man has no means of support except the pen­ receiving." sion which the Government may payhere,and I dohopethatthis Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to committee will give her enough to pay her house rent. I trust Josiah S. Fay." the amendment will prevail. The amendments were agreed to. Mr. SULLOWAY. This beneficiary has no standing at the The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Pension Bureau under the law, fol' the reason that the brigade in able recommendation. which this man served was not mustered. He was pensioned at WILLIAM WHITLOCK. the rate of $30', the circumstances showing him to be, I may say, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "a total wreck." The only question in the present posture of the 15748) granting an increase of pension to William Whitlock. case is whether he died as the result of the injuries for which he The bill was read, as follows: was pensioned. If so, this lady would be entitled to a pension of Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be,andheis hereby, 12 a month; at least.- that is what the committee would allow authorized and c:lirected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension l:a.ws, the name of William Whitlock, late her-putting her on a level with other widows in similar condition. first lieutenant Company A, Fifth Tennessee Infantry, in the war between She maiTied this man during the war-I think in 1863. She is the States, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that extremely poor, or at least has very little property-two or. three he is now receivmg. hundred dollars, I think, which is in a home. It is for gentlemen The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as here to say whether they will allow her 8 or 12. They will not follows: · do any injustice if they give her $12; but as there is no evidence In line 6, after the word "Fifth," insert the word" Regiment." that this man's death was the result of injuries of service origin, ~ ~!J 'u~e!~k~~~~:t0~e·~~~~~~~z:;rt~t!~~~ ~o~~t::.;;" we have reported in favor of granting this lady a pension of $8. In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-four" and insert in lieu thereof the Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, this case, like the one word " seventeen." disposed of a few moments ago, must be governed by some rule, The amendments were agreed to. or else we can have no standing here, either as a Committee on The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Invalid Pensions or as a Committee of the Whole. That this is a able recommendation. worthy widow, that her husband rendered honorable service, I do .ANNIE E. DOSS. not question. She is poor and needy. But we have undertaken The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. to establish a rule that where the injury is not of service origin 15673) granting a pension to Annie E. Doss. the pension be fixed at $8, and that where the injury is of service The bill was read, as follows: origin $12 be allowed. No soldier's widow, however honorable Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, may have been the service of the soldier or however deplorable authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions the condition of the widow, can go to the Pension Office and re­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Annie E. Doss, widow of ceive more than $8 a month unless she shows that her husband ~~~v:~~~Po~S:'tat¥tes ~t;~ ik ~,;'~~~'fl.ilot of the ram Lancaster, and pay died of injuries ~eceived or disease. incurred in the service. 1 . Now, Mr. Charrman, all over tbis land there are thousands of The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as worthy widows who can get only $8 a month. This good woman follows: . is not entitled to anything under the law; but the committee, in Ill: line .7, after the word "Lancaster," inse1·t the words "Mississippi view of the honorable service of her husband and in view of her Ma.rme Bngade." In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word condi+-: tJ.l.On, h as sai'd tha t I'twill allow t o h er, as 1•t d oes to others •'eight." similarly circumstanced, a pension of $8. We have done this not Mr. SHATTUC. I ask that the report in this case be read only during this Congress, but in the Fifty-sixth and the Fifty- The Clerk read as follows: ' fifth as well. Would it be fair to say to this woman who has no This bill proposes to pension Annie E. Doss, widowof Sylvester Doss, alias pensionable standing that we will give her $12 a month and cut Harry S. Doas late a. pilot on the 1-am Lancaster, at $00 per month. off numberless others who are just as worthy with SS a month? The husband of this beneficiary served as a steersman, assistant pilot, and I am willing to clasp hands with the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. pilot on the rams Queen of the West and Lancaster, of the Mississippi Marine Brigade, from May 1 to November 19,1862, on the New Era from January 6, SHATTUC] in amending the general law so as to give this lady and 1863, to May 26, 18ti3, and on the Lexington to May Z1,1863. all such as she $12 a month; but while we are under the present He was a pensioner under the general law at Sl5 per month on account of law, which entitles her to nothing, and we have adopted a rule injury to right shoulder and ihp and for disease of gums~ with loss of teeth, incurred while serving as pilot on the ram Lancaster, ana by virtue of a spe­ that to all such as the Congress will allow $8, I am opposed to cial act of Congress approved June 5, 1900bhis pension was increased to $00 making "flesh of one and fish of another." I would either make per month upon the ground that his disa ilities of accepted service origin all these pensions $12or all 8. We have established a rule in the entitled him to that rating. He died April20J.1902, from overexertion and exhaustion while swimming committee making thepension for widows of this class $8. If the from the steamer uity of Pituburg. committee's· rule is to count for nothing and is to be stricken The claim of Annie E. Doss, the beneficiary named in the bill, who is now down, then I warn the gentleman from Ohio, one of the friends 63 years of age as the widow of the former pensioner filed under the provi­ sions of the act of June 27, 1890.J was rejected on July 2, 1902, upon the ground not only of this widow, but of all soldiers and all soldiers' widows, that.title to pension under saia act could not obtain for the reason that pilots that if the general rule is not to apply, but we are to discuss each of the Mississippi Marine Brigade were not mustered into the military or case on its merits upon the floor of the Honse, we shall thereby naval service of the United States, and hence did not come within the provi­ sions of the act of June ZT, 1890. place an obstruction in the way of pension legislation so that Proof filed in the Pension Bureau shows that the beneficiary married Mr. there can be very ·little relief afforded to these old soldiers or Doss on July 6, 1863, that he died as stated above, and that the only property their widows. assessed to her was a house and lot in Cincinnati, Ohio1.9f the value of $650. From a statement of the beneficiary on file in the rension Bureau it ap­ I believe that, in the interest of the soldiers and their widows, pears that this property is mortgaged at $250, and that she is dependent as well as in the interest of uniform legislation, we ought to upon her daily labor for supj)Ort. · stand by the report of the committee and allow to this widow of Congress has repeatedly held that the second paragraph of section 4693, Revised Statutes, should not only apply to the general law, but also to the act a soldier just what we have allowed all others of the same class- of June 27,1890. no more and no less. . Following such holding, your committee believe that the beneficiary is en­ Mr. SHATTUC. Mr. Chairman, I desire to call the attention titled to the rate of pension provided to widows under the act of June 27,1890, namely, S8 per month. of the committee to the fact that the chairman of the Pensions The billiB therefore r eported back with the recommendation that it pass Committee said to me that it would be committing no violence to after the same shall have been amended as follows: the rules to have this bill passed with th13 amendment I have In line 7, after the word "Lancaster," insert the words "Mississippi Marine Brigade." offered. I would also call attention to the fact that the chairman In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" a.nd insert in lieu thereof the word of the subcommittee who reported the bill told me there was· no "eight." objection, even under the rules of the committee, to having the ltlr. SHATTUC. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend the amend­ bill passed as I ask it to be amended. I would further call the ment of the committee by striking out "eight" and inserting attention of the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. MIERS] to the fact "twelve," so as to make the amount of this pension $12 a month. that this man (the husband) did die indirectly from wounds of I can say that the committee, or the gentleman who drew the re­ service origin, from the fact that he contracted such disease or port, will not object to this amendment. diseases in the service that he was unable to take care of himself As stated in the report, Mr. Doss was a pilot during the war and in the water at the burning of this steamer, and the fact that he suffered in the manner stated in the report. This House-l think did do what he did in his feeble condition, trying to save the life in 1900-gave him a pension, by special bill I introduced, of $30. of a lady, ought to have some bearing. I may say to the gentle­ Last fall ho was with his son, also a pilot, on an excursion going man from ,Indiana, who all the time is pleading the cause of the 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-'HOUSE. 643

old soldier, that he ought not to object, for here is a woman whose I The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid husband never in his life voted the Republican ticket except when Pensions was read, as follows: he voted for myselft and then he said he had to stimulate to en- In line 8 strike out the word "'thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word able him to do it. Laughter.] "twenty-four." I want to say, Mr. Chairman, that if there ever was a claim in The amendment was agreed to. this world which is more meritorious, this is. I speak advisedly, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- because I know the " princess "-he always used to can his wife able recommendation. '• the princess''-and if she were my own sister or my own mother OLIVER P.ALSBACH. I could not do any more for her than I would be willing to do for her . ... It is aJl very·well for the gentleman to talk in the way he The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R . does, because he is expected to do it, in a way, being on that 11020) granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. Alsbach. committee. I do not think that he believes a word that he says, The bill was read, as follows: as applying to this claim. He is talking for his committee, to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions sustain a rule. He would, if he was not expeCted to represent and limitations of the penSion laws, the name of Oliver P. Alsba.ch, late of the committee, vote himself for my amendment, because when I Company E, Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and went to him and asked him about this he did not tell me he was pa.y him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ going to oppose it. I know, in the goodness of his heart, after ceiving. having made his speech, he will now sit down and keep still and The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid let the bill pass with my amendment. I will ask the gentleman Pensions was read, as follows: if he will do it? In line 8 strike out the word "fifty " and insert in lieu thereof the word Mr. MIERS of Indiana. No. "twenty-four." Mr. SHATTUC. Then I will say that the gentleman ought to The amendment was agreed to. d o it, and if I were as great a man as he is I would not vote The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ against this old Cincinnati lady, now that he has had an oppor­ able recommendation. tunity of expressing the views which he has done. J . BANKS HUNTER. Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Chairman,ord.inarilyi believe in stand­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. ing by the committee, but I believe this is a special case where 10219) granting an increase of pension to J . Banks Hunter. we would be justified in supporting the amendment. I know The bill was read, as follows: the beneficiary mentioned in this bill and I knew her husband. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, • I knew her husband and I know also that he rendered a most authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions distinguished service, a service which in its character was spe­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of J. Banks Hunter, late of cially and extra· hazard~ms. I remember as a boy reading the Company , Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves (Fortieth Regiment Volunteer) Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in t hrilling account of the running of the blockade in front of Vicks­ lieu of that he is now receiving. burg, and the man who stood at the wheel of the Lancaster-he • was the pilot at that time-was the husband of this lady. I re­ The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid member that around the bulkhead of that vessel there were piled P ensions was read, as follows: bales of hay for the purpose of protecting the soldiers who were In lines 6, 7, and 8 strike out the words "Company , Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves (Fortieth Regiment Volunteer Infantry)" and insert there. These bales of hay took fire. That fire was communicated in lie:u thereof the words "United Stja.tes Signal Corps." to the vessel and while on fire it floated by the city of Vicksburg. The guns of the enemy were trained upon her. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Doss, the husband of this woman, stood at the wheel , with The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ the fire and the smoke hurling around him, and remained at his able recommendation. post until the vessel blew to pieces. He was thrown into the river CAPT. DAVID M. KITTLE. and finally rescued. I remember when he came home he was re­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R . ceived with honor in the city of Cincinnati. He was a poor man, 8699) granting a pension to Capt. D. M. Kittle. unable to do but little service during the remainder of his life, The bill was read, as follows: and the case of this widow appeals to me and appe4tls to others as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, scarcely any other'case could. I therefore trust that the amend­ authorized and directed to-place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions ment offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. SHATTUC] will and limitations of the pension laws, the name of D. M. Kittle, late captain of prevail. Company I,. One hundred and fifteenth Regiment New York Volunteer In­ The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment to the fantry, ana pay him a pension at the rate of $00 per month. amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. Pensions were read, as follows: The CHAffiM.AN. The question now is on the amendment as In line 6 strike out the letter "D" and insert in lien thereof the word "David." amended. In same line, before the word ''Companyt strike out the word "of." ,The amendment as amended was agreed to. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" ana insert in lieu thereof the word The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ ''seventeen.'' able recommendation. In same line, after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that he is now receivin~." MORTON A . LEACH. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R . David M. Kittle." 16011) granting an increase of pension to Morton A . L each. The amendments were agreed to. The bill Wl:\8 read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Morton A. Leach, late of the JOHN T . KNOOP. Seventeenth New York Infantry and First New York Cavalry, and )?liy him a pension at the rate of $35 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R . 14605) gFanting an increase of pension to John T. Knoop. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The bill was read, as follows: P ensions were 'i'ead, as follows: In lines Gand 7 strike out the words "the Seventh New York Infantry and" Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and insert in lieu thereof the words "Company I." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 7, after the word "First," insert the word "Regiment." and limitations of the _pension laws, the name of John T. Knoop, late of Com­ In the same line, before the word "Cavalry," insert the words "Veteran pany I, Forty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ Volunteer." sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as word "thirty." follows: The amendments were agreed to. In line 8, strike out the word "thirty " and insert the word "twenty The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ four." - able recommendation. The amendment was agreed to. OLIVER C. JACKSON. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 13723) granting an increase of pension to Oliver c.·Jackson. The bill was read, as follows: .ANDREW W. MILLER. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll.,"subject to the provisions 15398) granting an increase of pension to Andrew W. Miller. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Oliver C. Jackson, late of Company M, One hundredth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, The bill was read, as follows: and pay him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now Be it enacted-, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is here by, receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 644 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, . and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Andrew W. Miller, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company K, Second Regiment Illinois Light Artillery, and J>S:Y him a pen­ Be it enacted, etc., 'rhat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension rol.h_subject to the provisions The amendments recommended by the committee were read, and limitations of the pellSlon l_!Lws, the name of william C. Crawford, late as follows: of Company I, Sixty-mnth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg_ In line 7, after the word "Illinois," insert the word "Volunteer." In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-four" and insert in lieu thereof the The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as word "twenty-two." follows: The amendments were agreed to. In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-four" and insert in lieu thereof the The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ word "seventeen." able recommendation. The amendment was agreed to. JOH.~ H. ROBSON. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 15466) granting an increase of pension to John H. Robson. THOMAS FLEMING. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., Tbat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 10105) granting an increa e of pension to Thomas Fleming. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John H. Robson, late of Company I, Ninety-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, . a pension at the rate of 50 per month in lieu of that h e is now receiving. authorized and directed to J?lace on the pension r oll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name --Thomas Fleming, of Monte­ The amendment recommended by the committee ·was read, as zuma, Iowa, late of Company D , Sixty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer In­ follows: fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of S30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendment was agreed to. follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In line 6 strike out the words "of Montezuma, Iowa." . In line 7 strike out the word "Sixty-fifth" and insert in lieu thereof the able recommendation. word" .Sixty-fourth." JOSEPH M. ~XANDER. The amendments were agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 14361) granting an increase of pension to Joseph M. Alexander. able recommendation. T'.ae bill was read, as follows: MARY J. SLUSSER. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph M. Alexander , late 15211) granting a pension to Mary J. Slusser. of Company H, Nineteenth Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and The bill was read, as follows: pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is here by, ceiving. authorized and.directed to pl:lce the name of Mary J. Slusser, widow of Al­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as bert lu er, late a privateinCompanyi,Seventy-srxth Ohio Volunteer Infan­ follows: try, on the pension roll and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per month. In line 7 strike out the W'lrd "of." :r'he amendment recommended by the committee was read,_as In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word follows: "twenty." Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu the~of the fol­ The amendments were agreed to. lowing: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ '·That the Secretary of the Int::rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and linit.'ltions able recommendation. of the pension laws, the name of MJ.ry J. Slusser, widow of Albert lusser, late WILLIAM C. CRAWFORD. of Company I , Seventy-sixth R ::riment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay h er a pension at the rate of Sl2 per month." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R . The amendment was agr-eed to. 8711) granting an increa e of pension to William C. Crawford. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation . Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of ~he Interior }Jo,and he is he:z-~by, authorized and directed to place on the pensiOn ro~l subJect to the proVISions MURRAY W . WOODWARD.· and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William C. Crawford, late of Company I, Sixty-ninth Regiment In~an~ Volunteer ~autry, an~ J?RY him The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. a pension at the rate of $24 per month m lieu of that he lS now rece1vmg." 4154) granting an increase of pension to Murray W. Woodward. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The bill was read, as follows: follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he i3 hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension r oll, subject b the provisioug In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-four" and insert in lieu thereof the and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Murray W. Woo:iward, late word "seventeen." · of Company G, Eleventh RAgiment Michi~an Volunteer Infantry, and pay The amendment was agreed to. . him a pellSlon at the rate of 17 per month m lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ able recommendation. mendation. INEZ L. CLIFT. ABEL FLEMING. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the P1ivate Calendar was the bill (H. R. 11596) granting an increase of pension to Inez Clift. 7012) granting an increase of pension to Abel Fleming. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., Tha~ the ~:?ecretary of the In1!erior is hereby ~ecte~ to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, place the name of Inez Clift, Widow of the late Lieut. Col. W . J. Clift, Fifth authorized and directed to place on the pension roD ,subject to the provisions Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry war of 1861-1865, on the p~nsion roll, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abel Fleming, lats of Com­ and to pay to her a pension at the I:ate of $20 per .month, subject .to the provi­ pany B Fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and pay him a pension of $72 per sions and limitations of the pellSlon laws, m lieu of the pellSlon she now month m1 lieu of the pension he is now receiving. receives. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: · follows: In line 7 strike out the word" Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu .thereof the fol- words "Volunteer Cavalry." · In same line strike out the words "of seventy-two" and insert in lien lo~T~~t the Secretary of the Interior l?e, and he is h~r~by, anthc_>r~ed !1-nd thereof the words "at the rate of thirty." directed to -place on the pension roll, subJect to the proVISIOns and limitations In line 8 strike out the words "the pension" and insert in lieu thereof of the p ellSlon laws the name of Inez L. Clift, widow of William J. Clift~ the word "that." late lieutenant-colonel Fifth R~_1pment TenD;es~e Volunteer _Cavalry, a!la pay .~era. pension at the rate_of smper month m lieu of that she lS now recmv- The amendments were agreed to. m~mend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Inez L. Clift." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. JOHN W. BRATT~. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. · 19491) granting an increase of pension to John W. Brattain. WILLIAM 0 . CRAWFORD. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is h ereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 8711) granting an increase of pension to William C. Crawford. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John W . Brat~, late of 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 645

Company C, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay in this case I think it is a very fair one to pi·esent to the House him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receivmg. for a different ruling. We claim that this disability is of service The amendment recorin:nended by the committee was read, as origin. The soldier during the war contracted a catan-hal trouble follows: which finally culminated in such a disability that the Pension In line 6 strike out the letter "C" and insert in lieu thereof the letter "E." Department itself allowed him a pension of ·824 a month. The The amendment was agreed to. medical board of examiners who examined him found that in ad­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ dition this catarrhal trouble had produced total blindness. If able recommendation. this total blindness was the result of catarrhal trouble, he would MRS. SARAH D. LIGHTFOOT. have been entitled to $72 a month. The medical board sitting in Washington, who never saw t,he The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. soldier, who never examined him, sitting in their office, report 4501) granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah D. Lightfoot. that total blindness is not and can not be the result of catarrhal The bill was read, as follows: trouble. They differ from the report of_the medical board of the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Inte1ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to _place on the pension roll, subje0t to the provisions county where the soldier lives. They differ from many medical and l.iioitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah D. Lightfoot, widow authorities with whom I have consulted in regard to the fact · of Nathaniel L. Lightfoot, late major, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, and grant that total blindness may result from ·catarrhal trouble. So that her a pension of S25 per month from January 25,1899. in this case it is not a question as to whether this is a disability The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as of service origin solely; because if it were admitted that it was follows: not of service origin, then the rule of the committee would apply. In line 7 before the word "Kentucky" insert the word "Regiment." As I understand the rule of the committee, it is not that the In same line before the word "Cavah·y" insert the word "Volunteer." In same line strike out the word "grant" and insert in lieu thereof the amount shall be limited to $30 if the disability be of service word "pay." origin, but if you can show it to be of service origin it may be a In same line after the word" pension" insert the words" at the rate." greater sum. In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twelve." ' Bills have been passed here this afternoon where the pension In same line and in line 9 strike out the words "from January 25,1899." allowed was $50 per month. So if I am correctly stating the po­ The amendments were agreed to. sition of the committee, it is as I have indicated; that is, $30 a The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ month where it can not be shown to be of service origin. Now in able recommendation. this case we claim that it is of service origin. We claim that the JARED P. HUBBARD. medical board of the county where the soldier resides declared it to be of service origin, and we declare it to be shown by medical The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. testimony to be of service origin. As against this proposition this 15682) granting an increase of pension to Jared P. Hubbard. House has solely the ruling of the medical board sitting here in The bill was read, as follows: · the city of Washington, who never saw the soldier. It is one of B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions the causes of complaint of the administration of the Pension De­ and limitations of the penSlon laws1.-rthe name of Jared P. Hubbard, late of partment to-day that the medical board sitting in the city of Company B, Second Regiment New .t:tampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay Washington, without seeing the soldier, overrules without hesi- him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. tation the report of the local board. · The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ That is one of the matters I think ought to be remedied by some mendation. different rule of the board, or by specific ·legislation. It has ELIAS SIMPSO~. worked out an injury and an injustice to at least ten different The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. soldiers within my Congressional district within the last two years; 15431) granting an increase of pension to Elias Simpson. men that I have seen and talked with and know how the local The bill was read, as follows: board has rated them and what they have considered. But they Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior J>e, and he is hereby, have assumed to adopt certain rules at the Pension D~partment authorized and directed to-_place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions in adjudicating pension claims which defeat the action of the and limitations of the pension laws, the name of E.lias Simpson, late 'Of Com­ pany B, Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him a pen­ local boards. Gentlemen on the other side of the House have sion at the rate of S24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. asked questions by which it is sought to show that there have The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom-· been improper rulings and improper administration in the Pen­ mendation. sion Department . I agree and say that I think there have been BENJAMIN KNESTRICT. improper rulings upon many subjects in the. administration of affairs in the Pension Department. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Now, in this case, it is a question about which there is contro­ 15864) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Knestrict. versy as to whether or not the disability is of service origin, the tes· The bill was read, as follows: timony of the physicians at home being that it is of service origin, · Be it enacted, etc., That the Sooretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and the only opposition to that being that of the medical board in authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the :provisions and limitations of the penSlon laws, the name of Benjamin Knestnct, late of the city of Washington, who say that total blindness can not be pro­ Company E, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a duced by catarrhal troubles. I have a letter from ex-Governor pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Foster, of Ohio, stating that this man is a neighbor of his and that The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as he knows him well, and he speaks of his total blindness as being follows: the result of affliction and disability which he incun·ed in the In line 8 strike o.ut the word ":fifty" and insert in lien thereof the word. service. I say this state of facts does not warrant the committee "thirty." in cutting it down from $50 to $30. He is an old, blind·, helpless - The amendment was agreed to. soldier, and a man unable to take care of himself, a man that is The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the bill as amended will poor, without friends to help him, and I say that this old, blind, be laid aside with a favorable recommendation. helpless man should be gi~en a pension of $50. He is only granted Mr. WARNOCK. Mr. Chairman, I desire to make the amount $24 by the Department; he is cut out of the 72 class, as I have 85 said, by the medical board in Washington deciding that blindness ~he CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the order laying the can not be the result of catarrhal trouble. bill aside will be vacated. Mr. SULLOWA Y. Mr. Chairman, this beneficiary was dis­ Mr. WARNOCK. I want the amount raised to 50 instead of charged in 1865. He had a good service. He is pensioned, not at $30, and I desire to amend by inserting the word "fifty" instead $24, but $17 per month, as the report shows. His blindness, so of" thh:ty," so that it will read 50, and in behalf of that amend­ far as there was any evidence before the commit~e, is not claimed ment I would just like a moment. . · to be of service origin. It came on within a year or two, as I The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will state to the gentleman from understand it, and is caused by cataracts. We have allowed the Ohio the object he seeks will be reached by voting down the beneficiary exactly what we have allowed all claimants in similar amendment, the original proposition in the bill being for $50. condition. Besides that, this House amended a Senate bill fixing Mr. WARNOCK. That is·what I desire. That is the inquiry these rates when it was not of service origin, if they were blind I desired to make, whether an .amendment had been reported by and helpless and paralyzed in these respects so they had to have the committee. · assistance-we amended the Senate bill, granting to them $30 to The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will state that the amount, $30, relieve this legislation of one by one. We have granted him is the committee amendment. exactly what we have given others under similar circumstances; Mr. WARNOCK. And the question now is upon that amend­ and if we wish to be consistent the committee amendment ought ment. Then, Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to that amendment to obtain, and I hope for that reason that it will. . for the following reasons: I am very well aware that the rule of Mr. WARNOCK. Will the gentleman allow me a question? the committee has been an

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catarrhal trouble produced this blindness and that the catan·hal In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word ti·ouble had been contracted in the service, would that change "twenty-four." the gentleman's ruling? The amendments were agreed to. Mr. SULLOWAY. If the difficulty was of service origin it The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- certainly would. able recommendation. Mr. WARNOCK. That is what we claim precisely. JAMES P. CAMPBELL. Jrh. SULLOWAY. But you have no evidence of it. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (R. R. Mr. WARNOCK. You have the evidence from the local board 15406) granting an increase of pension to James F. Campbell. and a letter from ex-Governor Foster, all of which go to show The bill was read, as follows: that it is of service origin. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Mr. SULLOWAY. I do not know whether Governor Foster is authorized and directed to increase the pension of James F. Campbell, late a physician or not; I know that he is a very distinguished citizen, of Company D, Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, to 2 par month in but there was no evidence before the committee that reported this lieu of what he is now receiving. bill of anything of that kind. It is simply the case of where a man The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as came out of the service in 1865 with disabilities for which he was follows: pensioned at the rate of $17. In 1886 or 1888 this condition came on. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Mr. MADDOX. I would like to ask the gentleman a question. lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized and Mr. WARNOCK. Certainly. . directed to place on the pension roll, subJect1 to the provil:non.s1 and limita­ Mr. MADDOX. Do I 1mderstand the gentleman to say that tions of the pension laws, the name of James P. Campbell, late of Company the gentleman is drawing a pension by reason of a catarrhal af­ D, Twenty-ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and J?8.Y him a pension at the rate of ~per month in,_ lieu of that he is now receivmg." fection which he contracted during the war? Amend the title so a.s to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Mr. WARNOCK. Yes. James P. Campbell." ' Mr. MADDOX. The local board of physicians say that by The amendments were agreed to. reason of that disease he has become blind? The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Mr. WARNOCK. Yes. able recommendation. Mr. MADDOX. And the board in the city of Washington say that that is impossible? MATILDA. A.. M..A..RSHA.LL. Mr. WARNOCK. That is the situation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Mr. MADDOX. Does the gentleman lmow the local board of 15112) granting a pension to Matilda Marshall. physicians? The bill was read, as follows: Mr. WARNOCK. No. This applicant resides in the city of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Fostoria and that is in the three Congressional districts. authorized and directed to place the name of ,Matilda Marshall, widow of the late Daniel F. Marshall, late of Company K, Second Regiment Michigan In­ Mr. MADDOX. It seems to me that this is a very important fan try, on the pension roll and to issue to Mrs. Marshall a pension of 12 per question. If the general board sitting here in Washington under­ month. _ takes to say that a man can not become blind by reason of ca­ The amendments recommended by the committeewereread, as tan·hal affection, while the local board says that he can, and that follows: this man actually did become blind from that cause, then we Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ ought to know the real facts and, if the circumstances demand lowing: it, get another general board. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and I directed to place on tha pei:.Sionroll, subject to theprovisionsandlimitations Mr. WARNOCK. understand that the board here in Wash­ of the pension laws, the name of Matilda A. Mar hall, widow of D. Frank ington has ruled that blindness can not in any case be the result Marsha.ll, late of Company K, Second Regiment Miehi~n Volunteer Infan- • of catarrhal trouble. They rejected this man's claim for a pen­ . try, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per month. ' sion at the rate of $72 on that ground, and on that ground alone, Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Matilda A. as I am informed. Marshall.'' Mr. MADDOX. It would seem that the doctors ought to have The amendments were agreed to. some positive knowledge on this subject; and if this general The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ board is mistaken about this matter, then its members are in­ able recommendation. competent, and others ought to be appointed. JENNIE M. GILBERT • . Mr. WARNOCK. · One of the complaints that I have against The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. the board here in Washington is that they have improperly ruled 11189) granting a pension to Jennie M. Gilbert. that a great many things can not occur as the result of certain The bill was read, as follows: diseases when they have in fact occurred. Be it enackd, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Mr. MADDOX. This man is evidently blind, is he? authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of Jennie M. Gilbert, widow of Mr. WARNOCK. Totally blind and helpless. Lorenzo Gilbert, late of Company F, One hundred and fifty-third Regiment Mr. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I do not know that I have any­ New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per thing further to say on this matter. Our boards are perfectly month in lieu of that she is now recruving. honorable and honest, composed of gentlemen of education and The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as good standing. If they certify that this man has become blind follows: on account of catarrhal trouble, I should not doubt it although I In line 10, after the word "receivfng," insert the following: have very serious doubt whether very many men have become "Provided, however, That in the case of the death of the helples child, blind from that cause. But so far as this case is concerned, I can Grace Gilbert, on whose account the pension of Jennie M. Gilbert is in­ creased, the pension of the said Jennie M. Gilbert shall continue only at the only testify that in my opinion the board in my district is com­ rate of $12 per month from and after the date of death of said helple child." posed of honorable, efficient, and thoroughly educated gentlemen. Amend the title so a.s to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the Jennie M. Gilbert." committee reducing the amount of tha proposed pension from The amendments were agreed to. $50 to 30. - The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The question having been taken, able recommendation. The CHAIRMAN. The ayes seem to have it. JOSEPH GRENNUE.. Mr. WARNOCK. I call for a division. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The question being again taken, there were-ayes 43, noes 7. 15906) granting a pension to Joseph Grennue. So the amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor. Be it enackd, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ ROBERT H. MARICLE. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jo ph Grennue, late of Company 0, One hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol­ The next business on. the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month. 14303) granting an increase of pension to Robert H. Maricle. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of ~he Interior _be, and he is he;rl;)by, authorized and directed to place on the pensiOn roll, subJect to the proVlSions In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word and limitations of the pension. laws, the name o1 Robert H. Mar1cle, late a "thirt ." member of Company D Fortieth Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, at In ih:e same line, after the word "month," insert the words, "in lieu of the rate of $00 per month1 in lieu of that he is now receiving. that he is now receiving." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Joseph Grennue." follows: The amendments were agreed to. In line 6 strike out the words "a member." In line 7, after the word "Infantry," insert the words "and pay him a The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ pension." able recommendation.

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JAMES M. MARSHALL. and p~y him a pension at the rate of $....'>0 per month in lieu of that he is now rece1vmg. - · The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ 15661) granting an increase of pension to James M. Marshall. mendation. The bill was read, as follows: HENRY R. GIBBS. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ;plaoe on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business on the Pri-vate Calendar was the bill (S. 4075) and limitations of thepens10n laws, the name of James M. Marshall, late of Company A, One hundred and fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay. granting a pension to Henry R. Gibbs. him a pension at the rate of $72 per· month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended bythecommittee were read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Inte1ior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry R. 'Gibbs, late of In line 7, before the word "Ohio," insert the word "Re~ent." Company G, Thirteenth Regiment illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a In line 8 strike out the word "seventy-two" and insed m .lien thereof the pension at the rate of $12 per month. word "thirty." · The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendments were agreed to. mendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ WILLIAM S. FROST. able recommendation. MARY E. PENNOCK. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. i 739) The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. granting an increase of pension to WilliamS. Frost. 1020) granting a pension to Mary E. Pennock. The bill was. read, as follows: Be it e·nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of WilliamS. Frost, late of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Company A, Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and and limitations of the pension law~ the name of Mary E. Pennock!.-.-widow of pay him a pension at the rate of ~per month in lieu of that he is now re- Cyrus Pennock, late of Company .t:i, Sixteenth Regiment Kansas volunteer ceiving. · · Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, mendation. as follows: ABRA..H.AM PARK, · In line 7 strike out the word "Infantry" and insert in lien thereof the word "Cavalry." The ne~ business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4943) I:q_ line 8 strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the word granting an increase of pension to Abraham Park. "ei@t." The bill was read, as follows: The amendments were agreed to. • Be it enacted, etc., Thatthe Secretary of the Interio:'i,..be, and he is hereby, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ authoriz.ed and directed to place on the pension roll, suOJ ect to the provisions able recommendation. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abraham Park, late of Company H,One hnndredand twenty-third RegimentOhioVolunteer Infan­ LUTHER SCOTT. try, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. now receiving. 15839) granting an increase of pension to Luther Scott. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The bill was read, as follows: · mendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ELIZA M. MILLER. authoriZed and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Luther Scott, late of Com­ The next.business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3365) pany H, Fortieth RegimentlllinoisVolunteerinfantry, and:payhimapension granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. 1\filler. at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill was read. as follows: The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Pensions was read as follows: authorized and directed to place onthe,Pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens1on laws, tlie name of Eliza M. Miller, widow of In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word James H. Miller,late firat lieutenant Company H, Fifty-fift.h Regiment Penn­ "thirty." sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a. pension at the rate of $25 per The amendment was agreed to. month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill as amended was o1·dered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was ordered to be laid a-side with a favorable recom-. able recommendation. mendation. WILLIAM F. LOOMIS. WILLIAM JOHXSTON, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar wa-s the bill (S. 2545) 15999) granting an increase of pension to William F. Loomis. granting a pension to William Johnston. . The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be,-and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Interior be1 and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjec1; to the provisions authm·ized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the p rovisions and limitations of the :pension laws, the name of William F. Loomis, late of a.nd limitations of the pension laws the name of William Johnston, late of Company-, --Regrment, and pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu Company G, One hundred and ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In­ of that he is now receiving. fantry, and Company D, Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per m

The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ambrus U. Harrison, late of and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of W ill.ia:m R. Thompson, 1ate Company B, Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ of Company B, Second RE)giment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him sion at the rate of ~4 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. a pension at the rate of S5U per month in lieu of that he is now receiVIng. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as mendation. follows: THOMAS L. COLLINS. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in. lieu thereof the word "twenty-four." The next busine son the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 6123) The amendment was agreed to. granting an increase of pen ion to Thomas L. Collins. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the p ension roll, subject to the provisions RUDOLPH B. WEYENETH. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas L. Collins, late of Company H, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. sion at the rate of $00per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 15840) granting an increase of pension to Rudolph B. Weyenith. The bill was ordered to be laid a ide with a favorable recom­ The bill was read, as follows: mendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions MATILDA SMITH. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rudolph B. W eyenith, late of Company F, Third Regiment New York Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVIng. 9912) granting an increase of pension to Matilda Smith. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 6 strike out the word "Weyenith" and insert in lieu thereof the and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Matilda Smith, widow of word "Weyeneth." Gilbert A. Smith, late private of Company K, One hundred and sixty-sixth In line 7, after the word" Artillery," insert the words "and Company C, Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of $30 per month Tenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps." in lieu of that she is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." The amendments recommended by the Committee were read, Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to as follows: · RudolphB. Weyeneth." . • In line 6 strike out the word "piivate." The amendments were I'J.greed to. In line 8, after the word "pension," insert the words" at the rate." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In the same line strlke out the word "thirty " and insert in lieu thereof the word " twenty." able recommendation. ln line 9, after the word "receiving," insert the words: CYRUS G. NORTON. "Provided, hatuever,· That in the event of the death of the helpless child, Eva L. Smith, on whose account the-p ension of Matilda Smith is increased, The next business on the Priv.ate Calendar was the bill (H. R. the p ension of said Matilda Smith shall continue only at the rate of S8 per 15 52) granting an increase of pension to Cyrus G. Norton. month from and after the death of said helpless child." The bill was read, as follows: The amendments were agreed to. Be U enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions able recommendation. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cyrus G. Norton, late of Com­ pany K, One hundred and first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and P41-Y ERASTUS E. EDMUNDS. him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVIng. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ 3578) granting an increase of pension to Erastus E. Edmunds, mendation. late private, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts Volunteer JAMES T. JACKSON. · Infantry. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 15229) granting a pension to James T. Jackson. fl.Uthorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pensiGn laws, the name of Erastus E. Edmunds, late Be it enacted, etc., That the Seeretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of Company H, Fifty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions pay him a pension at the rate of $4.{) :per month in lieu of that he is now re­ and limitations of the pension la.ws, the name of James T. Jackson, late of ceiving. Company D, Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and.pay The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as him a pension at the rate of S12 per month. follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom· In line 8 strike out the word "forty" and insert in lieu thereof the word mendation. ''thirty.'' Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to HENRY TA. YLOR. Erastus E. Edmunds." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments were agreed to. - 16032) granting an increase of pension to Henry Taylor. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior b e, and he is hereby, ELIZABETH LISTER. authorized and directed to ;place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Henry Taylor, late private The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. in Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, war of the rebellion, and ~rant 7832) granting a pension to Elizabeth Lister. him a pension at the rate of $50 per month m lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Be it" enacted, etc., That the Secretary of ~e Interior _be, and he is he:r~by, follows: authorized and directed to place on the pens10n roll, subJect to the proVISIOns and limitations thereof, the name of Elizabeth Lister, widow of Frederick W. In line 6 strike out the words "private in" and in:;ert in lieu thereof the word "of." Lister late a lieutenant-colonel {brevet brigadier-general) in the Thirty-first In line 7. before the word "Ohio," insert the word "Regiment." Ohio Volunteer Infantry and colonel of Fortieth United States Colored In­ In same "line, after the word" Ohio," insert the word "Volunteer." fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $00 per month. In same line strike out the words "war of the rehellion." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as In the same line strike out the word "grant" and insert in lieu thereof tho word "pay." follows: In line 8 strike out the word" fifty," and insert in lieu thereof the word In line 5 strike out the word "thereof" and insert in lieu thereof the words "twenty-four." "of the pension law ." In line 6 strik('l out the words" a lieutenant" and strike out all of line 7. The amendments were agreed to. In line 8 strike out the words "Volunteer Infantry and." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In same line strike out the word "of." In s..q.me line. after the word '' Fortietht" insert the word ''Regiment." able recommendation. In line 9 before the ord " Infantry," msert the word "Volunteer." WILLIAM HEYWOOD. In line 10. after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that she is now rece:lvin2." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. · The amendments were agreed to. 15433) granting an increase of pension to William Heywood. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions WILLIAM R. THOMPSON. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Heywood, In te of Company I,_ ~ifteen th Regiment New Hampshire, and Company G, Nineteenth The riext business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Regiment massachusetts Voluntary Infantry, and pay him a pension at the 15063) granting an increase of pension to William R. Thompson. rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 649

and limitations of the p ension laws, the name of Nancy Works, widow of · The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Preston Works, late of Company..O, Eighteenth R egim ent Kentucky Volun­ follows: teers, and to p ay her a pension at the rate of $12per month. In line 7, after the word "New Hampshire," insert the words "Volunteer Infantry." The amendments recommended by the C9mmittee were read, In line 9 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word as follows: "twenty-four." In line 7 strike out the word "Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the 0 The amendments were agreed to. wofuds~~ fr':t:;J~~~~~h~'word "to." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In line 8 strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the word able recommendation. "eight." · CHARLES H. BARNES. The amendments were agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R.' The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 15013) granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Barues. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: WILLIAM SANDS. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he li; hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions 12382) granting an increase of pension to William Sands. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles H. Barnes, late of Company F, Fifty-seventh Regiment Mas.<;achusetts Volunteer Infantry, and The bill was read, as follows: pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now r e­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ceiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ sionsand limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Sands, late of. The amendment recommended by the comi:nittee was read, as Company G, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay follows: - him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVlng. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendments recommended by the committee were read, ''thirty.'' as follows: The amendment was agreed to. _ In line 6 strike out the letter "G" and insert in lieu thereof the letter The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ "B." In same line strike out the word " Seventh" and insert in lieu thereof the able recommendation. word "Eighty-eighth." ABNER M. JUDKINS. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The next busin.ess on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "twenty." 15729) granting an increase of pension to Abner M. Judkins. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed topla.ce on the pension roll, subject to the provisions WILLIAM BARRETT. and limitations of the pen ion laws, the name of Abner M. Judkins late of E ighth Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery. and llayhim a pension at the rate The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4093) of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivrng. granting an increase of pension to William Barrett. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 6, after the word "Wisconsin," insert the word "Volunteer." and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Barrett, late of In line 7 strike out the word "thirty " and insert in lieu thereof the word Company E, First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and llay him "twenty." a pension at the rate of S30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivrng. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ mendation. able recommendation. LYMAN HOTALING. ELI TITUS. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5403) The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. granting an increase of pension to Lyman Hotaling. 15892) granting an increase of pension to Eli Titus. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the InteriQr b e, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to place on the pension r oll, Rubject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lyman Hotaling, late of and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eli 'ritus, late pri\ate in Company L, Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen­ Company C, One hundred and thirty-se>enthRe!Pn!ent illinois Infantry, and sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving: pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month m lieu of that he is now r e- cel\ing. · The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: WILLIAM NICHOL. In line 6 strike out the words "private in" and insert in lieu thereof the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4941) word "of." granting an increase of pension to William Nichol. In line 7, before the word "Infantry," insert the word "Volunteer." The bill was read, as follows: · In line 8 strike out the word" fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisiorui The amendments were agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Nichol, late of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- Company G, Seventy-sixth Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay able recommendation. · him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. SALLIE H. KL~CAID. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. mendation. 1627) granting an increase of pension to Sallie H. Kincaid.- ASA E. SA.MPSO:Y. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5774) Be it enacted, etc., That the Secre4try of the Interior be, and he is hereby, granting a pension to Asa E. Sampson. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,~_ubject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sallie H. Kincaid, widow of Henry H. Kincaid, late of Qompany H, Eighth Regiment Tenne ee Volun­ Be i~ enacted, ~tc., That the Sec1·etary of ~he Interior ~e, and he is he:reby, teer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 :per month in lieu of authonzedand directed to place on the pens10n roll, subJect to the :proVlSions and limitations ~f the pen~10n law~, the ~~:a me of Asa E. Sampson, late of Com­ that she is now r eceiving. pany G, Forty-mnth Regunent W1sconsm Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him The ame.ndments recommended by the committee weTe read, as a :pension at the rate of $12 per month. follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ In line 6, after the word "late," strike out the word "of" and insert in mendation. lieu thereof the words "first lieutenant." In line 9 strike out the words "in lieu of that she is now receiving" and in­ SARAH D. BEREMA.N. sert in lieu thereof the words" and S"Zper month additional on account of the The next business on the Private Calendar wa-s the bill (S. 4866) minor child of the officer in lieu of that she is now receiving." granting an increase of pension to Sarah D. Bereman. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior ba, and he is hereby able recommendation. auth

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MABERY H. PRESLEY. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private C~lendar was the bill (S. 473) mendation. granting an increase of pension to Mabery H, Presley. THOMAS L. CAUGHEY. The bill was read, a:s follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. ·1479) Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Caughey. authm·ized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjec1;1 to t,he provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mabery H. Pre ley late of Company D, One hundred n.nd forty-third Regiment lllinois Volunteer In­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $lU per month in lieu of that he authorized and direct¢ to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions is now receiving. and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Thomas L. Caughey, late of Company D, Thirty-eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,andpay The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. mendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ETTA .A.. WHITEHOUSE. mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5816) ALLEN M. RIPLEY. granting a pension to Etta A. Whitehouse. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 6330) granting an increase of pension to Allen M. ~ipley. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjec1;1 to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of Etta A. Whitehol}B6, widow Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of Turner W. Whitehouse, late captain Company K, Twenty-second Regi­ authorized and directed to _Place on the pensi(>n roll, subject to the provisions ment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per and limitations of the peilSlon lawshthe name of Allen M. Ripley,late of Com· month. pany K, Fourth Regiment Massa.c usetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now re­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ceiving. mendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ GEORGE W. EDMONDS. mendation. The next business on the PrivateCalendarwas the bill (8.3661) FLETCHER J. WALKER. granting an increase of pension to George W. Edmonds. The bill was read, as follows: The ne_xt business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 484) Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, granting an increase of pension to Fletcher J. Walker. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the penslon laws, the name of George W. Edmonds, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Company C, Fourth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay authorized and directed to _place on the pension rolll subject to the provisions him a pension at the rate of 1.2 per month in lieu of that he isnowreceivmg. and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of F etcher J. Walker, late of The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ·Company A, First Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and -_pay him a pension mendation. at the rate of 24: p.er month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. PRESTON W. BURFORD. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5814) JOANNA ROGERS. granting a pension to Preston W. Burford. The bill was read as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 921) granting a pension to Joanna Rogers. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Preston W. Burford, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Company B, Twenty-su:th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, and pay him authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions a pension at the rate of 1.2 per month. · and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joanna Rogers, widow of The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Alma Rogers, late of COmpany C, Seventy-seventh Regiment Illinois Volun· mendation. teer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. . GEORGE W. BERRY. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar wa.s the bill (S. 5660) REUBEN ANDREWS. granting an increase of pension to George W. Berry. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, 6101) granting a pension to Reuben Andrews. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Georg-43 W. Berry, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Company H, One hundred and sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, authorized and directed to .place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu o!: that he is now and limitations of the penslon laws, the name of Reuben Andrews, late of recei vin2'. Company G, Ninth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom- sion at the rate of $24: per month in lieu of that he is now receiYin.g. mendation. · The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ WILLI.A..M H. DURHAM. mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5639) .A.BR.A.H.A.M SHREEVES. granting a pension to William H. Durham. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4374) The bill was read, as follows: granting a pension to Abraham Shreeves. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill·was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on thepensionroll,subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the ~enBlon laws, the name of William H. Durham, help­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions less and dependent child of Tolford Durham, late of Company A, Fourth and limitations of the penslon laws, the name of Abraham Shreev-es, late of Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and $1.2 per month. pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ceiving. mendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ W .A.LLACE FAIRBANK. mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5812) HENRY J. M'F.A.DDEN, granting an increase of pension to Wallace Fairbank. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4809) The bill was read, as follows: granting a pension to Henry J. McFadden. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior l::e, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, tlie name of Wallace Fairbank, late of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,J!ubj ect to the provisions Company H, First Re!Q!Jlent Wisconsin Volunteer Cavah-y, and pay him a and limitations of the pension laws, tbe name of .1:1.e~ J. McFadden, late pensiOn at the rate of SOO per month in lien of that he is now receiving. second lieutenent Company D, Forty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer lnfan. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ try, and _pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is mendation. now rece1vmg. FREDERICK W. WILLEY. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5944) granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Willey, alias C.A.TH.A.RINE .A.. CARROLL. William F. Willey. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4043) The bill was read, as follows: granting a pension to Catharine A. Carroll. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interim· be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the v.rovisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of FrederickW. W1lley, alias authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ·William F. Willey, late of United States Navy, and J?aY him a pension at the ·and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine A. Carroll. widow t-ate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. of William Carroll, late of Company F, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 651

infautry,andpay h er a pensionatthe rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she returnea to the Army. He was under the care and personal su­ is now receiving. pervision of General Thomas, who sent him upon several very The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ dangerous expeditions. One was to carry a note calling for reen­ mendation. forcements upon the eve of a certain battle, I think, near Nash­ DANIEL DOUGHERTY. ville, Tenn. The general had tried to get into communication The next business on the PrivateCalendar·was the bill (S. 5431) with the needed forces, but could not do so. Several men had granting a pension to Daniel Dougherty. been shot in the attempt. It was thought that a boy might get The bill was read, as follows: through where men 4ad failed. Heundertooktheexpeditionand Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, was successful in carrying the note. He was, however, shot at a authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions number of times and received a wound in his leg during the tl'ip. and limitations of the :pension laws, the name of Daniel Dougherty, late of Company D, Fifth Regunent Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The horse that he rode was shot. But, as I have said, he got the pens10n at t he rate of $12 per month. note through and came back, and by reason of the reenforcements The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ thus obtained (as the affidavit shows) the General was successful. mendation. This boy remained in the service until the close of the war. SARAH A. WHITCOMB. He wascalled "themascot" of General Thomas. He was around the General's headquarters and the General took a personal in­ The next business on the Private Calendar w~s the bill (S. 4718) granting a pension to Sarah A. Whitcomb. terest in him. The bill was read, as follows: This boy having been fired with patriotism that produced such action on his part and such results to the Union, now that he is Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, autho~ed ~d directed to _Place on the pension roll, subject to_ the provi¢ons an old man, being absolutely helpless, it seems to me his case and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Sarah A. Whitcomb, Widow should be regarded as coming within the rule made by the com­ of Asahel D. Whitcomb, late first lieutenant Company E, First Regiment mittee allowing 30 to a person who has suffered such disabilities. Missouri Volunteer Engineers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Mr. SULLOWAY. If it were shown that herendered the serv­ ice stated by the gentleman this would certainly be a very strong The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ case. I should like to hear the views of the gentleman from mendation. Tennessee [Mr. GrnsoNl upon this question. · . JUDSON N. POLLARD. Mr. GillSON. Mr. Chairman. there is nothing in the record The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1300) to sustaj.n the alleged service of the beneficiary in this bill ex­ granting a pension to Judson N. Pollard. cept hisown affidavit, not corroborated. It maybe trueoritmay The bill was read, as follows: not be. The committee has adopted a rule not to act upon the Be it enacted, etc., That the ~cretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, unsupported affidavit of the beneficiary. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Judson N. Pollard, late of This bill was introduced in the Senate at $20. It passed the Company B, One hundred and fortieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry1 Senate at 20. Coming over to the House it was referred to me and scout and spy, United States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate or as a subcommittee. I saw no reason for any change in ~he bill. $20 per month. Under the circumstances, considering that this was the case of a Mr. SHAFROTH. Mr. Chairman, I want to appeal to the boy who served but a few days and afterwards loafed around the chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, if he will give headquarters several months-the" boy mascot," as he seems to me his attention, and to the committee to increase this man's pen­ have· been called-! thought that $20 would be a proper allow­ sion from $20 a month to $30 a month. The reasons are these: ance. This is $8 more than he could have received if he had This man is identically in the same condition that the rule of the served ninety days and been honorably discharged from the serv­ committee seems to sanction as to granting pensions at $30 per ice of the United States. month. The bill was introduced inadvertently in the Senate at He is $8 better off than he would have been entitled to if he had $20 per month. It was allowed in full by the Senate and came served four years in the Army, his disabilities not being of service over to the House. Had the bill been introduced in the House, origin. I think the Senate dealt liberally with him, and I think and the House committee had passed upon it as they have on other the House Invalid Pensions Committee has dealt with equal liber­ bills, they would, I think, have allowed it at $30 per month. ality under all the circumstances of. the case. Now, Mr. Chairman, I have had before this committee cases of The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered as extreme suffering as that presented in the claim advocated by by the gentleman from Colorado. the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I have believed that the co:rn­ The question was taken; and upon a division (demanded by mittee was right in establishing a rule, and having that rule ad­ Mr. SHAFROTH) there were-ayes 21, noes 26. · hered to, of paying $30 a month in cases of total disability, and I So the amendment was rejected .. have not asked for an increase in those cases, although in one in­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ stance, as I remember, a man had been confined to bed for two mendation. yeaTs by paralysis and was without any means of livelihood except HANNAH E. JAMES. charity. But in the present case this man is- totally "Qlind. He called The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 5019) upon me before I came to Washington in December. He was led granting an increase of pension to Hannah E. James. by his wife-totally helpless. On account of a paralytic stroke he The bill was read, as follows: can not walk without a cane nor without the. assistance of his Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, wife. He needs her attention day and night. It seems to me that authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the _provi­ sions and limitations of the p ension laws, the name of Hannah E. James, this case ought to be governed by the same rule that the commit­ widow of Charles C. James, late of ComJ?any K, Thirty-sixth Reglment Ohio tee has held in the cases of persons needing the assistance of an­ Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pensiOn at the rate of $12 per month in other person day and night. If this had been a House bill, I have lieu of that she is now receiving. no doubt that such an allowance would have been made. But as The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ this was a Senate bill, and as it ha-d been through inadvertence mendation. introduced at less than the proper and usual amount, the com­ JAMES M. THOMAS. mittee ought to consent that this pension be made 30 instead of $20, thus carrying out in effect the rule of the committee instead The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3508~ of making an exception to it. granting an increase of pension to James ::M. Thomas. l\1r. Chairman, I move that in line nine the word "twenty" be The bill was read, as follows: struck out and" thirty" inserted in lieu thereof. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authodzed and directed to :(>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Chairman, upon a hasty examination and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James M. Thomas, late of of this report, which was prepared by the gentleman from Company G, Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry'l.-.and captain • Tennessee [Mr. GIBSON] as a subcommittee, I find that the bene­ Company B, One hundred and forty-second Regiment Indiana volunteer In· fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he ficiary served less than ninety days. Therefore he had no stand­ is now receiving. ing at the Pension Bureau; and he made no claim for disabilities contracted in the service. The report states that he is in the The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ bad condition described by the gentieman from Colorado [Mr. mendation. SHAFROTH]. As the gentleman from Tennessee reported this JOHN W. DICK. bill, I would like to hear his suggestions about it, if he has any The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4811) to make. granting an increase of pension to John W. Dick. Mr. SHAFROTH. One word in answer to the statement just The bill was read, as follows: made by the gentleman from New Hampshire. This beneficiary Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, was only 13 years old when he enlisted. He serv~d for ninety authorized and dirooted to place on the pension roll\ subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jonn W. Dick, late of Com­ days and was discharged because he was a boy. But he was de­ pany F, Fifty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him termined to remain in the-Army; so, after coming back home, he a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivinJl.

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The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ A bill (H. R. 6889) granting an increase of pension to Michael mendation. Roder; ELIAS BREWSTER. A bill (H. R. 2675) granting an increase of pension to John M. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3035) Stanley; granting an increase of pension to Elias Brewster. A bill (H. R. 14262) granting a pension to Harriet Robinson The bill was rea-d, as follows: (title amended); · Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Intelior be, and he is hereby, A bill (H. R. 6719) granting an increase of pension to John H. authorized and directed to ;place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Hall; and limitations of the pem<1on laws, the name of Elias Brewster, late of Com­ pany K, First Regiment l\Iaine Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and yay him a A bill (H. R. 10757) granting an increa-se of pension to Lewis pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now racivmg. Fishbaugh, of Macon, Mo. (title amended); The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ A bill (H. R. 15874) granting a pension to Rebecca R. Greer mendation. (title amended); . Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Chail:man, I move that the committee A bill (H. R. 1923) granting an increase of pension to F. W. do now rise. Damon (title amended); The motion was agreed to. A bill (H. R. 13200) granting an increase of pension to Charles The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having re­ B. Greely; sumed the chair, Mr. CAPRON, Chairman of the Committee of the A bill (H. R. 14302) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Whole House, reported that that committee had had under consid­ Burrell; • eration certain bills upon the Private Calendar under the special A bill (H. R. 15409) granting an increase of pension to James rule o~ the House. and had directed him to rep01·t the same back to Claybourn; the House with the recommendation that they be passed, respec­ A bill (H. R. 5019) granting a pension to Alsey G. Potts (title tively, with or without amendments. amended); Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I move that when the House ad~ A bill (H. R. 7680) granting an increase of pension to David C. journ to-day it adjourn to meet on Monday next. Yakey; The motion was agreed to. A bill (H. R. 5792) granting an increase of pension to Andrew Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the previous J. Reeves; question be ordered on the bills and amendments to their final A bill (H. R. 4266) granting an increase of pension to Henry passage. Ehmke; The motion was agreed to. · A bill (H. R. 6161) granting an increase of pension to Homer Davis; • · PRIVATE BILLS PASSED. A bill (H. R . 14930) granting a pension to William H. ~ouseal House bills of the following titles~ reported from the Committee (title amended); of the Whole House without amendment, were severally taken A bill (H. R. 15789) granting a pension to Benjamin Cooper up, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time;· and they were (title amended); - accordingly read a third time, and passed: · A bill (H ~ R. 15558) granting an increase of pension to David . A bill (H. R. 13839) granting an increase of pension to John A. Baldwin; W. B. Huntsman; A bill (H. R. 14195) granting an increase of pension to David A bill (H. R. 14185) granting an increase o_f pension to Albert T. Towles; . Blood; A bill (H. R. 3302) granting a pension to Henry G. Wheele:t A bill (H. R. 15549) granting an increase of pension to John (title amended); Wright; A bill (H. R.15064) granting an increase of pension to Frederick A bill (H. R. 3265) granting an increase of pension to Henry Shovar; · Pensinger; A bill (H. R . 3503) granting an increase of pension to E. H. A bill (H. R.15441) granting an increase of pension to Josiah Brady (title amended); Stackpole; A bill (H. R. 1829) granting an incre~se of pension to George A bill (H. R.12812) granting an increase of pension to Otis T. W. Brill; Hooper; A bill (H. R. 15;;:86) granting a pension to J\fary J .. Cleaves, A bill (H. R. 4154) granting an increase of pension to Murray widow of GeorgeS. McCorrison (title amended ) ; W. Woodward; . A bill (H. R. 14518) .granting an ·increase of pension to James A bUl (H. R . 15682) granting an increase of pension to Jared P. D. Kifer; Hubbard; · . · A bill (H. R. 12215) granting an increase of pension to Henry A bill (H. R.15431) granting an increase of pension to Elias M. Posey; . · Simpson; · A bill (H . R . 15771) granting an increase of pension to Aqam A bill (H. R.16224) granting an increase of pension to William Kohlhauff; Montgomery; A bill (H. R. 13534) granting an ii;lcrease of pension to James A bill (H. R.15852) granting an increase of pension to Cyrus G. Evans; Norton; and A bill (H. R. 11625) granting an increase of pension to Alexan· A bill (H. R.15229) granting a pension to James T. Jackson. der H. Taylor, late of Company E, Twelfth Connecticut Volun- House bills of the following titles, reported from the Committee teer Infantry, now a resident of Norwalk, Conn. (title amended); of the Whole House with amendments, were severally taken up, A bill (H. R. 15550) granting a pension to Mary A . Hinkle; the amendments agreed to, the bills as amended ordered to be A bill (H. R. 10350) granting a pension toRebeccaPiper, foster engrossed and read a third time; and they were accordingly read mother of Simpson Eaton (title amended); the third time, and passed: A bill (H. R. 9734) increasing the pension of John P. Peterman A bill (H. R. "12524) granting an increase of pension to Elvira (title amended); M. Cooper; A bill (H. R. 9107) granting an mcrease of pension to Austin A bill (H. R. 11199) granting a pension to Lewis Walton; A. Vore (title amended); A bill (H. R. 14897) granting an increase of pension to Phillip A bill (H. R. 15648) granting an increase of pension to Col. Mooney; Lester H. Salsbury (title amended); A bill (H. R. 14256) granting a. pension to Jessie R. Dewstoe A bill (H. R. 15385) for the relief of Alfred J. Sellers (title (title amended) ; amended); A bill (H. R. 15870) granting an increase of pension to John A bill (H. R. 15329) granting an increase of pension to Eliza· Smith, and repealing an act granting an increase of pension to beth Rosenbarger; . John Smith, approved June 7, 1902 (title amended); · A bill (H. R. 10826) granting a pension to Josiah S. Fay (title A bill .(H. R. 15396) granting an increase of pension to George amended); H. Stone; · . A bill (H. R.15748) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (H. R. 15416) granting an increase of pension to WiUi~m Whitlock; · Thompson; A bill (H. R. 15673) granting a pension to Annie E. Doss; A bill (H. R. 7385) granting an increase of pension to John A bill (H. R. 16011) granting an increase of pension to Morton Kelley, second; · A . Leach; · · A bill (H. R. 15684) granting an increase of pension to Joseph A bill (H. R. 13723) granting an increase of pension to Oliver R. Prentice; . C. Jackson; A bill (H. R. 12963) granting a pension to Sarah E. Smith; A bill (H. R . 11020) granting an increase of pension to Oliver A bill (H. R. 12413) granting an increase of pension to William P. Alsbach; Zickerick; · A bill (H. R . 10219) granting an increase of pension to J. Banks A bill (H. R. 8244) granting a pension to Bridget Logan; Hunter; A bill (H. R. 15571) granting an increase of pension to John I A bill (H. R. 8699) granting a pension to Capt. D. M. Kittle Maefarlane; (title amended); • 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. 653

A bill (H. R. 14605) granting an increase of pension to John T. S. 6123 . .An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Hnoop; Collins; . A bill (H. R. 15398) granting an increase of pension to Andrew S. 4093. An act granting an increase of pension to William W. Miller; Barrett; . · A bill (H. R. 15466) granting an increase of pension to John H. S. 5403. An act granting an increase of pension to Lyman Rob on; Hotaling; A bill (H. R. 14361) granting an increase of pension to Joseph S. 4941. An act granting an increase of pension to William Nichol; M. Alexander; S. 5774. An act granting a pension to Asa E. Sampson; A bill (H. R. 8711) granting an increase of pension to William S. 4866. An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah D. C. Orawford; Bereman; A bill (H. R. 11596) granting an increase of pension to Inez S. 473. An act granting an increase of pension to Mabery H. Clift (title amended); Presley; A bill (H. R. 10105) granting an increase of pension to Thomas S. 5816. An act granting a pension to Etta A. Whitehouse; Fleming; · S. 3661. An act granting an increase of pension to George W. A bill (H. R. 15211) granting a pension to Mary J. Slusser; Edmonds; A bill (H. R. 7012) granting an increase of pension to Abel S. 5814. An a-et granting a pension to Preston W. Burford; Fleming; S. 5660. An act granting an increase of pension to George W. A bill (H. R. 9491) granting an increase of pension to John W. Berry; . - · Brattain; _ S. 563!>. An act granting a pension to William H.- Durham; A bill (H. R. 4501) granting a pensicn to Sarah D. Lightfoot S. 5812. An act granting an increase of pension to Wallace Fair­ (title amended); bank; A bill (H. R. 15864) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin S. 5944. An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Knestrict; Willey; A bill (H. R. 14303) granting an increase of pension to Robert S. 1479. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. t H. Maricle; Caughey; · A bill (H. R.15406) granting an increase of pension to James F. • S. 6330. An act granting an increase of pension to Allen M. Campbell (title amended); Ripley; A bill (H. R. 15112) granting a pension to Matilda Marshall S. 484. An act granting an increase of pension to Fletcher J. (title amended); Walker; A bill (H. R. 11189) granting an increase of pension to Jennie S. 921. An act granting a pension to Joanna Rogers; :M. Gilbert (title amended); · S. 6101. An act granting an increase of pension to Reuben An­ A bill (H. R. 15906) granting a pension to Joseph Grennue drews· (title amended); - - S. 4374. An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham A bill (H. R. 15661) granting an increase of pension to James M. Shreeves; Marshall; S. 4809. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry J. A bill (H. R. 1020) granting a pension to Mary E. Pennock; McFadden; . A bill (H. R. 15839) granting an increase of pension to Luther S. 4043. An act granting an increase of pension to Catharine A. Scott; Carroll; A bill (H. R. 15999) granting an increase of pension to William S. 5431. An act granting a pension to Daniel Dougherty; F. Loomis; · S. 4718. An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. A biU (H. R. 9912) granting an increase of pension to Matilda Whitcomb; Smith; S. 1300. An act granting a pension to Judson N. Pollard; A bill (H, R. 3578) granting an increase of pension to ETastus E. S. 5019. An act granting an increase of pension to Hannah E. Edmunds, late private, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts James; . Volunteer InfantTy (title amended); S. 3508. ·An act granting an increase of pension to James M. A bill (H. R. 7832) granting an-increase of pension to Elizabeth Thomas; Lister: S. 4811. An act granting an increase of pension to John W. A bill (H. R. 15063) granting an increase of pension to William Dick; and R. Thompson; S. 3035. An act granting an increase of pension to Elias Brewster. A bHI (H. R. 15840) granting an increase.of pension to Rudolph Senate bill of the following title, reported from the Committee B. Weyenith (title amended); of the Whole House with amendment, was taken up, the amend­ A bill (H. R. 1G032) g1·anting an increase of pension to Henry ment agreed to, and the bill as amended ordered to a third reading, Taylor; read the third time, anil. passed: A bill (H. R. 15433) granting an increase of pension to William S. 5118. An act g1·anting an increase of pension to Adam Stuber. Heywood; . On motion of Mr. SULLOWA Y, a motion to reconsider the A bill (H. R.15013) g1·antjng an increase of pension to Charles votes by which the several bills were passed was ordered to lie on H. Barnes; the table. A bill (H. R. 15729) g1·anting an increase of pension to Abner CONFEREE ON THE ANARCHY BILL. 11!. Judkins; The SPEAKER. · The Chair desires to state that the resigna­ A bill (H. R. 15892) granting an increase of pension to Eli Titus; tion of Governor LANHAM, of Texas, r~tified by the House· this A bill (H. R. 16274) granting an increase of pension to Sallie H. morning, leaves a vacancy upon the conference committee upon Kincaid; what is known as the anarchy bill, being H. R. 10386. The gen­ A bill (H. R. 13127) granting a pension to Naucy Works; and tleman from Texas [Mr. LANHAM] desires to be excused from A bill (H. R. 12382) granting an increase of pension to William the conference committee, and has resigned as a member of the Sands. . Judiciary Committee. The Chair designates in place of the retir­ Senate bills of the following titles, reported from the Committee ing member of the conference committee the gentleman from of the Whole House without amendll!-ents, were severally taken Missouri, :Mr. DE .ARMOND. · · up, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed: S. 2353. An act granting an increase of pension to Almond EJ.'fROLLED BILLS SIGNED. P artridge; · The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of the S. 3397. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. following titles: · Walker; S. 1099. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to return S. 4528. An act granting an increase of pension to Corydon to Harvard University certain silver cup andNordenfelt gun; and Millard; S. 6439. An act for the refund of certain tonnage taxes. S. 4075. An act granting a pension to Henry R. Gibbs; ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDE..t'l"T OF THE UNITED S. 1739. An act granting an increase of pension to William S. STATES. Frost; · Mr. WACHTER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported S. 4943. An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham that they had presented this day to the President of the United Park; · States for his approval bills of the following titles: S. 3365. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. H. R. 13468. An act granting an increa-se of pension to Joseph Miller; S. Mess; S. 2545. An act granting a pension to William Johnston; . H. R. 11093. An act granting an increase of pension to Nannie S. 6151. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. M. Kimberly; Burton; . . H. R. 15605. An act to authorize and empower the Southwest S. 2646. An act granting a pension to Justus L. Denton; Louisiana Rice Growers' Association., of the State of Louisiana, S. 1299. An act granting an increase of pension to Ambrus U. to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Bayou Vermilion, in the Hanison; State of Louisiana; and · 654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J.ANU.ARY 9,

H. R. 15606. An act to authorize and empower the Rice Irri­ (No. 3018); which said bill and report were referred to the House gation and Improvement Association, of the State of Louisiana -Calendar. · to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Mermentau River fu Mr. LITTLEFIELD, from the Committee on the Judiciary u; the State of Louisiana. ' which ":"as referred the_bill. of the H.~m~e (H. R.16458) to expedite MESSAGES AND DOCUMENTS OF THE PRESIDENTS. the hearmg and determmat10n of smts m equity pending or here­ By unanimous consent, the Committee on Ru1es was discharged after brought under the act of July 2, 1890, entitled "An act to from the further consideration of House resolution 373 relating protect ?-a~,e and commerce aga:inst unlawful restraints and to the publication of Messages of the Presidents, and the same m?nopolies, reported the ~arne :m-t~ amendments, accompanied b) a report (No. 3020); which said bill and report were referred was referred to the Committee on Printing. to the House Calendar. And then, on motion of Mr. SULLOW .A.Y (at 4 o'clock and 5 min­ utes p.m.), in accordance with the order heretofore made the M.J:. COOPE~ of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Insular House adjourned until Monday at 12 o'clock noon. ' .A:ffaus, to w~ch was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15520) to establish a standard of value and to provide fo-r a coin- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. .age system in the Philippine Islands, reported the same with Under clause 2 of Ru1e XXIV, the followingexecutivecommu- ·~endments, accompanied by a report (No. 3023); which said nications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole follows: House on the state of the Union. A letter from the Secretary of the. Treasury, transmitting an Mr. WARNER, from the Committee on the Judiciary to estimate of appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue- which ~.as refe~re~ t~e bill ?f the Senate (S. 6461) providing' for t th c ·tte A · ti d d d an additionai district Judge m the district of Minnesota, reported o e ommi e on ppropria ons, an or ere to be printed. the same Without amendment, accompanied by a report (No A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims trans- 24 · mitting a copy of the findings filed by the com·t in the ~ase of :~a2~. which said bill and report were referred to the House Cal- R. W. Barton against The United States-to the Committee on Mr. MERCER, from the Committee on Public Buildm" O'S and War Claims, and ordered to be printed. G o A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Clahns trans- rounds, to which was ~·eferred the _j, a bill (H. R. 16580) for the relief of the estate of James W.Va., urging th~ passage of House bill 178, for the reduction L. _Romine, deceased, Winston County, Ala.-to the Committee of the tax on alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. on War Claims. By Mr. DRAPER: Petition of the legislative board of Loco­ Also, a bill (H. R. 16581) for the relief of David W. Hollis-to motive Firemen of Albany,~. Y., for the passage of the eight­ the Committee on War Claim~. hour law, the conspiracy and anti-injunction bill, and Senate By Mr. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 16582) granting an increase bill3560-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of pension to John Henderson-to the Committee on Invalid Also, re olutions of the Buffalo Oil, Paint, and Varnish Com­ Pensions. pa.:py, urging legislation to empower the Interstate Commerce By. Mr. CLAYTON~ A bill (H. R.16583) for the relief of Jerry Commission to establish uniform freight classifications and Andrews-to the Committee on Military Affairs. _ freights-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. CONNELL: A bill (H. R. 16584) granting a pension to Also, petition of the National Association of, Retail Grocers John B. Hobday.:._to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and Peoria Retail Grocers' Association, favoring the passage Also, a bill (H. R. 16585) to remove the charge of desertion of pure-food biJls-:.to the _Committee on Interstate and Foreign from the military record of the late William H. Thomas-to the Commerce. Committee on Military Affairs. - Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of By Mr. COOPER of Texas: A bill (H. R. 16586) granting a pe~on to Almond Lockwood-to the Committee on Invalid pension to Henry Landau-to the Committee on Invalid Pe~ons . Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16587) appropriating $52.73 to Mrs. N. C. By Mr. ESCH: Petition of F. 0. Elwell, of Tomah, Wis., for Moore, sole sm·viving heir of Joseph Jester, for services rendered reduction of taX on distilled spirits-to the Committee on Ways by said Joseph Jester in enumerating the Eighth Census-to the and Means. Committee on Claims. . By Mr. FLYNN: Papers to accompany House bill16425, grant­ By Mr. DWIGHT: A bill (H. R. 16588) granting a pension to ino- a pension to Albert Eggleston-to the Committee on Invalid William F. Hawley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. By Mr. FLYNN: A bill (H. R. 16589) granting a pen~on to By Mr. GIBSON: Petition of W. A. Cannon, administrator of Christopher P. Baker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gilford Cannon, deceased, of Knox County, Tenn., praying ref­ By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R.16590) forthereliefofWilliam C. erence of war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Tindell-to the Committee on War Claims. War Claims. By Mr. HENDERSON: A bill (H. R. 16591) granting an in­ Also, petition of J. J. Harding and A. E. Christian, heirs of crease of pension to James Mattingly-to the Committee on Inva­ John Harding, deceased, of Knox County, Tenn., praying refer­ lid Pensions. ence· of war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on By Mr. HEPBURN: A bill (H. R. 16592) granting an increase War Claims. of pension to John S. Gooch-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ By ~Ir. GILBERT: Petition of sundry citizens of the State of sions. Kentucky. for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Com­ By Mr. HOWELL: A bill (H. R. 16593) granting a pension to mittee on Ways and Means. · Anna C. Murphy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of the executive committee of the By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 16594) to provide for the pay­ Interstate Commerce Law Convention. E. P. Bacon, chairman, ment of certain claims against the District of Columbia, caused Milwaukee, Wis., favoring the passage of certain bills to in­ by the destruction of the Northern Liberty market house in Sep­ crease the jurisdiction and powers of the Interstate Commerce tember, 1872-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Commission-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R. 16595) for the relief of William merce. Spears-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, petition of the National Association of Manufacturers, By :Mr. MUDD: A bill (H. R. 16596) granting an increase of New York City, for the establishment of a department of com­ pension to Blanche L. Chunn-to the Committ-ee on Invalid Pen­ merce and industries-to the Committee on Interstate and For- sions. eign Commerce. ' Also, a bill (H. R. 16597) granting ·an increase of pension to Also, petition of the Redstone Presbytery, of Kenneth, Pa., Mary F. Schenck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. favoring the establishment of a laboratory for the study of the By Mr. NAPHEN: A bill (H~ R. 16598) granting a pension to criminal, pauper, and defective classes-to the Committee on the Sarah Quinn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Judiciary. 656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN.A'fE. JANUARY · 12,

By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: Protest of the Boston ports of Dr. Samuel Holt Hodgson, of the Marine-Hospital Service, branch of the Atlantic Coast Marine Firemen's Union, against on the diseases of the tropical countries of America; which, on the McCall bill providing for ninety days' suspension of coastwise motion of Mr. MoRGAN, was, with the accompanying paper~, re­ navigation laws-to the Committee on Merchant Marine and ferred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, and ordered to Fisheries. be printed. Also, statement relative to the necessity of providing survey THOMAS HUNTINGTON. for widening channel of the harbor of New Bedford, :Mass., and The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ for greater depth of water therein-to the Committee on Rivers nication from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ and Harbors. mitting a certified copy of the findings of the court filed in the By Mr. HOWELL: Petition of C. A. Pettenger, of Englishtown, cause of Thomas Huntington v. The United States; which, with N.J., urging the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to the Com­ the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on mittee on Ways and Means. Claims, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. LAMB: Papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to William Spears, of Chesterfield County, Va.-to the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIEXCES. Committee on Pensions. l\lr. WETMORE. I present the annual report of the National By Mr. L.ANIIAl\f: Petition ofT. J. White, of Wilcox, Tex., Academy of Sciences, which is provided for by statute. The for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Committee on statute also provides for printing the annual reports. So it is Ways and Means. only necessary to present the report to the Presiding Officer. No By Mr. LITTLE: Petition of L.A. Greenlee, of Spiro. Ind. T.; action is necessary. L. H. Forbes, of Hackett; John Shoop and others, of Fort Smith, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. . It will be printed, the Chair and Noble & Bird, of Waldron, Ark., for reduction of tax on dis­ supposes, under the law. tilled spirits-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. WETMORE. That is provided for by statute. By Mr. PADGETT: Papers to accompany bill8052, for a -pen­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under existing law it will be sion t.o Franklin M. Dooley, of Maury County, Tenn.-to the Com­ printed. mittee on Invalid Pensions. STATUES OF GEN. SAM HOUSTON A...llffi STEPHEN F. AUSTL.'f. Also, papers to accompany House bill 14485, relating to the claim of Nelson M. Buyers-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. President, I present a communication By Mr. SMITH of Illinois: Petitions of B. E. Webster: J. M. from the governor of Texas with reference to statues of Gen. Mason, and others, of Benton and Ewing, ill.; J. J. Bundy and Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. At some future time other retail druggists, of Thompsonville, ill., urging the reduc­ proper Tesolutions will be offerea and their consideration asked tion of the tax on alcohol-to the .Committee on Ways and Means. by the Senate. The communication is not lengthy, and I ask that By Mr. SHEPPARD: Petition of J. W. Pate and others, of it be read. · ·Omaha, Cookville, and ]\fount Pleasant, Tex., in favor of House The communication was read, as follows: ExECUTIVE OFFICE, STATE OF TEXAS, bill 178, for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Commit­ Austin, November 28, 1903. tee on Ways and Means. To the hono'rable Senate and House of Representatives of the By Mr. SPERRY: Resolutions of New Haven Lodge lfo. 21, Co'ngress of the United States: Order of B'rith Abraham, relative to immigration-to the Com­ Under a concurrent resolution of the legislature of the State of Texas, ap­ mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. proved AprilS, 1897, authority was given The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a corporation composed of the female descendants of the first set­ By Mr .. STARK: Petition of Cummings & Mahannok and tlers in Texas, to have executed and placed, in behalf of the State, in' one of others, of Tobias, and Jacob E. Greber, of Jansen, Nebr., favor­ the allotted svaces a igned to the State of Texas in the Hall of Statuary, in ing House bill178-to the Committee on Ways and Means. the National Capitol at Washin~ton, a statue representing and in memory of one of the fathers of Texas, &ud statue, before being placed in said Hall By Mr. TIRRELL: Petitions of A. G. Durgin, D. C._O'Connor, of Statuary, to be approved by a commission consisting of the governor, comp­ F. B. Morse, A. S. Spofford, and others, urging the reduction of troller, and attorney-general. the tax on alcohol used in medicinal preparation-to the Commit­ In pursuance of the re olution, a contract has been made and entered into by The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, with the approval of the commis­ tee on Ways and Means. sion, for the execution of a statue of ~tephen F. Austin. Afterwards the By Mr. WANGER: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temper­ legislature of the State of Texas made an appmpriation for the execution of ance Union of New Hope, Pa., to prohibit liquor selling in Gov­ a statue of Gen. Sam Houston, also to be placed in t he other of the spaces allotted to Texas in said Hall. Both of these said sta,tues will be compl~ted ernment buildings, etc.:_to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor and ready for presentation to Congress on December 1, 1903. Traffic. I have the honor, therefore1 as governor of the State of Texas, to pr~9nt to the Government of the Umted States, throu~h tl:e Congress, the sta.t11.es Also, petition of Edwin Lonsdale, Benjamin Dorrance, Robert of the distinguished statesmen named, and to ask that they may be assigned Craig, and other citizens of Montgomery, Luzerne, and Philadel­ spaces in the Hall dedicated to such uses at the CapitoL phia counties, Pa., for the early consideration of a bill to amend Very respectfully, the tariff law with respect to certain articles-to the Committee JOSEPH D. SAYERS, on Ways and Means. Govenw1· of the State of Texas. By Mr. WILCOX: Petition of 312-leprous citizens at Kalaupapa, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Texas Molokai, Territory of Hawaii, in support of House bill6561, to pro­ desire to have the communication referred? vide a reservation for leprous persons-to the Committee on the Mr. CULBERSON. I ask that no reference be made. Territories. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It requires none. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of executive committee of the In­ Mr. CULB:E:RSON. As I statedamomentago,atapropertime terstate Commerce Law Convention, favoring the passage of on some future day-appropriate resolutions will be offered ::..nd bills to increase the jurisdiction and powers of the Interstate their considt:ration asked by the Senate. Commerce Commission-to the Committee on Interstate and For­ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. eign Commerce. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed SENATE. the following bills: A bill (S. 473) granting an increase of pension to Mabery H. :MoNDAY, January 12, 1903". Presley; Prayer by Rev. F. J. PRETTYMAN, of the city of Washington. A bill (S. 484) granting an increase of pension to Fletcher J. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings Walker; of Thursday last, when, on request of Mr. FAIRBANKS, and by A bill (S. 921) granting a pension to Joanna Rogers; unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. A bill (S. 1299) granting an increase of pension to Ambrus U. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour­ Harrison: nal will stand approved. A bill (S. 1300) granting a pension to Judson N. Pollard; A bill (S. 1479) granting an increase. of pension to Thomas L. GOVERN~IE4 T PROPERTY AT PORT ROYAL~ S.C. Caughey; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ A bill (S. 1739) granting an increase of pension to WilliamS. munication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pur­ Frost; suant to law, certain information relative to the state and condi­ A bill (S. 2353) granting an increase of pension to Almond tion of Government property at Port Royal, S. C., etc.; which, Partridge; with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on A bill (S. 2545) granting a pension to William Johnston; ;Naval Affaii·s, and ordered to be printed. A bill (S. 2646) granting a pension to Justus L. Denton; DISEASES OF TROPICAL COUNTRIES. A bill (S. 3035) grantinganincreaseof pension to Elias Brewster; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ A bill (S. 3365) granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Miller; letter from the Surgeon-General of the United States ·Public A bill (S. 3397) granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. F.Balth and Marine-Hospital Service inclo ing copies of the re- Walker;