Show FOUGHT OVER PENSIONS debate in the house that promises to continue ROW OVER appropriations several amendments offered to the pension bill by john allen alien ot of sis sippi to correct its lie ha said some glading gladin evils in connection with the granting of pensions northern democrats via with republicans public ans in professing friendship for or the old soldier I 1 washington dee dec 9 tho home today entered upon the con consideration 0 of f the pension appropriation bill and stirred no it a debate that promises to continue for several days several of tho the Son southern thern democrats offered critt clams of oe various cl es of oc pensioner 8 and private john allen alien ot of mississippi who 1 ird I tile assault in it a speech replete with his hl character characteristic istl e humor hum or presented ed a feiles of amendments designed as ho he said to 0 o correct some of tile the most glaring blaring evin evil they lIst tho the grantin ing ot of pensions to A widows idov a whose applications were iero not fulcd flied dullni their widowhood dow dov hood and tho the granting ot of pensions pension 4 to widows NI dois applications w were arc tre based on marriages contracted otter tile tho passage of this act and to permanently insane or idiotic minors who had bleached leached their the northern democrats Demo crata however vied with nith the republicans in their pro fessio fe salons nj of friendship for or the soldiers and one ot of them mr ilir norton of ohio declared that the co could uld not make the bill too lario large tor for djin it wa was i admitted on both sl sides de ot of the house douse during the discussion that the carried by tile tho bit bill I 1 tor for pen would not cover the expenditures but as congress congre 4 would be lit in session mr cannon said aali it would be easy t to 0 make good any deficiency that might occur COMPARING THO THE ESTIMATE mr stone in chargo chnrei ot of the bill yielded ed to mr cannon chairman ot of the committee on an appropriations who to goolt k occasion to make a general statement n t at 0 tho the estimate estl matei submitted by the secretary of 0 the tha treasury for the public service ot of 1399 for the purpose he said of 0 dis abusing tte minds of 0 members ind of the country or of the false im impression made by a comparison of ct these estimates with those of preceding years the estimated revenues revenue a for were il the expenditures uw an estimated deficit of under the last sunday civil act tho the secretary of tile the treasury he pointed out ut was waa to estimate cell mate this year for of river find and haib gaibor work of malch tt alch had not been a authorized by law it this surn sum not heretofore included in the estimates estimate Ls w were ere deducted there would be an e estimated surplus of SS tSOO OCOl instead I 1 of the deficit last year the estimated deficit under the last tariff act was f it if the for river and ha harbor abor work for or which ithe Covern government ment then stood bound had ile been on included the estimated I 1 deficit would have been COST or OF PENSIONS mr cannon said bald it might be that the expenditures tor for rons pensions lons tor for 1898 1999 would exceed tile the estimates the commits commissioner 0 of pensions estimated the expenditures tures at it lie he should prove to be right mr cannon pointed out tile the Wo appropriated by bill bould pay fill all pensions for the first eleven months tit of the lh fiscal year and a deficiency lallon could be easily cosily made in conclusion mr cannon 6 solemnly e I 1 was bained ned tile the bouie that hat the large ar go anticipatory importations would roe hep P the revenues under the present law down to the minimum and he ap appealed pen led to his colleagues to seo see to it that thal while the public service eel vice Is supplied with money not one dollar la Is appropriated which Is not absolutely necessary best interests of the public service this stater statement ont ot of mr cannon was wainly applauded on oft the republican side bide mr allen alien acm dem hiss attacked mr Cannon 3 sta in rl a speech in which there were flashes Iris hes of ills inimitable bl humor that set the house into a roar ot of laugh laughter tet lie ile gravely commended mr air Catir cannons sons appeal for acono economy but avowed that the figures of 0 the miln of 0 the appropriations lotions c committee 0 T n did not do the situation jus t c e ile he produced figures that showed an estimated deficit tor for the next year 0 f INCREASE IN TIIE ROLL lie he retorted to tho increase in tho the pension roll under the pres pre nt administration tra Lr tion atlon and ridiculed ridicule d the iden ot of a decrease brer 40 unless tile the increase inci ease eake was mas to be attributed DAU to the exigencies of 0 the recent I 1 t in ohio lie iio read eions commissioner livani evans testimony before ithe A ions committee pred predicting let I 1 ng a deficit of front from to SIM 00 in is pension during tile tha next fiscal vear veal the mali mav linum nuni had nol lot yet been le ached this eu allon estion ot of the maximum of 0 tile wi winolon lolon roll mr air allen alien is s one of oc the things that haa bas protracted my stay in when I 1 first came here they were talking of 0 the maxil maximum luni I 1 stayed ten tell or fiftena years to see it but it has not yet come still and I 1 burns I 1 will havo a yo I 1 to lomo om back alss a Y 1 it 1 sir mr allen alien directed the bat ot of bi ills s humor at the dingley law us As a revenue venue producer picturing the intense anxiety of 0 the chairman ot of the ways anil and means committee at the extra sess ress S to ge get t a bin bill on the matut books t that h at w would a 1 d strike a bwl alce between tho the receipts c e apts and expenditures and pre s r another brabon ot of anxiety on M I 1 sir r D InK leys part next spring and another extra session called for tile the same purpose mr it allen alien some losses classes of af pf ranted Ir i in conclusion lie he spoke of 0 the hardships this great tax baiden tin den placed on the penile of the south who were lie he said being relentlessly burdened by the cold standard und and 4 cent cotton mr dr armond dem mo followed vt ith some additional ci ItI cisin nt f some gome of 0 the classes on the pension ro rolls mr larey inep la Is defended the present liberal pension policy ALLEN TELLS A STORY when hen mr lacoy lacey concluded mr atten alten not got the floor flon rand and disclaimed any in ot of attacking the federal soldiers of oc the tha pension colbi lint he said he not but marvel at the fact that names wore no now on the rolls and that thero werf appet in the pension office there had been but 22 men in th the e fedral federal or agniv V and I 1 he 1 e was KOS refined of it ft meet t ang between an ex confederate rosears and an E arx X at the blue bine and tho the ray gray reunion they acre f themselves on the disappearance of 0 all hostility it if there should be b another war sall said th ex federal we will tr be stand ing shoulder to shoulder under on one fluff bar 1 I will 1111 but you wont retorted the cx what do you mean asked aked the ex federal L locally c gaily you are arc disabled laughter mr mcrae dem ark advocated the transfer of tile the pension orace to tho the war department where it would be ol 01 out t of politics leg mr W A smith rep midi licit paid MM he would make tile the pension it a vested right it lie to had the power I 1 mr ill r norton dem dein 0 declared thai at it was not the democratic sido uc of atille the house which way was assaulting tile the p pension c roll ile hn ch arged that amri tsi n lioner ivans both on the re and before tile tho pension committee commit creots c had advocated a law that would bere hereafter after cut ort off the he widow and the orphan re he protested his ti fl lend ship tor for the old soldier NORTON bonton NOT AFRAID ihrl Il brani rl on it lour pension bill he ha crl d addressing ald reil r the republic republican can tide ide ilalio it 01 high as you dare arsi and it will hae the vote viila ol of ever every northern on oil tills meyer dem ind and C amp tell dem ill submitted brief reli narks in favor of liberal pensions mr hepbur rep la replied to some of tile the of the pension roll which cam callif bioni the other side ile he was waa especially severe in it hla is condemnation do dem nation of a lemack of mr N orton norton aich lie ho characterized as monstrous the statement was to the effect that tit the regulations of the hensl n office compelled fiust soldiers sold lera lers to stand orr the rejected bejec fed list or commit moral and nd legal perjury to leach those soils mr norton disclaimed having if used se d t the he word most with A eban change g is 0 of f that word to many lie ho said he stood by that statement the pension office required testimony hichi was waa nor noi I 1 in a existence ile he stood ready mr norton said to aid in sweeping awa away these leso regulations while your baity had the prel pit 1 d flancy ency and the senate and the house I 1 mr stone slone rep pa why ully did you not lemerdy some ot of the prin cli los when god or the country had the misfortune to give the only democratic president we hive had since tb the civil war replied mr norton we found it too late lie ile belonged to you and you owned him democratic applause remedies do not be beffle in with the die president nh mald mr fr stone but with congress why did a Democrat io con cress do nothing to reduce tile the pension roll it does doea not pe le in your to complain republican applause if we committed a wrong why should you yon sit by supinely anil and not kech block to tc correct dent a bratle applause and republican jeers T mr hepburn denied that lie he hal had put any words lit in mr nortons Nor tons mouth on the contrary lie ho insisted that lie had bad heard the wold woid alost I most lost and that ho he 11 as corroborated by all ali tho the members about him and by the rc e loiters poi tors notes tho the gentleman from oni ohio with N ith all his boosted boasted courage couri gc N was as trying to run atway from tho the tout foul slander lie he had uttered at this point uio the committee rose roae and tho the house adjourned jo jour ned PENSIONS IN ill THE SENATE porty forty five private bills wore were passed by upper house washington dec 9 the senate did a considerable amount of busin business mis today although no atry important measures nero cre considered or passed pa asel and there was very little debate senator gailinger GaI JInger chairman of the flie committee on oil pensions pension called attention to th tha demand for private pension and nd ted senators tv iv bo be care careful fulI la n the future to see that their bills for pens pensions pe lons were meritorious before they cerp nc rp inthir cintr dued an attempt vaa waa mady made by mr mcbride to secure an appropriation fur for the I 1 he relief of the Klund lRe miners but tile the net result was a resolution calling on the secretary ot of war for all ajl information lie had on thab th lt subject an hour was d dt voted to consides con consideration fotion or 0 private pension bills bill and to forty r I 1 y five avro ucro passed the i evolution ot of th ang Ila committee asking it lh format for matlon I 1 on regarding repard lii tho sale of 0 tile the pacific lic abts v n passed millert hlen g RAVO gitre senator gear ot at iowa anil senator thurston of 0 slat on an opportunity to mako short ail speeches ehas congratulating the country upon tho the settled settlement ent of 0 th railroad question some come wor work was waa laid out for next we week ek senator carter seen securing rang the light ot of way ii sion oil day and Tu tuesday eolay for or hla his cebaus bill and senator lodge lodde had the tion bul bill made tha unfinished busl business nen during the he week eel durin the ile b hour allowed t to ocon sider private pension bum bills und unda r the special order forty five bills were parsed tn tb 0 of thorn them being tor for increased increase In to pensions slow now received and tb es at p in the senate adjourned un tit monday in and about congress ahn house com commett mitt on nn indian affairs atia a backun lia ila of the iho looss loma in tile indian territory Terr llory ILL li 14 understood that for the th present tifrit vill tic be no effort to tako take up alln finan in cial legislation on tho the floor of tho house senator moor hoar presented a petition to th the senate by 2120 I 1 ha 4 wadlin leiting tho the uon ilion of hawryl tho bankruptcy bill will be rc PArted by chairman henderson of the Judic larV co committee m hinitt belford tho the hollday holli liy occoa but will ri i not aft b rijken up by the coimo until abier the rece Mw mars rs of now ow york curtic a of f hannaa vischer of new york 0 of f and of georgi havo have ban Is RI xi as thu tho sub on tho indian indian appropriation bill tho the resolution presented by tho th pacific railroad rall road botn suling nuking th taft ator nty ney enral for information concerning tho the kianoa kan oi pacific railroad was adopted adois tea by tho the senate yeal ahn preparation of III taft indian pria privation pr lotion tion bill will begin f in tho she committee oi on indian A atal and probably pro bibly tho bill will bo be reported to tho cionno parly early in january in tho the homo mr Fl orning or of has it ft bill authorizing an lit ln n of the books accounts nc count and of railroads which have received uld lud front the iho united senator or of lollI slana has had in t rodl iced 0 bill for it a avilon I 1 ev ilon of the air g ant laws the ho feature of w chittim h ts is ahn plit elliK of alio llio th regulations in the iho hands ot of thu ilia national |