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Show I In the House. "WASHINGTON, April 9. Tho recent executive order of the President relating relat-ing to age as evidence of pensionable disability today furnished the text for an impassioned appeal by W. Bourke Coclcran of New York to the members 1 of the House to uphold tho dignity of that body by refusing to submit to what he alleged to be usurpation of the legislative authority of Congress by the Executive. In anticipation of Mr. Cockran's speech almost every seat on the lloor was occupied, and the galleries wero filled to overflowing. Mr. Coclcran held his audience throughout, and his remarks re-marks frequently were punctuated with loud applauso from both sides of the Ho characterized the President's Interpretation In-terpretation of the law as "hollow mockery and a play of words," and said that this was known by the man who wrote it, as shown by the order itself. He declared that Congress, on account of lt3 pusillanimous failure to do Its duty to itself had lost caste; so much so that tho newspapers of the country outside of Washington now print only a paragraph or two of Its proceedings. The action of the President, he salu, had been justified by the Secretary of the Interior by the precedent of President Cleveland, "but If that be so, then In (kid's name let us condennf that act of Cleveland's as vehemently as the act of any Republican President." The disposition dis-position to justify everything "because Mr. Cleveland did it." he said was the highest compliment that could be paid tn a man by Congress, but the confidence confi-dence which Mr. Cleveland enjoys, he osserted. only adds to the danger of the act and docs not lessen it. -t..,. Th President and Secretary of tho ttf Interior found warm supporters in Jc Messrs. Dalzell, Grosvcnor, Gibson, f CaHniiead. Laeey and Hepburn. The T first-named maintained that it made no iiiffor:iicc how many millions of dol-FtTHR dol-FtTHR lars were involved in the President's 1 1 'B ordc-r because the Secretary of the In- Kj trrior distributed the money voted by (at Congress pursuant to the rules of the H evidence established by the pension bu- -H'.'B reau. Mr. Grosvcnor believed that the havBj country and the old soldiers would ap- 0,H prove the order and that the money JJM, necessary for putting It into effect "W would be Included In the forthcoming deficiency bill. jjH ( The debate occurred on a resolution ijH introduced by Mr. Cockran directing t'rjHI tho committee on Judiciary to investl- r'4H gate the recent pension order. It had IJH J been reported from the Committee on Rules with a recommendation that It & 1H lie on the table, and this was adopted foj by the narrow majority of three votes. A-juW the Speaker having his vote recorded tsfWll ln 1110 affirmative. Three Republicans, At 1 Messrs. Cushman of "Washington, Llt- (Lofl llefleld of Maine and McCall of Mas- Kt-.tAi sachusetts. voted with the Democrats ihji V against tabling tho resolution. |