Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-02-25 | Page 4 | Senator Scott Pleads for the Pension Bill

SENATOR SCOTT PLEADS FOR THE PENSION BILL Gives Notice That He Will Make an Effort to Have Measure Passed Next Week. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The Sulloway ponsion bill will not be lost sight of In the senate if Senator Scott of West Virginia Vir-ginia can preyent . that fate overtaking It. He gave notice that each day next week he would make an effort to -gc: the measure before the body. "While." said Mr, Scott, "wo hove been satisfied and the galleries hnvc beer highly entertained by the speeches, to which we have been listening, a grea' many old soldiers have died. I hope that It will be the pleasure of the senate t allow me to crown my twelve years of service here by passing this bill in the interest of my old comrades." "Notwithstanding it cat's for an annua' appropriation for $55,000,000," remarked Senator Bailey. The West Virginian would not admit that the expenditure under the bill would be. more than 530.000.000. Declaring thai tho passage of the Sulloway bill would increase the annual expenditure for pensions pen-sions to more than $200,000,000. Mr. Bailey said he could not consent to such an additional ad-ditional expenditure.