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Show PENSION TOR MRS M'KINLEY. Measure Passed Unanimously, After an Animated Debite. Washington April 12 -The House today pusrcsl the bill granting a pen slon to the widow ot President Me-Klnlo) Me-Klnlo) of ftVOOO a )enr It had previously previ-ously passed lho Senate and now gve to the President for alnnature Although Al-though favorable ni Hon on the mens uro was unanimous nn lnqulr) b) Mr Hell of Colorado as to the precedents for such action led lo nn niilirwtetl dls-curslou dls-curslou BELL TV.I.KS HP PRECEDENT Mr Bell said ho would not object, but he considered the prtiedent nbso-Intel) nbso-Intel) wion nnd Indefensible The widow. In this case hi said had an Independent Income the huslwind's os-tato os-tato linemen ) I ok at J210 0O0 und being understood to Include valuable milling stocks Mi Bell said many widows of old soldletn weio without pensions mid he tefoned lo the number of widow u who could be assisted b) tho uinuilut of this ono pension OROSVENOH ANSWERS. Mr Giomouor unswetod with considerable con-siderable feeling Ho paid a tribute to the beauty of character of Mrs Mc-Klnlc) Mc-Klnlc) unci expressed iiFtonlshineut that an) member of Congiosn should view this pension In nn) venal spirit and should pinimw going to the Probate Pro-bate court to loam whether the widow could sustain berpclf Mr. Grnsvenor characterized such methods as those ot a 'coroner's Jur) ' It wus tho firm tlmo In the history of such legislation ho sild tbnt time ever was found a man with the sentiment of n Shylmk, standing on the bildgo mid estimating tho amount ot properly that the widow might h iv e BELL EXPLAINS. " Mr. Bell explained that ho 1ml mnde no objection to the pension He merely mere-ly called attention to tho lick of pen-slons pen-slons for many widows of hilinblo soldiers, sol-diers, thin amount being siifllclent to give $8 pension ft inontli to tlfty-two widows Ml. Richardson ot Tennesseo and several other Democratic members ppoke for the bill us In lino of precedent. prece-dent. Sir Kleberg of Texas, an cx-Confcderuto cx-Confcderuto soldier, supporting It on the ground that President McKlnley had wiped out the last vestige, of ixc-tlonnllsm. ixc-tlonnllsm. The ilii) was devoted to private pension blllB, 177 being passed, clenrlng the calendar of bills of this churacter. |