Show AGAINST WIDOWS PENSIONS Iho House toiiiiiillteo llppon 1 kernel to the Logan Icimlon WAsniNQTov Jan 18rho bills granting cnsions to Mrs Logan and Mrs Blair widow of General frauds Dlalr were de foaled this morning in limo House Com rtt on Invalid Pensions Ihera were two absentees Pidcock and Hllsborry When tho committee met tho members were arrayed on party lines seven Democrats voting against and live Kenubllcaus in favor tl y fsavg of the bills Adverse majority reports on the Logan and Blair bills will bo made by wopo and lanlbco rospcotlvoly and I favorable minoritj reports by Con Rem and Morrill It is under ood that tho basis of opposition to the bills is tho reluctance on tho part of tho majority of tho committee to n continuance of tho policy of granting high pensions to wIdows of officers who did l not die from inju rica roooived in service The only precedents hliir lassing such bills are found in the eosn of tIre widows and families of Admiral Farm gut Generals Hancock Ihonias and Grant arid a majority of tho commltteo believe i toO to-O bad policy to follow these precedents in view of tho faot that thero nro about 100 surviving widows of officers who would then be entitled to pensions who are now exuded ex-uded by general law |