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mauity. Though personally tenacious of the rights
OF Individual members, he could no. vote to re-

OF iEdlvldual memOeT5, Ne Couiu uo' fote " re-
| ceive it,
Senator Sawyer said that the Arlington estate,
like thousands OF acres OF property in the South,
had been forfeited and sold at public sale for the
on-payment OF taxes, and boughtby the United
States in the absence of any memorial from Mrs.
Lee. He regarded the contemplated inquiry as
utterly worthless, since the facts he had stated
were well known and needed no verncation.
Senator Salisbury dIsapproved Of that part OF
the resolution looking to the removal OF the
graves from Arlington, but he could not see tn at
the merits OF the cause In which General Lee was
engaged were at all in controversy. Heregarded
the question as one simply Of the ability Of the
senator 10 exercise his right to introduce busi-
ness.
Senator Nye said the unseemiy haste.in certain
quarters to restore traitors 10 favor could result
in no good. Tie verdict OF 10 day and OF pos
terlty is and will be that General Lee was O
traitor.
Senator flanagan, In some general remarks
spoke OF General Lee as the great traitor of the
age. whose influence had carried into the rebe J.
lion the flower OF Southern youth.
Senator Davis remarked that the other great
traitor still live and in the light OF recent event
it was not unreasonable to expect au early move
10 make him the President.
Senator Sumner desired that parliamentary law
should be administered upon the present occasion
with the utmost rigor, with view to the most
summary disposition Of the resolution. he had
nothing 10 say OF General Lee except that his
name stood upon the catalogue OF those who
lad imbrued their hands In tleir cJuntry's blood.
He was content 70 hand him over to the avenglng
pen Of history. lie regarded the resolution Us IN
dicatIve Of the sentiments Of the political asso-
ciates Of the senator from Kentucky and as pre-
figuring the policy they would establish should
they obtain power "a policy which was
to take tile Old rebellion by the hand,
anu to install 1T in the high places OF power.
Could he make his voice heard from Mas
sachuseits to louisiana, IL would be to warn
his fellow-countrymen, especially OF the South,
against that combination which now showed its
hand In the proposition OF the senator from en-
lucky. lie slated that he was present when Sec
retary Stanton gave the order for the interment
of the dead bodies OF the Union. soldiers at Ar.
lington, an that Stanton stated at the time that
his purpose in selecting the place was TO forever
prohibit tile reinstatement OF the Lee family there;
that II they did come, they might encounter the
ghosts OF their victims lie quoted the epitaph
above the grave OF Shakespeare, which he now
proposed to write above the grave of every one OF
Cur patriot dead:
Good friend, for Jesus sake fOrlear,
To dig the dust enclosed here,
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
Aud curst be lie that moves my bones"
Senator McCreery stated that the resolution
was in no sense an embodiment OF Democratic
sentiment. but had been submitted upon his In
dividual responsibility without cons Iltation with
his colleagues. He then asked leave to withdraw
the resolution, which was refusei. Finally per-
mission to Introduce 1t was also refused.
HOUSE.
+. In the House the frankng privilege was
abolished, but the papers were allowed free ex-
changes, and the circulation OF weekly and semi.
weekly papers within the ountles where publish
cd Vote, 1903 to 65 The bill was then passed.
The ways and means committee were directed
to inquire into the proprety OF taxing manulac-
tured tobacco uniformly at sixteen cents.
Butler presented the petition Of two thousand
New Englanders asking non-lntcrcourse with
Canada for alleged fishery outrages.
Two vlrglnlans were relieved or their disabii-
ties, after which the House adjourned.
The committe on ways and means heard dele
gates from the Virginia National Tobacco Con.
yention. The impression exists that no material
change will be made In the tobacco tax.