The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-01
HOUSE.
ssad Cloud agency.

Speaker Kerr laid before the House
message from the President, urging the
necessity of an Immediate appropriation
to supply the deficiency at the Red
Cloud Indian Agency.
Mr. Randall, Chairman OF the Com
mittee ON Appropriations, said the COM
mittee had considered tho subject, and
had been unable to procure the lnforma-
tlon Gecmed essential. The committee
had. therefore, reported the resolution
adopted by the House, requesting
the President to detail an army officer
to 20 to the Red Cloud Agency and re-
p,'t on the causes OF the deh.
cheney. Unless the report of
that officer was unressonaoiy
DELAYED he thought the committee
might wait for it, There had been gross
frauds connected with that agency, and
there also had been disregard OF law;
but ii the President deemed the matter
Of sufficient in poTtsnce to send II com
munication to Congress on the subject,
. the Committee on Appropriations would
/ proceed at once to consider 1t.
Mr.. Banning then inquired whether
army officers had been sent out.
Mr. Randall-The President SO states.
The message WAS then referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. BeeIe made Il motion to rcccmmit,
whirs. after motion, he Withdrew.
Passed. yeas. IL; nay, 81.
On notion If Mr.. Hunter the House
wen. into Committee of the Whole, Mr..
/ Blackburn in the chair, on bill grant
inr pensions to the soldiers o. the war
of 1872; the question beiog on motion
to strike out oul section relating TO pen
( SION rolls tho namef OF persons stricken
;herrfrom on account o. sympathy with
the rebellion. MIR. Neal advocated the
motion to strike out and Mr. Blame op-
/ posed,
Mr. jerks moved to amend the soc
/ tiou bv providing that no arrears OF pen
sous saali be paid for any portion OF the
/ time during the eI,ste nee Of the rebeI-
/ lion t. any ono sho either participated
/ in the rebellion or held any Office under
the Southern Coniederucy. He made an
argument in support Of hi. amendment.
/ lie thought j.. tar - say tina. from one
to two sco.. million OF dollars DC WAS
not are but taat he ought 10 LAY three
score was involved in tue Till. When
tue bill suould come back to the House
lie wou q move to re commit II 10 the
/ Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Mr. Cook insisted that by the decision
! Of the Supreme Court, the whole question
of the right of these pensioners to be re
stored to the pension rolls had been set
tied. and that after the Presidents :
! PROCLAMATION. ~ the CLOSE of the rebellion,
all legal rights were restored.
Mr. Kssson said that a very large
/ annual sum of money, and very con-
siderable amount Tor arreages depended
on the passage OF the bill. The estimate
of the commissioner OF pensions, based
I on the bill as originally reported, wa'
! that II would require the annual payment
of $2l40.0O0 He added that by the
pecunsr phreseologv of the bill all who
had served in the Mexican and lndlsn
wars would be entitled to pensions.
Mr.. Dunnell advocated the bill He
thOaght that he House ought to come
to a compromise on the measure, and
that fair, Just and generous compro
mise would oe 10 restore 10 the pension
rolls those who had been stricken OF, and
to le; arresrages drop. The bill. II the
srrearsges were made part OF 1t, could
never pass the Senst'.
Mr.. Hu-,hert ssd he was Wiling 10
sirna!lze this tine by restoring 10 the
pension rolls tho.e who had been dropped
( during the rebellion, not because they
/ de,erved il. but because he wished the
magnanim;tv of the nation 10 stand W.
questioned before the world Bu: when
he was asked to vote for paying the ar
raars of pensions he refused to do it, and
be believed that the pubic sentiment OF
th- country would never bear with any
such pa,tering with the plain princip!es
of Justice. There was an impression on
the public mind that this carefully vorded
and skil.:ully mausLei bill w.' but
the entering wedge - other claims oi
vast amount. " haneyer this bill WAS
altered as 70 be confined SIMPLY - the
restoration Of these ? nIon'r .o.hero.ls.
1t would have his support, but hot TIL
then.
Mr.. Caswell remarked that he would
vote for the bill if it were GIvested OF Its
sb,ecuonab!e features. but them in
it. he regarded the bill Il; departor0
from every sound principle Of justice
Mr.. HooLe, advocated the passage Of
the bill. and said that he had hoped ihsi
in this Centennial yesr. TIE American
people would manifest desire t. 'a7ow
mantle Of oblivion over tae pasi.
ASpiry Speech.
Mr. Vance regarded tse opposlto' 70
the bill as essentially TO the soldiers 3: 10
the plain men of the south VINO mad taken
up arms against the government. ibe
war had not commenced among them,
/ bu, in the House and Senate. and that