Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-28
SOME WELI.-TIMED AND COUR
AGEOUS WORDS IN BER ALE
or WEST POINT


Honorable Mr. Uurlburt of the Fourth
District OF Illinois: stephen A. Hufi-
hr,rt. Of BeIyidere, was born Al Charles
ton. South Carolina, November ~ $50;
was thoroughly and literally educated'
studied law and vas admitted TO the bar
in 1897: removed to Illinois. settling 81
Be,yidere, where ne has since resided:
was elected as Wing to the ConstitJl-
tional Convention of Illinois in 1877;
"a, Presidential Hector On the Wing
ticket in 1913; was member of the State
LEGISLATURE in 1859. 81 and 81: was
Presidential E.ector at large on tbs Re
publican ticket IN 1865; was appointed
Bricalier Gensral of Volunteers, dating
from Nav -, 1861; commanded the
Fourth Division at PittsIUrg Landing IN
1862: va. promoted Major General IN
September 1852: was assigned to tee
command Of the Sixteenth Army Corps
4. Memphis, and to the command OF the
Department of the Gulf IN lst4-' %;
was houorably mustered out IN July 1865;
was Minister Resident 20 tbs United
States of Colombia from looJ TO ~;
VAS elected to tbs Forty-thiri Congress.
and was reelected 20 the Forty-tou-th
Congress a. Republican. receiving
SITS votes against SOB votes for tarnS-
worth, opposition. This Is all We kno"
Of thi. gentleman's history. We wish
va knew his life and performances more
intimately; for We are sure that al he
has done IN his public and private career
worthy Of such publicity as ma. Be
..iven to il IN these columns Oar atsen-
lion is row called 70 him by the report
Of Wednesdays proceedings III the
Houss Of Representatives The Com
nittee of the Whole House having under
consideration the West Point appEopEia-
ZION bill, whereby the estimates o. >i5'-
100 are cut down to S23l. 000,) and
Hamilton Of New Jersey having made
some violen. attacks upon the Academy,
HurIburt rose in his place and made one
of the mos. courageous, manly and out
spoken speeches of the session. We Ind
him reported as follows:
Hurlbu-. opposed the economic lea
lures of the bill and suggested tha' AZ 'he
time when his Hamilton . brother was
West Point cadet receiving twenty
eight dollars . month members OF Con-
10lt ia
ard !. mich. be economic for him ham
Il.op) to remit to the Treasury the sur
plus p.y which hs now received; IN MS
iudemeu. this bill struck dehoera'eiy;
-;IfnIIy and iCnorantly-au three 81
them. the well-bein5 OF great rs
-io..I institution. whose record was
clear to every nan IN the House: EVen
tbs gentleman from the South had At
tested the advantages OF the great Train
NO ard high teaching Of that institution
in Lee. and Lonsstrsst, and SLOVENIAN
J,cEsor The question directly Wa.
-ba,ber he acaGe,ny should be main
famed on that liberal, benign ioohng
which its importance demanded ana
which tie dignity Of the nation required
lie yenlurei TO say that the members o!
he Committee on Appropriations G!u
NOT know how many clerks there were IL
the institution to be provided for Inc,
had undertaken 10 strike, with one awK
ward. left handed. coNsrdiy blow, 3
men whom the nation had sent there tt
be educated. not fcr thslr own benen
but for that of tie raiion- lie ~arl4St
tIe gentlemen OF that committee ii-e
.bsre was no institution o. IBIS eoait1t,
winch thew hai better he more careit-l II
interfering xIih Than the hsss f0.n
Military Academy There hai eceh
,ipae when II might have been popular .
interfere with Il. bJI. that tile was pas
Huriburt criticised the attempt OF TN
,oumi,tss gu Appropriations 10 doc'
the West Poin: professors q 'e'
longevity allowance Ii he under''oo'
the chief principle 81 the civli servo
rstoru, It was shAt NAH VINO hasini
opcs acquired a Position ana ni.eh
hororably was entitled to remain the:
nndisturbei and embarrassed ana !
nave hi. rank and pay increased accord
ING To the ,iuIs of bis service. Ina. va
the principle which had prevailed IN 10
army As regards officers. One o. IN
West Point professors had been tEeI
fo,tv-ssyeu ysars - the Professor q
Mathematics, a man admitted On =
hands 70 be the very highest scIeniin
authority and to have tie most sinS1ia
f.eUlsy for communicating knowiedSe
That gentleman by his long continuanc
IN the service and by his diligence \
well-doing was entitled to e4,ooo' wnic
ME Committee on Appropriations no'
proposed to Gus down. That commistee
which had the whole interests OF IL
United States committed to Its charge
ceuld not possibly be expected to kno'
directly the things 1t was acting upon
He (HurIburtl looked upon the Law nj
lag the pay and emolumen's OF arm
oticers as among the contracts OF IN