The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-11
THE HOUSE IN AN UPR0AR.
HARRY WHITES W.IR SPEECH AND ITS
EFFECT UPON mr.. TURNER
Hot Words thnt Nearly Led 60 Blows over q
$500 War aim-Why n Cienched Fist
WA. shaken In Mr.. whites Pace - The
Bankrupt Lnw-Thurmnns Amendment.

importers Tor excess OF deposits Tor uuhscOr-
tanned duties. or for duties or other moneys
paid under protest shall be paid from time TO
time as ascortancd, regardless OF the time OF
the original payment thereof with the interest
and costs legally due. out Of the permanent an
nual appropriation for that purpose. Referred
Mr. Willis Dom. y. W. Chairman OF the
Committee on Naval Expenditures. presented
testimony taken by that committee, accompa-
MED by resolutions recommending an appro-
priaiion Of 1876 for tho payment Of GER
tain claims against the Navy Department. and
directing the do facto Secretary Of the Navy to
cancel certain contracts. amounting in the az
gregatc TO t3.G0OO0O Made the special order
for May 25
, Mr.. Cabcll Dom. VA reported bill to aid
the Dismal swamp Canal Company in improv-
ing its canal. Referred TO Committee Of the
Whole. 1T guarantees tho payment 10y the Gov
crnmcnt OF tho interest Of tho bonds Of tho
company TO an amount not exceeding tiU0 ,OO0.l
The House went into Committee OF the Whole
on tho private calendar and tho pending busi-
ness. the William and Mary College bill. was
passed over without action. Mr. Goode Dem.
Va stating that he would not pross the bill this
session.
The next hill was ono appropratng $4,000 to
pay Richard Heater OF Virginia for stores and
supplies taken by the United States army.
Mr.. Keifcr Rep. Ohio said that Heater had
son in the Union army.
Mr.. Bragg Dom. Wis., said that he had been
in Virginia during the war. and had never
heard Of citizen u that state who was loyal to
the Union. Loyalty thcro meant loyalty 10
Virginia
Mr.. Hunton Dem. Va said that during the
war there had been a number of people in
Virginia who remained AZ loyal 10 the Union
as any ono north Of the Potomac
81. A.
fact that those war claims were al defeated
because the Republican party was seeking to
make party capital by claiming that the Con-
federatc House was sotng to pay enormous war
Mr.. Thornhursh tRop Tenn advocated the
bill There had bcen no distinction made by
fne ynIo9 army s a9rH snh 6' war between iss
He WIS in favor OF paying the claims Of South
i ay, w na nuIq 9y" e AMEN No mo P9
or pending. would not amount 10 one-tenth Of
hclosses Sustained by them
speech made al Marietta in August 1915. by
John sherman, in which he stated that a hun
Republican party for loyal Var claims. Taking
that statement IN connection with the adms-
sion Just made that not onc-tenth ~ the claims
had been laid. IL would seem that II the Re-
publicans obtained n majority Ia the House
they would pny out nine hundred millions OF
Mr.. Thorrhqreh explained that Nc, aone-tcnth
rise TO Il coiloquy between Mossrs. Thornburgh
McMahon and keiicr, in tho course OF which
Mr.. Mcmahon accused Mr.. Keller Of advocating
The passpge ~ these bills and then stumping
ONO nnd masNnT party capital ny talking about
suggestion came from a spirit that lay deer. in
as BOSOM sPirit OF demagoguery Mr. Nc
league and Of the Republican side oi the House
~ the maiicr Of war claims had been unveiled
he Mr. NJ ihahonl had never voted Tor paying
the claim OF either loyal or a disloyal man.
MIR. Goode said that most Of these war claims
came from men who had been really loyal tothe
llgSp a NOT 90 NNb had
cepted H. result as i9e iato q war. Applause
Mr.. Cahell said that tho great mass Of the
Southern people, when they assentCd 10 the Sc
cession movement, had burned the bridges be-
hind them, ana never expected 10 ask Congress
io,pay them FOR ther Losses.
temperate side ought not TO present or 10 sus-
Mr.. White Rep, Pa made speech about the
eurerlngs ol southern loyalists IN Libby
Mr.. Hunton denied cmphntically that any un.
necessary or ayQldable privaiions had been
imposed upon Federal prisoners IN Confederate
hands. and imputed 10 the Federal Government
the blame Tor such priyatons IN refusing 70
allow the exchange Of prisoners He regretted
Mr.. THOMPSON tRsp" Pa expressed his HUI
initiation AZ what he called the unstatesmun-
like and uupatri0tic reason given hy Mr.. Fin
ley fer not voting for any Of these war claims.
ne MT thompson was ready and willing 10
who had Stood Ree and in the son6
as unbent as thelr native pines; who had been
spotted .Qr tholr loyalty and had been perse-
Mr.. Hunton challenged Mr.. Thompson to in
stance such cases.
that n southern kcprcsrntatiye would either
present or UPHOLD any mudu'ent lain, The
people OF the South wore poor. They had been
tereit OF their property and had little left but
their good h0mc. Ninety nine out Of every
who during tho war had been known rs
Southern oyallsts, and their claims should not
nov be called rebel war elaine
Mr.. Thomson spoke IN support Of the bill.
md asserted That the Republican party had
been mnagnanlnous in regard to these claims;
Mr.. White mado another speech about the
prisons. but denied that he had any desire to
stir w angry passions. As he became more
ANA more excited in his manner gostlculating
,G Sn@ moRS 2ff TO- H te ara t9
hTeeteId ir@m that SIDE ,With Iecri9T shouts Of
ddcaT"d that Re %s IHady 10 ' Eos issue
raised by the gentleman from Virginia Mr.
Mr yanee Dem. y c. asked him whether
h. had been In mo southern army.
Mr.. Whll" said he had been ia the Northern
hands Of tn Confederate army. H. therefore
knew what he asserted, and he repeated that
from eastern Tennessee had boon deliberately
starved in rebel prisons
NJ Demorratic sido called out that Mr.
Whlle'7 TIM, h&i,d rXplred and lhr Chairman So
voice nmld mo greatest qproar IN" only auil,
ne scn,'n'r IN ms speech being To the effect
spoons hity 81 the Federal government for the
tuIrrns7 81 ,det"l prisoners III Confederate
MIR Turner Dom. Ky advanced toward Mr.
Whiie, an !, N'h ms rlrnrhrd H. N me lattrrs
lacc d%nend"di TO- know wHy hr did NOT t TX
=, The Chairman Ilied h,7 gay"l and called for
the 3grE""ni,Alm7 nG' ,hf v?o,r-hwy9SdiGd
nd Tarn~r 6adk to- ana . Sa AT sor
time quiet was rr'ornd. the discussion was
the bill t. the House with u commentator