The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-11
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Democrats in Caucus on the
Florida Resolutions.
No Question 10 be Raised About the
Presidents Title.
Tho Southern Claims in the House.
Hot Words, Angry Gestures and a
Threatened Row.
GhostIy Skeletons from Anderson
vile Summoned 10 the Fray.
A Scene of Dissr.osful Disorder.
Mr.. Thurman's Amendment to the
Bankrupt Bill Passed.
The Bill as Amended Adopted by
the Senate.
Hot Words, Angry Gestures and
Threatened Row.
GhostIy Skeletons from Anderson.
vile Summoned 10 the Fray.
A Scene of Dissreoeful Disorder,
Mr.. Thurman's Amendment to th'
Bankrupt Bill Passed.
The Bill as Amended Adopted BY
the Senate.
SENATE.
ScNh1c.
WASHINGTON. May 10.

= SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
The Senate resumed consideration oi
lhe lbill to repeal the bankrupt law.
Mr.. Maxey favored repeal. He said
the House bill was perfect and he WaH
opposed to any appointments by the SEN
ate.
Mr.. Hill favored immediate repeal:
Mr.. McCreery said that the postpone
lnent OF the date Of repeal had very much
The appearance Of no repeal at al, and in
this view he was sustained by the leading
business men Of the country.
Pending further debate, the question
being on the amendment Of Mr.. Thurman
10 strike out July 1st 1879, and insert
September 1st, 1878, so that the repeal
shall take effect September 1st next, II
was agreed to-yeas q, nays2l
Mr.. Beck moved to amend by striking
out the words, on the first day Of Sep
tember, 1878, and insert in lieu thereof
from and after It's passage, 80 that the
repeal should take effect from and after
the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Thurman raised the point Of order
that the amendment could not be made,
the Senate having just inserted septem'
Der 1st.
The President pro TEN. overruled the
point Of order upon the ground that the
senator had the right to strike out the
words iust inserted and insert others in
lieu thereof.
The amendment OF Mr.. Beck was re-
jected-yeas %, noes "a.
The question then recurred on agreeing
10 the amendment OF the Judiciary Com
inittee as amended by Mr.. Thurman, and
II was agreed to-yeas 20, nays 81, and
The bill was passed. It now goes back TO
the House for tho concurrence OF that
body.
Mr.. Sargent submitted resolution
calling upon the Secretary Of the Treas
ury for information as to the circum-
stances under which the receipt Of depos.
its at the different mints for coinage into
trade dollars was suspended in October,
1877, together with copies OF all cores
pondence in relation thereto. Agreed to.
After an Executive session the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
A bill appropriating 800 to Richard
Heater, Of Virginia, for stores and sup.
pile. taken by the U. s. army, led to a
discussion.
s Mr.. Keiier advocated the bill, stating
that Heater had been loyal all through
the war and had a son In the Union army.
Mr.. Bragg opposed the bill. He had
been in Virginia during the war and
never heard Of citizen Of that State be.
ing loyal TO the Union. Loyalty in Vir-
ginia meant loyalty 10 Virginia.
Mr.. Hunton stated that during the war
there had been a number Of people in
Virginia who remained as loyal 10 the
Union as any one north Of the Potomac.
Mr.. Finley called attention TO the fact
that these war claims were all defeated
because the Republican party was seek
ing to make party capital In claiming
that . confederate House was going to
pay enormous war claims.
Mr. Thornburgh advocated the bill.
There had been no distinction made by the
Union army during the war between
loyal persons in the South and the Con-
iederates. He was in favor Of paying
the claims Of Southern men who had re-
mained loyal when to be loyal meant
something. All the claims Of loyal citi-
zens OF the South that had been paid, or
that were now pending, would not amount
TO one.tenth OF the losses sustained by
such men.
Mr.. Mcmahon proceeded to make q
speech in regard 10 the subject OF war
claims. He read from 4 speech made at
Marietta in August, 1876, by John Sher-
man, in which he stated that q hundred
million dollars had been paid the Repub-
lIcan party for loyal claims. Take that
statement, in connection with the admls-
aion Just made that but one-tenth OF the
claims had been paid, Il would be seen
that II the Republicans obtained n major.
| ity In the House they would pay out
nine hundred million dollars for the pay.
ment OF such claims.
Mr.. Thornburgh stated that he meant
that not one.tenth Of the loyal claims
had been paid.
This gave rise 10 Q colloquy between
Thornburgh and MeMahon.
Mr.. Keller, who, in the course Of his
speech, was frequently interrupted by hll
colleague (McMahon) said his colleagues
suggestion that he (Keiier) undertook tc
make political capital out Of this matter
came from spirit that lay deep In hii
colleague's bosom-a spirit Of dema'
goguery.
Mr. McMAhon retorted with the re-
mark that the hypocrisy ot his colleague
and the Republicans In the House, In the
matter OF war claims, had been unyailed
He (McMahon) had never voted for pay.
ing the claims oteither loyal or disloy.
al man. He had even voted against the
il William and Mary College bill, because
It would open the doors to loyal claims
behind II.
Mr.. Goode remarked that most Of these
war claims came from men 6ho then were
really loyal to the Union. Those who
had not been 20, and who had siaked
their all on the struggle and had lost, &C
cepted the result As the fate Of war.
Mr.. Thompson expressed his humilia-
tion atwllat he called the unstatesman Like
and uupalriotic reason given by the gen
tleman from Ohio Finley for mot voting
for any Of those war claims that the Re
publican party might seek 10 make po-
litAl capital out Of his act.
This position was denied by Mr.. Fin
ley, For his part he was ready 10 vote
for the Just claims Of Southern loyalists
men who had stood here and there In the
South as unbent as their native pines, and
who had been spotted for their loyalty
and prosecuted for II.
Mr.. Hunton challenged Mr.. Thomp-
son to instance such persecution.
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