The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-11

WASHINGTON, May l0.-The senate con-
irmed United States Marshals Gustave
Schnitgsr, of Davenport, Iowa. for the
Territory of Wyoming, G. s. Chase, of
Wisconsin, Territory of Idaho; Norman,
Buck, of Minnesota, United States attor-
ney for the Territory of Idaho.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May l0.-wIn reply to
Mr.. Bragg. who said that he never heard
of Virginian during the war who was
loyal. Mr.. Hunter said there were many
ministers in Virginia throughout the war.
Mr.. Finley accused the republicans of
trying to make capital by opposing these
claims.
Mr.. Thornb1rg advocated the bill. He
favored paying the claims of men who
were loyal when loyalty meant something.
AL the claims now pending were not a
tenth part of the losses sustained by 10y
alists during the war.
Mr.. Mcmahon said that when the re-
publicans obtained majority of the house
they would pay $90.00O,000 of such
claims. The republican house had twice
passed the William and Mary bill about
which the republicans are making such
party capital now. He accused Mr.. Kiefer
of hypocrisy.
Mr. Kiefer retorted by calling McMahon
| a demagogue.
Messrs Goode aod Cabell said those
who seeded didn't expect anything from
the government because they had staked
their all and lost forever.
Mr.. White, of Pennsylvania, spoke with
much warmth of the prosecutions of south
ern loyalists in Libby prison.
Mr.. Hunton, who had crossed over to
the republican side of the chamber and
had listened calmly but with evident dis
relish to Mr.. Whites remarks. replied to
them, and denied enphatically that any
unnecessary or avoidable privations had
been imposed on Federal prisoners in Con-
| federate hands, and imputed to the federal
government the blame for such priYations
in refusing to allow an exchange of prison.
ers. He deprecated the introduction of
such topic into the debate,
Mr.. Thompson said he was ready and
willing to vote for claims Of southern loyal
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
had been prosecuted for it.
Mr.. Hunton challenged Mr.. Thompson
to instance such cases of persecution.
Mr.. Cabell repudiated Indignantly tina
limputation. He spurned the idea that a
southern representative would Meth er
present or uphold any fraudulent claim.
Mr.. Bright took the floor to close the
discussion, but at the solicitation of Mr..
White yielded one minute to that gentle
man. Mr.. White, thereupon. in az ex.
cited manner, took up the same subject.
He summoned before the house the ghostly
skeletons of Andersouville and other south
ern prisoners. but denied that he had any
desire to stir up angry passions. AS be
became more and mere excited in his man
ner, gesticulating violently. and moving
across the area toward the democratic side
of the house, he was greeted from that
side with jeering shouts of louder, "
Louder" At the top of his voice he de-
clared that he was ready to meet the issue
raised by Hunton.
/, Mr.. Vance asked him whether he
(White) had been in the southern army.
/ Mr.. White scornfully answered in tht
: negative, but said he had been in the
, northern army, and had become prisoner
r of war in the hands Of the confederate army
He therefore knew what be had asserted
, and he repeated that union men from the
: valley of Virginia and from Eastern Ten
nessee had been deliberately starved il
rebel prisons.
MIR. Eden and other Democratic mem
bers claimed that Mr.. Whites time haC
: expired and tie Chairman so stated.
MIR. White, however. paid no attention
: to the information, but continued amid
: storm of objections, calls to order an
|. other interruptions from the Deu ocratI
= side of the House, to shout at the top hi
J voice, the only audible sentence in hi
. speech being to the effect that the state
: ment of Mr.. Hunton as to the responsible
lity of the Federal government for tn
;; sufferings of Federal prisoners in Confed
crate prisons was false. By this time MI
= Whites excitement had communicate
: itself to members on the Democratic side
Most ofkhem contented themselves wit
contemptous shouts and laughter, but MI
: Turner advanced towards Mr.. White, an
with clenched fist in proximity to White
g face asked why he did not take his seat as b
was required TO do by the rules Th
y Chairman phed bis gavel and called for th
y Sergeant at Arms, but the services of tina
= = official were rendered unnecessary by th
= interference of sensible men. A compars
= tive lull fell on the house, the discusslo
- was closed and the committee rose an
e reported the bill to the House with th
;. recommendation that it pass.
- Mr.. MeMahon moved to table i
. Defested-yeas SO, nays no. The bi
9 then passed.
l. Mr.. Durham, from the Committee
the Department of Justice, reported bi
- regulating the salaries Of United Stat,
= District Attorneys. 1t fixes the salari'
= OF such officers at from $1,000 to $500
" according to the business done. 1t al:
= regulates the number and compensation
:. Assistant Attorneys. Printed and recon
: mitted.
= Adjourned.
- The President presented a commune
% % ton from the Secretary of War transmi
10 ing o Communication from Charles Atki
70 SOP, of the Moline [1lls.) Water Pow
~ Company, and from the Chief of the Ord
"a nance Bureon, renewing his recommend
~ ton that $l57. $50 be appropriated
:. complete the devolment of the water pow
~ :. at Rock Island Arsenal. The Secretal
:, approves the appropriation. Order,
~ printed and to lie on the table
rs Also report from the Chief of IL
- Bureau of Statistics answering the rece
a resolution regarding the consumption
~ tariff articles. Ordered printed.
- Mr.. Thurman's amendment to the
:. repeating the bankrupt law making 4
4, date off repeal Sept was agreed to
- to 81.
- MIR. Beck moved to strike out Sept
~ and make the bill take effect immediate
,Ss as Lost-nays "a. yeas %.
The Judiciary Committees 9 amendmei
al