Daily globe., 1879-02-03

large portion of the claims now standing O,
tne calendar had been presented years ago, Ion,
pe1ore there Mas . single1 Democrat Ii
we 10, house from the Southern States He de
| nieu tne flght OF any man to charge the
DEMOCRACY OF THE SOUTH
with presenting any false or fraudulent claim
! against the government. He thought he oonl,
state Tor the Democracy of the North, as vel
as that OF the South, that they were united fo
| tne maintenance Of the constitution and goot
government, and not by any such tie alluded t,
py the gentleman from Wisconsin.
MR. MILLS
Expressed his belief that not dollar of MONEY
paid for war claims had gone to man who's,
heart had beaten in sympathy with the con
tederate cause. Where had loyalty been foune
IN the Southern States during the war? 1t hae
oeen found among the soldiers, and dead beats
and skulkers beside the federal armies. The,
were speculators-men who had no country
10 such men about one hundred thousand dol
lars had been paid. He had always voted
against suoh claims, and he was in favor of 8
constitutional amendment excluding sucl
CLAIMS ci Tor war. The war was legacy left by
the founders of the Republic, who did not
venture to decide the question for themselves.
TWO MILLION OF THE BRAvEsT MEN
had settled it on the battlefield, and to-day a
million of them were sleeping in unmarked
and unknown graves, while the suffers and
bummers were appealing to the government to
pay them Tor cotton they had gathered up,
ror nimseif, ne should vote against all these
claims. (Applause.)
MIR. SINGLETON
characterized the charge of Mr.. Bragg against
the South as a most unfounded and uniust
slander. Southern representatives who intro.
duced claim bills did not endorse the claims.
They simply printed them as a duty to Their
constituents. As to reading Southern Demo
Gratis out of the Democratic party. MIR. Single
ton said the South had given to the country be.
fore the war seven of It's Presidents, Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison Monroe. jackson.
Polk and Taylor. That of one handred and
thirty. six cabinet officers the South had fur
nlshed sixty seven, and that no such President
had occupied his seat against the will of the
charged with corruption.
FLOYD.
The name of Floyd was here suggested by
Mr.. Townsend, of New York.
Every battle that had been fought before the
late war had been fought under Southern lead
ers, both Presidents and officers. No foot OF
territory outside of Alaska had been acquired
under other than Southern Presidents. Mr.,
Bragg himself was only babe in the family
OF Democracy, and would have to tarry in Jeri-
enc till his beard grew. Mr.. Bragg had been
SO long abusing the Democracy when running
on the Republican ticket for Congress and
other offices, that, like the old harper whose
harp refused to sing of ought but love. his
mouth refused to give out any thing but abuse
OF the Democracy. uaughter.) The South
had nlnety-four Democrats on the floor, while
the North had only twenty-three, and if South
ats Tod
OF the North the latter would be controlled by
Republicans, and no one could tell what would
become of them. (Laughter) The Democrats
of the South were Democrats of principle. If
they had only been influenced by the loaves
and fishes they could have sold out long ago to
the Republicans. Naughter.)
REPUBLICAN FILIBUsTERINd
The hour having expired, Mr.. Martin, who
has charge Of the bill, moved the previous
question.
Mr.. Conger desired to have the time for de.
bate extended, but Mr.. Martin insisted on the
previous question, but it was not seconded and
the bill went over till the next morning hour
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The army reorganization bill was called up
but after some confusion the House refused
yeas II, nays l12 to consider that bill, ano
wentinto committee of the whole on the army
having charge of the bill, explained it's pro
visions. 1t appropriated $26, 7O7, 800 as agains,
an estimate of $29084 500, and an appronria.
tion last year of $25,778,Sl7. The reduction ir
army appropriations the last three years
amounted to $8,000,0OO. They had been re
duced to the minimum, and if any saving was
to be effected hereafter it must be by the pro
cess of
REORGANIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.
lo
impair efficiency with an annual saving oil
$S,40o0Oo. Two great questions had been pre-.
sented to the Forty fourth Congress-, The frs,
had been when the House had agreed to The
settlement Of the Presidential difficulty. and
had Loyalty held to its engagement. The second
great question had been inregard to the army
appropriation bill, in which the clause known
as the posse comitatus clause had been inserted
That bill had failed of passing because the
House had refused to yield. To have done SO
would have been base surrender of the rights
o. OF the people to the government of the army.
70 give the President complete control owe,
the army would be to turn the government
into
CENTRALIZED DEspoT1sM.
During the extra session he had thought it
would be mistake to attempt any reorganiza-
tion or reduction, and bill had been brough
into the House without any reduction. or with.
out any assertion of the right of
the President to control the armv.
That had been done purposely and
The bill passed, and with it had passed forever,
he trusted, the wreck which had surrounded
the late Presidential campaign. In the second
session of the forty-ffth Congress the bill had
come from the appropriation committee with
out the posse comitatus clause, the committee
preferring to make the fight on the ground of
economy. But the question of money and of
reorganization were of utter insignifcance as
compared with the provision offered by the
gentleman from Kentucky, Knott, and adopted
by the House forbidding interference of the
army in elections. Should that provision be
repealed? Never. Not vote would ever be
cast on either side of the House for the repeal
of that
MONUMENT OF HUMAN LIBERTY.
MIR. McCook-I will vote for it with pleasure.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, hoped the gentle
man would live long enough to devote hours to
the study of the underlying principles of
which the fabric of constitutional law had
been built. Repeal the provision, never. De.
tine it, yes. The provision might be toe
broad. 1t might impede proper action of the
government, and it might become necessary to
define it.
In conclusion, Mr.. Hewitt stated his inten.
ton of offering an amendment repeating that
section of the law of 1866 which allows the
army to preserve peace at the polls, and he
hoped both sides of the House would agree in
expunging it from the statute books and not
allow it to remain a blot upon
AMERICAN FREEDOM.
Mr.. Banning spoke in favor of the army re.
organization bill. He would offer the bill az
an amendment to the appropriation bill. The
army to-day was ridiculous organization
Most Of the companies of infantry did not con.
tain more than corporals guard. The bill
was approved by the line officers and by many
OF the staff officers. He sent up to the clerks
desk and had read number of letters from
officers of the army favoring the passage of the
bill. Ii the bill were defeated it would be de-
teated IN the interest of the staff. 1t would be