National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-15

Is IN favor Of putting Confederate generals in the
Cabinet or ofpensioning Confederate soldiers
Mr. BUTLER. Neither one nor the other.
MI KEIFER Not yet but the gentleman thinks
he Is very nearly there lie s"aimost persuaded"
| MT. KEEPER went on to justify his opposition 70
the bill for the relief Of the William and Mary Col;
ege on Che ground that scccssionist doctrines had
| been taught in TINT seminary.
| Mr.. AIKEN reminded him that the leading men
| of the Confederate army had been graduates Of
| West Point, and that the same objection would
| therefore be against that academy.
Mr.. BLACKBURN said that if the ghost of the re-
! cent struggle "would not down. end If there was
| no pabulum on which certain RtalwaIt patriots
could feed except that restless shade, he wanted
| the gentleman from Ohio to state what he meant
| In the shape of Southern claims. by which he was
accustomed to alright the country. The precedent
| for them had been established by the Republican
| lar on any Southern claim That was not for the
| benefit of one who had las condition preGedenO
proven his loyalty to The Union and his dhfl2yay
pensioning of q Confederate soldier?
Mr.. KElFER. The gentleman from Massachusetts
| Mr.. BLACKBURN The gentlemen from Mnssnchu-
sets, craving your pardon, did no such thing. who
| has ever undertaken TO elevate Confederate sol
dier to the Cabinet? Not the South. Not the De-
mocracy. II Is hybrid administration that has
| developed this tdctiqUe.
Mr.. FOSTER. Who is trying to elevate Confed-
/ crate (mcnning Blackburn hmself) to the speaker
| ship of this House .
Mr.. BLAcKBuRs. hope the gentleman himself
VIII show that good taste. Laughter. Passing on
| ern seminares he asked who had shed lustro on
the American arms before the war broke out who
had not been n graduate of West Point and had
| The Constutlon) everything that he ever knew OF
| the limitations OF the CONSTITUTIONS That horn
DOCK OF the nation was certainly the most al
| yanced advocate of the right Of secession.
lie entered his protest against the injustice done
S sS enms me- a to dY no SsR for he
pensoniug OF her crippled soldiers. She had stakcd
| her all on her convictions and had lost. She had
| not complained, aud would never in the future
| complain She bore her losses, and simply pro
tested that II was neither generous, nor Kind nor
manly, nor merciiul to drag her into this question
ana TO make her the football Of the passions of men,
who seemed 10 have at heart the serving of partisan
| purposes rather than the advancement Of the COM
mon good. Applause on the Democratic Sidc.l
| MIR. REAGAN expressed the wish that some means
\ should be adopted either wholly TO exclude all
such claims or 10 refer them all to tribunal where
| they could be passed upon on their merits. lie re-
| GREETED that his friends on the Democratic side
should have allowed themselves to be placed in the
| attitude OF iavorng claims for which they had no
| Without action on the bill the committee rose,
ana the House. at five o'clock, took a recess I'll
only.
EVENING SESSION.
The House met ut 1880 (Air. Pridemore In the
chair), and n speech was delivered by Mr. Cole in
regard to commercial treaty with Mexico.
MIR. LuTrnELL spoke in favor Of improving the
| rivers aud harbOrs of the State of California lie
criticised the action Of the Speaker In leaving Cali
| iorllia unrepresented upon the Committee on Com
| merce. California and the Pacific coast had been
| denied representation upon committees upon
which they should have been represented and the
| members from that section should do what they
| could to select some one for Speaker who would
place the brains of tho House like Mr. Cox, of New
York, upon the important committees. II he were
member of the next House he would vote for
| such an organization as would place such men as
| Messrs. Goode, and Hunton, and Cox, and Morri'
| son, aud Blackburn upon important committees
| and he would vote for no man as Speaker who did
| not propose to do justice to the whole United
| States.
Mr. LATHRoP spoke In favor of increasing the
amount of silver III the standard dollar.
| Mr. MONROE explained and spoke III favor OF the
| bill introduced by him to provide against evils re-
sulting from the sale of intoxicating drinks i'll the
| District of Columbia.
Mr.. FELTON, opposed the present national banking
| system and characterized resumption as II farce.
Mr. KELLEY spoke i'll regard to the currency
question.
Mr.. MARTLN spoke III opposition to the policy OF
extending Federal aid TO the construction oil rail-
| roads.
Mr.. BLAIR spoke In regard to the bill for the
| counting of the electoral votes.
Mr.. DEERTNG spoke In regard to the patent laws
| and Messrs. Jones (Ohio) and Cannon lll.) III re-
gard to the bill to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases among live stock.
The House then, at l0:3O adjourned.