National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-23
If0UsE or HEpREs EsTirIrEs.

me senate ulcn lut l9O y. MI auJuurllcu uuul
twelve o'clock tomorrow.
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HOESE or REPRES ENT.tTITES. r
The Speaker desired to say, in view OF some crit
lcisus made In regard to the mistake Ia the poll
call yesterday HAT critical examination showed
that there was no change in the result of the two
roll calls, and called attention to the fact that the
error had been discovered through the caution OF
the Chair sending down to the floor to have some
member Insist on the names being read.
Nj STEPHENS lGn.) introduced joint resolution
for The printing Of the memorial services in honor
of tie late Professor Henry. Referred.
Also II bill defining and describing the duties of
the Secretary Of the Treasury in certain cases. Re-
irrrcd.
loue of its provisions is that when any Of the
national banks shall fail to redeem its notes or
shall desire to withdraw them the Secretary Of tho
Treasury shall sell TO the highest bidder the United
States bonds deposited to secure tho same for coin
or Treasury notes aud issue certificates of deposit
for the coin notes thus received which he shall
deliver in exchange for the notes of the bank, of
exactly the same denomination and pay over the
balance of those certificates to the bank which hnd
deposited aud owned the bonds, and these ccrtih-
Gates shall be receivable for public dues and be
redeemabe in coin or Treasury notes at the United
States Treasury.
fairs reported back the Senate bill repeating the
laws In relation to company cooks In the army.
Passed.
Mr.. HALE, from,the Committee on Appropriations,
reported bill apprOpraiiiG 100000 to meet the ex
penses of the transportation of coin and bullion
provided that the Appropriation shall be imnedi.
atey available. and that the charges for transpOrta'
ton of gold coin from San Francisco to New York
shall not exceed 4 of one per cent, and for the
transportation of silver per cent with proportion
charges between intermediate points IL also
makes All appropriation OF $4,000 to meet the mis-
celianeous expenses of the House OF Representa-
After short discussion the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr.. SPARKS the Senate amendments
to the Indian appropriation bill were non'concur
The Speaker proceeded to call committee for re,
ports. .-c--.,.. T.. 49,.
Court Of Claims the claim OF Maggie Barron aud
| others minors during the war, for supplies fur.
Mcssrs. EpEN ana Cox IN. W supported the bill.
| and Mr. JONES (OhiO) opposed It,
Mr.. BRAGG opposed tie bill as precedent which
| would open the doors of the Treasury to an evil
| which would bankrupt the government. He
| had always been opposed to the southern Claims
| Commission. II was court which iNu bred fraud
| and perjury all over the land. II was remark
| able result that in nineteen ont of every twenty
| cases the judgment had been against the Govern
meut. II was impossible To prove whether per-
| son had been loyal or not Loyalty was scnt
| ment and perhups gentlemen on his side OF the
| hail. who had fought in the Confederate army
might claim that they had been loyal because they
had fought TO sustain the Government on the pril
| cplcs of the fathers of the Republic while tho
Northere!s who had fought TO tear down INC
structure the fathers had lett had been disloysl.
| Laughter ON the Republican slde.l He hud been
UstOnishcd that this claim which was supposed to
| be 50 loyal should have been supported Yesterday
| bv the gentleman fom Mississippi Mr. io0ker)
| lie fclt like saying what the mouse said when he
saw dead cut hanging up against ne Wall, ia
| stay there | would not trust you though your skin
were stuffed with straw Laughter.
! Mr.. CHALMERS, The geniemaii knows the gen,
tlcmun from Mississippi Mr.. Hooker is out, or else
| lie would be keeping rs quiet ~ The mouse lie
| (Mr. Bragg kept quiet when the gentleman WAS
| present yesterday and did not assail him.
| Mr. Rp IL Is not pllIDOSp to QSSQll any
| one, and when the gcntenlan says that when
| want TO assuil II man do 1t behind his back and
| man he calls to order He proceeded, referring TO
| the S}5OOOOO0 which, 1t IL claimed by southern
| members had been Illegally collected nom cap
| tured and abandoned property, ana when they
| claimed belonged to the South, ana called on
those members 10 picture the scenes Of war to look
at the seas of blood and the thousands and tens OF
| thousands writhng and weltcrng in their gore,
| Let them hear the cry of the wounded men on the
battle field let them give an ear to the means OF
the hospitals let them go to the hllsdeS ana the
| valleys and see the hundreds and the hundred
thousands of mourners; lastly let them count me
billions Of money spent TO put down G %ar I t
credit side and all these countless mseries on the
| debit side 80.
dead hut he was not willing 10 sit by and allow IL
| to DO brought up in one form or another by one
| member or another, and from one committee or
another for the purpose of getting money out oil inc
| Treasury under The plea oflOyalty, Loyal men IN
the South had been very few ana the eVll done ny
letting them Stulld lneA were lOt no
10 the evil that would be done if Congress opened
| the door and allowed millions TO be appropriated
under the plea Of loyalty. He had heard tannt
thrown at the Democracy which lac thought II
| necessary to answer lie had heard II said that
unless the DemoCluts of the North were more liberal
unless they opened their hands aud gave more lay,
| ishly the Solid South " on which they relied
| would 90 over " the other side He representing
thp Democracy of the North, would say that II there
| vase man who protested to belong 10 the DemoC-
racy of the south simply for the reason TINT the
doors of the Treasury were to be opened 10 them
the sooner they went over the better Tor them ana
the better for the Democratic party, When the poo
| pie of the country felt that they conld trust the
| Treasury ana the interests Of the Government with
the Democratic party, with no danger of tile Demo
Gratis of the North selling out body aud soul To the
Democrats Of the South that party could gather re-
cruts in the Northern states that would I'LL mp II,
ranks TO the maximum, and 1t would have no need
of that class fgcntcmen whom 1t could hold only
by giving tholn all they wanted,
Mr., ELLIS agreed that the percentage of loyal
persons in the South rs the gentleman understood
H. was very small but the Southern man who had
been born there, who had been reared there, and
who had been Identified with that people could
only have been loyal when heeutcred the COntede
| rate army and did his full duty Us soldier They
had been the only loyal people IN the south. They
had been loyal to their country, 10 their God, and
TO the noblest, highest and manifest emotion even
breOthed by the human soul;
Mr., CoNdER desired to ask question bnt Mr
here and there there might have been few persons
who had ospoused the Union cause, bat no did moi
know more than three men in his state who had
been LOYAL 10 the Union, lie was willing here aud
now, to vote for a constitutional amendment which
should close the books ana forever settle the &C
counts between theni and the Government, The
lecture which the gentleman from Wisconsin lMr
Bragg had seen NJ TO rend the Democrats OF the
South came from him with n rather bad grace
No Democrat had proposed 10 desert the Demo
cratic party. No Southern Democrat had iuli
mated such n proposition
several Republican members desired to ask
questions, but Mr., Ellis refused TO yield and Mr.
Atkins declared that 1t was u family light
Mr. ELLIS, In conclusion said that the Southern
people were as true TO the Democratic party us III,
Gentleman from Wisconsin Nh Bragg. and Il wa
In obedience 10 Democratic teaching, as Tie south
eu people had uudei.oul them, that they ha,