New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-15
HOUSE OF REFRESHMENTS.

In the House to-day Mr.. HARRIS (Dcm.,
Vll introduced ou removing roe poii'.ca. dsa'its
/ off, T. Harrison. ~ virginia, Passed.
Mr.. TU.ENIE Don. MOI INTRODUCED h''l 20 rsith-
/ usAa National Beneficiary COLLEGE ia the DISTRICT o.
/ Columbia Referred
Mr.. sOUTHAED Dem. ONO asked leave ror gentle
meu 10 print any remai they might desire to make iu
relation 70 The proposed constitutional amendment on
method u ei-c'.u1 the President 80 ordered.
The SPEAKER proceeded 20 call committees for
reports OF private nature.
5 number OF bills We're reported FROM the Military
Committee and sod granting condemned cannon for
Mr. BR4GG BON, vs. from the Committee or Mill
arv Affairs. reported N' authorizing TIE Pr'-'fent 10
ra on the arcd list, such appointment To be IN lieu Of
tAr pension winch be- nov receives.
Mr WIFI I,o' 'eiH! I.7 e., a. pom. '. oi ,r'
ff.rl..GG Ci-.n- WIS., Mr.. cox G,rfu.. y y. Mr
TIANkIIN Diem. tio and Nj. 81 ILLR lind A'-sl'
A great deal Of confusion Wa occ,s'or,l by Nj
Traukhn coming over 20 the Republican, sid Il me la
Tnci ia., e5I IL her efors .o ne appointment OF
General shields as dooTkc.ueT.
To tli> N WHITE replied that ne Democrats were
We come make All the party capital hey VaHis' out
of his action Io va, 0.ing o. tJs, Ii tJr resEun-i-
olity that member Of Congress suo-d t"Ae oc doing
The Confusion vas SD rrea-that Mr. bEiDGEs .D.m..
town mceuu, OF tie United S"iea House OK Erlle' MIA
/ uvc-.
ana %, bl Vas referred TO the committee of lhe ".r
AT l--J p oi the House went 'i'l COMMIT rr OF ir
/
A. hour All h's was consumed in ,hc discussion of
private Hh authorizing me "Art 10 Gam, l@ i,"pr.
ara review former dec sion ot that Court IL favor %
Ann Str Ipi = Dem IN moved that Pie nil ae
reported back with recommend TON lH % hr l1ii ON
ID- table. The motion vas agreed - j! vote ID. 50
Another long discussion took place adverse re-
sra1tiug a pension soldier tue Kentucky Mnta,
wro was wounded whe firing .llur asa United Statr~
whether the utu vas the United states service
o., To- he entitled 10 icusCL ILaiy JAe adverse re-
| A biIto4ay $4,000 To- Asa weeks ribs Labor and
expenses ~ perectng torpedots and torpedo machinery
discussed and laid aside to De reported fEorIby 10
T1 came I'D one OF the var claim hill- hill 20
pay John Armstrong, at virginia, II -i0 Tor the rent
/ of a wharf AZ ArKdndra during the wal.
80 ron, maj I1tfchr cross the long bridge ought
specie, 10 meet TIE enemy ana pay the owners OF PROP
! they demanded tor their property.
Mr. SHELLY Dem, Aldl -ald inai ne haa DO sym
Confederate presenting such claims IL,rc W-fe noti
10 the whole state Of Aanama 'Mtty var e.L.H.,. t,u
be certainly would not vote Tor a-y Alabama cain
Mr. BUT tR (lud, Mas fXprossed ms veYs on var
cllms. lis tone was c9ucittOIy. lie deprecated tIe
| presentation OF this class o. cam-, and said That
he favored tiuA clam arise our Il the war except
the claims Of MANNED and disabled soldiers and with
that determination on the part Oh lhe people VI IN"
tr Instant when Tie feeling % broth. IAoOI would take
nto tne charge Of The Government the manned aud d
.
courage their stcadt3s ana their gal autry and
forgetting the mistaken Judgment which made them
fight npOu the side they dd. .
Mr. WIFE rep, PENN opposed the bin a. war
Mr. AIKEN Dem, 5 c. declared himself opposed TO
ali southern claims. lie glad TO hear that some
members on the Republican side were literal enough 20
vote compensation for damages To religious, edu-
| catOual and eeeuOsynary institutions at the
/ south. For himself bis Independence would not
[ allow HIM do even that The southern PEG
pie should ~ back to drsJ principles: ana ~
10 work and rebuild sAcd Institutions tAeA+sr!F ~s'
Tncy had t.,sed everything IN the war, ana Lad ~
/ 7-cv arln0Riedyed that they were whipped, and
| we're now willing To go tner best Tor ne
Union lie continued 30 some length, and finally said
.- honestly believed that the treasury womb ne -u'tt u
,lo hords of men who euded the Cunfeucrlcy than ~
tbr hands of those who held ~ tudy. lApp.ausr Oh
, Druo,rstc ,idei The people OF south Carolina ihu
matter what tlcl. Ito' nous y. "a j., - -
brrefooreJ TO-DAY strong ana united IN d nc OF
fIe Government as tie people OF any ola'c III '.N-
England or The Northwest Himself anu tAyse on us
coears who truly represent that stale ar mere 10
far As these claims Wrl- 1ohceIarW "a9 r.".,r l1
one ~ them from the halls Of Congress APP au Oh
! the Democratic sidc.l -, r,,,.r,-
speech and citing the part ~ ~ relation TO pension
Ing Confederate soldiers, asked whether nc undefOu
| him correctly. , .. .
depletion OF the Treasury ~ those war ela ms
tlnk that the pity, the humanity Of the N1rh VIII tiAr
Of the manned men OF the war; ana pi you 20
| know ~ i see no more reason WhY t"hIrutTHte'
manned and pied Ia the honest discharge OF
what Lie believed to De his duty, should not De pen
stoned than why COME dtrle general VINO honestly be-
| Ueved he was doing his duty should be put lot" a
ReuubicAu Cabinet. General applause ana pug
hands on the DE- ,nOeratlc side
MI KEIi ER l. aIked that the tair inference from
what Mr. Butler had said that be In FAVOR ~
| putting Coufederates into the Cabinet
| MI. BJlLER-I have not said that was IN isN"F 'I
H. nor do tank that the country mas Ae' come u D."