The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-16
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XLVI CONGRESS.
HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, April l5.-Thc pending
question being on Mr.. Braggs' motion to
insert the clause repeating the law creat-
ing the Southern claims commission, and to
substitute therefor that offered BY Mr..
Young Tenn abolishipg the commission
but transferring all claims now pending
before it to court of claims.
Mr. Bragg spoke in favor of the propo
sition. The law ordering the court had
been passed 10 what the Republican side
Of the House would call an unconstitution-
al and revolutionary method, having been
engrafted on an appropriation bill. He
therefore had expected that side of the
House to aid him in his proposition. but
he found that with them twas all talk and
no cider.
After considerable debate by Messrs.
Baker Ind. keifer, Young Tenn and
Russell N. G. |. The southern members
generally protested against Mr.. Braggs'
amendment.
Mr.. Russell warmly objected to the
slurs being cast on the Union men of the
South, who were the equals of Bragg or
any other man on the floor. Mr.. Warner
asked why Mr.. Russell wanted the House
to vote pay for property which he Rus
sell while 10 the Confederate service had
helped to destroy. Mr.. RUSSELL not un-
derstanding the question. did not answer
directly. Mr. Garfield said the PROPOSE
ton Of Mr.. Young to transfer all pending
propositions to a court of claims, would be
equivalent to breaking down ell distinction
between loyalty and disloyalty in regard tc
about 5000 claims.
EUorv nf fbnla nIoimonfa MAG
Ienemy and yet you ask the southern mem.
bers who lost their all in the cause, to vote
to tax themselves to pay the men who
were disloyal to them as we'll as to US. MIR
Garfield contended that where pardon haC
been granted that the question of dlsloyal
, ty disappears, and that the supreme cour
had SO decided. Mr.. Garfield refuted th'
statement that SO out of every 100 men il
the south were disloyal during the rebel
: hon, and said that fifty regiments ant
, seventy companies in our armies wer
raised from the south, and that more Tn
ion soldiers from the State of Kentuck.
: fought under our flag than Napoleon tool
/ into Waterloo-l89,000 colored me-
: fought under the Union flag, of whom hal
q were from seceeding states. We khoul
3 pay these men for all proper losses. ]
remained for one of our soldiers MI
Braggl to say that no more should be pal
for war losses if he came from the south
!. but no southern man had ventured tha
n remark.
! Mr.. Taylor said his constituency, Eat
= Tennessee, were as loyal men as M
4 Bragg's.
Mr.. Warner doubted Mr.. Garfeld's fv
8 ures as to the number of southerpers 10 Il
n Union army.
II Mr.. Springer offered an ameudmeI
). abelishing the southern claims commissio
! and providing that any person who ms
!. have claim against the United States
. which the court of claims would not no
= have jurisdiction, but found on equity at
, Justice aud not barred by limitation, IL;
1. file his plea in the court Of claims. Ii fu
= ther provides that the court shall repo
its findings to congress, and congress sht
not allow or authorize payment of any pr
vate claim not payable under the existir
q law until the claims have been investigate
} by the court of claims.
8, MIR. Bragg said his idea in Offering Il
OF amendment was to prevent the Cover
Ie ment paying debts for which ii is not Ii
le BILE. To prevent republicans publishil
re Confederates, attempting to rob the go
of erument. The democrats had hid behil
ot the shadow OF loyalty long enough. w
Tennessee loyal during the WARP IF $
why did she leave the Union and cause Il
government to spend more money to bril-
BE- her back than for any state, except Vi
D. ginia. He alluded hnmorously to Ru
d sells record.
Mr. Springer moved an amendment
a. Mr.. Young's substitute, by adding pr
o viso that cases thus transferred to cou
q claims shall be subject to the same defen
by the government that could have be
made if the cases were pending before
commission. Rejected with only IS afhri
or alive votes.
lri Mr.. Young substitute was rejected
oi- q vote Of lot to SO. Mr.. BraGGs amen
or ment was rejected by vote of Il2 to
b. Without disposing of the pendi
in amendment the committee rose, and (
lhouse directed that ell debate on t