Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-23
HOUSE.
Transportation of Bullion.

4 bill passed apprOprlatlng s6O,OOO
for the transpOrtlon Ot coin and bullion
and SiO,0OO ior the miscellaneous cX-
penses OF the House.
Southern Claims.
Quite stormy dekate arose in regard
tO the Southern claims bill, i'll the cOurs 3
OF which Mr. Bragg stated that II the
South was solid for the Democratic
party simply for the purpose of getting
money out OF the treasury, II would be
well Tor the Northern Democracy II the
Southern Democrats went over To- the
Republican party, and he hoped they
would do SO.
Mr.. Bragg referred 10 the SS5, 600, 600
which il was claimed by the Southern
members had been illegally collected
from the captured and abandoned prop.
crty, and which they claimed belonged
10 the South, and called on those mem-
bcrs to count the billions Ot money
spent To put down the war, and then
strike the balance with the thlrty-iive
million on the credit side, and all the
countless miseries on the debit side.
He was willing that the dead past
should he remain dead; but lac was not
willing Ia sit by and allow II To be
brought un in one form or another, by
one member or another, and from one
Committee or another Tor the purpose
OF getting money out of the treasury
under the plea OF loyalty. When the
people of the country felt that they could
trust the ir,asury and the interests
Of the government with the Democratic
party, with no danger Of the Democrats
OF the North selling out body and soul
10 the Democrats Of the South, that
party could gather recruits in the North
that would I'LL up its ranks % a maxi
mum, and il would have nO nced at that
class OF gentlemen whom It could hold
only by giving them all they wanted.
Mr.. Ellis, OF Louisiana, agreed that
the percentage of loyal persons IN the
south, a. the gentleman understood 1t,
was very small, but that the Southern
man who had been born there, who had
been reared there and who had been
identified with that people, could onl y
have been luyal when he entered the
Confederate army and did his full duty
a. a soldier. They had been the only
loval people in the South. They hal
been loyal 10 their country, to their tod
and t0 the nOblcst, highest and manifest
emotion ever hrCathed 10y human soul.
Mr.. Cungcr desired Ia ask a question,
but Eli, refused u yield, and, continu-
in.. said that here and there there
might have been lev persons Who
had cspOused the Cnioh cause, but he
did not know more than three men IN
hi- State who had been loyal 10 the
Union. lie Wa willing here and nov
tu vote Tor a Constitutional amendment
which should close the books aud tor
ever settle the accounts between them
and the Government. The lecture
which the gentleman from Wisconsin
Bragg had seen tit 10 real tO the Demo.
Crats of the South came iTOm him with
had grace No Democrat hal proposed
L. desert the Democratic patty; no
southern Democrat hal intimSted such
proposition. =,
Several Republican members desired
a. ak questions, but Mr.. Ellis refuss'd
t. Weld and Mr. Atkins declared II MAS
"iamily fight
Mr.. Elhs, in conclusion, said the
Southern people were ~ true 10 the
Democratic party A. the Gentleman iron
Wisconsin, Mf Bragg, and 1t ~as in
obesIience to the Democratic teachings,
A. the Southern people had understood
them, that they hal gone into var.
Bef0re the excitement caused by the
discussion hal subsI,iet, Mr.. Chalmers,
rising ~ the privileged question sAid he
Understood the remarks made 10y the
gentleman from Wisconsin were aimed
directly al him.
The Speaker informed him that II
was not question of privilege, but that
in due course Of time lee would have an
opportunity Of replying.
Then" sAid Mr. Chalmers. Il all
/ hiie NV tlIne."
The House proceeded to the oDnsIl-
Grafton Oi resolutions in honor ii the
memory of the late h. H. IDugiAs1,
Representative from Virginia. Euhgie-
we're pronounced by Messr-. tiooIs,
! PAllarA. Hooker, Walker. Springer
Dunnell, Pridemore, Clark, Oi Iowa, and
| Tucker.
The resolutions w,re adopted AMI the
1 House adjourned.