National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-10
HOUSE OF REPR rs TyYEs.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Immediately after the reading of the journal the
Speaker proceeded to call committees for reports
of a private nature.
Mr.. KNOTT, chairman of the Committee on Ju.
dietary, reported bills, which were passed, remov
ing the political disabilities of John r. waddy and
]. II. North, of Virginia.
Also bill removing the political disabilities of ].
c. Pemberton of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. O'NEIL called attention to the fact that this
the first time citizen of the loyal city of Phil
adclphia had had occasion to ask pardon for the
part which he had taken in the rebellian.
The Speaker said that he had presented the petI.
ton, which was in the usual form. The citizens of
pennsylvania who had participated in the war dc.
sired that there should be amnesty.
Mr. Cox thought that the Judiciary Committee
| should report something besides individual disa.
| bity bills.
Fourteen years after the war Congress was dis.
cussng private amnesty bills; Why not make q
| general amnesty bill, even though it included
| every man who had taken part In the rebellion
| Why not wipe out the test oath which those only
who had been loyal had to take? What farce
was all this business since the so.called rebel
| lon-
Shouts of "so.caled" on the Republican side
Mr. Cox. So-called by you, gentlemen, and so
called by me. Continuing, he said that there was
nation on the face of the earth which would not
| have granted grace and amnesty long ago. To hear
gentlemen on the other side of the House laughing
one would suppose that they were sorry that their
arms had conquered the rebellion. He hoped the
|
Mr. CoNGER said that i was not the first time that
the gentleman from. New York (Nlr Cox had
able to take the test oath Willie Others Of his col
| leagues could not. Laughter There was no com.
pulsion about taking the test oath. The gentleman
might possibly take the other.
Mr.. Cox. do not quite understand what my
sweet friend from Michigan means. Laughter
| Mr.. CoNGER. The gentleman says that there Is
imposed upon him the necessity of taking the test
oath that he has been true and loyal He has ex.
pressed kind of regret that 1t should be so, not
| only to-day, but upon former occasions. lie may
take the other other oath if this one oflends him so
| much.
Mr. Cox said that the sweet singer of Michigan
| [laughterl was very harShy judged. II was the
| general suspicion that when that gentleman took
| his breakfast he drank about quart of lemon
juice. lLNughter.l lie (Mr, Cox knew that there
man was not political Zulu, who dipped his spear
head In poison; he always dipped his spear in
| molasses, and was kind and gentle. [LNughter.l
Mr.. coSGER replied that thegenteman from New
| York need not have soothed his feelings with SO
much pleasantly and sweetness and sugar and mo.
lnsses and lemon juice; That gentleman seemed to
be familiar with the kind of Juice he (AGr Conger)
| took with his meals. He did not know the particu.
| lar kind ofjuice the gentleman used. 1t might be
the juice drawn from the broad fields of the West.
| lLaughterl
Mr.. KNofT put an end to tho discussion by de,
manding the previous question, and the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Cox, chairman Of tho Committee on Foreign
Affairs reported bill authorizing Captain Joseph
| Irish to accept grand cross Of naval merit from
| the Spanish government Passed -
| Mr., BoYD, from the Committee on Accounts, re.
ported bill directing the payment of committee
clerks and pages to bo computed from tho first day
| of the session.
The bill gave rise to n long discussion objection
being made to II on the ground that thirty days
extra pay was voted to those employees at the close
| of the last Congress, many of them would be re.
| ceiying double pay for a portion of the time II
/ was denounced by Mr.. Sparks us an outrage on the
| Treasury and public wrong, The morning hour
expired without action being taken, and the bill
| went over,
| MIR Cook, chairman of the Committee on Public
/ Buildings and Grounds, reported resolutions testi
Tying to the high qualities of the late Rush Clark,
| tee and directing the Committee on Appropriations
| TO appropriate to the family of the deceased his
salary To the close Of the Fortysixth Congress,
Tie House then lat l;2O) went into Committee of
tho Whole lMr, Springer in the chair ON the pri-
i Yate calendar
The only bill on the calender was one reported
! this morning from the Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs TO pay S2250 to T. f. Rice for the use by the
| United states OF property in llakodadi, Japan,
Il Alter an explanation by Mr.. Cox, the committee
rose and the bill was passed,
! motion to adjourn over TIL Monday was reject
ed-yeas 81; nays, 1913.
The House then lat 2:l0) went into Committee OF
OF the Whole (Mr Townshend, of Illinois in the
chair, and took up the Senate bill authorizing the
employment of three additional assistants in the
Library OF Congress.
Aler short debate the committee rose and the
bill was passed
On motion of Mr.. CLYMER, the Senate amend
menls TO tho Eads Joltes bill was concurred in.