, 1879-04-16
WASHINGTON.
Southern Claims the Theme
Of Yesterdays House
Debate.
A Proposition to Abolish the
Alleged Useless Com
mission,
Causing n Remarkable Out
flow Of Southern
Loyalty.
Gen. Logan and Mr. Beck Speak to
the Army Bill in the
Senate.
Tho Tice.President Absent and
Thurman Elected Presi-
dent Pro Tenn.
A List Of Twelve Contested-Elec-
ton Cases in the House.
Preparations for the Periodical Louisi.
ana Fight in the Senate.
A List Of Twelve Contested-EIec-
ton Cases in the House.
IN THE HOUSE.
8ouTHERN CLAIMS,

IN TIE HOUSE.
souTuERN CLAIMS.
Special Uspdteh to 7hs Irib..ns-
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 15.-'lhc House
devoted the day to the confederation OF the
Southern Claiu,s question, upon Gen. BragR's
amendment to abolish the Southern Claims
Commission. Tie result was TINT Bragg wan
defeated by G5 to 113. Tile subject Ia mol yet
ended, however. M a proposition to adopt
the Potter Cui.ns Commission bill Ut last year
Is pendfug. There Is not much probability that
It will pass. The debate on tho Bragg amend
nent showed TINT tho Claims Commission llasl
great many fricals among the Democrats, ard
that the Republicans generally would not vote
to abolish 1t. Perhaps tlle most novel feature
Ia the debate WIS tho testimony which ex-Con-
fcderatc soldiers bore to the TACT OF extended
loyalty In the 1outh A Tcnnesseu cx-Rcbcl
mud South Carolita Confederate Colonel
DENOUNCED GEN. BRAGG
In sound terms for bis assumption that there
were no loyal mcu In the South, and cited many
instances to show where men were not only
loyal but worc put to severe tests of their lore
for the Union.
Gen. Garfield was able to show from the rec
ords Of thu War Department tlat there wcru
City Southern regiments fighting on the Union
side, and Gen. Henderson, Of the Rock Isnnt!,
Illinois, District, boso his personal testimony to
the met tliat throughout tile War lle fought side
Gr side with Southern regiments for the unton
causcs me hepuollSaas coaldht consistently
yoto to abolish the Claims Commission, as It Is
4 CREATURE or InE1A OWN CREATION, .
u.lu was cstatnsnco 70 secure Tic payment OF
cia'hs u u''oouotca4s los"i !hen Ill tne eouth
VIII IN 3nan5 ihs!anecs 1usnlsheu such an'aiua-
W. a'a ~ 1"e o'l'oI army. "
lhcfc eaa oc ~ uo"o1 t"at tfese nave oceh
Bo"'c l1auoa'c"t c'a1'1s presented 70 tho CON-
'''iSsson' u"t ~ "no.e e"e hepuo''eahs afe o1
oI'Iaiou Illat Inc e'a'hus pald aaVc pceh just
ones.
dcn. GarAe'd tauntcd Gen. Bragg TINT the
prooost1on to abolish this tribunal Tor loyal
SOUTHERN men d'a not come frum IN c1-Confcd-
crate, out from Union soldier, and dcu. bragg,
later In the dcbatr, declared that he did not pro-
1.ounce hiu,srlf 50 much acuust tho fact Of
1,uflolIbtett ?oynlty nj the Smith M Mt the mn,
e'sne'} VI ,'' sou'l's'h e'l''s oo'1'h'ss'on.
4'e hepuolieahs Votcsl agaioat Tue proposatlon
to transfer tlIe business Of the Commission to
ter f,our, Ina
'st eou' "ae
orhSEp WIDE THE DOOR
to the payment of alf classes OF claas, loyal as
wsll as tiIs.oyal, ty deciding that tho pfcsIdeu.
,i,l n,r,,on l. n b,r tn onv t,,o,,irn. a.. =. 1o,.
.1,r ,This Joa.Io, o;vos al p.,',,. ,,,.a
any !"'s aes,s'''l e.o' a'i "epe's VINO re-
ectyed AnIrcw Jolnson's pardon equal rights
before that tribunal with meu Of undoubtel
loynttr.
T,. bh,.c, or snrInocr,s ,nconaua,, +n,rr,
"s ,o5Sss ~. a',,,u '"' a'auenst ',, anous"
concca!e't u1acr proposltloh 10 relieve ton-
gress Of t!,csc claims, WAS to rc!teve claimants
now beforo the Commission, anu those whose
cl,Im4 NAV h.rcnf1cr In ti1ed frt,r nuv +..t ~
,."1'..' A' ~ "e'' ''o'N1 "'' 's'' ~
'o.n'tt. ......
Ihu liousc again adjourned without reaching
tlle potIeul lrats]alinn attached to the blu.
run pru4rr
ro,,- ux,,,rn d,to.,a,+s r,<,.
w..!'''', ~. ."' - "'"f1 ".''s, - 4". H.,
"As's"'o', 80 ~ ~ apM ,,.., ~ 1'oos'
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IatNe ni4'' t'!e pena'ue 4"eStlon pel'lg on tAT'
Bsagg's motion to tnscrt clause repeating the
mn, I'm suhstftutc therefore offered bv Mr.
Y',nnu ~ r. arm ninfshEn,. lin Communication I'M
trausfrSrnt, MI ,miu1s nnw paniiur hrfura II To
thc Court St Clnlsns.
Str. Hravw snuko in fayor of Tho pronos[t!nn.
ri" ;aw s,erIus th" cnnrt hn,, hcrn M ssc,; m
whut ti,, Rcnnbiican sill. oi tho iiousn wanIi |
MI -" M ,,.a,nnst1u,in"ol mi rowni,,fon"r~
ma,1nI. hayl,. tscn snsra!tcd on au Anpro.
ri.t,,,r Hi f.. tt,.rcfnrn i,o'I sYnrct ~ thut
~" ~ ,hr 1inusc f., aii hm in ha pr,,nostin,.
@ h., ~ f'',n t,, v'tn t%.r ~ Il ~a. !: III Ill
',,', ""S ro ~, .r !, ''' % ne, 'nctim iht j.. h
w.s IT, ia t,m,rt its,If' mi f1 ttx memhsrs nr
'tl,ctns II was MI .nniinrI tn icral nyl.Ieucr
hut wa. alom,:d to act on unsworn ssie,,co Of
a.,,rr st,t.nrnt n snrl, mcn hxi nrnvel tint
% n,s uaet' ~ ,trfH"ot" ii,e ninr,n,r tni,,ht
prSc'ty ~ a!iiea !i - !1v H. cGss rac 't's @ r,omes
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