The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-09-02
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
General Rice's Record.

those of the more Stalwart kind ARE Law
ish of their abuse of General Rice, and
because he is q candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket of Ohio they are striving
hard to make it appear that he is not
worthy of the cofidence and the suffrage
of the soldiers. When the war opened
in 1861 Ame,icus v. r ce abandoned the
study Of the law and enlisted as q pri-
vate soldier. He was promoted through.
the successive grades until be reached
the rank OF B-gsdier.General. He
sealed his devotion to the Union by his
blood, and left a leg upon the battle
field.
Charles Foster, lusty, healthy man
OF thirty two when the war broke out,
preferred a yald-slick to musket, and
was measuring calico and weighing gu
gar while Rice was fighting to preserve
and protect him and his. And yet the
Union st!dier is unblushingly told that
he can not afford to trust with his liber-
ty the man who braved danger ut The
cannon's mouth because he is DENT
crat, but that he must pin his faith to
the knight Of the yard stick because he
is Republican. 3P hsg19f siis!f
Citizen Foster was in Congress eight
years. General Rice was there four
years. Foster had served two terms
when Z ce entered upon his service. In
all these ei 5ht years OF service Foster
never made speech or introduced bill
which was calculated to benefit soldiers
as a class. He introduced few indi-
vidnai pension bills, but that was the
end OF his # ,rt for the soldiers family.
When General Rice entered the Fcrty.
fourth Congress, he at once began a
work in which lie never faltered, and
that was to secure to soldiers as class
the rewards which be believed their
country owed them. He labored for
them, in season and out Of season, until
his Congressional term expired. 2iisa
Shortly after he took his seat 10 the
Forty-fourth Congress he introduced a
bill providing that all pensions should
Commence from the date Oof death or
discharge, aud also providing for the
payment of arrears Of pensions. 1t was
referred to. the c, mmittee on Invalid
Pensions, Of which General Rice vas a
member, and be lost no time in securing
action on it in Comm ttee.. for it was re-
ports hack on March %, 1875, and,
under the rule, went to the c ,mmittee
Of the Whole on the State of the Union.
After vainly waiting to have it reached in
due order, on August l, 1876, General
Rice submitted q motion that the House
60 into Committee Of the Whole for the
purpose Of taking mp that sperial bill.
The objection came from The Republican
side OF the House. Mr. Sampson, a Re-
publican member from Republican Iowa,
said, II understand the motion OF the
gentleman from ohib Mr. R;ce1 is that
the House now resolve itself into Com
mi,tee of the Whole on the State of the
Union for the purpose Of considering a
special bill. Can that be donef Must
not all bills be taken up In their order
when the House resolves itselfinto G M
mit,ee of the Whole on the State Of The
Union 2" Mr.. Hoar, Of Massachusetts.
also threw an impediment in the way by
enforcing Mr.. Sampson position.
Mr.. Garfield, Citizon Fostsr's next
friend. then came in with suggestion
intended to prevent immediate action on
the bill. he said: az: we 60 into
Committee of the Whole on the State OF
the Union, we must t,ke up the calen-
dar IN order, just as on, Friday" Then
the Stalgat Eugene Hale, Of Maine,
chimed in "That has been the invariu-
bic practice" General Rice said @It
has been the praclice, 80 far as I have
Eobserved during this session, to 60 into
Committee OF the Whole on bills
specially indicated. wish to say the
usage has been, during, this session, at
least, in accordance with the motion ]
have made.
The speaker pro tenn, Hon. Milton
Sayler, was finally compelled to rule that
whenever q bin was specially taken up,
liz was jonfnalized as by unanimous con-
sent. Then Garfield volunteered the re-
mark, "Unanimous consent can always
do it," But he aud bis Republican
friends took care not to give unanimous
consent, and the bill was not considered
that day. The, next day, General Rice
made another effort to get up the bill,
but was unsuccessful, and no further ac-
tion was taken. Congress adjourned
on August l6sh.swO YsoG-u'a agg 9a7
The bill retained its place on the cal
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