New-York tribune., 1879-02-03
UoUsr OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

In the House Yesterday the SPEAKER an
nounced that the regular order Of business the
morning hour, and the pending bill TO be the bill for the
relief of Maggie Barron.
Mr.. CHALMERS Dem, Miss.) said no cared nothing
the payment OF loyal Southern claims because 10y
atty TO tie Union during the war meant dsoyalty 10
everything that he held dear. That many men in the
South lad been loyal to the Union was nevertheless
true and De did not envy The cheap political capital
that a TuOn soldier could make by telling such men
tnat he hu1 confidence III tlcT honesty than
mouse had in a stuffed catSkin. 1he clam nov pre-
scented came from women ana children aEaln.' Whon
inc statute limitations seldom ran The Gentleman
from Wisconsin (Mr. Bragg, taking ndvHtase 0 the
war claims win claims for southern improvements,
CudcayoTcd 20 throw thc odoI OF ms uc'u gay NcI I'
That gentleman announced ID SuNaice wa" il' We VIZ m un
wiling 10 trls the honesty of either the claimants or
the Court such readiness TO suspect corruption IN
Others sometimes indicates an innate Tendency 10 cor
Iuuuou III ones SELL and ne sbond ihetl~t NOT rhaige
corruption ON any The issues of HE war were Ger
tain1 dead with hlm. He had only one political tath.
10 preserve nvIOate local cfSOvcrumeht bat one p"-
ltcal hope 10 build up the waste places ~ The south de
etioytd by the war hr' ma lhclS cHI,u d,iH.Iun i"
the difference between the speech made by the gentle
IIuI,can member from New-itampsnre Nir. Boiu,
noih Of which appeared IN me kccor ON tne same dy
When the est had been III lis infancy i mad been o>-
' tu ta IN TEo.. nom Micmctn IN The work OF
Western improvements. lie had warned Northern ID H.
Ocrats last session that refusal to recognize the Just
demands of the South might result III the dcieai oi le
southern Democrats, ana the senOlnS o Othcr Repre-
erutatves bO would form alliances with othtr parties.
me Iard crowib OF independent candidates In the
south had already sustained his declaration. lie had
rofhnc 10 take bac,-not huc, syllable lie re
poafed what he nad then said He hoped that the sOnd
south might stll solid the Democratic party, but
1or taat portion tnat ha" the courage aud mani
IgTas and net as T.Sriors in the Union.
The gentleman from WiScon-In, after having slept ON
MIla w ISI tS Ci n # % na come nlc f5rwad to tzco
nmcatc hin Oir Chalmers from the Democratic
Church, aud 10 give general ckeoilcIe TO The Irst
o the Southern men VINO dare 10 ask for justice ana fo
equal l,til4uon OF appropriations iIom lhe ftdeIH
treasury lie Ar Bragg mad assumed 10 speak IN me
name of The Northern Democrats aud even If lac had
ndd authority thus To speak II Wa enc Hi1 uIhc any
hoo! lad ever heard ol iHiACit! uNo,L TO tIn
UtthC Waiorty Of party Bat M great lc3Ctrl inc
sohd Democratic state o1 NlsCuDslon proposed 10 show
ih tout C'0l oi thr l)rInocidlc party ana M.tH 'hc
south asked FOR small proportion of Government a'd ne
icr t. He yo, E e. S,55 ~ old iip :lI Van wn
HE, Give hrT cold pOtStO, and let h'r 60.
SINNERS Of IL, Tcyo.uuonaly War, Who belonged 10
rri.hcr party, bui robbed mcisclnnlracly from bot
1.I",cyCr CS .f,' o % , ,,r, f@,rl So com
lepunhcdn ranks % shelter ms political head.
~uch men were Democrats. upon what principle OF
ItmoC.dc} did they stand! The principles ul the Demo
cratic party AZ the end oi the war had been peace aud
restoration ,Aat dead past might bury Its dead,
am. Ihat the bloody sLlr should wave alone from the
NiGpu" az E"pubI"au banners. But the ccuilcui~n
nom Wisconsin had found boodier SHIRT tban had
ever waved from the Datticmcuts OF the Repub-
Nc-n party, and he was stretching lis legs
an platform and rob II Of IT, last banner.
When th4i -auii man pleaded tie blood OF UoioE sol
.l, aS -eon against The payWtut Of money que thr
S'n!n ana nnawiu.ly talon since he waT lie reached
N,lth thai the blttcrcSt Republican had not yet de-
hcIdcd TO- Mr. Chalmers would reply 10 That CHtle-
man dismissal 0 certain supposed ciass OF southern
Drhorats tAat jHcrc were any sore thtdds or dsal-
l-ayd T. rguIciu- the NDlth Who Cpl q not get into
congress without putting on the lions SKINS OF The De-
ociJCy they should hc careful not to opch their
mouth, zoo vide Wucn tney get tucIe. ILaughttrJ
Nr. HOOKER Dam, MiS-l next obtained tIr Moor.
CLAIMS Commission, showing that the law creating that
uIoHal WAS passed by q Republican Congress
tud approved by Republican President
lie said that Mn Bragg had asserted nat there was
disposition on the part OF certain Democratic Repre-
s'uiaVts 10 put their hands Improperly INTO the Treas
my and TO gCt the National Democracy % aid them III
comk so Where had The honorable member from Wis
c"Du gOt The iacts when he dared 90 make such an
accusation against the Democratic party North and
soulful Had Ae found them any single u.tcrance
ui southern man N CungTcssl II not. why had
Ae made the chargei il a sander alike
LtcTy claim against the Gov erDm-nt should bc 80 abb
H'luley aud completely divorced from political scnu
hen that no member either side would rcgai0 II as
political question which parties CCuld Do divided
zach questions should b. passed upon according 10 9us
tee and night, and not according 10 plrtlsanhp, Tho
dUncd by the bcrabcarcd men Of the Republican party
II any one supposed that there was any Other OOhd
between Democrats than that Of night aud justice he
hid conception Of II which had not been thought oi
by Southern Representatives, and reminded him
Of the incident related Of two Senator'S,
o. whom remarked that there no rule
tO prevent a Senator going to the Clerks desk and
altering bili TO which the other replied That there wac
not because II had never been suggested that any Sen
stOr could possibly be guilty Of such thing. Com
Mr. Hooker said that there were only si1-
teen such claims pending from Mississippi.
Ale greater part OF them came from Icn1essee- state