Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-11
Defeat OF iise William and Mary Col.
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| end Mary !JT damages By the Federal troops
duriog tic Tar, which has SO long held is place
at tie head Of the private cs!ehdsr OF the
Hcuse, has .! last been disposed #, its ealro:s-
me1t aad third reading being defeated yesterday
b. rc;e Of ST years 10 lbs 1a5s. lis ffien!s
sclIccIy locked for This result. They feared
tba! ii nigh! be talked to death, aud that it
would be kept IRON vote ia the House, but
thcy believed that il it ever reached a vote it
gould be passed. The radical alarm Of rebel
c!gi:l5 vas TOO much fer it, hoWepcr, and /!
vas that cry that defeated it.
Mr. Couger said there haG beeo no bill be.
fj:o Congress which had brought 10 lts aid so
much eitQucccc AID rhetoric end yet which
c9Gt:i5ed 50 little substantial merit SO the VIII.
HAN aui Mary College til. lie considered it
;he entering wedge to tha successful prosec1.
ton y au2dreds aud thousands Of war GLAZING,
in70iv!og mii!ioEa ot dollars. No northern nan
coui vptc for tina! bill and expect to receive the
spp.o7a! of bis coustiiu,nts.
Mr L.:iag SAID that he was lot 10 condition,
physically CT rneuag, to reply to The eloquent,
!.i;, lish tened and clear speech pado by the
gentleman from Mi1hIsao, Mr.. CoDger. lie
bal e5Ioo he5e believing in the educational in
st::u i2Es OF ihc c2uutry and tie Cd moss grown
college, which had seat scholars forth lato the
lard y Guide the cJUusc.5 OF the nation. lie
had c.mo filed With ventratiou for them. aud
H.: y4ocraiion had been Increased Instead OF
Diminished ~ ito attacks made upon them.
lie !og5G tbs cd :nslsu i1rs still. and be was
.letcrni.al 10 love them, notwithstanding the
a.tcmr,s made tC t9rui=h then.
lig. L3I;cs recalled the fac. that his dIs!n'
rushed predecessor prfs,uted the Gr3t memo.
liz! il aeha'f e restoring William and Msry
UyiI:sc. aud that p sir0ug republican hcus'
n2esa,: the BILL He accepted the measure
lr2Lt The f:rutIioan side OF tie House, ard was
at Li-nC1 81 the charge OF riarcaacy tor support.
ire shat His predecessors hsd 20 ably advocated.
lie was TO advocate Of Southern war claims,
and has: 90 Gtsira 10 surrender the SRA. doc
.lin1s Il stale acd society secured by the war
| lie looked % ti!ls question as superior 10 var
cl,ils. II The colleges ald school houses Of
The South hs,: been restored at the CONCLUSION
ci the war the soveroncaL you'd hEv, Pre-
, stp!e,l to :he rid high ard honorable eX-
e,i.nle q ~:lich the people Ct Tue uLi.ed States
o.u! naTG been proni, sui it would have
,i5na Duch to c:lnant the C0rD cling sections.
h!f Gacdc here is 40 necessity fer reply
. 10 !ha very characteristic spaesh made bg the
eco ,Ietaau from Michigan Nj Couger) lit
aiE2!is inst gaG;aGian s5y pleasure las Il CYL
dcct!} Gocs) 10 Indulge III il! us!ured Hugs,
ari &c pour Oh: The e!ais Of bis inpOtent wrath
or tho neither cInm0n~2sltI, let him ebJoy
, IT, bat h9 laay rcst assured that ali bis shafts
y;i! fail harmless aDa iaii 20 reaoh the mark 81
which tacg have bcen aimed.
Inow leave him alone in bis alor?, hnowIp
that Re vii! not he able TO scar to hose he.gat:
occGli,d By lba gentleman ic1n Massachusetts
iMr Ln!ncl | leave him buIrowing AMID
liz rnin- Of William and Mary. | leave him
10 hnx 10 his bosc.n lis idol CO rcyaoge AID
hs'a amjd the hoo!i0ss ii bats aad owls
Mir. Goager- hear them COW. Laughter.
|. Mr, G0ga.-iou heard them because you
i.si heard yourself. Gu. tusn from the gen
sielu.n aud address m}self to those VINO believe
: me Gou!he7n and No-th2rn States arc cCcqu!l
lie then proceeded t. srgu, 10 itTor o! toe
hill!
lir. Mc1roe expressed hisrcgret that in sup
por.iag Tho bill he found himself separated
, from .1a7riiy Il tis political friends, be: be
! had formerly supported it, ana did not fiod il
! consistent With his political record to chang:
lis position. Hc had v5:ed las! session with
the Gc)rily @; his republican fri2u!a for an
: appropriation OF SO 0t0 to build o monument
: a. he grave Ct Thomas Jctlarsoa, eud he could
oot Distinguish between the feeling with which
re gave that v2to aDl the feeling with which
he wou!l vote 10 Gay sJnlc!hlog Towards rcStor
!ng ihe veG:rah!o o5uncnt that vas under
} discussion.
MF. Reed, Of 'ians, rsainded Mr.; Monroe
that Tho title 81 the bill showed it TO be 4 var
claim. L IVES claim lG reimburse the College
Of William s5d Mary.
Biz. Monroe understood that the tile wss td
BE charged
l-:r. Reed sgd tha! reminded him ut tic
deacon who would not drink cider as cider, tu
had % OH ,c!oa to il tit vas ca':cd apple juice.
laughter.
Mr. Of Tucker, OF Virginia, closed TIC debate,
, claiming ibas The bill stood 90 grounds different
from those Of any cth,r case that had come be-
I foro if. or would come aftc1it. 10 reply to the
E CRY OF mar claims, he declared that the people
! OF the S0uLh w3re cs tired Of them as the pao
pie OF any other part Of the country, and that
!oC himself, he would stand at the door Of the
Treasury ED resist any claim that was not bssc
% legal and equitable grounds.
al apEesls were uGsYeing and the maority
ofrepubllcans, with democratic aid, defeated the
) bill.
Mr. Phillips (Kaa.) moved 10 strike out the
euac!ing clause osthe Dill. ReecLed-yels, 70;
asys, ST.
Tho committee the rosa aid reported tho bill
to the Hou:e.
On me leston oi4rderirg the bill 70 bs en-.
grosssd e,d read third time. tho yes: and NAYS
were ordered, and tho House by vote Of 81
yeas and Is nays, refused to order the engro:s
aent,.: thus defeating the bill, which vas made
tnsl foE this session by motion made by M
Conger, which wds adopted, to reconsider and
10y the notion to reconsider on the table.
Iheonly republicans who voted for the bill Yoro
NessC:. Brentsno, OF Illinois; Buydcn, of North
Csloliasi Csia, Rsiley and Smalls, (al colored)
OF South Carolina; Cox and Monroe. Of Ohio:
Iorsenscr, Of Virginia. and Loring, of Masss.
chuset!:. So that the tIicnlative vote Was made
W Of seventy. eight democrats snd nine reppb.
Leans The domocrlts who voted sgsns.it were
SsnEinG ani NeIahon, Of Oa!o; Bicknell
G.bo G2d Hamilton, OF Ind la; Bouck and
tbrsgg,. Ok Wisconsin; Ulckner Morgan and
40, q Missouri; Caldwell, of Tennessee Col
lin;.. Rely and Turner, ofPennsylvanis; Covert,
OF New York; Cutler, Hardenberg and Rose
Ct New jersey; Eden, Harrison, Hsrzsll, Nor.
ri=on, Spsrks, Springer and Townshsnd. o! Itlin-
oi:i jones Of New Hampshire; Patterson, Of
COLORADO; Phelps and Warner, Of Connecticut,
ard Ml!ilams. CT Delaware.
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