The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-06
FoRTY-sIXTH CONGRESS
Still Harping on General Porter.
Logan Finishes His Magnificent Eifort-seu.
atOr Carpenter 10 Continue the Good
Work-A Lively TIT In the House
Coffee and Pistols for Two
Suggested.

Suggested.
WASHINGTON, March 8.
i SENATE.
The morning hour having expired, tn
consideration was resumed Of the bill 70
the relief Of Fitz John Porter.
Mr.. Logan continued his remarks in OF
position to to the bill, confning himself I
two propositions, viz: As to whether ther
was or was not battle on August 20, 1862
at or near Groveton, and as to whethe
there was any force in front Of Porter dur
ing that day. He stated that instead o
700 men there were only two pieces o
artillery and q small force Of cavalry ii
front OF him. The number Of killed ant
wounded in the engagement Of the 29tl
was from 5000 to 5000. These number
certainly indicated a battle, though the
Senator from New Jersey, (Mr. Randolph
tried To show that no battle took place
He reviewed the evidence in the case q
length to prove the above assertions.
MIR. Logan hoped he had made fai
statement OF the evidence. He thought
II proved that to Porter's disloyalty to his
commanding officer, not perhaps to his
government, but that was Just as bad, was
due the disaster OF the 10th, which led tc
defeat OF the 30th, in which we lost 20,00(
men and four large guns.
Mr.. Logan quoted the testimony OF VIM
Diat. I ae1 knfarn tha pnoHI ~ D.,yiau,
who swore that when he was stenographei
for the court martial Porter remarked
to him, in conversation: swell, was not
loyal to Pope; there is no denying that" ;"
This was what Porter was being tried for,
and he thus admitted his own guilt. On
September 1st, three days alter the battle
OF the Goth, Mcclellan wrote to Porter re.
questing him "for my sake, and the coun-
try's sake, be faithful to Pope" Even
McC Clellan, whom Porter ,worshipped, had
become dissatisfied with his conduct
toward Pope.
Mr.. Logan said to the gentlemen
on the other side OF the Senate,
that it was a matter OF bad taste for any
one to ask them, who fought US openly
and bravely, to restore the man whom we
hlLh6u Oub VI uut oWA uutthh
the war for misconduct. A man who
stood inactive within sound of the enc
my's guns and saw his comrades whipped
was unworthy the name OF soldier. There
was no need to wait for orders. Grouchy's
failure To support Bonaparte at Waterloo
lost the latter his empire. Porter's failure
to support Pope postponed the success OF
the Union army and entailed great mis-
fortunes on the nation.
In conclusion, Mr.. Logan protested
against the passage Of this bill as condon-
ing a great crime and being dangerous
precedent, doing injustice by postponing
the promotion OF the worthy and devoting
the public money to purposes unauthor-
lied by law.
Mr.. Carpenter obtained the floor, and
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
A Number Of bills were reported from
the various committees, and the morning
hour having expired, the House went into
committee OF the whole, Mr.. Calkins in
the chair, on private calendar. After
some time, the committee finding itseli
without quorum, rose.
Mr.. McNlahon, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported bill to supply
certain deficiencies in appropriations fol
the Government service for the current
fiscal year. Ordered printed and recon.
mitted. The total amount appropriated
by the bill is s6S2, 500, OF which sum $780,
900 is for public printing.
NJ HoHlaknn riliDU IN p0rrpnt the
record, stated that last night he had re-
piled TO speech made by the gentleman
from Ohio (Warner), in which that gen.
tleman had alluded to pensioners OF the
government as "hospital pimps." On
looking at the record this morning he
found that portion Of the speech to which
he had replied had been stricken out.
fLaughter. He would not have referred
10 the circumstance but for the fact that
1t was the custom OF the gentleman from
Ohio to strike out portions OF his speeches.
He (Hazleton) had made three or four
speeches, and they had gone home; but
the objections to which they replied hav-
ing been removed by the party himself,
his constituents couldnot appreciate them.
laughter He had obtained manu-
script copy OF the notes OF official report
ers, and be desired to have the record cor
rected in conformity with it.
Mr.. Warner said that he had not had
time to refer to the notes OF the speech ol
the gentleman from Wisconsin (Hazelton)
but was certain land 9 number oil gentle.
men agreed with him) that some change
at least had been made in that speech.
Mr.. Hazelton-Not q word by me.
Mr.. Warner said he had used the words
"hospital pimps" whichhe had desired al
the time to ask that they might be stricken
out, but now that the matter was brought
up, he was not inclined to think that his
speech as he had made 1t was best. In
striking II out, however, he had done
nothing more than was done by every
member OF the House.
Mr.. Hazleton expressed his willingness
to have the official reporter state whether
he had made the slightest change in his
speech. He was satisfied that the gentle
man from Ohio knew when he made the
insinuation (for he was not brave enough
to charge 1t openly that he had altered
his speech; that he had never changed
one word or letter ofthe reporters notes.
Furthermore, this was an old trick OF the
gentleman from Ohio. Whenever thai
gentleman had made declaration which
had been replied to and he had not liked
the reply or character OF what he. hat
stated, he had in the night time, in hil
secret chamber, struck out what was OBJ
iectionable TO himself, leaving the reply a
naked and bald as q mountain top
Laughter.
MI Warner-I deny that absolutely,
and the gentleman cannot undertake q
refer to q single case Of that kind. / de
nounce that as ialsehood here and now
Mr.. Hazelton-For which will hol'
the gentleman responsible.
A Republican member-oh, don't, Mr.
Hszelton; not with dagger, or coffee ant
pistols. Loud udlaughter.
Mr.. Warner denied that he had appliet
the term "hospital pimps" to pensioner
OF the government, but only to cettail
, pension claimants before Congress. II tn
gentleman from Wisconsin thought :