The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-07
Last Nights Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.

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| in the fourteenth amendment which re-
quired any petition, and while it had beer
the practice of congress to require every
person to make an application for relief il
respectful terms. no form of petition haG
been heretofore prescribed. 1t seemed te
him too late in the day, fifteen years after
the termination of the war, to make man
write the words Traitor" and Rebel
with his own hand on his own brow, and
get down in the dust and cry ''unclean. y
| before the great government would con-
slider his petition.
Mr. Conger replied to Mr.. Goode: Had
| it come to this? Was there statute OF
limitations on rebellion and treason? Why
was the petitioner here If not to say that
he bad been engaged in rebellion against
| his government and TO ask to have his
disabilities removed? Why not let every
man come and say that he had been
| engaged in the late unpleasantness? The
house had too often heard these rose
coiored names for rebellion to have them
reprinted in the public records. There was
constant. insldious, continuous effort
being made on the other side of the house
10 incorporate in the literature of the
house smooth sounding words for rebellion
and treason and insurrection, until, if any
one used the good, old fashioned words he
was Immediately rebuked. He expressed
himself as surprised that SO many of his
Republican colleagues had last Friday
voted for disability bill similar
to the present one. Thank God, he was
| not one of those who had such q record,
He hoped his remarks would call the at
ter. ion OF the people and soldiers of the
North to this tendency even of his side of
the House to forget all the dismal. horri-
Bile past, and smooth it all over by the
application of new kind of literature in
the proceedings of the House.
Messrs. Young, Ellis and Goode rose to
reply, but Mr. W ood objected on the ground
that further discussion was unwise aud
Improbable.
The vote on the passage OF the bill was,
yeas 266, nays 46.
The House then went into Com mittee
of the Whole on the private calendar.
The House was iD committee about an
hour and not a single bill was agreed to
owing to objections.
Mr.. BayDe moved that the committee
rise.
Mr.. Coffroth hoped that the motion
would be Withdrawn. If there were gem
tlemen who did not desire soldiers to OBJ =
tain pensions he wanted their names to go
on record.
sir. Sparks said: Tha, allegation 8gains,
the gentlemen obiecting is out Of place,
unfounded aud untrue. So far as it re-,
lates to me, the gentleman passes special
bill! for men in his district to the prejudice
of my district.
Mr. Cofftoth-Actioas speak louder
than words.
Mr. Sparks-I will not appeal from t1e
pension office tc yoG.
The motion TO rise was defeated. 1t
becoming evident. however. that but little
business could be transacted, the commit
tee finally rose after agreeing to two pen.
sion bills and the House adjourned till
Monday
| The Senate Exodus Committee OF day
examined nine witness. Most of the
evidence brought out Twas corrohorativa
OF that previously given by ether Wit
nesses. James Buchanan; of Indian
apolis, o prominent Greenbacker and
member Of the National party OF Indians
was examined. He said that the demand
fer labor in the state of Indiana was far
short OF the supply. That never since
1873 had winter passed that the Super
visors of the Poor in the vicinity of INDIAN
apolis is not called to supply food 10 sbie
bodied men who would ae GLAD to earn a
| a.
was opposed to the exoGuF, though he
the body OF the Republicans in Indiana
opposed the exodus, but 1t was encouraged
tor parry reasons By few msn&seEs,
The Democratic SeGsioTs ou the Cen
sus Committee Conferred with the Geor-
eia meai bers 30 day upoo the coDteste
domination Of Rev Thomas Simmond,
as Census Supervisor. Representative
FELTON,, who procured his no1nination, vas
not present, but Alex. II. Stephens anC
Senator Hill represented his side, while
fSeuator dordon ard Representative
Hammond insisted on rejecting the no4i
nation Oh the ground Of llliteracy ard in
competency and OF having slaudered hi
South by frequently using tie word
corrupt secession traitors" Messrs
Hill and Stephens claimed that he va
competent, although. .his orthoETaphy wa
a trihe off; that he was highly recon-
mended; that the charge of SANDER wa
not grave enough to warrant his rejection
and would cause party feeling. Genera
Gordon thought the appointment ought
not to be confirmed on the ground tha
Simmonds laid out that it would give hin
a victory over the corrupt secession trai
tors This led to spirited and some ewha
Liberal movement in Georgia came out
and it transpired that this was wa
between regular Georgia Democrats an,
Georgia Independents,
The Cabinet to-day affirmed the sentenc
of the court martial of Maj. Reno and i
will be soon carried out,
| The select committee of the House OF
the Inter Oceanic ship canal met to-da,
and llaid the foundation for a critica
examination of the subject, A resolution
was adopted calling on the President fo
all correspondence between this govern
ment and foreign countries relative {
the ship canal; also a resolution providip
, for the collection of all possible statistic
showing the present amount OF commerc
passing around Cape Horn. with
view of ascertaining approximately ho,
valuable to the commercial interests @
this country an inter-oeeanic canal woul
be.
The Navy Department has been drape
in mourning and will be closed to NOR
row, the day of the funeral of ex-Seeretar
Borie.
Senator Lamar has recently recovered
The President will shortly issue anothe
proclamation looking to the suppression @
another formidable raid into the India
territory.