, 1880-06-13

1tFfHr HAlSH ltluu tIluI opPhIClat 1tVIAI
he inbnte. then he branded his charge rs
,asr fnIsrhooI.'' The line was very sharply
llrawn. Ingnils had iutllnated that Senator
VOORHEES, was excited from liquor, and Voor-
hees had with. equal Plalnness lnttnated
|'ase base falsehood; but time brings bulnl
tn aIt wounds. and mollties Senatorial pas
sion, and in the course Of half an hour after
wards both gentlemen had Indicated that !
they eant no t studet 5 Of hsteTv W
hardly find these things in the record to-
N'3'n an0tbcr scarcely less curious fact was the
fact that Roscoe ConH}lng Tor the first time
in many years seemed, at least indirectly, to
recognize Blaine in debate.
wAs111SoroS, p q; &; June ne,n l2mWhen WHEN
~ certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexican
and otnur wars was resumed as in Conlmitr
'e Nrs r. fngaiIs t moved to include oil the men
who served thirty days Ill the War OF the
Mr. Voorhees, alleged this, was one Of the
many ways of killing the bill.
Mr. Brown offered an amendment to Mr..
ingalls, amendment, providing that the
amendment sna not cose 1nxs o tbe pn
'rnat was about the time since the close Of
thn Mexican War, and, if Mr.. Brown was in
the the Senate in 1893, he would vote to pension
every Union soldier.
,ncnt because It would add 500, ,000, 100 yearly
70 the expenditures of the country.
In the course of political discussion, Mr..
VOORHEES, said this. to his mind, was the
sleSt ans+ ne eTSf W'esSsa { scaye ~,
apnyuody. p1ys w. ''i The Senator from Maine would
not not vote for this amendment, nor would
man on that side Of the Chamber.
lIr. Blaine said he would vote for tie
amendment simply to ksep ZEE the solaers 1Tx OF
the exact level where they now stand:
Mr. VOORHEES, sais he would finish the
sentence. The intention was to keep both Oft
the pension rolls. He desired to call the at
tnt tSn0n t;9 Of csn s sna'rg ganeuvor s for
little it'll cheap capital with no intention to
benefit the Union soldier, but to grossly
deceive them into the t'elief that the other
fde want to d. sostng s Y Ren Roebeyyns hey ao had
never done anything to pension soldiers
more than the Democrats had done. They
had not passed tile Arrears OF Pension bill
until driven to it By the Democrats, by y,a; tue
ySfy I G"f1irh5e G"sy fo the t5s Wnio" soders M 'u
Mr.. ingalls, remarked that the Arrears OF
Pension bill had been introduced BY him and
nnf thr0ug, under Ills leadership before the
Democrats obtained control OF Congress:
Nil. fuOFIlttS lEJDIAEs kAHA ~ Htst5 Ptsooc>.
onlv thirty DAYS before the Republicans went
out and the shadow Of the Democratic
narty was on this body, and the fear OF the
awe thereof" The Republicans did SOME
Thing then they llad left undone until then.
The bill had been three times rejected pe1ore
in further remarks Mr.. Voorhees, reiter-
ated Ills charge that the Ingalls, amendment
was offered to make political capital and Ut
M Mr. INGALLS, rose and said-Mr. President,
the Senator from indiana usually gets very
animated and loQuaeious about tins time OF
day, and we all know the source Of his i'll
| splration. 1,,,. soa.
ST. ingalls, (continn1ng)-And we all
| know that that accounts for his assertions,
Mr., VOORHEES, (asain interrupting)-lf the
| Senator means III this presence to say that
Mr.. Ingalls-I mean precisely what say,
that The allegations that this is silly and
foolish masquerade, that there Is bad faith
| on the part Of those who advocate this
amendment and that there IS an "a attte,nfpt
soiuiers, are unworthy OF him in his better
moods. shall not submit to it, whether
other members Of the Senate do or not.
Mr. VOORHEES, (who had crossed the DEM
ocratic side of tue Chamber 2u stood a. neIt =
| ~ -, r,Ia-et,,'I thnt onvaycitpu,nnt or word
~ ~ WHY . n '"o IT, onvtne t ali except my
+,'na9 f.,inos -" }h;s snhiact brand his
Atu. 20 o e so an,i ~ m;s"rabie f1lschood
1naa. r. ~. havs. @ nottns To- saw to that
TN! ~ vii stand where it is left
t1o ino,, uoi;tt = ~ ,he Sn,afa ,eove it to be
it s1 ~ h,r ~ pho e"e eonmtrv whether the asser
t;Huset t;n.'ss t,,n} - tho Snnutnr frnm Indiana las
,o ,,m',, tis fnnr in regari to the motives
th"t 1ao ant,n4"j thosa ,vho have intro
ttv aasG a1,; 'I,,mTn,ont cnn he sustained upor
o"v raaennahie u nr dcrent. or lust basis As
as, ns hafnr. er + rensl them 'nyself. whether
sala oGlore, ,lr n1,, ~ tha Sanate does so Of
atiJ ot1te1t i AIno En ta1,e ahonf Recommending
loe hn'1 it1t! fo;ti, anI oho1,t an attempt to de
bau 14;n en1d;ers Mr. President. it i:
GeanG lae III ui1IV1 n3,i,in n,iustifia
lIso4enG uti ~ 41'nt ;s ,,,',ynr+hw tha Sanato1
o!e applie1ttiioa ~ ,i!1i 1his i nr,sence
any w" ,a -, ' 1oraa,1d r. discuss tlf
1T. insils nv, ~ so;d that ha vas ner
pl!l, aitu f'ir 81 1cns;n,inr the Nfeyicar
SUNNY III t,a hata " thav ware IN The Confdcr
soIu!eis "netteh 81 h't IA ;nar;t aka deffuctio1
ny aI'ny VI !ivs - 80 tha s,att. .~ns atttmntct
WnGH tne leus'.hha ~ w - ,ns Iae;nnaj r. nnct
IL. LIZ s u. e tso , 1,ree m,.mher ~ those VII,
upol Jug 1"iaa .t,o :. pahoi , ar1nu Tia demanded
sten Sat ~. ~ affnTtc fn tn secnre nensions to-th
iTn;on i!fn; ~: s,id,ers at The same time Should b.
orai;taI ,v;th ,r0od faith. and not termed
eiEune I'll. "it or an nttemnt to deceive
shy hIsu , u11amv os1a gl @ inng sneech holdin
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