National Republican., 1883-01-04
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to adjourn. The motion was agreed to- and
the sehlte accordingly adjourned.
TIE HOUSE.
Yesterday the house was entirely given to
the earmy appropriation, with no action. There
was however, scene, which was more inter-
esting than vote could have been. The de-
bate took a political turn rs soon as Mr..
Hewitt accused the republicans of purposely
cutting down appropriations with view to
leaving deficiencies for the democrats to
supply. Then there were reminders of
the deficiencies left by the Forty-fourth
,democratc) congress, and to cap the
whole Mr.. S. S. Cox read the Guiteau 4 I'm
Going to the Lordy" doggerel. Nobody could
sec how he intended it to apply, and tho only
effect was to shock the best sense of the house.
With one impulse there came hiss and the
usually witty and effective Cox tool; his scat
with n painful sense of having fatted" that
time. The democrats were rather inclined to
blush for him. and he got nervous under the
few minutes Of awkward silence. Coxs mis-
take seemed to spoil the effect of all that had
been said on the democratic side.
Mr.. Hatch presented Telegram from the
St. Louis Mercantile exchange asking for
the immediate passage of the Sherman ex-
tension bill" Referred
Mr. Sherwin presented n memorial Of the
American Social Science association asking
congress TO distribute such moneys rs it may
sec fit among the several states for the educa-
tion of the people. Referred.
Tho house then, at 1l15 went into the
committee Of the whole (ir Townshond, Of
Ohio, in the chair on
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL,
the pending amendment being that offered
by Mr. Browne, of Indiana, for the gradual
abolition of the pay corps of the army,
MIR. Upson offered as u substitute for that
amendment IN amendment providing for the
retirement of such paymasters or officers of
the pay department as are incapable of per-
forming the duties of their Office or are inca
pacitated for active service, and providing,
also that there shall be no more appoint
ments to the grade of major in tho pay de-
| partment until the number of majors in that
department shall have been reduced below
! fifty.
The substitute further provides that in
future appointments to the grade of major
and paymaster shall be made from the rank
of captain in tho line of the army.
The substitute was ruled out of order Mr.
Brownies amendment was adopted-1l1 yeas
! to 80 nays.
Mr.. Upson, in speaking to formal amend
ment, expressed his interest in all matters
which looked to increasing tho efficiency of
the army. Having lived for many years on
| the frontier he had learned, from personal OK
perience the Importance of a well disciplined,
well appointed army. The occurrences of the
| past should serve as warnings for the future.
CommunistiC and socalistic mutterinps of
human slaughter, spolation and outlawry,
under the guise of labor strikes encouraged
| by loud mouthed demagogues were unmis-
taxable warnings Of internal danger to the
peace and good order of the country.
Thoughtful minds would not treat this matter
| with indifference, but would consider as the
most serious problem of the day-the ques-
tion of preserving the rights and liberties of
individuals. He was in favor of keeping tho
therefore opposed many provisions of this bill,
which in his judgement would bring it into
disrepute.
In concluding his speech Mr.. Upson called
attention to the high degree of efficiency of
the English army.
This brought Mr.. Robinson, of New York,
to his feet with statement that he could
not tell whether the gentleman's speech was
an eulogy Of the American or English army
[Laughter.l He,would yield to no one IN his
admiration of the American army, but he did
not want to see its officers trotting around
after the representatives of monarchy
whether dressed in the uniform of an Ameri-
can soldier or dressed in the kilt of Argyle
Laughter.l He was alarmed at the spread
of English feeling that had invaded Texas
The glory of the English drum beat was the
sound of despotism and the death knell oi
liberty. [Applausel He did not want to in.
crease the army, or initiate anything English
He wanted to blot out all that abominablC
feeling that was getting into the heads o.
snobs and tlunkies to initiate monarchy with
out having the brains that surrounded it.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment provid
ing that II shall not be lawful for an officer
ON the active list to be employed by any cor
poration or individual under pay or emolu
ment, unless expressly authorized by law.
Mr., CallSins inquired whether Mr.. Holman
, knew of any case to which the amendmen
would apply.
Mr.. Randall stated that he had learned a
the War department that an officer absent OF
sick leave was in the employ of the Pullman
Car company.
Mr.. Reed and Mr.. McCook thought tina
that was % case which, If true, deserved tn
attention of court martial
Z The amendment was Withdrawn after som
, discussion.
, Mr.. Ryan offered an amendment, strilin
out the proviso that all retired officers shal
| receive the pay now provided by law as O
the rank they actually held in the army a
the date of their retirement, and insertn
the following proviso:
All officers on the retired list of the army on nc
r count of DISABILITIES occasioned by wounds receive
in battle shall hereafter bear on such retired lis
e oInten %"s tr1i ,hn Wen % IN the regu
/ were received, but this shall not apply to thos
!, Officers who had been in service as commissioner
officers for twenty-five years at the date of retire
ment; nor 10 those retired officers who had Jos
an arm or leg, or had an arm or leg permanent
/ disabled by resection, by reason of wounds re
5 ceived in battle, nor 10 such officers who hay
been retired originally by special acts of congres,
! Mr., McCook, though admitting that tn
! amendment had more merit than the orig
i inal provision, expressed his opposition t.
/ them both.
. Mr.. Calkins offered an amendment to tn
amendment, providing that it shall not b
construed to retire any officer on a rank les
than his actual rank in the army at the dat
of his retirement, Adopted.
2 Mr.. Steele offered an amendment excepting
from the provision of the amendment any Olll
: Ger who is suffering from disabilities equal t
i the loss Of IA leg or an arm.
/ Mr.. Bragg said that he had read the debat
! which had occurred ON this subject before tn
: holidays. Every class which had friend upoi
! the floor at that time who could speak agains
. the outrage had been provided for by tn
amendment offered to-day. He had IL friend
but he had not been here TO speak for him
T His friend was justice to all and no juatic
/ 70 the volunteer or regular army could be pu
5 into execution If the appropriation committe
was continually tinkering and patching a sec
: = ton of law without taking up tho Who'll
law and making it homogeneous Congrcs
I had thlkered and patched at the pension law
, until theywere shame and disgrace TO tina
: body, and 1t was doing the same with the Law
, for the retirement of army officers.
A Mr., Steele's amendment was rejected.
e Mn. Reed offered rs n substitute for MI
4 Ryans amendment the following:
Provided That the provision of section Q, char
ter l7S of the law OF 1870 shall apply to all Casl