Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-22

gentleman had charged General Hazen
with being general without a battle,
commander without history. Had
no known tho slightest rudiments of
his country's history he would
have known General Hazen had been
under fro as msny times as any officer
In tbe service. In connection with
this charge, the gentleman said Cen
eral HAGEN strutted on the stage and
wore muniments of wor shorn of all
that makes 1t honorable. He (Taylor)
old not know what General Hszen
wore; If he wore tho "muniments of
war" he wore something no other gen.
tlemnn did" Mr.. CalKins boro testi.
mony to General Hazen's bravery dur.
ing the war.
MIR. Beltzhoover then went on with
his specifications and charges:
Ninth--That Hszen had been run.
ming up expenditures of the bureau to
double what they were under How
gate.
Tepth-That Hazen's petty frauds
and peculations were more bold and
infamous than Howgates.
Eleventh-Thats Hazen was found
guilty of base and ignominous coward.
Ice and the most disgraoeful duplicity,
Twelfth-That Hszen's management
OF the bureau had not only been pro.
htgate and extravagant beyond paral-
lei, but also without adequate results.
Mr.. Converse denied the charges of
Hazen's oowardlce. He bore mus.
ket ball In his body he received In
honorable warfare, yet he was srrayed
as cowardly man who never saw q
battle. What WAS the meaning Of
thls2 He could tell. It was the rem
nant of quarrel that had started
years ago, when colonel came before
on investigation committee and dared
give testimony that threw from one of
the highest places In the United States,
the man who occupies It," That
quarrel had been continued from
that hour to this, and Gen. Hazen had
never seen \ day of peace or rest since
he gave his testimony. Spies had sur.
rounded him and gone into his very
Office. Scavengers had been employ.
ed to 60 into his upittoons and waste
baskets to pick up remnants of papers
and examine them.
Mr.. Taylor--And Beltzhoover has
them.
Mr.. Converse--And this stuff print
cd here against Gen. Hazen is largely
remnants which have been dragged
out of his waste ba.k
Mr.. Beltzhoover said the informa
tton on which he based his charge,
was derived largely from the record o'
evidence and asserted that the re cords
of Hszen's court martial corrob orate6
his charge of oowardice. AS to thu
remarks of the gentlemen from Ohio
(Converse), "Oid the gentleman
mean to say that either hs or Gen
Hancock, or Gen. Sherman, or tn,
president, or the secretary of war
was in conspiracy to break down
poor little brieadier general, Hazen
because he had brought on the Bel
knap trial2"
Mr.. Converse--''No, and they hav,
never made euch charges ss the gen
tlensn repeats. But do believ
that men have set on HszsL's track
using foul words to him In order t
drive him into fight and get an op
portunity to kill him." f.
Mr.. Butterworth earnestly defended
General Hazen's character for honest,
and bravery and suggested that tn
1 gsrsisinaa frasn PsEssysvaa,s pad 3dsu
himself In an unenviable light befor
the country In attacking that office
without formulating his charges ant
asking for an investigation.
Mr.. Beltzhoover stated he woul,
have demanded an investigation bu
for the approaching adjournment o
congress. The amendment was thel
lost.
Ou motion of Mr.. Hiscock q
amendment was adopted authorizln
the secretary of war in his discretion
to make further detail of officers TO
service on arctic sea expedi tions.
Mr.. Blackburn offered an ament
ment reducing the appropriation fo
geological survey fcom $24O, 600 t.
: 1922 ,OOo.
After discussion and pending actio
the committee rose and the house ad
joLrned.