Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-22

gentleman had charged General Hazen
with being q general without a battle,
= commander without q history. Had
no known tho sljghtest rudiments of
his country's history he would
have known General Hazen had been
under fro as many times as any officer
In The service. In connection with
this charge, the gentleman said Cen
eral HAGEN strutted on the stage and
wore muniments of VOL 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 HAGEN 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 Howgate's.
Eleventh-Thats Hazen was found
guilty of base and ignominous coward.
Ice and the most ~disgraoeful duplioity,
Twelfth-That Hszen's management
OF the bureau had not only been pro.
htgate and e~xtravagant beyond paral-
lei, but also without adequate results.
Mr.. Converse denied the charges of
Hazen's cowardlce. He bore 3 mus.
ket ball In his body he received In
honorable warfare, yet he was arrayed
as cowardly o man who never saw q
battle. What Was the meaning Of
this2 He could tell. II was the rem
nant of a quarrel that had started
years ago, when q 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 e a 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.
MI. Taylor--And Beltzhoover has
them.
MI. Converse--And this stuff print
cd here against Gen. Hazen is largely
remnants which have been dragged
out of his waste basket.
MIR. B~eltzhoover said the informa
tton on which no based his charge,
was derived largely from the record Of
evidence and asserted that the records
Of Hszen's court martial corroborate6
his charge of oowardice. AS to thu
remarks of the gentlemen from Ohio
(Converse) odd the gentleman
mean TO say that either his or Gen
Hancock, or Gen. Sherman, or tn,
president, or the secretary of war
was in a 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 o. the gen
tlemsn repeats. But I do believ'
that men have set on HszsL's track
using foul words to him IN order t
drive him into a fight and get an OF
portunity to kill him."
Mr.. Butter worth earnestly defended
General Hazen's character for honest,
and bravery and suggested that tn
gsrssistn&a fram Par ssysva illGu
himself In an unenviable light befor
the country In attacking that office
without formulating his charges ant
asking for an Investigation.
MI. Beltzhoover stated he woul,
have demanded an investigation Blu
for the approaching adjournment o
congress. The amendment was thel
lost.
Ga motion of Mr.. Hiscock a
amendment was adopted authorizln
the secretary of war in his discretion
to make further detail of officers TO
service on arctic sea expeditions.
Mr.. Blackburn offered an amend
ment reducing the appropriation TO-
geological survey fcom $4,000 t.
1922, 900.
After discussion and pending actio
the committee rose and the house ad
joLrned.