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completed Tariff bill. The House Ways and
Means Committee made good progress.
THE FITz JOHN PORTER CASE.
COMPLETION OF SENATOR LoGAN's spnxcH-vun
TIER ARGUMENTs. But 40 VOTE.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO rHs TRrsuxK
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Senator Logan resumed
the floor to-day at 1890, continuing his speech
upon the Fitz John Porter bill, and finished ct q
o'clock. His voice was hoarse and his manner that
of o man who was nearly exhausted. His peroration
was an appeal to both sides not TO do the wrong
which the bill contemplated. He asked Senators
why it was, when this case came up that divisions
were made upon party linesi
Turning to the Democrats, he said he did not
think it came with good grace for mon who tried
their own disobedent officers in their own way to
use their power aud influence TO restore officers who
were dismissed from service IN the Armies Of the
North The precedent thus established, after
twenty years delay, would be q very dangerous ono
--one that would live to trouble those who estab-
lished it. Before he would give a vote to restore
this man to the Army. to let him live
the balance of his days upon the bounty Of tho
taxpayers of the country. ne would go across the
Potomac and kneel down to that tomb that says
Here sleep the unnamed dead :" he would 60
around among those little white headstones that
marked the resting place of the boys that fell In tho
battle of Groyeton the Goth of August and there
in the presence of those whitening bones get his
knees and pray to Almighty God to forgive him for
the wrong he was doing to the dead and for
the wrong he would infIct upon the country. He
Nould stand in tho rays of the magnificent King Of
Day and appeal to tho santed spirit of Abraham
Lincoln that has gone before, and would say: In
asmuch as you examined into this case and thought
this man guilty, and signed this order, and when
appealed to again you declined to take any action.
appeal to yOu Take my hand and help mo
through this trouble that am now going through.
SO may not perpetrate this wrong,
He would turn again and recount the wrongs that
had been tried to be perpetrated on the life and
character of Garfield In respect To- his views on thia
question He would appeal TO HIM in bis silent
and sonnd Ia Judgment you gave this verdict BY the
reexamnatfon of the whole record you had pre-.
pared yourself again to defend that which you had
doner He would appeal to- heaven to allow bis
spirit to pass from this earth untouched by tho
nature Of wrong or by the weakness which vote
for this bill against his own Judgment would DEM
Senator sewell followed with a speech in refuta-
tion of the positions taken by Senator Logan, but he
could not be distinctly heard from the galleries
nor by Senators upon the floor, except those who
took seats very near him. He read many extracts
from the testimony taken By the court martial and
Senator Mcpherson did not attempt to deal with
the facts in the case but based his appeal in behalf
of Fitz John Porter upon the services aud the suffer-
ings of the man, and urged in argument only the
fact that General Grant and Board OF Inquiry had
fully examined the case and found General Porter
Innocent of wrong.
Senator Hale moved an Indefinite postponement OF
the bill, which motion was lost BY vote OF ~ 70
2S Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania, and SEN
ator Sewell voted IN the negative. Senator sher.
man and Senator Hoar, who were present. did not
vote With these exceptions all the kepnDicans
voted for pos nementfni oil the Dsmo Gratis with
out exception vOIed against It,.
Senator Hoar then moved that the further con-
alteration of the bill be postponed for one week.
He said he had come to Washington at the benn-
ming of the session prepared TO vote for the bill
hut 30 much had been said bearing upon the SUB
ect that he desired TO have time TO examine the tes-
mony and arguments on both sides before voting.
II forced to vote now he should vote In the mega
tive.
date vote on the ground that delay would render II
impossible for the bill to pass the other House
tais session. Senator Connger then made . s..ona
speech against the bill and the policy Oh
unseemly haste manifested by ITS supporters The
passage of no bill introduced since be had peen
momber of Congress would 80 shock the moral sense
of the people OF the North II FIz John Porter mao
exercised one-haf the diligence ~ get inO the hght
at Groveton that he had to get into the army since
he was dismissed, there would have been no occa-
sion for this discussion. u..
vote was reached upon Senator Hoar's motion
at late hour aud lost The friends ofsne Dill votea
down mo, ion to 90 into executive session, ana in
sisted upon going on with the bill. senator Conger
called for the reading of the majority and minority
reports from the committee, whereup0n senator
Mcpherson moved shat the Senate adjourn ana the
motion was carried.