The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-21
FlTz JOHN PORTER /.
STILL THE SUBJECT IN CONGRESS.
~. eatehfon and Hr. trowas Agsins! ihs In.
III. dreenlsaf and ar. heAdoo IN Favor Of II.
asa' sioenn Again Loses Ills Temper, bpt 10
|E" Whe hsa HsIps Him vut.

WASHINGTON, January ls.-The Home
went into Committee on the Private
Calendar, and took up the Porter bill. Mr.,
Cutcheon (Michigan) addressed the Houee
In opposition to the bill. In the course Of
bis remarks Mr.. Cutchcon graphically por.
trayed the engagement going on with tho
thunder Of the cannon calling "Filx John
Porter this way, this way" Porter listen.
ed, and lying back, saii: "Tha. is not
the voice 1.-The country. 1tis the voice Of
Pope" Loud applause AT tho conclu.
cluaion OF MIR. Cutcheon'B remarks BE- was
warmly applauded by the Republican
MI. Greenleaf (N.Y, took The floor, say.
ing tho whole case turned on two s;mple
questions OF fact, which history ought TO
nave decided long aimee: Flrst-Dld or
dld not den. Porter obey with reasonable
pfomptnets and zeal $50 y. u, order OF
rope, OF August q, 1852; and second, did
toHef hnu himself confronted by a greatly
superior force at the time he received
ropes order Of $50 10 strike Joansoa's
flank and rear. " I|-T 1S,T ~ = :
ne READ extracts from tho testimony be.
lore the schotield bourd, 10 show tina; tho
conduct Of Porter was not only exc,,sabje
but under the circumstances, highly com.
mendap'e, and by virtue OF Porter'o better
kn11,wleoge ,s,,1,s Of the surroundings, for the
welfare Of the whole army. .i;..it5 ~
Mr. Brown, OF Indians, said when DOOR
boy, worn out with q loog days march,
went TO sleep on bis post, or after long
campaign sought without leave glimpse
o. the old homestead, he was tried aud
shot and nothing WAS said, but when q
man with long coal and epurs on his
hee's, with q commission in his pocket,
ANONYMOUSLY mishehaved in the presence
o. the enemy, it would seem that ho ought
10 he turned over 10 the town constable to
be rescued from the clutches OF the law by
habeas corpus. Hs then proceeded with q
carefully prepared speech ayains; the bill,
Y MIR. McAdoo, Of New Jersey, next spoke
in support Of ,hs bill, coniiairs his re.
marks mainly to o reply to the speech
made by MIR. Steele yesterday. ~
. MI. Slocum said he did not proposo 10
take any action looking to the close OF
the debate: They should stay aud discuss
this case TIL the people were informed 1he
army could be abolished. Ha had never
witnessed sach an ahsurdity RS this ef
three hundred gentlemen sitting here dis.
cuaslng subject they know nothing about
and could never know. [Sensa:ion and
excitement ] Mr.. S|ocum tasn moved tho
committee rise, amid protests from the
other side. The Democratic meats were
down. = = =. - ~ y 'o'@>>
MI; J. s; Wise, (Va) said he desired to
ask Gen. slocum il all seriouanefa, If ha
was sincere in bis remark; il thoee were
really bis views lit was i TACT that the
house did not and could not know any
thing about the Gaze, he felt disposed to let
the MISTER stand ns it YVES LEFT BY the court
martial composed Of men who did know
som,ethlng about military matters. Loud
applause Mr.. Slocum explained further
that non-nilitary men could not under
stand the value OF the movements Of bat
talon OF brigade. -lfi1.-, 49, ~ -"
Mr; Taylor (Ohio) took The floor for n
speech against the bill, aud proceeded to
review the evidence: Without coucludinv
his speech he. yielded for motion that the
committee rise, and at 4:AO P. NJ. the house