The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-13
FoRTY-EIGHTu CONGRESS FIRST
SESSION.

WAsBIgGToS. March III ess l-After
the morning business, tue sona z took up
pieuru pueunlonia Dul.
M. Cuks spoke strongly against the bill
IN its present Bhape, ns u included all COM
muuicable dis, nsss wnstevtr, when. he
snid, would place all cattle south of Vr-
GINA at the mercy OF the commits oners OF
agriculture.
At2 o'clock the pleuro' pneumonia bill
went over aud the senate took up tho bl
for the relief OF Ftz John Porter.
Mr.. Se~eil addressed the senate on the
b |
lie spoke Of tho purity OF Porter's mo
tiyes and defended him 40 mao aud
soldier.
SIR. Wilson followed. II was not his
purpose, he said, 10 Ell ter into 9 discussion
oi the questions of Inci In this Gee. That
which Was plain to oil was an order was IT,
aued TO Porter by his commanding otlic T
which wns not ooeyed. fnere werc
no tbeori-s We could advance, 40
en- ,ertaln which could disguise
the fact that the question before the -eua'e
was as TO the duty o, military officer 10
obey lawful orders. TIE supporters OF the
bill did not claim Porter bsh 0beyed The
lawful orders OF his superior officers They
merely advanced u justification for his fail
ure 70 obey; II was s.. clear, Therefore,
this case squsrely confronted by the discfe-
ton I, di'obey. Whatever lawful order
Pot 3, eiyed iror> Pope, IL vas his duiy
to OF Y in the manner prescr bed oy the
nirth article of wsr, strictly and with elac.
rity and good faith. The penalty
was death or such pnoisbment, az
the court might impose. There had been
hero such disobedience as might
have been punished with death. Dscre-
ton had no place In military law when IN
officer or soldier received we'll defined,
Ia wful comm .nd from ms superior officer
II the senate passed. this bill IL should, to
be consisl ent. repeal the nineth Article OF
war. The order to Porter had required him
TO start with his whole cCrps at
dayi Did that mean II he should see
a. not 10 obey the ord-rs 10 did not matter?
II General Pipe had Issued such an order
to be laughed at, IL would De HE Issuing
tne order saying, The maior-general
directs you 10 stat at l O'Clock
%. night, but OF course this Ia
left entirely to Your own discretion; you
must be here nv daylight, but In thii re.
spect you are also expec ed by me to exer-
Csc your own discretion; you can deter
mine in your discretion whether you
shall BIO here al that time or later or
not at oil +" How could command
ing officer go into engagement with tnis
sort of discretion I'm every officer under him
] congress proposed this sort OF discretion
ex vt they should teach West Point ca Is
new doctrines Of iii cfeti0n instead OF the
old Law OF obedence. II congress desirep
10 invite widesDIesd characterization in
the army It h all onl, tn pass the bit.
Ait,r an extra session the senate aG-
journed.
WASHINGTON, March II -TPress. THE
house well, into committee Of the whole on
the postal appropriat onB bill.
The COMMITTEE of the who e, by a voc OF
III 10 Al, struck out the clause mi ing the
,sl aries OF postmastsrs 20 5000
Al amendment, offered ny Horr incrt as
ng from $40 500 900 10 SIP 10000 the ap.
propTi, tiou Tor compensation 10 postmas-
ers. was lost-H to so.
Horr moved to increase the appropria-
ion for clerks in the po,t offices by $l25.- |
100
The committee rose for TIE purpose OF
Uniting d-b.te on this amendment.
Townshend was willing tn accord thirty |
minutes, hut the republicans held oct for |
oity Nearly TWO hours we're consumed In |
oil call wiihnu any accommodation la re- |
'ard 10 he disputed ton minutes being ar
wed at. but fiDallv shorter time was
greed TO and the committee resumed SEES /
on.
creased ap )ropriaiion was favored by |
'utcheon Bingham and Horr, and OPP /
,ossd by Holmsn and Townshend
The amendm. mt vas lost-77 to III.
Skinner, OF New York, offered an amend
neni increasing by $400, 900, the sppropria-
ion for the payment OF letter carriers.
Pending action the committee rose and
he house adjourned.