The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-25
FORTY-EIoHTH CONoRESS-FIRST
SESSION..
SENATE.


bill was then resumed.
Mr.. Maxcy said, the intention of the
majority was to kill the bill by putting
on an amendment which would render
il impossible for the friends of the bill to
vote Tor IT,.
Mr.. Williams could not support the
bill, for as II now stood IL was an insult
to the American Veterans. the pin W., wns
now as dead ms II door nail. Mr.. VIII
liams had supposed II brave and hon
est man ever existed on the face
of the earth, II man not afraid
of man or devil, IL was the Senator from
Illinois U.ogan), the candidate of the
Republican party for vicc-president
Of the Republic I,,, but n sSen i amd
had been driven from u sense of duty.
Mexican soldiers he said, must wait for
their pensions until the government
should come into the hands of the DEM
ocrats. The action on this bill
was disgrace to the nation.
Mr.. Wilson defended the amendments.
The bill rs amended, he said, gave us u
Union soldiers AS well AS Mexican sol
diers, and that was what we meant to
have.
Mr.. Morgan said the present object, of
course, was u political one To press the
Democrats to the wall; an attempt to
prove they were opposed to pcnsioning
Union soldiers; while the fact was they
were not satisfied. 1t was the deliberate
Judgment of Northern people that such
pensions should now be paid. In the
course of his remarks Mr.. Morgan said:
"Take the candidate for the presidency;
he was variant talker on war, but he
never went to war; he remained mt
home and accumulated his million
dollars, and his substitute went to war"
NJ N IA
furlough and remained mt home"
After abiding to the bravery
of the soldiers on both
sides of the late war, MIR. Morgan
said: "When you come to speak
of that heroic man from Illinois
Uogan) who will stand second on your
ticket in the coming election; who was u
heroic man both in Mexico and in the
his plume not being the white
plume of Navarro, but the red pompon
of soldier dipped in the blood of his
adversary; when you come to speak OF
that, in order that his heroism may
stand in its, true colors, you
picture the form of Confederate sol
der. fighting valiantly for his cause, for
if that soldier had been unpatriotic,
half-hcarted, untrue, man who had
run from his flag, John A. Logan's glory
would have been confined to his tri-
umphs on the battle fields of Mexico.
proud of men that stood up
against ms in war; and whatever other
men, that did not go to war think, these
are proud of us, too. There is no difficulty
i'm our fellowship, in our meeting face to
face to debate matters for the interests
of this country"
At 3 o'clock the debate closed
l,A tttn AZ :
then began. The amendment pro-
viding no person shall be entitled
to more than one pension ut one time
under the laws of the United States I'M
less that fact he specially stated in the
law. Tho bill then passed-yeas, ~;
nays, q, ms follows:
Yeas-Allison, Blair, Bowen, Butler,
Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Cameron, OF
Wisconsin; Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Frye
George, Hale. Harrison, Hill, ingalls,,
Jones, of Nevada; Lamar, Lapham,
Logan, Mcmillan, Malone, Henderson,
Miller, of CALIFORNIA; Miller of New
York; Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Pike,
Plat, Plumb, Ransom, Riddle
barger, SAWYER yy;S., sewell' sherman van
Nays: Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Edmunds, Fair,
Farley, Garland, Groome, Hampton,
Hawley, Jackson, Jonas, Jones, OF
Florida; Maxey, Morgan, Pcndleton,
Pugh, salisbury, Slater, Vance Vest
Walker and Willians-H.
The following pairs were announced
Aldrich with German, Cullom with
Kenna, Anthony with Gibson, Hoar
The Legislative bill was then taken
up and the Senate went into executive
session.
| HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, June 4.-The House
committee on Ways and Means have
agreed to report favorably, by a vote of
to 2, the administrative portion OF the
Hewitt Tariff bill, as IL relates TO Gus
toms duties. Kasson, Russell and Black
burne were not present. There was
division on the bill on party lines, the
Democrats voting for and the Republic
cans against 1t.
port bill establishing bureau of labor
and statistics. Agreed to.
Senate bill passed granting letter car
rcrs fifteen days leave Of absence II
each year.
Oury, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported resolution calling up
ON the secretary of the Interior for infor'
nation relative to claims of certain per
sons to portion of the lands OF the
Zuni Indians in New Mexico and Ari'
IONA. Adopted.
The House then resumed considera'
ton of unfinished business, viz: The
bill repeating the presumption OF Tim
Horticulture and Desert Land laws ano
amending the Homestead law.
Holman offered an amendment, pro
viding that hereafter no public lands
adapted to agriculture shall he SOLD, eN
cepf mineral lands and town sites, hu
that they shall be reserved for actual
and bona fide settlers, under the home
stead law. Agreed to. The bill passed
yeas, la; nays, ~.
The Electoral Count bill was ther
taken up, the previous question having
been ordered on engrossment and thirt
reading of the bill.
Herbert offered an amendment TO tina
section of the senate bill which provides
that each State may determine all con
troversies concerning the appointment
ton may be overuled by concurrent nc
ton of the Senate and House. Adopted
The Senate bill as amended by sub
stitute, was read the third time ant
passed. ,,
The House then took recess till
O'Clock i'm the evening. The session viii
be devoted to consideration OF business
reported from the Military committee.
At the evening session the Hous'
passed the following bills: For settle
ment of accounts OF officials
the army who served in the wa
of the rebellion; to authorize retire:
list for privates and non-commissionee
officers Of the United states who hav
vide for settlement of claim
of officers and men for loss o