St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-04


| it is alleged, by competent authority, de-
pendent upon, and under the jurisdiction of,
and afraid of persecution by the naval
| department. that the official stenographer of
the court publicly declared in writing that
| important and valued testimony was sup
| pressed, and the proceedings of the court
were calculated to cover all matters relating
to the expedition.
| Mr.. Collins offered preamble and reso-
luton, which recited that a memorial had
been presented by shareholder Of the Pa
| cific National bank, Boston, char4ng frauds
and misconduct on the part of certain United
| States officials in combination with the direc-
| tors of the bank, and directing,th committee
on banking and currency to consider the ex-
pediency of making an immediate investiga-
ton into said charges, and so amending the
banking laws as to prevent such fraud and
misconduct in future. Adopted.
| Mr. Bland introduced resolution, amend
| ing the rules, so as TO make it out of order
to ask for unanimous consent for the adop-
! ton of resolution affecting the relations of
the United States with foreign countries,
until referred to and reported back from the
| committee. Referred
The following bills were introduced and
| referred
| By Mr.. Wilkins, for the erection of public
buildings at GAINESVILLE.
| By Mr.. Caldwell, to prohibit the importa-
ton into the United States of pauper labor
| ers, laZzaroni and beggars.
By Mr.. Poland, for amending the rules, so
as to provide that eulogies on deceased mem
bers shall be published in the Record without
being delivered.
| By Mr.. Wellbarn, for the erection of public
buildings at Fort Worth, Tex.
By Mr.. Hancock, by request to liquidate
the national war debt in gold and silver
bullion, to increase the circulation of the
national current money, to discontinue the
collection of internal revenue, and to estab-
fish a merchant marine. The means by
which these results will be obtained is ST.
zoe, 0000, 900 of greenbacks.
Mr.. Townsend moved to suspend the rules
and pass bill pensioning the survivors of
| the Mexican war The bill does not apply,
like that pending before the house to the
| soldiers of the Black Hawk and other Indian
| wars.
Mr.. Townshend explained the bill and
stated it combined, in so far as it related
| to the soldiers of the Mexican army, the es-
sential features of bill introduced by him
self the first bill of this session, and the bill
was reported from the committee on pen
sions, and at the suggestion of the conyen-
| ton of Mexican soldiers, recently held in this
city. 1t was confined exclusively to those
who had served sixty days in the Mexican
war, or who had actually served with the
army and navy, or had participated in any
battle in that war, and the widows of such
! soldiers who had married before their dis
charge. He had not embraced the soldiers
| of the Florida, Indian or Black Hawk wars.
After consultation with the friends
Of the soldiers in all those
wars, it was concluded it was better
to separate them, and let the claims of the
soldiers of each war stand on their respect
I've merits, and not confuse and embarras
them by embracing all in the same measure.
| He was heartily in favor of pensioning sol
| diers in the Black Hawk and Florida Indian
wars, and should support their bill, which he
hoped would soon be up for consideration.
The Mexican war had ended thirty-six years
ago, and the average age of the survivors
| was now sixty-two years. This bill was in a
line with the precedents established in pen
sioning the soldiers of the revolutionary war,
and the war of 1912.
Mr.. Browne, Ind, opposed the,bill, because
it would put on the pension rolls all who ac-
tually appeared in some muster roll of the
! United States in the war with Mexico. 1t
would put on the rolls men who never saw a
| living or dead Mexican, and never heard the
discharge of gun, unless it were fired
! by accident. 1t put on the rolls
men who did not need pensions. He was
willing to give pension to every man who
actually served in Mexico, or who partici-
pated in any battle in the Mexican war,
| without regard to the time of service, and to
| put on the roll every man who was on the
muster roll for sixty days, who could show
he was in such pecuniary condition as to
need assistance. How did gentlemen of the
| majority forget 2, 000, 900 men who served in
1 d war equal in importance to the Mexican
war! They happened to think of the Creek
| war, of the Black Hawk war and Seminole
war, Why did they happen to think of the
wars prosecuted by states to capture runway
negroes? Why did they remember the wars
brought on by states by the violation of trea-
ties between the United States and savage
| tribes, and then forget these other men |!
! Was it because it was thirty-seven years
| since the Mexican war2 1t was eighteen
| years since the close of the war of the rebel
| lion, and certainly the men who carried the
flag of the nation to victory during the three
years of the rebellion, were as much entitled
| by service to pension as men who appeared on
| the muster roll in the war with Mexico. Out
| of 20, 900 who went to the Mexican war, So
| 600 went from the slave-holding states, and
| this bill was brought in because the rebel
soldiers could be put on no other pension
roll. That was the reason for the bill. He
| did not object to that, but he wanted a
chance to amend the bill, so as to do justice
/ to the soldiers in the war of the rebellion.
Mr. Townshend, replying to Browne, said
! he was endeavoring tc knife this bill by in
direct means which were not fair nor square.
| The Republican party held the control of
| both branches of last congress, and the ex-
ecutive department and the gentleman him
| self, then chairman of the committee on
invalid pensions, and yet, neither him nor
| his party had made any attempt to place these
soldiers on the pension roll. Townshend
further said, he introduced this bill totest the
| question whether the Mexican soldiers had
sufficient merit in their claims to stand alone,
that whenever bill was presentedto pension
| all the soldiers in the late war, it would be
found they had merit enough in their claim &,
and find friends enough in
congress to secure the reward of a
| pension. That the legislation of Indiana had
shown more generosity, and patriotism for
the Mexican soldiers, then their representa-
! tive on this floor. The legislation of Ill
| inos, and twenty-five other states have done
the same. Now, l stand here, and am ready
| to obey the instructions of any state whilst
| you, Browne, signalize your disobedience of
| the command of your state. The time has
arrived to reward the old veterans, for if it
| is not done soon they will not need this re-
ward After some further debate, the rules
were suspended and the bill passed Yeas
227, nays 46. The following is the negative
I vote:
Arnot, Kean, Ray, n. H,
| Boyne, Kelly, Reed,