The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-13
roRIY-EIGHTn CONGRESS FIR Z
SESSION.

sEEATE.
WAsuISoTGH, June l2.-[Press, Ion mo-
ton Of Mr.. ALls1u, l1B BougtelCok n hual
vote on the consular and diploma. C apnrO-
prlGtion bill snd me bill pasgsd-yS yeas,
2Days, Vance a1d Van Wyek).
Ths oil Is y ed IS i'moss precisely es
reportet from tao senate committee On
APPROPRIATIONS, making an sddit, On OF
$S,C00,000 10 the bill as reported from
tue house.
TIE Mexicsn pension bill was taken up.
Mr.. Van Wyck moved us amendment u
bill, tue same since reported from ths PEN
sion committee by Mr. Cull0m, 10 provide
pensions Tor Invalid soldiers and sailors who
bed been DISCHARGED from the army or
navy, after three months IN tie war Of tho
rebellion. and Tor widows and dependent
parents Of Oct stsed pensioners.
MIR. Hawley was opposed TO service for
pension and woulu Therefore be unable 10
vote for the Mexican pension Dill. Able
bodied soldiers did not nred pensions, but
for disabled soldiers, he would give lioer'
ally.
Mr.. Cullom sid the Mexican pension bill
ought 10 be pa sed; also, tho amendment
providing relief Tor soldiers Of the late
war.
Mr.. Sherman wac very DESTROYS that at
this session some satisfactory peusiNn leeis.
latio1 should DO secured, not oniy Tor Mex
lean soldiers, but i1r the soldiers Of the
late war. tie hureu tho military commit
tees would add 60 The bill an amendment
on another poiut, /. wa 90 outrage, be
said, that q thousand brave soldiers who
served their county faith idlly in the war
and went u their homes when the war was
over should stand in the army record aa
deserleTs. The Ghsrge that these men were
deserters was a lie. They were not desert.
ers. Thew bad fulfilled their contracts
with the United hi"lea. To say 70 the
soldiers OF ihe Uni0n that the wnr did not
end until 1865 Was nn outrage aud q shame.
He did not cuo "hO had decided
it. IL wGB g rJi1s shamo 10 stamp s8
deserters brave men, VINO 80 long fought
CALAMITY Tor the country In battles greater
IMAM auy in modern history; VINO crowned
their country with lautels and saved our
nation, for he trusted macy genera,ioDsyet
unborn,
Mr.. Hawley said that sfter. the surrender
there was n great menace to the republic to
be guarded agsiHst. There was no
date when trouble might not have
occurred. There was n great police d uty 10
be performed, snd was it for the individual
soldier to say, 81 will go home now and
leave my comrades on dutyP" The pre-
else degree OF moral guilt OF soldiers who
ran home, Mr.. Hawley would not attempt
TO fix, nor would he for a moment compare
them with the rsscsls who ran from the
ermy swithin the war Ie,iod proper, but
no man could convince him that the class
of men first mentioned bad been just 10
their comrades.
Mr.. Plumb said il was an outrage TO Put
these on @ par with those who basely de-
serted the cause during the war. This was
a matter OF the greatest moment TO a large
number OF the brayest eoldiers OF the army,
ald should be s5t ri-ht.
Mr.. Slater did not think any body could
measure the expense mat would be
Incurred il the bill became a law with
the proposed amendments. There would
douttliss be 10000 names added 10
the pension lat. ninca this bill hid been
reported from the committee, 8 voice had
come from Chicago, commanding that
Arrears Of pensions be paid, and that would
add probably, 250.0,0 more names 10 the
roll. The audaclty OF the whole thing was
the only feature in its favor. 1t was a mere
political flank movement to cover no K
ctssive taxati n.
Mr.. Ingells moved on amendment, ssn.
ate bill No. 2, being introduced by him on
the first day of tho present session, amend
ing the arrears OF pensions act.
AIR. ingalls, read from the plank OF the
platform of the recent republican conven.
to-, pledging that party TO the repeal OF
the limitation contained in the arrears oil
pensions act. lie was very glad, he said, !
that the republican party mad arrived at
this conclusion at lass and in unmistskhble
terms declared itself In favor OF this princi-
Pile. He nov calls on his party associates
to carry out the expressed declaration OF
their party.
Mr.. Sherman said that with his views OF
the demands made on the treasury, he
would not IL pressed vote for Mr.. Ingall's
proposition. A declaration OF n political
platform would not change his views. He
did not think the principle was right, The
pension should when appiiea.
lion for 1t was filed. As for the proposi.
ton 10 put all survivors of the Union army
on the pension roll at this time, II would so
weigh down our finances as to make it
almost impossible to beer. He
suggested that q committee OF nine sene-
tors be- appointed to cOnsider this whole
Messrs. Harris, Cuilom, Ingslls and
Maxey opposed the suggestion, and after
furthnr debate the senate, without reaching
a conclusion on the bill. went into execu-
tive session. aud when the doors were re-
opened, adjourned.
HOUSE.
WAsHrKeror. June a. TT.ess.1 The
house met to day in continuation OF We'd
nesday's session and went into committee
Of the whole, Cox, OF New York, in the
chair. on the river and harbor approprls'
ton bill.
Graves offered an amendment providing
that nothing contained in the act shall be
construed as O Limitation on the powers OF
the board OF engineers, designed TO prepare
INC submit plans and organizations OF an
estimate for the expenditures OF s%pproptis.
tons for the Missouri river, and that
said hosrd shall contribute n commission
TO be called the Missouri river commission.
whose duty shall be to COMPLIES the sur.
veys OF the Missouri liver. between the
mouth ard h~ead-waters, ard make add
tionei surveys deemed needful for matur
such Plans as will locate aud deepen
the chsnrei and protect the .bspks
and rhsnnel OF the rivers, give SAFETY % as
raw l'ion and pr-mote commerce and
pos I servire: snd III approximations here
if or made Tor That river shell b. expended