The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-08
House.

posed of the House to-day proceeded with
the regular order of business. In the
| morning hour committees were called for
reports, and among the bills reported
were: BY Mr.. Broadheal (of Mo- from
| the Committee on judiciary: The French
Spoliaton bill. BY Mr. Stewart, (oi
! Texas, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs; The bill authorizing the appoint.
| ment of three commissioners to promote
trade and commerce with South America
and Mexico.
\ large number of bills were reported
favorably and adversely from the Pension
Committee and placed on the private cal
endar. At the conclusion OF the call Mr..
Willis (of KY reported the river and
harbor bill, which was ordered printed
and re-committed.
ON motion of Mr.. S.ocum (of n. "
the House proceeded to the consideration
OF business on the Speakers table.
The bill for the relief of Fltz John Por-
ter came up next.
Mr. Kiefer (of Ohio moved to refer
the bill to the Militlry Affairs Commit
tee.
Mr. Randall (of Pa insisted that in
the absence of a rule the practice as laid
down in the manual, giving priority to a
question of concurrence, should be fol.
lowed.
Mr. Rosecrans, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported resolution
directing that the committee investigate
the present management of the soldiers
homes. Placed on House calendar.
Mr.. Perkins, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, reported the bill granting
a right of way through the Indian Ter.
ritory to the Southern Kansas Railroad
Company. Placed on the House calen-
dar.
Mr.. Willis, from the Committee on
Rivers and l1arbors, reported the river
and harbor appropriation bill. Ordered
printed and re-committed
The House then proceeded to The con.
sideration of the business on the Speak.
er's table.
The Senate amendment to the House
bill repeating the iron-clad oath was con-
Cured in.
The next bill on the table was that for
the relief of Fitz John Portor, with Sen.
ate amendments.
Mr.. Kelfer moved to refer the bill to the
Military Committee.
Mr., Belford thought the motion for ref.
erence was stealthy attempt to do in
justice to man who had already been
treated unjustly, according to the test.
mony OF the greatest of American Gener-
ais, General Grant.
Mr.. Slocum moved to non-concur in
the Senate amendments.
Mr.. Bayne moved concurrence,
Mr.. Kelfer briefly opposed the bill, de-
claring it unconstitutional.
Mr. Cutcheon entered an earnest pro-
test against the enactment of the law.
Three great Republicans were on trial,
Abraham Lincoln, Edwin NJ Stanton and
James A. Garfield. No man would give
his vote for this bill without damning the
name of Lincoln, blackening that of Stan
ton and sending down to obloquy the last
great martyr, James A. Garfield. If the
name OF Lincoln was TO be blackened let
it be done by those men who
fought against him in the war.
If Gariield's memory was to be black
ened let 1t be by those men who crawled
in dirt to write cabalistic figures upon
the door-posts in order to attack his rep
utation--by those men who sent forged
letters by the carload to California and
New Jersey, in order to steal votes. But
he begged his party associates not to add
a vote to the number, which would COM
plete and consummate the outrage. Mr..
Hiscock made constitutional argument
in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Dorsheimer replied to Mr.. His
cocks constitutional argument.
Mr.. Laird protested against the dispo-
stion which had been manifested to lug
things in here which did not belong to
the ease, and to damn Republicans who
did not agree with some folks on his side.
1t would seem that all who differed from
| those folks were traitors and were malgn.
ers of dead Lincoln, Stanton and Garfield
| He had never surrendered his right to
think and act for himself to anybody liv.
| ing or dead, and never would.
Mr.. Belford said he would take Grants
word as to the injustice which had been
| done Porter rather than the word of Gen
eral Keifer or any other General on the
floor He protested against this being
made party question.
The motion to refer the bill was lost,
and the Senate amendments were non
concurred In.