Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-02

ment could not touch with an Office of
profit or trust. This verdict awarded
him such infamy that for time Iscariot
and Arnold were his only competitors.
Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine, protested
against the passage of the bill, and denied
that It was the unanimous desire of the
men who fought under Gen. Porter to
have him reinstated to the army.
Then number of short speeches were
made, all but two being in opposition to
the bill, the exceptions being Mr.. Laird.
OF Nebraska, who served under Gen. Por-
ter, and made an eloquent appeal for his
old commander, and Mr.. Henley. of Cal
ltornla, who criticised the action of Mr..
Cutcheon, Of Michigan, in casting impu-
tations upon Gen. Grant and then strik-
ing them out of the record.
In reply Mr.. CutcheOn expressed his
high appreciation for the high military
ability of Gen. Grant. but being pressed
by Mr.. Henley with the question: 'sWhy
did you strike out your remarks?" was
compelled to admit that he left them out
because he wanted to, an admission which
caused much merriment,
Mr. Steele, of Indiana, moved to strike
out the name of FitZ John Porter and in
sert that of Warb b. Burnett. The mo-
tiOn was rejected.
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, offered a sub
stitute providing for the cOnvening of a
new court martial to review the case.
His motion was also lost.
Mr.. Converse, of Ohio, offered an
amendment making Fitz John PJr-
ter'S retirement compulsory. This was
agreed to III committee, but this action
was subsequently reversed by the House.
Mr.. Bayne of Pennsylvania, offered an
amendment striking out the words, sap
pointment under it," and inserting ''pass-
age of this act" 1t was agreed to.
Ihe committee then rose and the bill
was ordered engrossed and read the third
time.
Mr.. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, then took
the floor to close the debate in favor Of
the BILL He knew Fitz John Porter well,
and in the beginning Of the war that Gen
eral was the most enlightened and ardent
advocate Of military discipline. The re-
cord would show one significant fact,
coming not so much from the living
as from the graves of the
dead. The first citizens who asked
for the redress of his wrongs were Horace
Greeley, Henry Wilson and himself. Ger
tainly the fidelity Of those persons to the
Union could not be questioned. General
Porter had never approached him to ask
MN 10 be his advocate. He was panied
to hear the distinguished member of the
House Mr.. keifer) over and over again
say that Gen. Porter was coward, Before
God, ne never knew a Porter who was
fool or coward. Applause. He had
never before come across a man who had
the temerity to say that General Porter
was a coward, and he never
would hear it again. He gave an
interesting history of the movements
OF the army of the Potomac in the BEGIN
ming of the war, and nearly every mem
Der in the house stood in a circle around
him and frequently applanded his re-
marks. He dwelt upon the services rem
dered to his country by Fitz John Porter,
and ridiculed Gen. POpe's proclamation,
which he declared ratified and glittered
with generalities. If Gen. Porter had
violated his orders, if he had treated his
superior officer with disrespect or con-
tempt, it was the duty of that superior to
nave taken away his ensign of rank i'm
medIately and put him under arrest Re-
ierrlng to the fact that Mr.. Cutcheon, of
Mlchlgan, had eliminated from
the record his imputation upon
Gen. Grant, he congratulated that gentle
man upon the good taste which he had
exhibited, and that between the time of
the delivery of the speech and the publi-
cation of it he had time to repent. He
criticised the speech of Mr. HOrr, of
Michigan, for its expression of opinion
that no eX-COntederates should vote upon
this bill, and took it for granted that men
who, in error, but in the belief that they
were right, had fought in a great war.
were better men than Quartermasters.
paymasters, suffers and contractors.
Laughter. In a brilliant peroration,
which was warmly applauded, he appeal
cd TO the House to do Justice to the wrong
ed man, and at the conclusion of his
speech he was heartily congratulated by
his party friends. The bill was then pass
ed by lS4 yeas to 7S nays. The following
is the vote in detail;
1-ea8.-Aessrs. Adams of New York. Alex
ander, ArnOt, Bagley, Ballentine, Barbour,
Bayne, Beach, Belmont, Bennett, Blanchard.
blandi Blount, Boyle, Breckinridge, Broad
head, Buchanan, Buckner, Burleigh, Cabell,
Caldwell, Gambler, Carlton, Cassidy, Clardv.
Clay, Clements, Cobb, Collins, Connolly,
Cook, CosgrOYe, Cox of New York, Cox OF
North Carolina; Crisp, Culberson of Texas,
Curtin, Dargan, Davidson, Davis of Missouri.
Deuster, Dibren. DOckerv, Dorsheimer
DoWd, Duncan, Eldrcdge, Evins of South Car
Olina. Ferrell, Fielder, Findlav Finertv Fol
lett, Foran, Forney, Fyan, Gibson. Glascock,
Graves, Green, Greenleaf, Halsell, Harmer,
Hatch Of Missouri, Haynes, IIemphilf. Hen,
ley, Herbert, Hewitt of New York, Hewitt of
Alabama, Hill, Holman, Hopkins, Houseman.
Hunt, Hurd, Hutchins, James, Jeffords. Jones
of Wisconsin, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Alabama, Jordan, kean, King, Kleiner, Laird,
Lamb Lanhan, LeFevre, Lewis, Long, Lore,
Lowering, Lowery Lyman, McAdoo,
McMilliD, Matson, Maybury, Miller of
Texas, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrison
Morse, Moulton, Muldrow, Murphy, Murray,
Mutchler, Neece, Nichols, Oates, O'Uara
O'Noill Of Missouri Patton, Pierce, Peel of
Arkansas, Phelps, Poland, Post, Potter.
Pryor, Pusey. Rankin, Ranney, Ray of New
hampshire, Reagan, Reese, Riggs, Robertson
Of Kentucky, Robinson of New York. Rock
well, Rogers of Arkansas, Rogers of New
York, Rosecrans, Scales, Seney, Seymour.
shaw, Singleton, skinner of North Carolina
Slocum, smith, Snyder, Spriggs, Springer,
stevens, Stewart of Texas, Stewart of Yer
mont, Stockslager, Storm, Sumner of Cali
fornia, sumner of Wisconsin, Taylor of Ten
nessee, Thompson, ThrockmortOn, Tillman.
Townshend, Tucker, Tully, Turner of Ken
tucky, Turner of Georgia, Van Alstvne.
Vance, Van Eaton, Ward, Warner of Tennes1
see, Wellborn, Weller, Wemple, Wilkins,
Wlnans of Michigan, G. D. Wise of virginia
WOlford, Wood, Woodward, Worthington'
Yaple ork and Young-lS4.
Ndys.-Messrs. Adams of Illinois. Anderson
Atkinson, Barr, Bingham, Boutelle, Brainerd,
BreltunG' brewer of New York, Brewer of
New Jersey, Browne of Indiana, Brumm.
Calkins, Campbell Of PENNSYLVANIA. Cannon,
Converse, Gulbertson Of Kentucky, Cullen,
Cutche0n, Davis of Illinois, Davis OF Massa,
chusetts, Dingley Durham, EllwoOd, Evans
of Pennsylvania, Gof, Guenther, Hanback,.
Hart Hatch of Michigan, Henderson of iii,
nois, Hepburn, Hiscock, Holmes, Hooper,
Horn, Houk, johnson, KeIfer, Lacey, Law.
renee. McCoid. Mccormick, Mckinley MiJli-
ken, Morey, Morrill, Nelson, Nutting, Parker.
Payne, Payson, Peelle of Indiana, Perkins,
Peters, Pettibone, Price, Reed, Robinson OF
Ohi9, Rawell, Russell, Ryan, skinner of New
York, Spooner, Steele, Stephenson, Stone.
Strait, Struble, J. d. Taylor of Ohio. b. r.
Taylor of Ohio, Thomas, Wadsworth. Wake
field, Washburn, Weaver, White of Minneso-
to and Whiting-7S.
When Mr.. Poland, of Vermont. cast his
vote IN the affirmative there was round
of applause on the Democratic side. The
following members were among those
paired: Messrs Blackburn, White, of
Kentucky, Brown, of Pennsylvania. En-
mentrout, Howey, Hit, Eaton, Wait,
Budd, George, KassQn, Talbot, Kelley, |
Randall, Miller, of Pennsylvania, Ketch- |
am, Warner, of Ohio, Wilson of Iowa,
Rice; oQFi9gtqn, Holton, Valentine,
The House at T;8a O'Clock adjourned
until Monday.
The Nations Cash Account.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The debt state
ment issued to-day shows the decrease of !
the public debt during the month of |
January to be S11 ,95S,0O4; the decrease of |
fho dott Sir0a I1po 1900 eH= OO- 400. -