The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-17
GRANTS RETIREMENT.
TIE SENATE BILL DEFEATED
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"NiEESr Is the wood Pile"

W,smNoroS, Psb. i6.--In the HousS
to-day, Mr slOcum. uadgr Instructions
from the Military COMMITTEES, moved 10
suspend the rules and pas the Senate bin
ior tl,e retirement Of General Grant. This
ia the Inst bill pASsei by the senate tbs,
specified the name oi the officer % be ~
tired. 4 second was demanded % The
motion 10 suspend the rulra. and 4 VA
OeoonIsd itOiO 7?. A thirty minutes d.
bate wa allowed under the rules Il sas
opened by slOcum In behalf Ot ths bill.
This b.ll, he said. proposed 70 PlArs Gen.
have occupied had he NOT IA accordance
with the will Oi the people Of tbe country
atc6ttsd the oliee Of Chltl AlatistrAts.
10 iofpl and In Language tbs blu was
precisely liks all bills pGS3ed iUf purposes
1l this Kind. j. had often been said much
lad been done iOE General Grant, but
nothing had been done Tor him by the
United States GOTeEDmeilt, beyond pay
ing him salaries 70 WhIoh he WaS entitled
It was true pslrisAe citizens had con-
,Tibutcd to hiG sI'p0Ft it had been the
custom Of tie ~ Slish Government from
time imnemOriI 10 honor with high ON.
ces llrr military heroes, and while he did
not roInmenl lO our couhtFy the example
sct by England he did not think when u
man hal psrIrmsd bueh services Tor his
country n G,-heral Grant had performed
it was right and proper In his old age he
should not be left 70 grAPple with.
,AWrAIGSs To M EEHEATEREb.
Gencnl Grant hal not been free from
mlstabSs in his career, either as soldier
or ttillan, bat in a lew ycan his late
campaign in Wall street wOuld be his
every error; this would be forgotten, As Il
ought N be, aud the campaign Which
would be remembered was a campaign
from that day when he sent the tllings
which revived tho hopes Of tho North, and
To that other day when he sent the news
which carried Joy 10 every Northern
heart, all the good would br re- embered
and all his mistakes would he and ought
tn be f0nsotten. The campaigns ofGrant
would live Ia history aud compare
iayOralIly with the brightest and
grlndcsl achievements Ui EnglRnd's
noblrst IrrrurR. Successful Ut the close Of
the war, Gmnt WAS male tho idol Of the
people North; his generous and nnbls
treatment ol Leo anL tie men who fought
under hin, and his subsequent lenient
treatment Of Southern people had Won for
him tho heart Of the South. lie (SlOeuml
believed that to-day Il was the will Of the
people OF tho South ~ well rs the North
That tue Government should take care OF
General Grant and provide for hiui liber-
ally,
uOGE'S oDEurioSs.
Mr.. lIorr Eaid he had demanded sec.
ond because he was opposed 10 the pres
cnt bilI, and not because he Was opposed
10 putting General Grant OIL the rOurcl
lit lld would walk on his knees all over
this r.ty on SNOW in order 10 accomplish
that object, but lIo opposed tue bill on tie
ground II was drawn Tor the very purpose
NJ preventing General Grant from being
put on the retired llst.
Mr.. SloCnm suggested the bill had been
drawn 10y Senator Edmnnds,
Mr. Ilurr said when Mr.. Elmunds
learned that the bill WAE subject TO the
objections which the President consoien,
tiously held, lI8 had drawn another hill
which obviated these difficulties. That
hill had passed the Senate and the House
Committee On Military AtIairs had refused
to substitute it for the pendiRg bill. lie
had psIsscd twenty years OF his life stand.
ing by General Grant, who had been Will.
fled in this nation aS no other man over
WAS who breathcd the breath Of life.
Mr.. Thomas opposed the hill In It's pres.
ent shape and expected 10 vote againSt 1t,
RoSECRASS GALL.
Mr.. Rosecr4ns regarded tho bill as a
plain proposition 10 reward General Grant
for distinguished military services, and 1t
WAS his duty TO say hu could not vote for
it. It was not his intention to recount
any historical reason why he thought
General Grants reputation had been ex.
aggrrated and mjsrepresented, but
when history came 10 DO written il would
be pared down to very different diIpen-
siOuE lie did not propose to 90 into that.
Il had been the interest Of a political party
to make General Grants service appear
rs large ~ possible, for lie was their
servant General Grant himself had
prepared the tBt two volumes
ui Dadean's life Of Grant,
upon which the students history had
placed tho stamp Of uutrlstworthiRess
The public had been tnll Gen. RoseCrans
would not vote for Gen. Grants bill bG-
cause Of personal ill.Will. lie did not
think any q his colleagues would believe
that he wAs capable Of descending TO a
depth Of being governed in pnblin duty
by personal dislikeS. He did not oppose
the passage OF this bill on account OF any
OF these things 10 which he had alluded,
or other things to which he had not al.
ludcd, namely: the statements made oIli-
cially by Gen. Grant which were false,
which Giant knew 10 be false and which
he RosecrAnsl had stated in his official
reports 10 be false,
AN uNGENIRoUs ZOE.
II had been said General Grant was
poor, that there was nothing between him
and the poor house, except the income
from $4,000, and It had been circulated
around by his family that the $50. 900 was
substantially lost. That was not true.
There was another critical circumstance
to which he called attention. Congress,
by solemn act, was asked to arrest the
progress Of the investigation into that con-
lidence mill called Grant & WArd.r II the
gentleman could afford to put llgature
around that investigation and deceive the
public mind, he could not.