Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-01-21

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try OF ours, at any time within 9
thousand years, that in the war and
before the war Jefferson Davis was .
conspirator and traitor to this coun
try? Never, / trust"
Senator Lamar said, that hs can
not stand and hear Davis called ,
traitor without responding in asterr
denial. There was considerable blus
ter to free Davis from the charge oI
being a traitor but ths longer it last
ed the brighter Davis appeared con
spirator and rebel against the nation
al authority. The matter went ovsl
till the 18Th.
Provision was made for the meet
ing of both Houses on the 11th day
of February to count the electoral
vote, after which the Senate held a
secret session and-spent 3 hours
listening to two speeches on the Nj
caragua Treaty, but the Senate was
afraid to have the speeches printed
lest they get into the newspapers
| Queer Senators 10 be afraid Of their
own speeches. They are nearly as
funny as Bsechsr was when he was
called oD to explain to his congrega
ton for declaring in a speech on the
stump, that of Cleveland's majority
would be an large as the majority
of men who had violated the 7th com
mandment he would have 100000 OF
a majority in York State. Beecher's
explanation, to his congregation. was,
that the speech was \ mistake, but
that it was delivered to an entirely
different of people from those that
he talks to IN church, and from all
accounts his flock were satisfied with
his explanation.
The House on the 18th. A bill
was passed appropristing $50, 900 to
erect a building for the Appraisers at
Chicago
A bill from the Senate authorizing
n certain railroad company to con
struet certain bridges across the Mis-
sissippi river.
In the Senate on the 18th another
lively time was had over the call for
the historical statement concerning
the public policy of jeff Daviss de-
psrtment of the Rebel government
as filed by General Sherman.
The Republican Senators simply
wanted to get the records from the
War Department so that the historic
records may be placed within roach
OF the people of the country. The
position of Davis as conspirator
aud traitor cannot be effected by the
record TIE resolution to produce
the records was passed by vote of
50 to 10
The Inter State Commerce bill was
l,,aueeal h,,A
A bill was offered that provides
for the retirement of General Grant
on the army list.
In the House on the 18Th rssolu-
tons of respect to the memory Of e1-
member Schuyler Colfax.
The Secretary of the Navy sen. a
communication stating that Cadet VI.
S. Strang had not died from the ef-
feet OF hazing but from peritonitis,
referred to the COMMITTEES on war af-
fairs.
A member rose to complain that
be had been charged by newspaper
with log rolling to pass bills relative
to public buildings.
In the Senate on the 14th. Senator
Edmunds callsd up the bill that, ''pro-
riding that the President may ap-
point to the retired list one person
who has occupied the position of
General commanding of the armies
OF the United States, or General-in
Chief of the United States Army
He moved to amend it by adding
with the rank and full pay of such
General or General-in Chief, as the
case may be" The amendment was
agreed to-"
Several Democratic Senators OBJ
jeeted on the ground that the retired
list is not the plase for a private citi-
zen.
Several Democratic Senator, said
that Grant had acted like hero when
the confederates surrendered. He
told them to take the army horses
homo with them and use them in the
pursuits of peace on the farm, and
when some officials high in authority
desired to arrest General Robert e.
Lee after his surrender, and place
him in prison, be, Grant would not
permit it, and declared Lac to be his
prisoner and that not hair of his
head should be touched. The bill
was read third time and passed,
yeas 49, nays 9.
The Naval Appropriation bill was
passed.
Out of respect for the memory of