Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-15

QcGUYSeU buo Yv3 " Ar 49,
mandinx any Of the armies Of the
United SsateS or 0enaral-in-C Chief Of
tho United States Army. he moved
10 amend by adding, with the rank
and full pay Of such General or Gene
ral-in-Chief, a. the case may be-" The
amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. CcckreIl desired To record his
vote against the bill, not knowing
whether the yeas and nays would be
called on it. The retired list was not
the place for private citizens. II has
been created for officers who, being still
in service. had been rendered unfit for
duty. There was neither justice nor
propriety in placing private citizens on
such list. General Grant was now en-
Toying the receipt Of $4,000 year,
which was enough for the support Of
any American citizen.
Mr.. Edmunds's bill to place General
Grant on the retired list, with full rank
and pay Of general, was passed in the
Senator after . very short debate
yeas, 40; nays, Q.
Mr. Edmunds said he concurred in
the general principle laid down by Mr..
Cockrell as TO the retired list; that it
was not place for private citizens.
He Edmunds) was on that point
Democrat Of Democrats, but as senator
and citizen he was glad Of the opportn-
nifty to ask the passage of this bill.
General Grant had served his country
faithfully and CALAMITY in the Mexican
war while young lieutenant. He be-
came general of the armies Of the
United States on an occasion Of very
considerable importance and interest.
He (Edmunds) was stating it mildly in
order not to excite tcmperaments OF
anybody on the other side of the cham
Der. General Grant had been removed
from the Office Of General Of the armies
Of the United States. from which he
would have been retired when he reached
the proper age, and put in this very list
to assume again the command Of the
armies Of the United States as COM
mander-in-chief under its Constitution.
He had not sought, he had obeyed
the call Of duty that removed
him from the technical place that he
had held in the army to higher place
as constitutional commander of the
armies Of the United States under
the law. When his term expired
he became private citizen. In
that state of the case and UNI
der circumstances which all knew, and
in view of the honor, respect, gratitude.
and duty that wesmay owe him as
paimus in aiustrius in the history OF
this country, he (Edmunds) would be
glad to have unanimous vote for the
bill.
Mr.. Maxey had heretofore opposed
efforts of this character, being opposed
to placing private citizens on the re-
tired list but the circumstances of this
case were exceptional. As southern
man who had opposed the course OF Gem
eral Grant, he (Maxey) could not
but recognize that when the supreme
hour came to the southern States, when
they had to yield up all save their
honor, no man had ever acted
with more magnanimity and gen
crosby than Ulysses S. Grant did at
Appomattox. Not only did he (Maxey)
remember that fact, but the people
amongwhom he lived remembered it, and
he did not believe that there was to-day
man in the South who would begrudge
reasonable and fair support for Grant in
his declining years. Mr.. Maxey added
that he had knows General Grant for
forty years, and believed that his re-
cent troubles arose entirely from Grants
supreme confidence in friends.
Mr.. Gibson said that while the form
of the bill might not commend itself to
his judgment, its object did. He sym
pathized with the people Of the country
who desired to testify their appreciation
of General Grants services. As SEN
ator from Louisiana he felt it incumbent
on him to vote for the bill to show Che
goodwill and sympathy of the people Of
that State for Grant.
Mr.. George said he was here as a
senator from Mississippi in restored
Union. On being commissioned by his
people to come here he had made
covenant with himself that in his votes
in the Senate on all questions that did
not affect the honor of his people he
would vote exactly as if he had worn
the Federal instead Of the Confederate
uniform. lie believed the people de-
sired the passage of the proposed
measure.
Mr.. Jonas said he had opposed
similar measure when proposed some
years ago because he had not approved
certain acts of Grants Administration
and because Grant did not then need
aid. Under the present circumstances
of the General, however, he favored the
bill.
Mr.. Voorhees, said that Mr.. Cockrell's
reference to General Grants income
might create misrepresentation in the
popular mind. When the guaranteed
term should expire six years hence the
investment fund would prove of little
value.
Mr.. Voorhees, added that if he were
a southern man he would strongly favor
this measure. lie recalled the fact that
Secretary Stanton wanted to arrest and
imprison General Robert 4. Lee after
the surrender at Appomattox, and that
General Grant had told Stanton that
Lee was his Grants paroled prisoner,
and hair of his head should not be
molested. lie remembered also Grants
fearless acknowledgment Of his error in
the Fitz-John Porter case.
The bill was then read third time
and passed, as above stated. Those
voting "Nay" were Messrs. Beck,
Cockrell, Coke, Harris, Pcndlcton,
Salisbury, Slater, Vance, and Walker.
The Senate took up the naval appro-
priation bill. The Senate Appropria-
ton Committees amendments were con-
CURED in and the bill was passed.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
regular order, being the Interstate COM
merce bill.
Mr.. Slater offered an amendment pro-
4 - 4 r