The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-17

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gers, baggage and effects arriving AT
ports in the United States to any in.
terror ports of entry.n
Mr.. SLOCUM, under instructions
from tne military committee, moved TO !
suspend the rules and pass the senate
bill for the retirement of Gen, Grant. |
(Ihis is the first bill passed by the SEN |
ate, ana specifically names the officer to
be retired).
Messrs. HOAR and WARNER, of
ONO, demanded second to the motion
70 suspend the rules, which was passed,
The thirty minute debate allowed nm.
uer the rules WAS opened by Mr., Slo
cum in behalf of the bill. This hin. ha
sad, proposed to place Gen. Grant in
the same position he would have &C.
cupled had he not, in accordance with
me VIII OF the people, accepted the Of
nee OF chief magistrate. In form and
language this bill was precisely like all
pllls passed for the purpose of this
kind' IL had often been said much had
peen zone Tor Gen. Grant, but nothing
nad been done for him by the United
States government beyond paying him
salaries to which he was entitled TO by
law. W W
The motion in the house TO suspend
me rules and pass the Grant retirement
Dill was lost, yeas l3S, nays 1903, not the
requisite two-thirds in the Affirmative.
III was true the patriotic citizen had
contributed to his snuport. 1t had been
the custom Of the English government.
from time immemoral, TO honor with
high offices her military officers. and
while he did not commend to our conn
try the example set by England, he did
4 not think when a man had perf0rmed
such services for his country as Gen.
Grant had performed it was right and
proper in his old age that he Should
De lett to grapple with poverty.
cen Grant had not been free from mis-
takes In his career, either as a soldier or
as civilian; but in lew years his late
campaign IN Wall Street would be for
gotten. Every error OF his would be tor
gotJeu, a8 1t ought to be. The success
luI GlOse OF the war under Grant had
made him the idol OF the people OF tho
north His generous and noble treat
lnenJ OF Lee and the men who fougbtuu-
DER nm, and his subsequent
. ienient treatment Of the southern peo-
, PIE has won for him the hearts of the
south. lie (Socum) believed that To.
Gay 10 was the wish OF the peOple of fine
south, IS well as Of the north, that the
government should take. care of Gen.
Grant and provide for him literally.
Inc honor of tho government was M
stake and no trusted the bill would
pass the house with the same uuanimitv
rs u had tho senate.
Mr. HORR said he had demanded a
second, because he was opposed TO the
, present biI, ana not because he was op-
posed TO putting Grant on the retired
list. He would walk on his knees, ali
, oyer the city, in the snow, in ORDER TO
accomplish that object; but he opposed
me bill ON the ground that il was drawn
! Tor the very purpose of preventing Gen.
Grant from being put ON the retired list
Mr.. SLOCUM suggested that the bill
, was drawn by Senator Edmunds.
Mr.. HORR replied that when Senator
Edmunds armed that the bill was sub-
Juct to the objections which the presi
dent conscientiously held he had drawn
another bill which obviated them, and
mat bill had passed the senate and
mouse committees on military affairs
mad refused To substitute it for the
, pending bill. The attempt was
made to enforce members into
a false position, to force them to vote for
the bill purpossly, he said. II is design
, edly brought In here to put the execu-
: tive OF the nation into tight place. n
the second Edmunds bill was snbsti-
= tuted, 1t would be passed unanimously.
: Let not the house try TO cast stones be-
! fore people when they were demanding
bread.
Mr.. ROSECRANS regarded the bill
, asa plain proposition To reward Gen.
= Grant for dlstinguis he'd military SER
i vice, and 1t was his duty to say that he
could not vote for It, IL was not his in
tentiOn to recount any historical rea-
7 sons why he thought Grants reputation
had been exaggerated and misrepfe-
sented, and when history came TO be
: written, it would be pared down TO
4 very inherent dimensions. Ii had been
in the interest of the great political
1 party to make Grants services apnear
y as large as possible, for he was their ser
want. Gen. Grant himself had prepared
: the first two volumes of Badeau's Life
4 OF Grant, upon which students of history
= had placed the stamp of untrustworthi-
: ness. The public had been told Gen.
y ROsecrans would not vote for the Grant
y bill, because OF personal i'll will. He did
9 not think any of his colleagues would
. believe he was capable of descending 10
y tho depths of being governed in a public
. duty by personal dislikes. He did not
: oppose the passage OF this bill on ac-
y count of any OF these things, to which
: he had not alluded, namely: the
y statements made officially by
. Gen. Grant, which wero false,
d.
!. false, and which he (Rosscransl
{ had stated in his official reports to be
false. IL had been said that GEN Grant
. was poor; that there was nothing be.
, tween him and the poor house, eNcept
y the income from S2j0000; and il had
!, been circulated around by his family
I that that S25000O was substantially LOST.
=, That was not true. There was am.
other critical circumstance to which
no .N.
y by solemn act, was asked to arrest
), whatS Why, the progress OF the pub.
. lie opinion for an Investigation In that
u confidence mill called Grant & Ward.
. Ii the gentleman could afford to nut "A
ligature around that investigation and
;, deceive the public mind, no could not.
u Mr.. RANDALL favored the measure,
. because he believed it to be the
; right procedure. Whether IL was
} the most expeditions he was not
= going to inquire; but IL This proceeding
Jailed, then he was ready to resort to
some other that would be more expedite
Gus. (Applause) If the friends OF Gen.
? Grant on this floor were divided they
would be sure TO be overcome, aud they
would not be free from blame. He in
: voked every member who favored
. Grants retirement to vote for this bill,
= and this failing, to Join with him in
: voting for some other bill which would
accomplish the result.
: After further debate motion 20 sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill was
iost-yeas, l5S; nays, l03-not theneces-
/. sary two-thirds in the Affirmative. The
/ negative vote WAS cast by Democrats
: who were opposed to Gen. Grants 10.
: tirement, reinforced by number OF Re.
4 publicans who, though in favor of the
q purport of the bill, were opposed to its
II form, believing 1t would place the pres
ident under the necessity of vetoing the
}. measure, which he strongly approved.
y Mr.. MONEY, from the committee on
I post-Otlices and post-roads, moved to
4 suspend the rules and pass the bill to
4 regulate the letting of natl contracts. 1t
Il provides that IN case of "A bidder failing
4 to perform the service according to con-