Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-17

in the reading OF the bill when the
committee rose. The house adjourned
aud the session OF Monday began.
Mr.. Reagan OF Texas offered reso-
luton requesting the secretary OF the
treasury TO trsnemit information IN
reHard to the range and ranch cattle
traffic In the Western states and terri
toriep, with especial reference TO the
bearings of the traffic on the interstate
and oreign commerce of the United
States. Referred.
The senate amendments TO the srmy
appropriation bill were nOn-concurred
J IN and conference committee was
The house then proceeded to the
consideration Of business under the
special rules.
A bill was passed appropriatlng
| f75, 900 for the erection Of public
building ut Aberdeen, Miss.
On motion of Mr.. Browne Of Indi-
ana bill was passed amending the
statutes Ia relation to the immediate
transportation OF dutiable goods. The
bill confers upon bonded express com
| paules, In addition to the authority
heretofore given for the use of trunks
and safes, the privilege Of transporting
unnpprnised merchandise in pouches,
| and In cases where merchan-
disc Is imported In boxes or
packages too large TO be
| included In such trunks, safes or
pouches, the privilege Of forwarding
such merchandise corded and sealed
! The bill authorizes the bonded express
companies to transport passengers,
baggage aud effects arriving at ports
! Ia the United States TO any interior
port ofentfy."
Mr. Slocum Of New York, under in
atructiuns from the military commit
lee, moved to suspend the rules aud
pass the senate bill for the retirement
Of Gen. Grant. This Is the first bill
passed by the senate and specifically
names the officer to be- retired.
Messrs. HOrr OF Michigan and War
ner of Ohio demanded u second motion
10 suspend the rules. IL was pissed,
ITO to 90 The thirty minutes' dt bate
allowed under the rules was opened by
Mr. SlOcum In behalf Of the bill. This
bill, he said, proposed to place Gen.
Grant In the same position he would
have occupied had he not, In accord
ance with the will of the people, ac.
cepted the office Of chief mHg istrate.
In form and language this bill WAS
/
purposes Of this kind. IL had often
been said that much had been done
for Gen. Grant, but nothing had been
done for him by the United Statesgo
erument beyond paying him the sala-
lies to which he was entitled by law.
1t was true that patriotic citizens had
contributed to his support. IL had
been the custom Of the English gov.
E eminent from time immemorial 10
honor with high Office the military
heroes, and while he did not CONNER nd
: to our country the example set by El-
gland, he did not think that when O
man had performed SUCH services fOl
! his country as Gen. Grant had per.
! formed it was right aud proper
j in his old ago that h(
Q should be left to graphic with
e poverty. Gen. Grant had not beer
! free from mistakes In his career ei,he
u as soldier or civilian, but In few
years his late campaign In Wall stree
G would be forgotten, every error OF hi
e would be forgotten as II ought to be
u The succeseful close of the war unde
q Gen. Grant had made him the idol Q
(, the people Of the North. His generOu
II and noble treatment of Gen. Lee an,
e the men who fought under hin
II treatment of the Southern pee
1t pie had won for him the heart
IL OF the South. He (Slocum) believe
l. that to-day II was the wish OF the PEG
10 Pile OF the South As well as of tn
North that the government SHOULD
OF tahe care OF Gen. Grant aud prOvid
y for him literally. The honor Of TIA
government was ut stake and he truss
VI cd the bill would pass the house wit
10 the same uuanimiIy "a 1t had the SOL
ID ate.
re Mr.. Horn said that lie had demande
tr second because he was opposed
y, the present bill and not because |
4 WAS opposed 90 putting Gen. Grant O
J. the retired list. He would walk q
IN his knees all over the city in the sno
n IN order TO accomplish that object, bI
% he opposed the bill ON the ground thl
an It was drawn for the very purpose
70 preventing Gen. Grant from being pl
70. ON the retired list.
ed Mr. Slocum suggested that the bl
en- was drawn by Senator Edmuuds.
en- MIR. HOrr replied that when SenatI
81 Edmunds learned that the bill vi
en- subject to objections which the pres
Re dent consciously held he had draw
on another bill which obViatad them; tn
ey house committee on military aflai
go had refused to substitute ID for 81
,,es pending bill. An n,tempt was mat
ne TO force the members into false pos
re ton, 10 force them to vote for the b
u purposely. He said. ut is disagree
ia ably brought In here 10 put the TX
nc cutive Of the nation into q tight pIaC
Set II tho second Edmunds bill were gu
II stltuted 1t would DO passed unAI
as mously. Let not the house try to CA
ne etones before the people when they a
Demanding bread
ne Mr.. Rosecrans OF California regar
-. ed the bill as a plain proposition
NJ reward Gen. Grant for dist
~ guishtd military service, and
hS was his duty TO say that no cou
mot vote for Il. IL was not his int
US ton to recount any historical reaso
oI Why he thought Gen. Grants repul
ia ton had been exaggerated and m
IN represented, and when History oAp