The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-26
PORTER AGAIN,
-Fitz-John's Pension Attacked
in the Senate.
LOGAN WARNS UP OVER 1T.
The sundry Civil Bill I'm the House
81. Avakens' Some Lively NM
.U- Discussion. III T.
PORTER AGAIN.
LOGAN WARNS UP OVER 1T


WAsBISGTos, June 25.-The Chair laid
before the Senate a telegraphic memoir
ial from the Portland, Oregon, Board of
Trade. in opposition to the Van Wick
amendment 10 the Northern Pacific
forfeiture bill, as passed by the Senate
The petitioners said that with that
, amendment in it, the bill win make II
impossible Tor tho Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to secure the capital
wherewith 10 complst e the Cascade
branch. and that III branch is neces-
sary 10 the commerce of the northwest.
The amendment referred to is that
which fOrfeits the land co-ierminus
with the uncompleted portion of the
Cascade branch.
The bill having been already passed,
the petition was laid on the table.
The senate then took up the Fitz-
John Porter bill and Logan addressed
the Senate.
Logan opened with an objection TO
the bill on constitutional point. The
bill, he said, provided for an increase in
the number of persons on the retired
list OF the army. It provided that the
President appoint certain persons 20
place. II he could not make that
special applicant, the vacancy was not
TO exist. Where did the Senate get
power TO name TO the President the
person whom he should appoint to an
officer Where did the House of Repre-
SENTATIVE get any power to name to
the President a person whom be should
nominate 10 an Officer of course, if !
the Senators were determined to ram
the bill down the thrOats OF others. they !
must take the responsibility. Logan |
did not expect his words TO have any |
weight IN the Senate. for he always /
noticed that when the Senate was de- |
termintu o do a thing il turned deaf /
ear to every thing else, whether law or
TACT. that interfsTed with its purpose
This case was not the trial of Porter
Porter had been tried and Condemned.
THIS was a trial OF Abraham Lincoln.
OF James a. Garfield, and of many
brave and distinguished officers of the
army. Logan asserted hat Porter was
the cause OF the first Bull Run defeat,
by per,uadiDg Patterson to retreat
from Winehesterawith 3e,0O0 men LAS
God IS my judge" said he, II would
stand over the dust of Lincoln and
swear by all the gods TO his act as being
AN honest and just one. Logan had
a pr esln.the army and IN its gloTies, and
before he would drag into the dust the
name OF Abraham Lincoln for the sake
of this criminal, he would let his tongue
and his arm b Come palsied Yet, Re
publican Senators here were willing to
vote 10 give 5000 year 10 man who
vas a traitor 10 his commander. So,
II men wanted 20 he paid literally by the
United States. they had only TO be
treacher0us when they should be true.
ali you are true when you might be
81 a WafNaH fEhuf - I
aid hogan, "is strange thing to take
place in ihiScou. try
Plumb, in opposing the bill. said the
reinstatement OF Fi;z-JOhn Porter vas
The begin ing Of an attempt 10 rewrite
The history Of the Union army. TO put
t@at which vas disloyal and unfaitbful
above h (which was loyal and faithful.
Plumb said be had Just been informed
hat the President had vetoed the bill !
giving q pension OF $50 month 20 The
widow OF Major General Hunter,
ghO had been the presiding officer
II the court martial that had tried I
rstz-Jo ohm Porter. That seemed TT
ing accompaniment for the passage Of
he FiiZ joan Porter bill, but the loyal
ieOple of the country would see 10 10
hat Mrs. Hunter should not suffer.
Plumb offered an amendment, 10
it1N- -A4 = ~ me- vi AAI FGlleAriA uliAs
It so a month. i st-yeas 10. nays 20
LOGAN offered an amendment to place ,
m the retired list every volunteer OF
icer who receive wounds producing
Otal disability. Rejected-yeas IS
rays -.
The bill was then brought to a vote
nd passed, yeas 30, nays IL.
The bill having already passed the
tOuse aud not having been amended
y the Senste. 10 nOws goes 70 tie Pres
dent for his signature.
Plumb called up the House bill TO
'royide for the adjustment of land
rants made by Congress to aid in the
obstruction of railroads within the
tate Of Kansas and for the. forfeiture
1 uDearned lands, and the Senate ad-
burned until Monday --