Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-03

hotloh that frotestantS entertain aoouI
The great progress made in the nine
teenth century | wish to warn YOU to
abstain from" "The Protestant the
DRY Of independence making up our
minds for ourselves on matters Of rell-
gior--is false as well as damnable In
the extreme" "There is no such
thing as personal freedom IN religion
and morality" 1.-THE whole power
lies with the successor Of st. Peter,
Holy Pho Mono, and the Holy See Of
Rome"
These, Mr.. Ingalls, said, were ex-
| tracts that had not been denied yet
the bill before the Senate was to be adj
mlnistefed on non-sectarian basis.
Mr.. Ingalls, thought we had better put
every safeguard possible in the bill.
Mr.. Hoar said the Allison amend
ment would be an invitation to the
States themselves to make discrimi-
nation in favor Of white children. The
truth might as we'll be told namely,
that senator's were unwilling to trust
the authorities of the States with the adj
ministration of the fund. The zach.
Montgomery" argument was the
trOuble-an argument that we could
not trust the American people.
The debate lasted without interruption
until 6o'clock. The remaining speakers
we're Messrs. Hall, Harrison, Plat,
Blair, Edmunds, Logan, Dolph, and
Hoar.
Several amendments were presented
and ordered TO be printed.
Adjourned.
House of ReDreseu,alivrs.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Kansas, from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions. re-
ported bill extending until July /,
1888, the time within which ap-
plications for arrears OF pensions
may be filed, extending the provi-
sions OF the arrears act to special
pensioners, and providing that on ap.
plication for pensions the person on
whose account the pension is claimed
shall be presumed prima .facie to have
been sound and free from disease at the
date of entering the service. Referred
to the COMMITTEE Of the Whole.
Mr.. Belmont, of New York, from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill, and it was referred
to the Committee Of the Whole.
The Speaker laid before the House
the response of the Secretary of the
Treasury to Mr.. BANDS resolution
calling for information concerning the
circulation of standard silver dollars
and the policy to be pursued as to the
payment of silver. Referred to the
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures.
The morning hour expired without
action being reached upon any measure.
The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole on the pension APP
preparation bill, and a general debate
began.
Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia, made
a stirring speech in reply to the one
made few days ago by Mr.. Hender-
son, of Iowa, in which he defended the
Commissioner Of Pensions and retOrted
npon Mr.. Henderson the charge that
by the vote upon the increase Of wi
dows' pensions the southern members
bad unfurled again the bloody shirt.
He said that this had been done by Mr..
Henderson himself in the inference he
drew from his analysis Of that vote,
and by Mr.. Boutelle recently in criti-
cisiDg the southern people for erasing
a few modest monuments to their
friends who had died in defence of their
opinions.
Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, said it
had been the principle of the Demo-
cratic party when in power that when
a man became public officer he might
think what he pleased, say what he
pleased. and do what he pleased: but
that his services must be given to the
public and not to his party. The Pre-
sident Of the United States stood to-
day inviting the American people to
come back to the old paths, and said
Il" In them you shall find rest"
Referring to the question of widows
pensions, Mr.. Hammond said that that
question had been up a halfdozen
times since the war, but it had never
been proposed to increase them until
now. This fact answered the argu-
ment Of the gentleman from Iowa (Mr.
Henderson, when he arraigned the
southern members for voting against an
increase. The stuff in his speech-that
the Constitution had been invoked to pro-
tect that yote-did notneed reply. His |
bitter gall against the men whom he
took daily by the hand as his friends
did not need a reply. The spirit of |
that speech, not only in its manner, but !
in its cold, printed words, carried with |
it condemnation of argument, and needed |
no more reply than when he consigned
the Confedcrates to hell and then IN
tensiiied hell by promise to go there
with them. Laughter and applause.
Mr.. Butterworth closed the debate in
a long speech full Of humor and sar-
casm and generally very wide of the
question under consideration. 1t took |
in the whole range of recent political
events, and particularly dwelt upon the |
Ohio election.
At 5:1j the House adjourned, and a
Democratic caucus was announced for
this evening.
ACiy for More Pension Funds.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
WAsHINGTON, March 2.-The re-
port submitted in the House to-day by
Morrill,, recommending
the extension Of the arrears-of-pen-