The Portland daily press., 1886-07-10

upper corridors, Hobbies, and committee
rooms, which order was carried into effect at
once. This resulted in closing the offices OF
the Associated Press, and Western Union
and Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph companies,
and the eiectment of all reporters from their
quarters in the Senate wing of the Capitol.
The case of John Goode, nominated to be
Solicitor General and adversely reported
from the judiciary committee, was taken up
and Mr.. Riddleberger made long speech IN
favor of the confirmation.
Messrs. Hoar and Malone replied at con-
siderable length, and Mr.. Riddleberger spoke
again.
culpated Mr. Goede in the dicker for the
confirmation. These letters stated that II ne
was confirmed certain of his Republican
subordinates would be retained.
The letters were demanded by Mr.. Riddle
berger, but Mr.. Edmunds declined to pro-
duce them.
Mr.. Riddleberger asked that the final vote
be postponed till tomorrow, and assent being
refused, he made two or three dllatory mo
tions. The vote was taken at 6 o'clock, re-
sulting in Goodies rejection by 70 TO %.
Thereupon the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal the Speaker announced the regular order
was a vote on the demand for previous ques-
tion on motion to refer to the committee
on invalid pensions the message OF the
President vetoing bill, granting a.pensIon
to Sally Ann Bradley. Amid great deal OF
confusion, Burrows, of Michigan, on the
part of the Republicans, and Matson, OF
Indiana, representing the Democrats, en-
deavored to come to some arrangement to
prevent the time from being frittered away
with roll calls. 1t was finally agreed tnat
the demand for the previous question snoula
be withdrawn, and that Mt. Grosyenor u u
Ohio should be allowed fifteen minutes to
oppose the motion to refer, with PERMISSION
TO some Democrat to reply, if so desired.
Mr.. Grosyenor said that he desired to heap
no recrimination or condemnation upon tne
President for his veto messages. They were
cansed by total misapprehension on the
part of the President of his relation TO tne
administration of the Government He
(Grosvenor) had read all the vetoes coming
from that prolific source OF yetoes, ana ne
thought the trouble was tnat tne leoluon' n,a
understood it was his duty to examine care
fully every act of Congress, and II ne, as
member of Congress, would not vote Tor the
bill, he gave no sort OF conSlderaElon oI
weight to the fact that the legislative branch
of the Government had acted affirmatlvely
upon it, The President acted upon the idea
that the Executive had right, and IL was
his duty, to decide absolutely on every queS-
ton. Another idea of the Presldents was
that no private act should be approved un-
less there was law authorizing 1t, wholly
oblivious to the fact that Congress was the
law-making power and had right to confer
pension on anybody. =.
Mr. Grosvenor then detailed the facts of
the special bill under consideration and COM
mented on the fact, as he asserted, that the
President had approved the Fitz John Porter
bill on the very day that he had vetoed the
bill granting pension to Sally Ann Bradley,
the mother of fsur sons, two OF Wh0m hau
died on the battlefield, and two Oh wn9m
Porter would go on the pension. roll, while
Sally Ann Bradley would go to the poor
house, and this was the Government which
undertook to say that it was dealing gener-
ously and literally with its soldiers. =
The House was terrified by the vote oI a
single mana proposition tyrannlcal IN the
direction of absolute usurpation-in the. dl-
rection of turning from its normal posltlon
the Congress of the United States and turn
ing over the administration OF the generailty
of the Government to one man.
Mr.. MatSOn merely remarked In reply that
he had lust learned that in the Forty-Seyentn
Congress a Republican committee OF tne
Senate had reported that the woman ought
not to be pensioned for the same reasons tne
President said he thought she ought not 10
be penSioned.
Mr.. Long of Massachusetts suggested that
at that time the woman had husband nv-
ing who was in receipt OF pension. Inc
bill and message were then referred-yeas,
| 122; nays ILL
Matters then proceeded smoothly and mes
| sages were read and referred to the approprl-
ate committee without debate or objection
| pension to Francis Downing was reached,
| when the Republicans demanded and were
| accorded a half hour forLdebate.
Mr.. B0utelle of Maine arraigned the Pres
| ident for what he characterized as his cru
| sade against the veterans of the country, He
regarded the policy of the President as an
| open, clear, unmistakable announcement
| opposed to recognizing the services and sac
riices of the men who gave their lives of
health in order that the great nation might
be preserved. The time had come when the
Democratic party felt itself sufficiently firmly
seated in the saddle to utter its defiance and
hostility to the men who went to the front to
save the Union in its hours of peril. He
thought he could see the muse of history
looking at the grand procession of the Chief
Magistrates and he could imagine the epress-
sion of ineffable disgust which would pass
over the features of the Goddess of American
Liberty when she should look upon the pan
ell on which was depicted the present Chief
Magistrate, sitting in his shirt sleeves with
his collar unbuttoned, perspiring over the
yetoes of the paltry pension bills of the war.
(Applause.)
Mr. Brumm of Pennsylvania, character
lied the President as the great obliterater of
segregated ribs and the great representa-
tive of absolute power and said the Demo,
cratic part of the House stood by humbly and
thine be done" He continued to berate the
Democrats which he did in such
an energetic manner as to call fourth rounds
of applause and laughter from both sides of
the House he denounced them as paltroons,
and towards who eXonerated their President
whenever he chose to slap them in the face
and spit upon them The action Of the House
reminded him of the play of Hamlet.
Naughter) He would substitute for the
young prince a young courageous man OF
nerve, President Cleveland, and for poor old
Polonius, the poor, miserable cowards of the
Democratic party. (ApplauSo.)
Cleveland-Do you see yonder cloud that is al
most in the shape of a camel?
Democratic Congress-By the mass and it is
like a camel indeed.
Observation-Disclosures it is like weasel.
Democratic Congress-It is backed like a
weasel.
Cleveland-Or like whale.
Democratic Congress-Very like whale
(Laughter.)
And so this executive of yours, continued
Mr.. Brumm, has only to point out shape or
form and the Democratic party is down on
its marrow bones. Saying as thou wilt and
not as L will. Naughter.)
Mr.. Curtin of Pennsylvania, bespoke for
the President decent respect, and decent
speech. The House should turn its atten-
tion to business if it did not it would be here
until the last of August, This yituperation
and abuse of the President was all wrong.
He asserted his entire confidence in tho in
tegrity of the President and in his desire to
do his duty, and he reserved to himself the
llSuI W SppiON6 VI ulodpplOFO VI fCbOCo
Suppose the members quit quarrelling and
turn their attention to the public business
Let them remember what they had been
taught by their mothers, ''Let dogs delight
to bark and bite" Uaughter.)
Mr.. Allen of Mississippi, apologized for
speaking on pensions at all as he had been a
confederate soldier, and then made a humor-
Gus speech which was received with laugh
ter.
The message was then referred without
objection.
The next and last veto message upon the
Speakers table was then laid before the
House. 1t was a message vetoing bill
granting pension to Joseph Romiser, and
as this case is regarded as presenting special
ly strong features, the Republicans deter
mined to make a fight over its reference.
After q somewhat extended discussion the
bill was referred-yeas, 130; nays, 11S.
This cleared the speakers table of veto
messages.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine asked the unani-
nous consent to take up and pass the Blair
pension bill, but objection was made from
the Democratic side.
The House then resumed the consideration
Of the general deficiency bill, and by vote OF
yeas 124, nays Sc, confirmed the action of
the committee of the Ewhole in agreeing to
an amendment making appropriation to
meet the Fox and Moranian river claims.
A strong scene then ensued over the
amendment granting to the House and Sen
ate employees one months extra pay.
The House was in great confusion which