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WISE OF VIRGINIA AND BoUTELLE OF
MAINE.
An Exciting Debate In the House in
which the Republicans get More
than they Barsained For.
WASHINGTON Jan. 22-HorSE: Herbert, Of
Alabama, from the committee on naval af-
fairs reported back Boutelle's resolution call
ing on, the secretary Of the navy for nt1rma- M
scriptionS at the Norfolk navy yard, with
amendment extending the inquiring into dis
miSSalS made at the navy yard anu light
house district at Norfolk during the terms of
the immediate predecessors OF the present
secretary Of the navy.
Herbert, in stating that the resolution was
substantially the same as that originally Of
fered by Boutelle, except that 1t was some
what broader, demanded the previous Ques.
ton. The republicans resisted this, but on Il
division were out-voted 81 to 81. Tellers were
ordered, the body of republicans refrained
from voting and upon the announcement OF
the result, Ill y, Perkins. of Kansas, raised
the point OF order that no quorum had voted.
at is evident then," said Herbert. that the
gentlemen do not want their own interroSa.
lions answered. l Withdraw the report. -
Applause on the democratic side.
made to the house by order Of the committee,
1t could not be withdrawn without leave OF
the house. [Applause on the republican
side
A call of the house disclosed the presence of
296 members, there being hut 20 absen-
tees, and on motion of Herbert, the re-
solution was adopted directing the me ser. SCI.
of the house such members as were absent
without leave. Immediately, Reed moved
that all further proceedings under the call be
I~xl fNf f,n
fact that there was an unusually full atten-
dance of members The sole question which
now existed was question of the liberty OF
debate.
prescribed reasonable time for debate on
resolution of this character. Thirty minutes
were allowed, fifteen for each side, after the
previous question was ordered. 1t was sim
ply y resolution of inquiry and there was
nothing to debate until the inquiry had been
answered.
Reeds motion was voted down and after 4
short wait, the sergeantat-armS brought 10
ham. After being considerably guyed by
their associates, the excuses presented ny
these gentlemen We're deemed satisfactory
and they were released from CUSTODY. Az
2:3O, Herbert thought he had secured a QUO
rum of the democrats and accordingly, fur'
ther proceedings under the call were dispens'
ed with. The previous questions was tncn or
dered on the resolution, yeas 159; nays u;
the most exciting political debute that has
been presented to the house the present seS-
sion. The debate was opened by boutelle
who promised his direct speech upon the re.
solution with remark calling attention 10
the fact that the first legislative act OF the
house had been the passage by unanimous
consent of q bill removing the ,po!itical d,sa,
bilitics of an eX-Confederate who had worked
more than twenty years before discovering
desire 10 an appointment under the executive
department OF the United States. In con-
traSt with this he (Boutelle) had been taunt
ingly informed that fifteen minutes OF time
was an ample allowance in which to present
the case of the outrageous dismissal of DIS
abled veterans of the Union army from the
employment of the government ana oolltera'
tion, debaSement and removal OF inscriptions
commemorative Of the success of the Union
army. .
He trusted that these facts placed in jnXta-
position would prove more instructive 10 Inc
country than any remarks he could oIler.
The resolution he had introduced had related
the allegation that All officer Of the Uniled
States government. at one of the navy yards
of the government, had ordered the oolitera'
ton of honorable inscriptions on cannonS
and caused to be removed from the dry dock
a memorial tablet setting. forth that u haa
been destroyed by the rebels in 1862 and re,
constructed in 1863 He did mot understand
that these facts had been In any way contra
dictcd. On the contrary he found that the
Norfolk paper, whose editor was closely con-
nected with the officer, had stated that Com.
mandant TruXton, in place OF condemnation:
was entitled to praise. The paper said that
when he had taken charge OF the yard. he
had found inscriptions intended to keep allve
the bitter memories of the civil war, and
had patriotically ordered them to be remov-
ed.
Boutclle then referred to the removal of the
superintendent of machinery of the navy
yard because of demurring to the DETACHMENT
of the dry dock and the appointment OF a
IL $t,o fffNFYr fn6
service in the Confederate army. He consid-
cred that sufficient reason for calling atten-
tion TO the matter. He had found evidence
that since the 4th of March 1885, there had
positions in which they were paced of of;
ficers of the govern ment, Of wounded and
disabled veterans Of the republic, TO make
place for men who had sought TO destroy 1T.
He had list of great marble memorials
growing up all over this land to perpetuatc
the cause Of treason and rebellion. He had
description Of monument erected IN Gc0r-
gia, bearing inscriptions breathing anything
but 4 spirit of loyalty to this government,
the monument beariug on its face evidence OF
q design to perpetuate the memory OF the at
tempt on the life of the republic. \ soldier
who came to Washington might wander In
vain through the great art repository OF this
city looking for the counterfeit presentment
OF one Of the heroes who sustained the nag OF
the Union, but would find that the only men
who were memoriaized and remembered In
~
Stonewall Jackson. These representations
were not simply to keep alive the memory of
the great war. but were representations or
soldiers. They were depicted IN full Conied'
crate uniform. Two years ago. when the
house was considering an appropriation of
one million dollars for the New Orleans expo
Sition, the people down there who were so an
Xious to have the Union memorials obliter-
uted. were erecting monument thirty feet
high TO Robt. +. Lee, the Chief military head
of the rebellion. There was no justice In the
claim that broad patriotism required the OBJ
liberation of the records Of the grandest,
triumph ever made In humanity since first
the morning stars sang together: Applause
on republican side The people ofthis country
ought to say as old General Dix said in re-
gard to the American flag: "1f any man at
tempts to pull down the memorial of the
great triumph of the loyal people of this
country, shoot him on the spot. Prolonged
applause on republican side.
Wise, of Virginia, was glad that he had an
opportunity to make statement of facts,
although he had hoped that the subject Of the
resolution would not have been discussed un-
til information had been received from the
secretary of the navy The gentleman from
Maine, (BOutelle) on more than one occasion
had sought to revive the passions and preju-
dices of the war; He (Wise) would examine
how much of the truth there was in the state
ment of these resolutions. The secretary of
the navy was called upon to report II any
tablet had been destroyed at the Norfolk ma.
w yard, which commemOrated the fact that
the dry dock at Portsmouth had been destroy.
ed. He was glad OF the opportunity to in