The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-23
A HOT DAY.
Wise of Virginia and BOuteIIe
of Maine Have a Lively
IOust in the House.
In WhiCh thc GcntIrtnnu FROM
Maine Receives some
sharp Thrusts.
! The Nirgiuinn Thoroughly
Posted on the tuion-SoI-
dier.ior once Racket.
Terrible ntne Horror. in (which
Thirty seven Wen are K,Ii.d
outright.
ASIIIN,!TON.



bert, Of Alabama, from the commit
tee on naval affairs, reported back
the buutcllc resolution calling on the
secretary ui the navy for Information
relative to alleged crasurc- of certain
inscriptions aud the di.mi-~N of
union soldier, a the Nuriulh navy
yard. with amendment extending the
inquiry into di-mi,-als during the
term of the immcdiatg predecessors
ut the present secretary of the navy.
Herbert stated that the resolution
Wo- substantially the same ~ That
or giin ly offered hy Mr. Boutrllc. cN-
Crpt 1t was sumcWh hu broHdcr lie
dcmardcd the pre-, ilu- question.
The republicans resisted THIS aud on
ts admission. were out voted bN 81
~ ST. The tcllCrs were ordered but
thc body Of the republicans rciraiucd
from voting and upon announcement
ot the result lll to TO- Perkins, of
Kansas. raised the point of order that
no quorum had voted. "lt is evident
then, said Herbert. "lhat the gentle
men don't want their own iulcrrugu-
ton answered; | withdraw the re-
port"
MIR BoutcIlc "lr may do 80. /
object To- the Withdrawal of the re-
port
Reed lof Maincl suggested that the
gentleman from Alabama allow the
amendment, to De offered, but Her
bert declined aud moved call of the
house. The republican,, opposed the
motion for call, but 1t WH- ordered
by a vote ol yeas, l53, nays l22. The
call disclosed the presence of 29S
members. there being but 80 ab-cn-
tees, and on motion of Herbert, the
resolution was adopted directing the
scrgcant-at-nrms to arrest aud hrlrg
to the bar of the house such member,
~ were absent without leave.
Reed moved that all further pro-
cccdugs under the call hc dispensed
with and called attention to the fact
that there was an unusually full nj
tcnuHncc of members. The sole
question which now existed, lac suid,
VA, the question OF the liberty OF de.
hntc. No unreasonable time wns
asked for by the minority. and il
could not be that gentleman on the
other side, witliH majority of forty,
were desirOus of -upprcssng the do
| bate from fear of any consequences,
No harm ever come in u free country
| from the free discussion of u lrglii-
mate proposition.
Herbert stated that 1t Wus supply d
resolution inquiry aud there wa
| nothing to debate until the inquiry
! had been answered.
Al 2.3O aftur considerable cross
| firing, Herbert thought hc had -ccurr,
| \ quorum of democrats and accord
| iugly further proceeding, under ia,
call were dispensed with. The pre-
| yious question was then ordered ia
the resolution ycn,, l5g; nays, ~.
THE FuN BEGINS.
Then commenced the political de
| bate which was opened hy BOutcllc
who promised his direct speech upon
! the resolution with n remark calling
attention To the fact that the first leg
/ i-lAtiVc net ut the house had been Tia,
passage, by unanimous consent, of ,
bill removing political diSabiliticS ot
mn cY. confederate who had waite,
more than twenty years before di-
covering n desire to be- placed ia TIA,
line of eligibility to nm appointment
under the executive department -
the uiicd States. In contrast viii
this he (Boutcllc) had been tuuutiugl,
informed thHt fifteen minutes of tim
was Nh ample allowance in whlcl
to present cases of Outrt
gcOus dismissed of disable,
soldiers OF the union army lron
employment of the government, aut
! Al. ..t,t al AZ %,
scriptiOn- commemorative of the sue
cess OF the Union Army. \ NorlolI
papcr had stated that Commandan
TuXtun, in place of ccn,urc, was emit
tied TO praise. Tho paper said tha
when hr had taken charge ofthc MOI
tolk navy-yard hC had found iuscrlI
tions intending TO keep alive bite
memories of civil strife, and had pa
triOtically ordered them to be 1,
moved. BOutellc then referred to TIA
removal of the superintendent q
machinery Oi that napy-yard hGCau,
4 Of his dcmurriug TO the dciuccmcu
q oft dry dock, and the appointmcl
ufA mou in his place whose title I
the position rested on h- service
the confederate army. If, said Boz
]
come, TO Obliteratc the memories
the rebellion, the monuments of Il
rebellion Itself should be fir
torn down. Let not the wOl
" be begun by taking down INSCRIPTION
commemorative of victories Of n
armies of the United States lie hi
n list of great marble memorials grO'
ing up NIL over this land to pcrprt
M ate the cause of treason and rcbcllio
The soldier who came to WAshingt'
might wander in vain throughout +
great art repository Of the city, loo
ing for counterfeit ptr-cnlmcnt
IN one of the heroes " ho had sustain
VI the nag oi the uuioM and hc Won
a find that the only men who were
n mcmbcrcd in the art gallery w,
y Robert H. Lee aud StourwAl Jurks ~
There was 10 justice to the claim II
"a broad patriotism required the ,
liberation of records OF the grand
triumph ever made for humnui
since the morning stars sang tOgctn
The people ni the country ought
.ay, as old General Dix did
regard to the American Nag, eli a
man attempts to pull down II me
"a or al of the great triumphs OF the j.
a people of this country, shoot Il
ON the spot" Prolonged appla
on republican sidcJ Whether
position were that of "a member
congress ora citizen in private !
he entered the protest against I
- iulsG idch of magnamity which wo
for "A moment tolerate the lay