The National tribune., 1886-03-04

These are my sentiments say that the gaunt-
let was thrown in that vote against fraterna feel
ing. But / say to my friend here. and now. that
that vote shall never control one vote of mine
to q sectional course / shall vote to build up the
South for God knows it needs it. and yon have felt
the force and effect OF war shall give every vote
that can for the South, as would for Iowa, and
that is saying good deal. sincerely trust that
gentleman, especially OF those who were in the
ranks against me, win msinterpret me, for say to
you that would rather spend an eternity in hell
with Confederate than live forever in Heaven
with Northern copperhead Applause and
Laughter.
Messrs. Randall and Morrison answered to
correct the impression that there had been
any opposition to the pension appropriation
bill from the Democratic side. Mr.. Morrison said
he did not recollect of aSouthern mans having
cast his vote against appropriating the money
for pensions authorized by law.
Mr. Reed (Me.) made short speech, and the
excitement of the House became tumultuous
over tilt between Messrs. Warner [Ohio) and
Browne (Ind.) concerning Commissioner Dud-
ley's trip to Ohio during the last Presidential
campaign, Mr.. Warner charging that the Pen
sion Office had been used in the interest of the
Republican party, and Mr.. Browne denying it.
Words ran high, and for q time there was great
excitement and much confusion in the hall.
The House adjourned without reaching vote
Oh the bill.
STATUES
The Senate adopted the joint resolution set
ting apart public reservations in Washington
for the erection of statues to Christopher CO.
lumbus Marquis de Lafayette and James A.
Garfield.
The Senate also passed the bill appropriating
S25O,OO0 for the erection of a monument to Gen.
Grant. The bill was advocated by Mr.. Hoar
(Mass) and Mr.. Blair IN. h The latter took
occasion to criticize severely the failure to erect
a suitable monument to the memory of Abra-
ham Lincoln. Mr.. Plumb (kan.) opposed the
bill. In his speech he said:
The widows of the men whom Gen. Grant COM
manded of the men who made the victories of Dom
elson and ViclSsburg and Missionary Ridge and
the Wilderness and AppomattoX possible. scattered
all over this broad land. in the busy haunts of
ON homesteads, on The remote frontier, among
the people whom the Government Of the United
States owes money TO and which il doles out with
q scanty hand little pensions of So per month TO
the widows of private soldiers whose necessities
just great the widows of Presidents Cen
erals of the army. We cannot pause in tlie exer-
else of our ordinary duties here to do the graceful
and the honorable and the just and the legal thing
for them; but if there Is any proposition to vote a
pension to somebody who does not need it, or to
expression of the national regard then we can stop
and drop our calendar and take this up TO the eX-
clilsion of everything else.
AS said, the bill viii pass. have no doubt ii
will. II will become law. 1 want simply to re-
cord my protest against il, one who, think
chcrishes just ii much The memory of Gen. Grant
as soldier, q Statesman and, above all, n
man as any person this floor or elsewhere; and
l say that that feeling which have and which will
descend through my blood as ii will descend
through the blood Of all the American people
through all coming time will find fitting ex-
preston in any monument erected by statute here
or elsewhere. Gen. Grants monument is in the
hearts of the American people.