St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-05
PENSIONS UPPERMOST.
CabelI and Henderson Furnish the
House CaIOrIc.


WASHINGTON. March An the house
Mr. Cannon of Illinois moved that the
house take up the urgent deficiency bill,
that the men who had been thrown out of
employment at the navy yards might again
obtain work. The house refused-yeas
1913, nays 14S-tO proceed to the considera-
ton of the deficiency BILL and went into
committee of the whole on the pension ap-
preparation bill. Mr.. GroSvenor of Ohio
took the floor in defense of Commissioner
Dudley. Mr.. Reagan spoke against the
arrears act Mr.. Cabell accused the
Republican party of want of maniiness.
and said 1--WE are your friends and we
love you, but you caused this debt to be
put on the country, and we mean to make
you pay it," The gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Butterworth) had gone out of his way
to tell the Southern people they were, and
continued:
Gentlemen who undertake to talk about af-
fairs in the South gain their information from
the miserable set of vampires and yermin
that fell upon the South after the war with a
blighting effect equal TO that of the lice and
locusts OF Egypt. This stuff is brought up
from the South by these creatures, who were
SO miserable that they had been spewed out
by the North and settled on the South.
wonder what these creatures were made for
III.
to show what miserable thing he could
make, created the carpet-bagger and put him
down in the Southern states. The gentleman
talked about balot-boX Stuffing, and then
demonstrated by his own speech that,if there
is corruption and villainy and iniQuity shown
in any election in any county on Gods green
earth, it is in the state of Ohio and in the CITY
of Cincinnati, of which the gentleman is SO
proud.
BLACK CoMPLIMENTED.
Mr.. Springer complimented Commissioner
Black, and said it would be conclusively
shown that the pension Office had been used
rs political machine during the political
campaign of 1884 to promote the success of
the Republican party, The debate was
continued by Mr.. Ryan of Kansas, Mr..
Burrows of Michigan and Mr.. Hammond of
Georgia. Mr., Henderson then took the
floor and said.
Did the gentlemen expect that with report
from Commissioner Black which had Eeen
conceived and published with no other mo-
tive than to make ii Democratic campaign
document, man of honesty, with a spirit of
courage, would allow it TO pass unnoted on
this floor! With all the giant minds of the
Democratic party exercising every skill and
power 10 buck and gag the committee on in
valid pensions, and with report from the
commissioner or pensions involving politics
more trucking and dirty than had ever been
sent out by political campaign committee 1
for one will not remain silent. What points
that laid down have been disprovedY Not
one. The house has been treated to many
elegant speeches.. The buffoon has taken the
stand of the statesman, and have been rid
iculed before the country by the wit and
genius of Southern chivalry. l can stand it
] has been thrown in my teeth that 1 first
drew breath within sight OF Ben Lomond
That is true, bur while IL is true that l repre-
sent in my birth the land of the thistle want
to tell the gentleman (Mr. Norwood that
from the lowlands to the highlands treason
has never found breath in Scotch heart.
True it is that was born in Scotland Does
it remain for a simple Scottish boy not born
under the
BEAUTIFUL FLAG OF AMERICA,
TO teach patriotism TO gentleman who was
born on American soil! l have been assailed
by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Ham.
mond) because made an allusion to the other
world in giving an estimate of the ex-Confed-
crate who had placed his bosom in front OF
opposite weapons. | said then, and repeat II
now. that 1 respect that man for his courage