Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-11
Partisan Speeches IN Congress.

While the pension appropriation
bill WAS under discussion, MIR. Gros'
vcrnor (Ohio) took the floor IN de
tense Of Commissioners Dudley
against what iic regarded ~ the
unjust aud uicalled
for attacks MAILS upon him. He
denied that Dailcy had hal any.
thing to do with the Congressional
election III the district of the gen
ticman from Ohio (Mr. Warlcr).
ana he also denied the assertion or
that gentleman that S23,D3O hal
been expended by the Republican
committees al Ohio to compass hlS
defeat. Dill the gentleman sup.
pose that the Republican, cuinnItir"
had been se aallou, To Keep out al
Congress u man who hal been 50
long AMI ~ Offensive u Republicans:
u man who hail supported all the &c.
construction policy at the Rrpnbli-
can party; Il man WHO hail drawn
irom his ,.o;hrt tile captured pistols
that lc had taken away from Dean.
scrdtS IN la,liin. and HE'LL them up
% the terror OF women aud children
rs the Democratic Bibles which lie
had cap,nrcl--I!il liz suppose this
Republican COMMITTEES desired Ia
spend Onc.ha!t ol all its campaign
iunl 10 keep him ont NJ COugrc,sf
Mr.. Reagan spOar against the
arrears act. II. said: "rho real
question ut present in regard to
pensions seemed not Ia be what
WAS Il nSt an'l reasonable pension,
hut wnea,her Congress would fol.
low the lrad of men WHO wished Ia
Increase PENSIONS for the purpose
of buying votes ANA popularity
among the soldier, 'mcnt,O e paid
Tor 10y the peoples tot! ANA taxes.
Mr.. Cabcll sail tiat hr tough, II
the Southern army, bar wa, 10 'la,
IL loyal Ia lhr government ~ PrrS.
dent Cleveland. ar thnsc wiiu criii.
ci,cl the vU;c at thu SJut!lrrl rep.
rcsen,itivcS. Standing behind the
windows, some gentlemen a>~.ilrd
the Southern nrnib ~ for their
votes. Why not come IN IN honest
way ami say that the South must
bear the expense 0f the prlislOnH,
AMI not coinr in IN nnnaaly way
AMI tira>t Continually IN lis face
and say, eve aIc your friends anil
~ love yOn, but you CAUSED TINS
debt 10 be put on the country. aud
We intend To MAXI yOu pay i'll"
That WAS the iru" inwal.lnc>S Of
all this talk, AMI it exhibited -
want al ulanlinrSs for men Ia asS,il
0;aprS whom they suppose To he
helpless and unable toSly anything
III return Tor unhin,!, ungcncron>
remarks
The gentleman from Ohio CIR.
HGttr:woriln, hal gone ont oi his
WAY Ia tell the Southern people how
wicked they were. Gentlemen who
ua!ritOpS Ia tain about a!l'lirs in
tht South giinrd their information
iiDm he miserable SGT of vampires
AMI vcrmil, that liul fallen upon
the South after the war w;,ll II
more h'igli'iii. effect than the lOcnSt
ai,! lice ut E.;yp. Tai> stun WAS
hrough; MP from The SJn,li hy
those creatures who was 80 niscr.
able that they hi'l b rn Sprwcd on;
by the North, ar'l had settled on
the South. H. wondered what
thr$n creatures arl been nd, for,
unless COL Almighty in his wis.
dom, in order To show what Il mis-
cri5!r thing ha could make, had
created the c!rprt.haggrr, and put
lin in The, southern States
The ycn lcuGin had talked about
ballot box stdiling, an,l then de-.
mpistr,ici by his own speech that
1! there WAS corruption AMI villdiny
ana inipuiiy shown in an election
IN any country Oh Coils green
earth, /; wi> ia the Safe 'f Ohio.
anl in the city of Cincinnati, at
which the gentleman was 81 proud.
Mr.. Springer connplilncn'cd Com.
missioner Blacks management of
the Pension Durca, anl said that
nhcn the investigation of the PEN
sion Oilicc hal been made 1t wOgld
he shown that every statement
made by Gen. Black in his annual
report, Nv to tho partisan manage.
nent of the Pension Oilice by his
predecessors, had been more than
established. IL would he conclu.
sivrly shown that the Pension OF.
lice had been used as u political
machine during the political cam.
paign Ol 1854, AMI that the whole
power AMI influence of the Office
hal been used To promote the sue.
Cess Of the Republican party.