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BUT ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
REMARKABLE PASSAGE OF THE
PENSION BILL.


! Ar. Bennett, OF North Car0Iioa, Alone In
a Ballot of 242-Mr. CAbelI Refutes
the 6Iurs OF Mr.. HendersOn-CRrpet-
baEgers AIercilessiy Dressed Down.
WASHINGTON, March AIN the House
to-day, on motion of Mr.. Randall, further
debate on the pension bill was limited to
three hours. The debate continued as
yesterday, being almost entirely political,
with only incidental and occasional refer
snce to the pending pension bill.
Mr. Cabell, Of Virginia, deprecated the
slurs which, he said, had been cast upon
the Southern members by the gentleman
from Iowa Mr.. Henderson,. He had
been Confederate, but when lie surren-
dersd he had surrendered in good faith
and renewed an honest devotion TO the
union of States and constitution of the
country; and whatever the gentlemen
might say, or whatever they might init
mate, he was as true and loyal to-day to
the union of the States and the cOnstitu-
tiOn as the man who sat in the White
House, or as the man who in an unmanly
way made an inuend0 to the contrary.
INDEPENDENT IN VOTING.
Dub as long dS ne WAS q nSpI6S6ubdJlFC
he would vote as be thought proper and
as his conscience dictated. Standing be-
hind the widows, some gentlemen assaIled
the Southern members for their votes.
Why not come in an honest way and say
that the South must bear the expense OF
the pensions, and not come in an unmanly
way and thrust continually in it's face
and say, 1--WE are your friends, and we
love you, but you caused this debt TO be
m bo nfrrr md rnn q lan
you pay it," That was the true inward
ness of all this, and it exhibited want OF
manliness for men to assail others whom
hey supposed to be helpless and unable
% say anything in return for unkind, un-
generous and unmanly remarks.
SCORING THE CARPETBAGGERs.
The gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Butter
worth had gone out of his way to tell the
Southern people how wicked they were.
The gentlemen who undertook TO talk
about affairs in the South, gained their in
formation from q miserable set Of vam-
pires and Yermin that had fallen upon the
south after the war with more blighting
effect than the locusts and lice OF Egypt.
This stuff was brought up from the South
by those creatures who were so miserable
that they had been spewed out by the
North and had settled on the South. He
wondered what these creatures
God Almighty in His wisdom,
in order to show what q miserable thing
he could make, had created the carpet
bagger and put him dow ia the Southern
States. The gentleman had talked about
ballot box stuffing, and then demonstrated
by his own speech that If there was cor
ruption aud Yillainy and iDiquity shown
. in any election in any country on Gods
green earth it was in the state OF ONO,
nd in tho qitv M Of(iinRinnafi of which the
gentleman was so proud.
HENDERSON AGAIN ATTACKS.
After short speeches by Messrs. Spring
er, Burrows, Hammond and others, Mr..
\ Henderson, of Iowa, took the floor and
4 again attacked Southern Democrats, say
ing he had no apologies to make for any
thing contained in his previous speech.
"a Some of his former utterances which had
been most criticised and answered he now
x repeated, and be closed the debate, he
said as be had begun IL, without one
rancorous feeling in his heart. In the
course Of his speech Mr.. Henderson was
frequently interrupted by the applause of
4 Ills party colleagues.
MIR. Warner, Of Ohio, replied to an at
tack upon HIM by Mr.. GrOsvenor, and in
turn assailed Mr.. GrOsvenOr. Alter
4further debate the committee rose and re-
ported the bill to the House.
CRIES EOk NOIEs
Mr.. TOwnshend, who had charge OF the
bill, took the floor, but expressed his de-
Fsire of Welding to a motion to adjourn, as
#he might wish to make some remarks on
1.-THE bill tomorrow. But the House would
not listen to this idea, and cries Of ''NOte,
vOte' came from all sides. Mr.. Townshend,
however, stood his ground, and declared
that the yeas and nays must be taken on
the bill. A roll cali, he said, would de-
mOnstrate that the infiammatory
and unjust speeches made on the
other side were uncalled for and a waste
of valuable time. He then went into an
argument 10 show that the charge that
Commissioner Dudley had turned the
Pension Bureau into partisan machine
was true, and read from atiidayits and
letters on file in the Pension Bureau re-
lating TO the Cincinnati election Of 1884,
to show that soldiers had been promised
pensions, and pensioners had been
promised increased pensions by officials
OF the pension Office if they would vote
the Republican ticket
THE BILL PASSED.
Mr.. Randall moved the previous ques-
tion, which was ordered.
The yeas and nays were then taken,
and then the bill was passed by 24l yeas
10 nay. Mr.. Bennett, or North Carolina,
cast the only dissenting vote.
Mf. Randall moved 70 reconsider lne
vote and TO table that motion, but Mr..
Reed interpOsed with an amendment TO
strike out the last three words Of the
title, and upon this motion Re proceed
ed to reply to MIR. TOwnshend,
and more particularly TO attack
Commissioner Black for furnishing to
individual members, tor partisan uses,
documents from the official ar
chives of his bureau. In the
course Of further debate which this
attack created IL appeared that the let
sers and aflidayits read by Mr.. TOwC-
sbend were mott part OF the official rec.
Ords Of the Pension Bureau, but had been
gathered by COmmlssloner Black outside
Of the line OF nis official duty.
REEDS AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN.
Mr.. Reed then Withdrew his amend
nient and the motion TO reconsider and
lay on the table prevailed without fur
ther objection.
Mr. Grosvenor, OF Ohio, said that In the
heat OF debate be had used language to-
ward Mr. Warner which h1 wished to
have omitted from the Record.
Dir. Warner desired 10 withdraw any
oblecuonable language which he might
have used.
IN the Senate to-day M. Van Wyck
httempted to get M tho bill increasing
che pension OF widows and dependent
eeIatIves OF deceased soldiers, but the
aI4fea Of tho Sanaforq 20 nrauand with