Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-26
WASHINGTON.
The Fitz-JOhn Porter Bill
Adopted.
LoGAN's FIGHT AGAINST II
Cleveland Does His Own Work and
Avoids the Use of an
Amanuensis.
Especial to the Herald sstAe associated Press.

| SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Chair
laid before the Senate telegraphic
memorial from the Portland, Oregon,
Board of Trade in opposition to Van
Wyos's amendment to the Northern
Pacific forfeiture bill as passed by the
Senate. The petitioners said that with
that amendment in the bill it will make
it impossible fer The Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to secure capital
wherewith to complete the Cascade
branch, and that that branch is neces-
sary to the commerce Of the Northwest
The amendment referred to is thatwhich
forfeits the land coterminus with the un.
completed portion OF the Cascade
branch. The bill having been already
passed the petition was laid on the
table.
The Senate took up the Fitz-J Ohm
Porter bill and Logan addressed the
Senate.
Logan opened with an objection to
the bill on a constitutional point. The
bill. he said, provided for an increase in
the number Of persons on the retired
list OF the army provided the President
appointed certain person to the place.
Ii he could not make that special ap-
pointment vacancy was not to exist.
Where did the Senate get the power to
name to the President the person whom
he should appoint to an Office? Where
did the House OF Representatives get
any power to name to the President tue
person whom he should nominate to an
office: OF course, il Senators were
determined to ram ths bill down the
throats of others they must take the re-
sponsibility. Logan didn't expect his
words to have any weight in the Senate,
for he always noticed that when the
Senate was determined to do thing il
turned deaf ear to everything else,
whether OF law or of fact, thst interfered
with its purpose This case was not
trial OF Porter. Porter had been tried
and condemned This was q trial of
Abraham Lincoln, of James A. Garfield,
and OF many brave and distinguished
officers of the army. Logan asserted
that Porter was the cause OF the trst
Bull Run defeat by persuading Pat
terson to retreat from Winchester
with $4,000 men. ''As God is my
Judge, said he, 81 would stand over
the dust Of Lincoln and swear by all the
gods to his act as being an honest and
Just one" Logan said he had pride
in the army and in its glory, and before
he would drag into the dust the name OF
Abraham Lincoln for the sake OF this
criminal he would let his tongue and his
arm become paisied. Yet Republican
Senators here were willing to vote to
give $1,000 year to a man who was a
traitor to his commander, So If men
wanted to be paid literally by
the United States they had only
to be treacherous when they should be
true. Ii you are true when you might
be treacherons you are vetoed. THAT,
said Logan, is strange thing to take
place in this country
Plumb. in opposing the bill. said the
reinstatement Of FItz John Porter was
the beginning Of an attempt to rewrite
the history OF the Union army; to put
that what was disloyal and unfaithful
above that which was loyal and faithful.
Plumb said he had just been informed
tndt tile fcelutut uau sctota Diii CIV
ing pension of $50 month to the
widow Of Major General Hunter, who
had been presiding officer of the
court martial that had tried Fitz-John
Porter, that seemed fitting accompania-
ment for the passage OF the Fitz-John
Porter bill, but the loyal people of the
country would see to it that Mrs. Hun.
ter should not suffer.
Plumb offered an amendment to place
Mrs. Hunter on the pension roll at $50
a month. Lost. Yeas l9, nays 29.
Logan offered an amendment to place
on the retired list every volunteer officer
who received wounds producing total
disability. Rejected. Yeas is, nays 70.
The bill was then brought to a vote
and passed. Yeas, 80; nays, II. The
bill having already passed the House
and not having been amende by the
Senate, now goes to the President for
his signature.
Plumb called up the House bill to
provide for the adjustment of land
grants made by Congress to aid in the
construction Of railroads within the
State Of Kansas and for the forfeiture Of
unearned lands, and the Senate adj
iourned until Monday.