Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the House
Yesterday.
BoUTELLE AND WISE SPEAK
Debate in the House Yesterday
The Information Bill
Called Up.
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., January D.
Herbsrt. Alabama, from the commit
tee on naval affairs, reported back th
Boutelle resolution calling on the Secr'
airy Of the Navy forinformaticn relativ
to the alleged erasures OF certain incrir
tons, and the dismissal Of Union sol
diers at the Norfold navy yard, with al
amendment extending the inquiry 0
the dismissal made at the navy yard b,
the light. house district at Norfolk dur
int the terms OF the Immediate predeces
sors of the present Secretary Of tn
Navy.
Herbert stated that the resolution
was substantially the same as that orig
inally offered by Boutells, except some
what broader. and demanded the pre-
vious question.
The Republicans resisted this bul
were out.voted by 81 to 81.
Perkins OF Kansas raised the point o
order that no quorum had voted.
at Is evident then, said Herbert
''that the gentlemen do not want thei
own interrogations answered. l with
draw the report" [Applause on th'
Democratic side.
Mr.. Boutelle objected.
The Speaker ruled that the repor
could not be withdrawn without leave
Of the House.
A call OF the House was ordered and
an officer dispatched for absentees.
Reed suggested that the Committee or
Naval Affairs had added an amendment
to the resolution which debate woule
show to be mistake and entirely futile
Herbert replied that this side Of th'
House was entirely willing to accept tn
consequences OF any mistake which
might be made by amending the resolu
tion.
Reed insisted that the House had thu
right to debate any question coming be
fore 1t, and IL was not for man or an,
set of men TO decide whether the pro
vision was the proper one to be an
swered.
WAsHIseros, January % Mr.. Hew
lit. of New York, agreed with Mr.
Reed in maintaining the freedom of de
bate, but in the present cise there i
nothing to debate. The Democrats
side had to maintain for many years tht
right of the representatives Of the peo
pie " Discuss important political ques
tions, and many times he had seen the
other side trying TO suppress debate. 1t
did not lie in the mouth OF the gentle
men OF the other side to tsunt Demo
Gratis with any attempt to limit debate
To undertake to come in now with par
tizan statements was q waste OF public
time and an abuse Of the confidence o.
the House.
Mr.. Reeds motion was voted down,
and after a short wait the 5ergeant-at
Arms brought TO the bar Of the House
Messrs. Mowden, Riggs and Bingham.
After considerable guying by their asso'
ciates the excuses presented by these
gentlemen were deemed satisfactory and
they were released from custody.
At 2:30 Mr.. Herbert theught he had
secured quorum Of Democrats, and nc
cordingly further proceedings under the
call were dispensed with.
The previous question was then or
dered on the resolution. Yeas lJy,
nays gi. Then commenced a political
debate, which was opened by Mr.. Bou-
telle, who promised bis direct speech
upon the question with remark calling
attention to the fact that the first legis.
iative act OF the House had been the
passage, by unanimous consent, OF a bill
removing the political disabilities Of an
Confederate who had waited more
than twenty years before discovering a
desire to be placed in the line of eligibil-
ity 10 an appointment under the Execu-
tive Department Of the United States.
In contrast with this he tMr. Boutellel
had been tauntingly informed that fif.
teen minutes OF time was an ample al
lowance In which to present the case Of
the outrageous dismissal OF disabled
soldiers Of the Union army from the
employ Of the Government and the
obliteradon and removal Of inscriptions
commemorative OF the success Of the
Union army. A Norfolk paper had
stated that Commandant Truxton, in
place OF censure, was entitled to praise,
and the paper said that when he had
taken charge Of the Norfolk navy yard
he had found inscriptions intending to
keep alive the bitter memories OF the
civil strife. and had patriotieslly ordered
them to be removed.
Mr.. Boutelle, Republican. referred to
the removal OF the Superintendent Of
Machin cry at the Navy Yard because Of
his demurring to the defacement OF the
dry docks, the appointment of a man
whose title to the position rested on ser
vice in the Confederate army. and il. said
Mr.. Boutelle, the time had come OF
II. II
OF the rebellion, the monuments Of the
rebellion itself should be first torn down.
Let the work be begun by taking down
inscriptions commemorative Of the vic
tories Of the armies of the United States
He had list Of the great marble memo
rials growing up all over this land to per
petuate the cause OF treason and rebel
lion. The soldier who came to Wash
inRton might wander throughout the
great art repositories Of the city looking
for the counterfeit presentment Of one o.
the heroes who sustained the flag OF thu
Union, but he would find that the only
men who were remembered In the ar
gallery were Robert r. Lee and Stone
wall Jackson. There was no justice ii
the claim that broad patriotism
required the obliteration Of ih'
record Of the grandest triumph
ever made for humanity sinc'
the morning the stars sang together
(Applause on tho Republican side.) Th
people Of the country ought to say. a
old General Dix did, in regard TO the
American flag: ''If any man attempt
to pull down memorial Of the grea
triumphs Of the loyal people Of thi
country, shoot him ON the spot" (Pro
longed applause on the Republican side.
Whether his position were that of
member of Congress. or citizen in pri
vate life, he entered his protest agains
this morbid sentimentality. against thil
false idea Of magnanimity, which woul.
for one moment tolerate the laying o
the hands Of destruction on the memo
rials Of the triumphs of the Union ARM
in the case Of the Norfolk navy yard
The custom houses gallant, efficient an'
faithful public servants, who had fol
lowed the flag Of their country across
hundred bloody fields, had been turne'
out that their places might be given 4
men who had fought to destroy tn
government. Mr.. Wise, OF Virginia
said the Secretary Of the Navy wa
toitch uBbi w toBVtt h %tsJ s''s's @%-''
been destroyed at the Norfolk navy yar'
which commemorated that the dry docl
at Portsmouth had been destroyed. Hi
was glad Of the opportunity to inform
the gentleman from Maine that the dry
dock at Portsmouth had not beel
destroyed. [Applause on the Demo
cratic side.l A gentleman asked sh
Secretary Of the Navy If the inscription
had been removed from the cannon cap
tured from the Confederate army. II
would inform the gentleman from Main
that no cannons with such inscription
had ever been in lie Portsmouth nav,
yard. LApplause on the Democrati
side. The gentleman from Main
wanted to know II Union soldier ha,
been discharged and Confederate pu
10 his place. He would inform him tha
the man who was discharged had neve
been in the Union army; had mover bee,
within a thousand miles Of line o.
battle; had never heard the music of
minie ball. EApplause and laughter OF