National Republican., 1886-02-20

Mr.. IIuwlry presented biiin the Senate
Monday, which was referred to the com
mlt,,r uu public lands, "tclating to the
taxation of railroad lands AMI for other
turloscs," 3" which was discussed 10y senators
IuvIry. Van Wyck, Teller, M1ndersou,
Plumb. aud Dolph, when Mr. Morgan took
the Noor and resumed his remarks against
the coustitutionality Of the pending cduca-
tloual bill. nj the conclusion OF which,
without action, the Senate adjourned.
After the usual Monday call VI states Tor
ILLS. &c, the House Yesterday went into
committee of the whole Mt Springer .oi
lliuUs, IN the chair ON the thk'uAn
Porter hill.
Sir. wolfurd. Of Kentucky resumed his
srccuh iu favor ui the HlI, cuuiculing THAT
the trial upon which Gen, Porter hli hcrn
convicted had not been fair trial Pope hah
lrcu seeking man upon whom 10 pgi lu,
blame for being whipped, aud had selected
Porter. lie MIR NuliUrd| blamed ten.
Lee. Gpn luugstfcct, t'cu. Jackson, ana
All the confederate soldiers hut Pope hal
lism,d Union general who hal done MS
Cull nubiN.
I,r. and that was why he had hrru whipped.
Pore had lrcnu gallant general. hut De
cCuld not I've compared VITA such mlu o.
irc
Nr. Nrrlry. Of Pennsylvania. thought
that LyrIy one Who had riih'N ana de
trlmiurdlV studied every line ui the cll'
dcicc, aud considered for n moment the
tryinblc reputation uf the Judges Who hal
sat ON the Jury, and the witnesses who hli
Given testimony would concur that u an
amy officer had ever been guilty oi cruel
and vicious iusubOrdiuution IN the lace OF
Irutmy II had been Porter
Er wished to open wide another page tn
the history Of Fitl.Juhn Porter To show
how his professional pedan'ry anl his
jealousy had inflicted great loss upon
the Jniun army. He went on tO detail the
movements Of Gen. Pattcrsun's commanl
inthe upirhhorhoad Of Winchester In July,
lsC2, to show that that general, to whose
honor he paid tribute had been mlsad'
vlsCd ty Porter; and declared no such man
ps Porter would ever receive his vote TO
place his name on the scroll of fame II
gentlemen were so eager to enter upon the
Iuth Of justification to take from the rec
ords Of iufamy the names OF officers, he
could give them many TO include; many
who had suffered wrong. Let the House
lc candid with itself and let II deal with
facts honestly and impartially, and he did
not believe that there would be fifty votes
riycn in favor of the restoration of Fitz-
John Portcr, and the stamping with
iufamy Of those who had gone
to the camping ground toward which all
were marching. The advocates of the bill
appealed to the memory OF Gen. Grant,
and placed before the House his Judgment
o,c" ~ ,vbotrvnr might have been said by
Crort for Porter. He recognized the fact
,Lot 1, came from Grants great and gener-
Gus heart, and yet Gen. Grant looked at
;he question from point of sympathy.
Nj Fuller. of Iowa. opposel the bill as
,,, ;,srlt 70 evcry soldier who peri,ed his
iigo i ,o sn,o Iis co;,ntrv
Tho committee then rose, and, at Ais, the
IIousn adjourned.
i'T"SI ~, a" Sountn Tuosdov. after the transac-
,;n, ~ ihe morning business, the education
iW nas tol.nn nm and Mr.. jackson took tie
Tmnr o,5d o,Idrnssel the Senate I'm favor of
tre liu Mr. Jackson said that inasmuch
as the design of the measure was not to
establish national schools, but to give
tn,nrnrnry aid TO the states for the pur-
,n.as Of elucotinn. he would support It.
re- ai,iar oiGootior tn Tho hilI he said was
LHe tIlIcl oulc''loi w tuv J''i Is T Ill. i,,
that II was unG"nstil9tlona IL tnis opjec,
tionwerc well founded, lurther discussion
would he useless, and the states now hav.
inc large illiterucy would have to contend
~ In, hat "r,ot eviI III bill per
~ ~. " , ',i L,, tho rnnrrnI GOVERN
h"'C" w! ,""t'E' y W S ,i 80. 10 NJ
ptnt over lhS SGhnOis VI tt'e Sla,yi ny H., ",
jackson W"ula OPPOSE H. Ne,tne' ~ w, !,
compel tie state 10 TAKE tlc money EdCu
state could decide for itself whether 70 take
tLc money or not Instead of tending 10 a
rmrs"IiI,tinn nf mower i'm the general GOV.
',. +, .,,II 80 80 I,,jI1 ~, t,o
t'In't.t' no",u ~ ~ -, 80
hllrh@ u anu power ol thc sePI'",c nt'.vs'
The objection that Congress, haq not tlg
constitutional power to appropriate public
fund, to the PURPOSES of education was AZ
Islto nItu,tinn ono lnurr sinrp m llr
~ s'','N 10y, H"''' . o". III a., a., ,L
itl """uHuncu uS SUM "' "'"0' '' va. ''
ltCipls themselves ..,..,..,.. ,.,,,.,,, l.,
The debate was continued ~ length D!
Senators MaXcy. Iugh, Morrill, Blair
IJomutOn. and Coke until the Senate al
i'',,irJ
'VW n1u, ,,,si,,oss ,i,o. b,or co,cIu1el
the House went iuto EV'u'hItES % yu
whole ON tue tit@-John Porter Oiil; ~ Wa Wa
HissHsseu ny MtsSls, "lSr,it', W. l'"';i
~ i%NTr "i H,'ru"''.o r " ,"ynnFIaroIs
ttt tIl' lhe Ioiihci' ~ al 'N'e'"'eNe'"''
said:
Do not miSunGcrs tand the attitude of mysc
and ,ihrr cx.concdcratc soldiers who vote f.
hi. bill: do not miSintcrprct our interest /
tls case. The necessity Tor our action woul
totrXl,t were il not that some of the OPP
nCLt, to tie hill still appeal to II character &
pariy passion which has long since been rl
undated by Republicans who are mo,
esteemed bythcir political adherents, | regrl
and dcplorc the Efforts to degrade Il juliCit
question To IL party conflict, but We are fire
from the re gspOnsibility of the position thc>
gentlemen have voluntarily assumed, and Il
taunts from mistaken ZealOts can drive Us fro!
II plain and unquestioued duty,
We advocate and support this bill becau
wr soc in il the only means to repair II cru
wrong; To atone for gross, though, perhaps Il
intentional Injustice; to relieve Il gallant So
diVrnnd honorable gentleman from a grievo
lrarivrdOm long and nObly endured. As 81
dcrs we are bound to spare no effort to reley
this brave comhaIdSl rom ~, I've a SGpHC 4; ~
nIwrr IN succor the weak and suffering;
gentlemen we are Obliged to 90 frankly AZ
iereh,y Whal we eoicte ,ho W V o ,, !,
KIN En ,ecnro %S Xxi. tnrdy inuIice 10 one wi
So nbly served them, and MS citizens of III
great iepuhlic it is our duty and our pride
choIish and defend its honor, ana we, t9eI 9S
lytv, seek 10 et'"cc ''''s o'o' uPo" 'ne '"'' ID"
o'"'' 'o""t'i' .,,,,,..,. ,,i- .,,a
M Cutcheoh' concluding us Speec