The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-13
DEFENDING STANTON.
HEPBURN, OF IOWA, GETS AFOUL
OF WHEELER, OF ALABAMA,
Dn Account of Some Reflections on the
Great Wnr Seeretary-Spirited Debate
In the House on the Chinese Indemnity
Bili-Capiial News Notes.

Bili-Capital News Notes.
WASHINGTON, Cry, May 15-Tuesday
in the house, Grosvenor OF Ohio moved to
irike from the army apl ropTia.ion bill the
clause making Appropriation for the judge
advocate general and his assistants GroS-
venor does not like the army method of try
Ing officers for oflens.-s Gen. Wheeler
trotted down the aisle, on the Democratic
side, and said, among other things, as he
recolIected, the bureau or department in
question was established in 1852, during Mr
Lincoln's administration, and was devised
by Mr. Stanton for the purpose of crippling
Gen Mcclellan, the hravest general on the
Federal side in the late war Mr. Stanton,
Wheeler said, was the arch conspirator who
had made the department presided over by
the jn ige advocate general, and had done
SO to kill Gen McC leilan
Hepburn Of Iowa sprang to his feet and
pointing to Gen. Wheeler, he said: 1t is no
wonder your recollection as to the events of
the north during the year 1852 is poor Nou
were south tApplause on the Republican
side Mr. Lincoln is the man who trailed
your flag in the dust. He is the man who
whipped you into allegiance to the govern
ment t-(more applause from the Republi-
cansl and you -talludiug 10 Gen. Wheeieri-
are here to be his maligner ami slanderer
He is dead now You are alive and here
because of his kininesS Otherwise you
would have the halter around your neck
that you won. Cheer from the Repnb.
licans
Alter the debate the gentlemen met Just
in front of the speaker stand, and Wheeler
politely saluted Hepburn, who extended his
hand Hepburn returned the salGtation,
and the circus of the day ended as abruptly
as it commenced.
Wednesday number of committee re
ports were submitted as were the special
messages Of the president that were sent to
the senate Tuesday, and referring TO the
Well La Ahra claim AMI ether matters.
The Chinese Indemnity bill was then taken
up and Belmont discussed the Rock Springs,
W T. ii a a-sscre and dwelt empaatically ou
the fact that the er.itorial authorities had
utterly failed to enlorce the laws against
the perpetrators He said 10y the
passage Of this res blutlon
tha / nlted States could express its sympathy
with the victims of a wrong that the nited
States co I'D not prevent nor fOresee, AMI that
none OF the IHrsons engaged in the outrage
appeared to be American citi ems; that Rock
Springs consisted of two Sc! Elements ole
inhabited chiefly by Weishmen aud Swedes
the other by Chinese Mr. lemont coaclu1ei
by stating that whist the Victims OF the
wrong we're Chinese sub .ectS. the govern
ment OF the United States had received "A
greater wrong by reason of line unpunished
vocation of its laws. FELTON, OF California
in brief speech contenued that these out
RACES were the natural result of Chinese i'm
| migration.
Morrow OF California thought that the
| benevolenre of congress in the matter
! might he an act of wisdom. The whele aflail
at Rock Springs had been disgracefn
| in the extreme and could not he used or
| ignored The most that could he said was
| that no citizen of the United States had
been engae aeed in the massacre. He favored
| the resolution because it wouli strengthen
the executive in an attempt to secure til,
consent OF China to put a stop to Chimes
immi ration.
| Mex ennn of California said that tn.
groanng calendars # the house 81 onid a!
monish members that there We're other use,
| for the Sil go than bestowing it in benevo
| irncS ~ M ditN
showy comfy
| Hit of Illinois maintained thst not Il
| pass the resolution would be departure
| from a settled line OF policy
| and a violation OF national honor VI orth
ington OF Illinois aud Rice of Massachasett
| favored the resolution. the latter taking thr
| ground that it was nothing else than an az
| nf International obligation
Pending further discussion the mornin.
hour expired, the committee rose ami tn,
house again went into committee of th
whole and resumed consideration of TIL
army appropriation bill.
Mitchell of Oregon introduced a concur
| rent resolution III the senate Wednesday
which was appropriately referred, reeitin!
that it is the sense of the American congFes
that the further Immigration of Chimes
subjects should be prohibited, as it Ii
injurious to the public welfare, free labor
and the Chinese themselves.
The senate then took up the interstat
commerce bill, the question Icing on agree
ing TO the amendment adopted in the com
mittee Of the whole, and long debat
| ensued
When the bill came TO a vote it wa
passed by vote of A. to a.