The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-06
PENSIONS AND EDUCATION
THE HOUSE GETS THE FIRST OUT
OF THE WAY,

And the Senate CONTINUES, to Hammer ths
Other Into Shape-The Pension Appro-
prtation Goes Through in a shower @
Political Red Fire-China's De,nan.
WASHINGTON Cry, March 1.-THE pc
sion bill was passed by the house THURSDAY
after long and exceptionally warm political
debate, which turned largely on the admin.
stration of the pension Office by Col bud
ley. Cabell Of West Virginia made sharp
attack on tho carpet baggers,' and charged
Henderson of Iowa with being bull
do2er, to which that gentleman replied
that it took man from the streets of Dan
vile to call him such name Hend nsln
then went on to defend his recent
speech, complimentihg tine speech S
of Wilson of West Virginia, and
breckenridge of Kentucky as he proceeded.
He told the story of himself and two
brothers, who went into the army The
eldest was killed, the second made total
physical wreck, and the youngest himself
was pretty well, Il thank you," and had
nothing to apologize for. He had been
tainted by the Democrats with being a
native of Scotland, but thou hit there was
no disgrace in that, for no Scot, hman was
ever traitor. and it was strange if Scotch
lad had to come over b re to teach Amer
leans patriotism
Warner answered statements made by
Grosvenor OF Ohio regarding the canvass in
his [NVarner'sl district. He mss ted that
Dudley had used the influence of his office
to defeat him [Warnerl and wa; frequently
interrupted by Grosyenor, who became very
indignant, and declared amid great noise
and confusion, which prevented War
ner from hearing tn remark, that one
of those statement; was an absolute
outrage and untrue Warner cited from
letters and testimony to substantiate the
truth of all the charges which had been
made against Commissioner Du l2y's inter
ference i'll the Ohio campaign, and then
turned his attention to Butterworti's spec n,
AMI commented on the TACT that, while that
gentleman &c Jared that Cincinnati was the
most corrupt city on the continent, he had
been selected to represent it lie then went
on to quote fro II thu testimony taken by the
Carlisle committee of Investigation 10 show
that from Buttorworth's own testimony he
hal been guilty OF attempting to corrupt
the election in Cincinnati; and his apt run
ulng comments, and Butterworth's equally
APT Tepartee on this and other portions of
the testimony kept the house in roar OF
Taught and "A storm of applause for a
quarter of an heua.
Townshend of Illinois went into an argu
ment to show that the charge that Commits.
soner dudley had turned the pension btl-
raa,, inf ,,orticnp ,nanb;p m t,a, f,.,,. n Il
Rad from affidavi;s and letters on file in the
pension bureau He then read several a!h
davits relating to the Cincinnati election
of 1854 to show soldiers had been
promised pensions, and pensioners
had been promised increasedepensions, by
officials of the pension Office, il they vOul,
vote the Republican ticket Townshenl
was proceeding to read further when be
was interrupted by chorus of inquiries
from the Republican side as to the c6arac
ters of the men who made the atidavits
He replied that he knew some of them
The aiilavits were but atoms as com
pared with the cords of evidence he couli
produce,
The debate closed with an attack uror
Commissioner Black by Reed of Maine, whc
charged the commissioner with being on the
door Of the house with official documents tC
asst in a partisan debate The bill wa:
pIssad-aYes 24l nays Bennett OF NORTH
Carolina.
The debate in the senate on the education
bill was continued by Gibson, who said
Let us invoke any influence and
agency, before thu POI ulation bccom
too large and unwieldy, i'll favor OF
popular rights and education as the sures
| safeguards of republican government
Better an intelligent ballot than the bayonet
better co-opa at on and good understanding
| than measures Of repression The south OF
to-day is not in all respects thu s'-uth as shr
stood before the world twenty years ago
| Never was discontinue and ruin of q
country more complete The exhaustion Of
1 Prussia I'm Ter Frederick or of France under
| Napo con va, not mo. e thorough. Succeed
| ing her military overthrow she witnessed
all her local institutions industrial finap
cial, educational and religioas-all the or
ganizel forces of her so iety, shattered and
| pulveri.ei, and society foundations torn NJ
| and destroyed-a complete boulevorsament
and her political rehabilitation committee
| chiaiiy TO her former negro slaves, elevated
| not only to freedom, hut enfranchiSed anC
| intrusted with political control
Lo9an's amendment appIopriating $l56,
| 0Ui00O i'll tea years was rejected, and b,
offered another amendment appropriating
| 81, COG, 001 to build school houses in district.
| too poor to build them themselves, and thi'
am ndment was adopted after debate, il
which Van Wyck ASKED Hampton whether
the people of the south would permit the
negroes to vote after they were educated, tC
which Hampton answered that he was ONT
| OF the first men in the country to propos,
that the negro should lie given a vote.
| Van Wyck was proud to hear that hui
asked: Did the white men of South Can o
lima follow your example in that dire, ton
Did the people of Mississippi follow you
example," VOORHEES, said the senator from
South Carolina Hampton was too modest
to say what he Voc heesl would say, thai
| the people of South Carolina had so far fol
lowed that distinguished senator as to max,
| HIM governor of t. at state in a way tina
stuck and TIE negroes had made hin
such governor.
On Tuesday Sewell introduced in the sen
ate pei, on from the agricultural bolrl
| OF New Jersey asking congress to protec
| Amerir%r pork against German restriction
anl 20 make the agricultural Commissioners
cabinet officer.
Hale offered resolution calling on tn
naval sec. etary for information regardin;
the new war ships Dolphin, Atlanta, Boston
and Chicago, and the trouble abb ut the frs
of these. The educational hill was theI
taken up
Amendments requiring the money to b
expended under the direction of the secre
tary of the interior, the commissioner o
| eiu alton and the president; requiI in;
annual rel ortl from the states ensfted b,
the fund to show tn salaries paid teachers
making the census report the h~s's u
distribution, turning over 10 the othe
states the quota which any state may de
cine; and requiring the secretary OF tn
interior to investigate complaints OF dis
elimination in the application of the funds
were agreed to. An amendment to incind
the Indians as beneficiaries of the bill
brought on discussion.
In the house after some interesting bust
ness the Almediate deficiency bill was take
up i'll committee of the whole The amour
appropriated is 1864, 49,.