Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-12
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o,os%ion az privilege, stated that the re-
marks made by him IN calloquy with Mr..
Wheeler. OF Alabama, when that gentleman
was delivering his speech attacking Edwin
M Stanton, had been by 8 ,me mysterious
mistake" misplaced in the Record. Mr..
Wheeler stated that the misplace was en-
rirely accidental and he had no objections
TO a correction being made. Mr. Keller, o!
Pennsylvania called up as IA privileged
onastiop the motion submitted by him
Yesterday to expunge from the Record the
.ppeeh oi Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, on
Stanton H. based his question OF priv
ege on the conscious, deliberate, per
sistent abuse OF the order OF the
the House by he representative from the
eighth district OF Alabama instead OF the
motion made yesterday he submitted
resolution reciting that Mr.. Wheeler had
been guilty OF an abuse OF the order of the
House. lnasmuch as his speech had not
BEEN made upon any n nsion bill and de-
caring that as the delivery OF the speech
was without the sanction of the House,
and in contraventlon of its special order,
ssid speech be stricken from the records
and prohibiting the Public Printer from
publishing it in pamphlet or other form.
Mr.. Reagan, OF Texas, raised the point OF
order against the resolution. The speech |
y
the House and therefore could not be an
oiiense against the House. The Speaker |
replied that it was not in the province OF
the Chair to decide whether it was abusive |
or not 1t WAS alleged to be abuse by the |
gentleman from Pennsylvania and the |
question was to be decided by the House. |
Mr.. Kelly then proceeded to speak and
his remarks we're listened to with great at
tention by the House. He was unwil- /
ling, he said, that the future readers
oi the record OF tbe proceedings OF
this Congress should, by any possibility,
be able to suspect him OF having eat
through, what must have involved three
hours, listening to SANDERS which had been
refuted for twenty-five years on one one OF
the moat unsefsh patriots the country
ever produced. and ore OF the most be.
loved friends he had ever known. He was
unwilling that he should be suspected OF
listening to paper which feebly regretted
that in moment OF heat it's author had
denounced Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M.
Stanton as conspirators and Stanton AS
arch conspirator.
The Committee on Ways and Means to-
day directed a favorable report on the
Harris bill, amending the Revised Statutes
80 az to make a distinction in the mode OF
packing and selling Tobacco. Chairman
Morrison was also authorized to report ad-
versely the resolutions by Messrs. Gros-
vsnor and Wilkins, of Ohio, declaring it to
&the sense Of the House that no reduction
should be made in the duties ON unmanu-
hcurd woods and favorirg the restoration
dthe wool tariff OF 1867.
PENSIONS
The House Committee on Invalid PEN
SONS agreed to report as a substitute Tor
the Burrows Pension bill, the bill intro
duced by Mr.. IlIsberry, OF Ohio, with
amendments. The Blair bill granted devisi-
bic pensions according to devisibility rang
Ing from SPA per month down to 81 to the
invalid soldiers and sailors Of the United
States in the war who are dependent upon
their daily labor for support. The bill
agreed upon by the House committee pro-
vldes Tor uniform pension OF Sl2 per
month Tor all soldiers and sailors abso-
lutely disabled and unable to maintain
themselves, and does not recognize distinc.
tio' s in rank
:, Mr.. Kelly then read q letter written by
Edwin NJ. Stanton to Rev. Hammond
Dyer, dated Washington, May IS, 1862.
In the letter Mr.. Stanton referring to eur
rent charges circulated against him regard
ing his relation to Mcclellan, says the ac-
rusations are calumnious, perpetrated by
punderers who had been driven from the
department when they were gorging mil
IONS and by scheming politicians whose
designs were endangered by the resolute
prosecution OF the war against rebels and
traitors. Mr.. Stanton then declares that
ne always had friendship for Mcclellan
hnd recltfs { consldera ble length the history
OF that part OF the rebellion which appeared
70 threaten the seat OF government. After
felerrng to the national wrath against
Mcclellan and his friends on account of the
measures adopted for the protection OF
Inc Capitol, Mr.. Stanton says: IF the
iorce had gone forward as he had designed,
+! l, believe Washington would this day be in
lhe hands OF the rebels" Down to this
point MIR. Stanton says there never had
peen n the slightest difference between the
resident and himself. but the President
aseea against his Judgment afterward in
nmIooG.liylng nI his orders at the entreaty OF
hlcvlellan. II yielded my opinion" says
tle tne letter, ito the Presidents orders, but
pMt~een him and me there never
I"s been the slightest shadow.
y, entered the Cabinet and, except
,ae W n retention OF the force under Gen.
,usuoweil by the Presidents order, for the
Jason mentioned, Mcclellan never made
H., VI Ca pIcoscu IL WISH UIdU ud6 uOV
ueeh promptly complied with if in the
pV"tr =, OF the Government. At the opening
W .he letter, Mr.. Stanton said public
fbonnssueratlon compelled him to with
t0 auiu the proof which would re-
o1' Awe the iiilsehood OF his accusers, and in
sos'is sa, ne asks the recipient to regard the
,aa ,anie IN the strictest confidence. The let
pa isr was received with loud applause on the
,~aa ,apaolcan side Mr.. Kelly read short ex.
~ 49, -. rom a letter OF Gen. Grant showing
Nv. Me- hl2h opinion in which that officer held
~,s sn,oh character. Mr.. Morrison then |
rSt ,s,ss snort q, further discussion by moving to
ts0 eier Mr' Kelly resolution to the Commit
1nn y, KuIcs. Agreed to-72 to SO.
., ae t mouse mouse then went into a Committee |
ana ae whole On the Legislative Executive |
~ I JUDICIAL Appropriation bills. Mr.. |
sto..i o..nah wished to call attention to the !
t@'.Eng t"aa rapidity with which the expendi-
eraes es u the Government were being in
o,tsi; ,asei; Passing on to the considera ton |
ths S ela.ise making an appropriation for
tho 'A Service commission, he stated that
thst amount appropriated WAS the same as
S9l ,gnn even for the present fiscal year,
nou,;n, out there was proviso added
apnl;ang certitication OF the entire list OF
pppsas pppasahts from each State who had
be sro examination. This requirement.
law hstea' hyt was not a change in the existing
pendtnv~" was simply a limitation on the ex-
ths vare oo OF the money. After a debate
N.'oWmlttee rnso