Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-17

Rroos. elected BY DemOcrattc v0teA 1he
Democratic party In those States t1ovor
had blundored at sending 70 Congress or
electing q Governor, man who had not
served in the Confederate army in some
capacity. That had been the supreme test
When he looked over the rolls Of the Sen
atA and Of the House and reflected how few
OF those who had served in the Union army
were found in the councils Of the Nation,
he was not surprised at witnessing such
as were witnessed when
pension bills were up for action.
Coming back to the opposition Of South
ern Senators to pension bills, Mr.. Ingalls,
did not blame them for it. He often Won
dered how he would have acted if the re-
lations had been reversed, and if the Fede-
raj Government had been overthrown. He
did not believe he would have felt CONF
forted in voting pensions to Confederate
soldiers. He believed he should have been
o conspirator against the Confederacy to
the end of his days. But he should have
regarded as the climax Of effrontery, as
the very apex and summit Of hardihood,
and audacity The would not say OF
pusillanimity and dishonor) if, after he
had accepted pardon and had had his dis
abilities removed and had taken the oath
of allegiance to the successful Southern
Confederacy he had denounced, day after
day, the efforts which these Confederates
had made to reward their own soldiers;
and II he haggled about the price which
the conquering country should see ut to
bestow on the men by whose arms it had
conquered. He did not think that the
North was at all deluded by the pretensions
of Senators on the other side.
The South should be thankful that it did
not have to foot the entire pension bill as
France did after the Franco Prussian war.
"And yet here" said he, 1--WE have the
jailers and murderers Of Andersonville,
Belle Isle and Libby prison sitting under
the flag which they attempted to pull
down, legislating for the country which
they endeavored to destroy, and trying to
pinch and belittle and minimize the amounts
to be paid to the mutilated and disabled
survivors Of the army of the Union"
The Senator from Missouri had asked, in
q burst of indignant Impotence, where all
this was going to end. II will tell him."
said Mr.. ingalls,, land every Senator on
that side of the chamber, whether he likes
it or not, what we intend to do will tell
the Senator from Missouri, and the rest Of
his associates, just where this thing is 60
ing to stop. It is going to stop when the
arrears OF pensions are paid, when the
limitation is removed and every soldier
on the rolls, or who gets on the rolls, is paid
from the day of his disability, or in case Of
a survivor, from the date OF the soldiers
death, and when every surviving soldier Of
the Union army is put upon the rolls for
service only. That is when it is gong to
stop Applause in the galleries] and if you
don't like it, make the most of 1t.
After eulogizing the 6. A. R., Mr.. ingalls,
said in conclusion: 1--WE propose to pass
this bill Initiating the language which had
been used in the other side Of the chamber,
I hope that it will pass the other House Of
Congress; and if 1t does, let the President
veto it at his peril" General applause on
the floor and in the galleries.