Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-07
Ftftisth Congress,
TIE SENATE.

B ,,,ion passed olrectlcg the Secretary OF
enc Interior to Investigate the practical
suisy OF constructing reservoirs for the
storage Of water in the arid regions OF the
UDited stes.
.,s hill for the construction of bridge
..ross the Mississippi at Memphis.
calendar.
M. AldrIch cslled up the report made
40 him Some weeks ago from the commit
s:e on rules to amend the rules.
Tha rule as to executive sessions was
r,odia,d without discussion so as to
roSd: "When treaty shall be
lid before the Senate fer rstifca-
zion. it shall be read fist
line and No motion IN respect
N II shall be in order except TO refer I. to
t5ecommittee 10 print it in confidence
tor the use OF the Senate TO remove the
i,i1nction of secrecy or to consider 1t IN
nnsn executive session"
The Senate then resumed consideration
az unfinished business Of the bill grant
ING pensiOns TO ex soldiers and sailors
VINO are incspscited from the perform
.nce of manual labor and providing for
npng10Ns EDE OcDOAuCuh iCGaSlCh=
n decesaed SOLDIERS and sailors, the
question beiag on the amendment offered
Nv Mr.. Wis of Iowa to insert
the words "frCR tae iufrmoties OF age"
Mr.. Iugslls, the presiding Cffcer, hav-
ing called Mr.. Platt to the chair, pro-
caSded to address the Senate, the gal
ieries being Gre Hded to their full capacity.
n ssid he he'd been surprised one day
Last week on returning TO the chamber
after e brief absence to learn that the
Senator from Missouri (VssD had re-
Terrgd to him In terms not complimentary
in a debate in which he had taken o
mart. and had coupled with persona
remarks IN iDtimAtion that the people OF
the District OF Columbia were incapable
of disinterested patriotism, end that the
veterans of the Z public we've mob OF
sordid pluudsrers. As 10 himself he
would say thas tse nomination and cleo
tion Of Grover Cleveland has made the
nrgtensiong of an Amt Eican cinE q
10 the presidency respectable. There
WAS no man in this country
waoge ignorance was SO profound,
whose obscurIty sc impenetrable, whose
snteCedsnts SO degraded, tnEE he had not
srighs TO aspire &c the presidential pomi.
nation by the Democratic party. He re-
GREETED that the Senator from Missouri
WAS not in his seat to-day. He should
not Initiate that Senator's bad example
and would conAae himself so far as he
WAS concerned tothIt Senator biography.
That Senator was born in q state that had
not seeded, the state of Kentucky, and
bsd represented in the Confederate Con-
gress the st8te of Missouri, state which
had not seeded. II would be crafty Ing
ltoE historian to find out how he had
osen admitted TO represent stGte which
had never seeded. But thst WAS mat
ter of ancient history. The Senator from
kentucky BlaCkburn) had also referred
sneerIngly &c the superb Loyalty OF the
soldier Of the Union. He did net
challenge the honor or courage OF
these senators In their devotion to the
uthsrn Corfederacy. They could not
be suspected OF insincerity. They had
gone into the Coufederacy because they
wanted to 60; because they believed that
slavery was better man freedom, and Sc
cession better thsR union. 1t was curl
Gus that Confederates from union states
we're 8 little mere proRouncei and little
more aggressive and 8 little more violent
IN their denunciAtions Of the roth than
CoBfederates from states that had
seeded. He did not know where the
Senator from Missouri had got the figures
from when he stated that but 5000 01
Lees army had surrendered at Appom'
mAtox. II that Senator had plGcked Q
few Of the plUmes from the dazzling Light
Of his Imagination and had stuck them
into the wings of his Judgment he would
hSye f0TR Is more accurate hight. In
stead Of g0e0 men with muskets
who were 10 the & al crash and collision
Of war there mad been 3,sll mel
The Senator's mstRe mStics were certainly
giddy. But one parallel was TO be found
10 the extraordinary lnsccurscY OF that
statement And tnat vas the same Ssn-
StOr's statement that OF 100000 soldiers
OF the Union army more thsn half nae
applied for pensions. Such speeches as
those Of the Senator's from Missouri HnC
Kentucky were intended to catch the
Confederate vote, and they would cstcE
1t. They We're center shots, strlk
ing the oull's-eve every time, Gno
"rlngi1g the bell" He wanted The SenS
tors on the Democratic side Of the cham
Der to understand that theit disguise FOL
opposing the pension bill WAS So exceed
ingly tnin thsE NOBODY was deceived oy
it. Il WAS not q question Of cost. The
south did not love the Union army
Neither did tie Democratic party.
Mr.. Morgan reminded Mr. 1pgsls tha
the Democratic party had nominated snC
sustained a federal officer, General Han
cock, for the Presidency.
"Yes," said NJ. Iagalls, cit did sup
port General H.ncock and it also sup,
ported Horace Greeley. attempting TO fec
the north. II also nominated ana sup
ported another ally Of the Coufederscy
George B Mcclellan. Suca pretensioni
are altogether too diaphsnous
They require to have tn'
drapeTy removed from inspection
Why was it that wfeu tie Associate
Justice Of the Supreme court OF III
United States, who by one OF the strange
csprices Of history now sat in ludgmen
on great constitutional amendments lhA
were adopted z Linst-Wny was It taa
when he arose Iu the Senate and said 81
would resent a. q personal sdront sd!
imputation upon the honor, or Integrity
or patriotism Of Jefferson Dsvis-uhel
he said he had NO doubt that Jeh Dsvi
would occupy niche in histor.
by the ride Of George Washing
ton-Why WIS It that no Sen
ator on the Deu oc-atic tide, nor
or south arose 10 repudia,e and disavoW
n2 And vet the TaomaDe anu honnr. hls