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WASHINGTON. March a. - Senator Blair
called up to-day the question OF the second
reading OF the bill introduced by him some
tine since. to give preference to disabled Con-
federate soldiers as between mon who had been
disloyal in appointments to civil Office.
bir. Riddleberger said he could not see the
So-cs OF the objection made to the bill on the
Republican side OF the chamber. Most OF the
objections to 1t had como from ex-Confederates
on the Democratic slde, and 1t was to them
that he proposed to reply. He supposed that
ho was the only Republican from tho South who
had been q Confederate. and he represented In
some measure the Confederate soldier element.
His colleague. Mr.. Daniel, and two other ex-
Coniederates had stated that no Confederate
soldier asked for tho passage Of such bill
But sx- Con fcderate soldiers had had very few
mon in Congress to voice their wishes. They
had had no channel through which to express
themselves He had never ridden In an ambu-
lance: never had been sick day: never was
absent from q single fight In which his brigade
and regiment were engaged, and had suffered
two terms Of imprisonment The man.
therefore. who challenged his loyalty
to tho Confederacy in the past did so
with the. same hazard Of his verac.
ieyyalty iy to the ueion today: Hs was sorry that
The fOde Of the SSIh not
and was antaaonized by those, who should have
stood BY him He represented the M ex.Conied- ShIsl
who would go home and claim 10 b.
their hest friends,,pleading patriotism at
Washington. and talking Confederacy at home.
than those which had been accorded to him
ecus aES Of ~ he snd whch in
Congressional Record against men who had
boon Contederates and who had dared to ex-
courage. Of their own convictions; He could
not understand how three Confederate Gen.
erals su and one Federal General should oppose
Mr.. Blair defended the principles Of his bill;
He had received very many letters OF thanks and
since the bill had been introduced. He cal
cuinted that there were at enst quarter OF q
who@ 1n sSds5S to y1s
out arms or legs. Ever since the close of tho
wnr Coniederates had been appointed to
tration, but under Republican Administrations
He supposed that 80 out Of every 100 appoint
ments to civil service made ip the South were
and It was too late for his Republican friends
to say that 1t protruded any novel doctrine
lincoln occupied a seat in the Senate. or II
Grant, or sherman or Sheridan occupied seats
n r. &, 4. esS S' would object to the second reading
Mr.. Edmrnds opposed the second reading Of
the bill. When measure so strnnge, 50 unique,
BROAD %erits was ntroduced It was not t" only
considered at once. and that II II were thought
was Bill which either conferred benefit
on particular class of persons because Of
the particular quality and relation which
had shown that tho bill would be. undou btedly.
sham and = 6umbus z. There was was now ' on the 9
S0 STATES thsf nnsa
country should s. preterred i Certain class q
that certain Glass oi United stsies eitis.ns
who mad distinguished themselves in fighting
againss their S9untssy should be In e
ever before besn made in any Iseislatiys body.
again 30 made. Il destroyed all distinctioa
No action wss taken on tho bill.
Mr.. Wilson of Minnesota. from the Committee
ON Commerce. reported to-day the bill to pre-
vent obstructive and injurious deposits within
the harbor and adjacent waters OF New York
city and Long Island Sound by dumping or
The Committee on the Library reported tho
bill appropriatine 100000 for the erection at
the victims OF tho prison ships.
day. and toaieht bis Condition IS improVsd 'n'
Tho River and Harbor bill was completed In
committee to-day and will be reported to the
House on Thursday. 1t makes an aggregate
appropriation OF $19.432. .7S2.73. and is tho
largest bill OF tho kind yet brought In. Chair
man Blanchard says that the bill OF 1882 which
$l9.123OO0; but since then many new projects
Of Improvement have been presented. the de-
ninnds Of the country for river and harbor i'm
provement have increased. and. accordingly,
the present bill is larger.
ton millions. failed 10 become % law. and eS hencs
the present bill is really for two years: He also
says that there aro no canal projects in the
mpravement f the he Washnstos Hats. because S se
Of T6s The unset. unsettled title to the land:
bill are:
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