The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-02
.SPOILS THAT WERE LOST.
SENATOR CALLS AMENDMENT
LAID ON THE FABLE.

lnent Discussed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The senate to-day
resumed consideration of the sundry civil
anpropriation bill, the pending question
baing on the amendment offered yesterday
bv Mr. Call, appropriating $4,000 for the
recovery of property of the late confeder-
ate states now held in adverse pos
session to the government. After a speech
bv Mr.. Call in support of the amendment,
Mr. Edmunds said that he had been
member Of committee a few years ago
which had investigated that whole subject,
and he was satisfied that the appropriation
would be a useless waste of money, and the
wise,t thing to be done with the assets of
the late confederacy, as with the late I'M
pleasautness itself, was to forget all about
them and let them go.
LIKE FOX HUNTING.
The ships referred to might be located,
perhaps, Just as in the old fox hunting
times the fox might be located in a narrow
cave in mountain, but the question was,
how to get him out Every cent spent in
the matter would be lost.
Mr.. Call suggested that things were not
to be decided upon the mere statements of
n
them. Specific statements had been made
by three distinguished officers of the United
States navy and of the confederate states
as TO a vessel that had been built and paid
for by the confederate government. No
attempt had ever been made to get that
vessel for the United States government
MR.. GIBsON's OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Gibson opposed the amendment,
being convinced that on the surrender at
the close of the war, the officers of the con-
federate army and navy had delivered up
ali the public property under their control.
He had had the honor himself of being a
commissioner for the surrender of one of
the armies and bore willing testimony to
the courtesy and kindness of the commits
sioners of the opposing army, and to the
generosity of the terms extended. He sub
mitted that it was not proper, at this late
hour, to call ii question the validity
or integrity of the surrender that was
made by the officers of the confederate
forces on land or sea- The confederate
states had died a noble death ON the field of
battle many years ago, all that survived
being that sentiment OF honor which had
beaten high i'll the hearts of the mon who
represented that fallen power. For one he
would have engraved on its tombstone the
epitaph engraved on Shakespeare's:
SHAKESPEARE.
Good friend! for Jesus sake forbear
To touch the dust enclosed here!
Blessed be who spares these bones
And cursed be he who moves these stones
AN INACCURACY CITED.
Mr.. Reagan denied the accuracy of one
of the statements submitted as to the exist
ence of confederate property in Marion and
Davis counties, Texas, and said that taking
that as an example there was no credit to
be given to the statements so recklessly
made.
Mr. Call replied to many of the argu-
ments made against his amendment, and
referring to the remarks of Mr.. Gibson)
sail that he did not sympNthize with
that senator in the opinion that the dust
of the confederacy should be buried
and that its good friends should let it alone
The confederate states would live in history
for the great and heroic characters which
they had developed There was no need to
leave their dust undisturbed. Their fame
was written in the immortal pages of his
tory-such illustrious characters as Lee and
Jaclson--and he was glad to know that the
loyal heart of the north and of its soldiers
responded to that sentiment. He was not
ashamed of the confederacy, and did not
want its dust to remain undisturbed. The
confederacy had no dust, but it had the i'm
mortal glory of the heroic characters of
noble self-sacrifice.
LAID ON THE TABLE.
Mr.. Allison moved to lay Mr.. Calls reso-
luton on tho table, and the motion was
agreed to without division.
After the disposal of a number of amend
ments involving small amounts, the bill was
reported back to the senate, and all the
amendments were concurred in except that
appropriating $50 900 for the widow of
Prof. Baird, Oh which Mr.. Reagan de-
manded the yeas and nays. Tho amend
Inent was concurred in by a vote of 2S yeas
to II nays
The bill was then passed
Mr.. Plumb inquired of Mr.. Allison as to the
length Of time which it would probably re-
quire-ln view of the necessary delays of con
ference-for the sundry civil bill to become
law. He said he made the inquiry with
the object of learning the probable length
OF the continuance of the session. The
general deficiency bill had not yet passed
the house, nor had the Notifications bill.
MR.. ALLIsoN's REPLY.
Mr.. Allison said the deficiency bill had
ooen partially considered by the house, but
the Notifications bill had only been reported
by the house within a day or two. OF
course it was impossible for him to say how
how long it would take to finish the sundry
civil bill.
Mr.. Stewart asked Mr.. Allison whether
he had any appropriation bill for to-mor
row, intimating that he (Mr. Stewart
would like to gee up the Chiness bill.
Mr.. Allison replied that not only would
ne not have an appropriation bill to call VI
tomorrow, but that 1t was not likely that
lie would have any for some days, because
the only two remaining ones were the gen
eral deficiency bill and the fortificatlons
OIL. The senate had passed joint resolu
uon last Saturday extending all the appro
Priations till Aug. 81.
THE TARIFF BILL.
AS to the tariff bill, it was not possible
ior him to say when it could be presented
70 the senate, but he could only say that SC
lar as he was concerned, and 50 far as ht
mad heard, it was the intention o.
.He committee on finance to bring
mat bill into the chamber at th'
earliest practicable moment, and TO have II
considered with all due speed consisten
WIN Its careful consideration.
=. Mr Gibson inquired of the chairman o
sle committee on finance Mr.. Sherman
Nhether the tariff bill was likely to b'
brought in next week or the week after.
MI Sherman-I do not know. No on'
can tell