Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-04-27
Mr.. INGALLS, IRE
IS AROUSED, AND HE WILL REPLY TO
SENATOR VOORHEES, TUESDAY.
ronr Able Speeches on the Tariff Consume
tho Day In the House, and Not Content
with That, an Evening Session Contin.
ucs the Meaty Discussion.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The features in
the proceedings of the Senate. yesterday
were the notice of Mr.. Ingalls, that be
would, on Tuesday next reply to Mr.
voorhees, attack upon him of yesterday and
the debate of the Land Forfeiture bill
Bills were reported and placed on the
calendar rs follows: House bill to extend
the time for the construction of the Staten
Island bridge across Arthur Kill; bill
granting right of way to the Kansas City
and Pacific Railway Company through the
Indian Territory; bill providing for the en-.
largement of the wharf at Fort Monroe,
Virginia
Al the conclusion of: the morning busi-
ness Mr.. Ingalls, took the floor and said [:
Mr.. President, shortly after the Senator
from Indiana Mr.. Voorhees) began his
speech yesterday. 1 was called from the
Senate to examine and sign a large number
OF enrolled bills for transmission to the
President. / had supposed from the no.
tice which he gave that his speech was to
be devoted to the subject of tariff and
finance. And was somewhat surprised this
morning to be advised by an item in the
newspapers that I had been the object of
the Senator's animadversions. A casual
examination of his speech appears
TO me to disclose certain omissions
on his part with regard to the relations of
the Democratic party 70 the subject of
pensions; to the war for the preservation
of the Union; to the reconstruction of the
Southern States; TO the Solid South: to
the recent election in Louisiana and to
the issues and results of the approaching
campaign; which appear to me to Justify
some observations of mine in reply. I
therefore, desire TO give notice that on
Tuesday next at 2 O'Clock p. M, if the
Senate will indulge me | will move to
proceed with the consideration of the res
olution to refer the Presidents message
for the purpose OF enabling me to SUBJ
mit some remarks thereon"
The conference report on the House
joint resolution accepting the invitation of
the French Republic TO take part in the
international Exposition in Paris in 1889
was agreed TO. 1t fixes the amount of ap-
preparation at $250,0O0
The Senate then resumed consideration
OF the railroad land forfeiture bill and Mr..
Palmer argued against all amendments af-
fecting lands granted to the State of Michi-
gan for railroad purposes and afterwards
decided to the Lake Superior Ship Canal
Company. He declared every process
under the original grant to have been
known to the canal company as irregular,
and that the company only hoped tnat
time would cure its title and that contin-
uance in possession would give to it rights
which it could not claim under the law.
Its efforts to obtain by indirectiou what it
could not Obtain by direction he character
lied as insidious
Mr.. Dolph made speech on the general
land policy of the Government and to re-
fute the assertions of Senator Kenna on the
floor of the Senate and Speaker Carlisle in
the newspapers, to effect that the Republi-
can party were responsible for that policy. =
The administration of the public domain by
the Republican party, he said, had been
wise and judicious, in the interest of the
settlers and of the public, and free from
most of the abuses found under almost ey-
cry previous administration. While from
the beginning of the government until the
Democratic party was hurled from power in
1851 the policy of that party had been
to obtain revenue from the public
lands; 1t had offered them to spectators,
first at public sale, as soon as surveyed, and
If not sold then at private entry in any
quantities, and it had steadfastly resisted
every effort to change the law and practice
Of the Government and to allow settlers
the opportunity to purchase their lands be-
fore being offered to spectators. The DEM !
ocratic party had also steadfastly resisted the
passage of the homestead law, whereas the
very first act that gave preference to set
tiers was passed under Wing administration
in ls4l. At the close of Mr.. Dolphs speech
the bill was laid aside. Several bills were
taken form the calendar and passed.
Mr.. Hale desired TO call up and pass the
Senate bill for the appointment and retire
ment of John c. Fremont as a Major Gen. /
eral in the United States army, but |
as Mr. Regan said he desired to speak !
against it and was not prepared, Mr.. Hale
did not insist (
Mr.. Hale offered q resolution, which
went over, calling on the Secretary of the
Interior for statements as to appointments
made in his department since March, 1885.
The Senate then at SIS adjourned until