Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate IBdHIgss in Bit OF Critio
cism Of the Loyalty Of Confed-
erR;e Soldiers.
BMI for their Relief IN Certain Gases IL
sGvsreIy Handed by Many of
the seustOIs
FiftieIh D1DRress,
TIE SENATE.

WASHINGTON mAfcn ZV,-AmoDs the
bills reported from committees and
placed on the calendar were the follow
ing:
To encourage the holding Of national
industrial exposition Of arts, mechanics
aud products Of the colored race In the
United States in 1888 SO
To authorizs the Secretary Of the
Treasury to apply the surplus money In
the Treasury to the purchase Of United
States bonds and the prepayment Of
interest. Notice WAS given by Mr.. AL
drich, who reported this bill, that he
would call 1t up at an early date.)
Providing that pensions be rated &C
cordlng to the rank held at the date OF
discharge.
Mr.. Blair, who Yesterday introduced
BILL giving preference for civil service az
pointments among men who had been
disloYSl during he war to those who had
served in the Confederate army and were
suffering from wounds or disability,
asked Mr. Plat, who mad objected to the
second reading Of the bill, 10 withdraw
mis- objection.
Mr.. Platt said he could not object to
the bill being read second time and re-
ferred to the mmittee His b1action
Yesterday had been BASED upon what
seemed to be- an inference from the title
OF the BIZ.
Mr.. Blair said he had introduced the
bill In entire good fsith. He understood
that In one stat, OF North C4roliua, there
we're to-day 300 ,x-soldiers of the
Confederate army VINO had lost limbs 10
the service, ard that very large number
of them were in poor circumstances. II
seemed to hin that II tne government,
under til administration, or uucer any
other administration, gave appointments
20 those who had betn disloyal, prefer
ence should be given to those wac hsd
served in the Confederate army snd were
now disabled, o. her things being equal.
Mr.. Hale inquired of Mr.. Blair IS to
the purpose If The bill Was it to be Sp-
piled to disabled soldiers of the Copied-
eracy IS sgsiost other soldiers OF the
Confsderscy who were not disabled? Or
was It to be applied 10 disabled soldiers
of the Confederacy IS against individuals
living in the south who had been disloyal
but who had not served in the srm5T he
for one would not consent TO any such
discrimination in favor OF Confederate
soldiers as had been made in the statutes
In favor OF Federal soldiers
Mr.. Blair said the bill itself answered
the question OF the SeDator from Msine.
Mr.. Hale said IL WAS very clear to n
that the same discrimination now made
by statLt for loysl soldiers was to be
made under this bill for disloyal soldiers.
The GROWING merit of the latter would
be that he had served aGd been wounded
or disabled in the amy Of the Confeder-
ScY aud That WAS to plsc3 him above the
man who had been disabled IN the Mexi
CO war for the whole republic. 1t is
made merit oy this bill that the appli-
cant for e bad served In the Con-
federate army and had there been dis
s0led.
Mr.. PIstt said he would ask for nays
and ayes on the second reading OF the
ailI.
Mr.. Berry said the wounded soldiers oil
the south had not asked for such bill
though they would recognize the generos
it7 OF the proposition. Any intimation
that the Confederate soldiers were not
euu.I in point of love Of country, and II
every other particular, to any other mar
WAS u lust, uufouuded and uuwArranted
Mr.. PIatt replied that when the Ssnat
from Arkansas (Mr. Berry, said that the
Confederate soldier was equal and the
paer of all men in love Of country, GONE
objection should b. made to such state
ment in the S maize of the UUited States
He would not SIT 10 his sestsnd have Con
federate soldiers loyalty, devotion anC
love of country put upon par with those
Of the soldier who had fought to maio'
tain the government.
Mr.. Blair said the bill had originated
with himself.
Mr.. Spooner thought that the sp
pointment of COME derate leader
under the present Administrd'
stion we're sufficiently potentia
in Influence to take ample csre OF wound
ed Confederate soldiers without the inter
yeEtlon of Coz gress.
Mr.. Blair said that wounded ex-soldier
of the ConfederAcy had not r. cetved tina
consideration that they were entitled Il
when appointments were made from
among them who had been dsoyal dur
ing the war He thought that there va
3 lust cause Ct 5mplslnt on their part
II seemed to him that to give preference
TO those men was the proper thing to dc
Hs ssid that the difficulty wit
the proposition was that Dc
cause II was merit to hsv
suffered in the cause of country. II va
an eQusl merit to have suffered IN IN
cause of the Coniederacy. That is pre-
ciseIy what the bill is The propositio
Is tbat in dealing with Il is class OF pc
sons we shall say that men have rerdeTe
service to the whole county shall nc
weigh in the scales against the fact ths
other men have served in the army OF II
CoHfedsracy, and have been there Wount
ed or incurred disease.
M,ssIs. Il mpton, R ddleberger an
George expressed their appreciation
the kindly feeling which had prompte
the introduction Of Tie bill, busdisclaime
sll desire toe part Of ex-Coniederat'
for its passage
Mr.. Henderson did NOT think 1t oil
courteous to the Senstor from Ne
Hampshire chat the Senate should refu'
second reading TO the bill inVolVir
such strange and startling prop
si,ion. He believed that bsfIre u
Senate cou,d enter on such legislatit
1t would be necessary to repeal by aetit
of Congress and Of state L gisletures u
fourteenth amendment to the constitute
which declare t1zt mel her the Unlt'
States nor any state Should assume
pay any debt or obligation Of the Cohfet
crate states. but that all such under 4
law be held void. He submitted that Z