Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-23

to-day and asked for aid without word of
apology or without showing that he had
changed his opinion
MIR Anderson Of Iowa said at one time he
mad felt ,hat, IN consequence of the assault
made by General ROsCCraus upOu General
Grant, he could never forgive General Rose.
Grams. But he had changed with timC, and
had come to the conclusion that the manly
thing TO do IN view OF the great iufirmitcs
of human nature which attached to the
greatest heroes, was TO vote for this bill.
MIR Cannon of Illinois said he was not vot-
ing To put General ROsCCraus on the retired
list because of what he had satd. hut be-
cause of what he had done, and he believed
that II Ulysses - Grant could be called from
the grave and stand IN this presence he
would be broad enough and grand enough to
sweep aside the scenes which took place
after the war, arising from passion and pref
udicc, and say, II will vote to put the namc
OF this man on the retired list in obCdiCuCc
to the WISHES of the great body of the soldiers
IN the ldtc war, and on account of hls ser
vices In the war;
Mr. Holmes of Iowa was astouishcd that
any true friend of Grant should arise and at
tempt TO cast partisan shafts at General
RoseCrans. He stood ont as one Of the he
roes of victory Of the late war. The men
who had fought with him would never hear
his name tarushcd and be silent In the
course of his remarks MIR. Holmes said
"Gcnera Grant was an autocrat when the
war ended, and endcavorCd to blot the name
OF RpsCCraus, aS 1t We're, from the roll Of the
army, and attempted to tarnish his fair
fame
Mr.. Randall warmly espoused the cause Of
RoseCraus.
Mr.. Perkins of Kansas said that few
years ago General Rosccrans stood alone ON
the floor and opposed the Grant bill, saying
be did so on principle and that ii was wrong
to enlarge the retired list for the benefit of
those who had gone into the private walks of
life. Applying that principle to his own case,
he l'crkins) could not see how Rosccrans
could ask for the pending legislation.
Mcssrs. Henderson OF Iowa, Weaver of
Iowa, Sowdcn of Pennsylvania and Me
kcnua Of California favored the bill as a
matter of justice to General Rosecrans.
MIR. Strube regretted that his colleague
tHolmes) should refer to General Grant
as an autocrat aud dictator.
Mr. Holmes rose to deny the use of the
latter term, but Mr.. Struble declined to
yield, saying, you ought 10 be ashamed of
yourself, and sit down forever in the face of
those REMARKS
After further debate the bill was passed
Mar Randall, from the committee on rules,
reported "A resolution providing for consider.
alton of the Cowlcs bill on Monday next and
upon his suggestion it was lai1 upon the
table temporarily, losing none OF its privi'
leges
Mr.. Matson of Indiana desired to offer an
amendment fixing day for consideration of
the Dill repeating the act placing u limitation
upon the payment of arrearagcs in pensions.
1t was read for "informaton.n as the
speaker stated though Mr. Reed sarcust-
cally inquired whether ii was for informa
ton OF misinformation, and Mr.. Henderson
of Iowa expressed wish that ii could be
read for business at once.
The deficiency appropriation bill was then
considered without any conclusion being
reached, and the house took recess the
evening session to be for consideration of
private pension pills.