Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-19
eIrTy-FIRsT CONGRESS.
Now Mexico,s Knock FOR Admission Into
III. Uniou-The world's-fair Biil-A
r.oh,e Wave OF the Bloody Shirt.


reebye Wave Of the Bloody Shirt.
fBy telegraph to the Dispstcn.l
w,s,,xoroy. April 1s.--Mr. Plat. (by re-
orastl introduced bill Tor the admission
of OF New Mexico, aud said that he did not in
doing go intend to commit himseit IN one
way or the other. Referred,
On motion Of Mr.: PLUMP the Senate
voted TO take up Tor consiosrati9n tne
Mr. Dolph moved TO proceed to executive
business.
THE woRLD's-FArR BILL srhcooIhs FOB he
cooNITTos.
Mr. Uov,ev have given notice two or
,h,se times that | would call mp the bill
concerniro the International Exposition.
I am, bound 10 press ii. BECAUSE II is SIM
nv iust;ce 10 the people OF Chicago, who
20 20 yysa,ting nnxiously to begin work; and
not INV instice to them, but to the manu-
fsc.urers who. and others who may, con-
tennIate exhibiting there-foreigners as
well M Americans j am instructed by
the committee and am under constant
pressure to call it up. have ,appled pr
vately to the Senator nom hansas (Sir;
Plumb and do so now, to allow his bill
to lie over until the oena'e 0an oonSiuei
this exhibition bill. -,
Mr., Dolph: That bill would undoubted-
" occnpy all the afternoon. II there
would be unanimous consent that II shall
be voted ON al 2 o'clock. will yield, but
I cannot postpone longer than that hour
moving for an executive session
Mr.. Hawley: / am very sure that no
executive business Will suffer between now
and o'clock.
The Yice-President Does the Chair I'M
derstand that the Senator from oregon has
withdrawn his motlong
Mr. Dolph: | have not withdrawn it.
The Vice President: The motion is not
Mr.. Culiom: Allow me to appeal to the
Senator from Oregon to withdraw his mo-
ton for one moment
A Republican Senator: Vote 1t down.
Mr.. Dolph: am willing to yield for a
statement.
that so far as / am able to learn there will
be no long discussion. if any at all, on the
bill relating to the Worlds Fair: -,
Yes: there will be good deal of 1t, said
Mr. Blackburn.
Whether there will or not Mr.. Cullom
continued. il will certainly not take long
time. and | think that every Senator
realizes that If there's to be Worlds Fair
held in 1892 or 1898 the necessary legislation
ought to be enacted as soon as possible. l
hope that the Senator from Oregon will
allow the Senator from Connecticut to
bring the bill up Tor consideration.
Mr.. Dolph: The indications from the
other side are that the bill will occupy the
whole afternoon. / must therefore insist
on my motion.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Dolph's motion.
and il was agreed to-yeas 81 nays 25-
the negative votes coming from the Repub-
hcans.
The galleries were then Cat o'clock
cleared and the doors closed:
The doors were reopened at 40 and
legislative business was resumed. The
calendar was taken up and several
bridge bills and public building bills pass
ed. On motion of Mr.. Hawley the Senate
took up and agreed to consider Immediate
ly after the morning business Monday next
the Worlds Fair bill Adjourned till to-
morrow.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, moved that
the House 90 Unto Committee OF the Whole
for consideration of the legislative appro-
priatiOn bill, but the friends OF the private
calendar mustered sufficient force 10 de-
feat the motion-yeas. ll2 nays, li6.
Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois. submitted dis
agreement conference report upon the
national geological bill. The report having
been agreed to, Mr.. Cannon moved that
the House insist upon its amendment,
which requires the District of Columbia to
bear half the burden of the expense of
maintenance of the park. The motion 20
insist was agreed tolls TO q. No further
conference was asked Tor.
Mr.. Henderson, of Illinois. reported the
river and harbor bill and il was referred to
the Committee of the Whole. The House
then went into Committee Of the Whole en-
the private calendar.
The first bill on the calendar was the biA
making an appropriation for awards OF the
Court of ClpiIns to war claimants.
FEEBIE WAVE OF THE BLOODY SHIRT.
Mr.. Thomas, Of Illinois, offered q reso-
luton that the bill be reported back to the
House with accommodation that it be
recommitted with instructions to the Com
mittee on War Claims to inquire into the
loyalty Of each claimant. Mr.. Thomas
stated that the bill contained 2s5 claims,
based on pretended findings of the Court
of Claims. OF this number there were
eight cases where there had been no find
ings transmitted to Congress. In 176
the usual method Vt ascertaining the
| loyalty of the parties had not been follow
ed. The Committee on War Claims had
punched these 2S5 claims together without
anv examination or investigation. The
Secretary of War had transmitted To the
committee since the report of the bill q
statement showing that in eighty-four
cases the claimants had filed vouchers for
supplies furnished TO the Confederate army
| or subscribed TO q Confederate loan or
done some other thing indicating disloy-
| atty.
Mr.. McComas proposed postponement
| of the bill for two weeks in order to give
an opportunity for private investigation,
| the bill 10 be then called up for final ac-
| ton.
Mr.. Stockdale, of Mississippi, argued
| that the fact that a man had signed q
voucher for furnishing supplies to the Con-
| federate army was no proof of his disloy-
alty. IL he had not signed the voucher his
property would have been taken from him
any way and he would have received no
pay for it.
Mr.. Houk spoke for the loyal men.of the
South, declaring that had it not been for
the Union men of that section the Confede-
racy would have succeeded.
Mr.. McComas then made proposition
| that the bill be recommitted for investiga-
| ton. with instructions TO the Committee
on War Claims to report it back within two
weeks, the bill TO retain its place on the
| calendar.
Later on Mr.. McComas put his PROPOSE
ton to recommit the bill with instructions
into the form of a resolution and 1t was
agreed to. The resolution was reported to
| the House.
MIR. Grosvenor raised point of order
against the resolution and the Speaker
ruled the resolution out 81 order. The
bill, therefore. went back on the calendar.
The House at o'clock took recess un-
| til g.; the evening session to be for the
| consideration OF private pension bills.