St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
HOUSE TALK.
Confederate War Claims and the
Election Bill Discussed.

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Election Bill Discussed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Some routine
business was transacted before the
house resumed the election debate.
An Interesting discussion occurred on
the propriety of recognizing war claims
of class of which portion had been
paid by the Confederate government.
Mr.. Hutchinson, of Texas, maintained
that the United States government had
no right to assume that the Confeder-
acy had discharged one of its obliga-
tiOns. This contention aroused Mr.
Cockrell, of Texas, who declared
that the United States government
owed him $4,000 for the destruction of
/ property during the war, but when II
went into the rebellion he considered
that he thereby sacrificed all Claims
against the Union.
| No bill of this nature should pass eX-
| cept against his opposition. he said.
| Mr.. Money bitterly declared that a
man who would announce opposition to
all claims of COnfederates because they
were COnfederates, wanted the govern
ment to diShon0r itself.
| Mr.. Bum, chairman of the claims
committee. charged Chairman Savers,
who opposed the bill, with filibustering.
He said it was the policy of the new
watch dog of the treasury" to prevent
all bills from passing that did not suit
| his own sweet will.
| The elections debate was then re-
sumed by Mr. Compton, of Maryland, in
support of the measure. He claimed
that the laws. while ostensiby passed
for the purpose of protecting the rights
of the colored men, were actually de-
signed to produce Republican maiori-
ties in New York.
| Mr.. Sweet. of Idaho, denounced MIR.
| Cleveland for his course on the silver
question. He affirmed that Andrew
| johnson had been impeached for acts
less odiOus than for the refusal of the
administration to execute the Sherman
| purchase law and the Geary exclusion
! act.
He maintained that Mr.. Cleveland i'm
| agined himself a dictator.
| He said that the Republicans of the
house and senate were capable of form
ulatIng policy that would prevent the
| Democratic party from placing raw ma
| terialS on the free list, unless a CORE
| spending reduction on Eastern manu-
factured articles.
George Washington Murray, the COL
| Ored Republican from South Carolina.
| was the laSL speaker or the QaV. He
read his speech and was given more than
the usual attention.
IF owe allegiance to this govern
ment," he said, ''then the government
which squeeZes my life blood out in
| taxes owes protection to me.
The guardian of states sovereignty is
again lowering about the dome of the
| capitol. | submit that men armed with
rifles and shotguns who stand at the
| ballot box to murder or terrorize us to
| prevent us from voting are as much
| the armed enemies of the United States
| as an invading arEy."
just before the house adjourned
| Chairman Fitch, of the committee, re-
| porting the bill. introduced substitute,
which strikes out the section of the re-
vlsed statutes empowering the military
| to keep peace at the polls, and repeal-
ing all laws regarding the appointment
| of supervisors or deputy marshals.
The substitute would leave in force
| the election laws relating to the punish
| ment of private individuals for bribery,
and, above all, leave in force the dec
larato ory principles of the fifteenth
amendment.
The Northern Democrats, after an
informal conference, decided that the
Tucker bill was too sweeping, and this
substitute was formulated to meet the
ObiectiOnS