The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-19

Congressman Of the North and
South in a War of Words.
MANY BITTER PERSONALITIES,

The Row Precipitated Over Proposed
Pension for the Widow Of General Abner |
Doubleday Declare Their
Loyalty to the Lost Cause.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19-The senate yes |
terday passed the army appropriation Dill |
carrying s23O)0,O)O and the bill which III |
effect advances General Schofeld in com |
mand of the army to the rank OF lieuten-
ant general held by Generals sherman ana |
Sheridan. Aside from this the day was
given to tho debate on the Nicaragua |
canal Mr.. Morgan, in charge of the meas |
ure, sought TO fix a time for bringing the |
question to vote, but without success,
and the tedious discussion goes on with |
little prospect of a speedy vote. Mr.. CAT
frey (La) presented a new phase OF the
subject by Offering a resolution urging a
new treaty with Nicaragua and Costa Rica
for the cession of canal route entirely
under the jurisdiction Of the United
States.
The consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill was enlivened by Mr.. Gros-
venor, who brought up the subject Of A. z.
A. in connection with the appropriation
for Indian schools. He denounced the
IlduutI III NHlOl AO llttA bNCh AoANBAN
sented during the last campaign by the
agents of that organization and declared
that although himself a Protestant he
had never made war on any man because
of his religious faith, and if the time ever
came when he was forced to do so to be
popular or successful on that day he would
voluntarily retire from politics. The final
disposition of the paragraph relating to
Indian schools was DOstnOned
There was another big row at the night
session of the house, which grew out of the
events which transpired last week Feel
ing ran high and bitter words were spoken.
1t started after the failure of an effort to
increase the pension of the widow of Gen
eral Abner Doubleday and to pension an
other widow who performed services as
voluntary nurse during the rebellion.
| Both bills were blocked by the obstruction
| of Mr.. Jones, of Virginia.
Mr.. Cooper Qnd.) resented this and
turned on Mr.. Jones savagely, and with
much temper he charged him with lack of
| chivalry in assaulting the fair sex.
| Mr.. Jones absolutely denied that there
was any foundation for the statement that
| he was fighting women. "All am fight
ing for, said he, sis against the granting
of large pensions to the rich powerful and
influential"
'I question the motives of the gentle
man from Virginia" retorted Mr.. Cooper
hotly. 81 believe he is actuated by the
sentiment expressed by him last Friday
night, when he said he was proud of the
cause he fought for in the trenches. AL
though he has taken an oath now to sup
port the flag that floats above your head
Mr. Speaker, he now displays toward il
the same spirit of opposition he did wher
he struck at that flag thirty years ago.
have a right to say it because he himself
has said it"
Mr.. Simpson QEan.), Mr.. Cox (Tenn.
and Mr. Moses (Ga.) were drawn into tht
controversy. Feeling ran high and il
looked for several minutes as if personal
encounter might occur, Mr.. Simpson
continued to taunt Mr.. Jones, declaring
that he was not only surprised bu
ashamed that a man should come from the
south and say that he still believed in th
lost cause
Mr. Talbert Is. o. at last came to Mr.
Jones rescue. He was white with rage
and while deprecating the continual ap
peal to sectional passions, asserted tina
such appeals usually came from men VIII,
were invisible in time of war and irwin
| GlDlb III UllllO VI pcttCC' AS w VIlV lOo
cause" he shouted, ''it is the everlasting
cause and never can be lost"
Mr.. Jones got the floor just before th
! time for adjournment was reached. H,
: branded Coopers language toward him a
= language unworthy of a gentleman. &C
want to say" he added, that when th
question was asked me last week
answered that l was proud of the los
cause. To say believed every cause wa
! right was a slander. l always said an
= maintained everywhere, as l do now, tina
| know that cause was right"
At this point the hour of 1C:30 arrive
and the house stood adjourned under th
| rule.
Had the debate been prolonged, ami
: the excitement and feeling that had bee
= engendered, it might have degenerate
= into personal combat