Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-19
SHAY OCrWITTED.
THE LOST CAUSE RIGHT.
Congressman Jones Doesn't Relicvc. He
Knows, it-Nnother House Sensation.

WASHINGTON. 7. G. January IS
"When the gentleman says bell vol the
Lost Cause 10 BE- rlEht be- slanIercl me-.
| know that cause was right"
With these words. uttered by Mr. Jones
Democran. Of Virginia. on tn. floor of
tho House tonight. closed another and
almost rlotous discussion. growing out Of
PROPOSED pension legislati n.
The immediate cause Of the outbr nix
to-nirht was the blocking of bills . in-
crease the p.n-ion of :ho widow Of Gene
raj Alner Doubleday AMI 70 pension
another willow who had performed sep
vices as o. voluntary nurse during the war
by the parliamentary opposition Of Mr..
Jones.
Mr.. Cooper GomocraO. of Inliana took
tn place Of NJ. Springer last Friday
night. and with cousiI rable temper
charged Mr.. Jon with lack Of chivalry
I'm thus opposing measures f1r tho benefit
OF tho fair sox. II said. with something
Ike a sncer. that if Jackson, th- great
leader of tn party 10 which thy both
5 = i.g,i. ,ou.l D. present h. would
Io heartily ashamed Of the Democracy Of
III. gentleman from Nireinia.
NJ. Jones responded with warmth that
H. was not fighting women, and asserted
that there was no foundation for the
charge. "What am fighting for" ho
sail. Ts equality b.fora the law and
AGAINST tn granting Of large pensions 20
the rich. powerful, ana infuontial'
81 question the motives Of the gentle
man from Virginia." shouted Mr. Cooper.
"lIis opposition To- these J nsi9n bills, |
b lieye. IS actuatsl by m sentiment *
pressed by him last Friday night when
hr said he was proud Of the cause h. had
fought for I'm the trenches Although he
has taken an oath now TO support the flag
that floats abova your head, Mr. Speaker
(pointing to tn Stars and Stripes above
III. deslO. h. now displays toward it the
same spirit Of opposition as when h.
fought against it thirty years ago. I say
only what h. himself says"
ALMOST \ CONFLICT.
Mr.. Simpson PopulisO. Of Kansas Mr..
Cox OemOcraO. Of Tennessee. and Mr..
Moss Democrat. Of Georgia. took part
in the colloquy. Epithets were banded
about. and for n little time 1t looked as
II 70 personal conflict might ensue
Mr. simpson said h. was not only sur
prsel. but ashamed. that man from
the South should come here and say as
Mr.. Jones had said. that h. still believed
In tn Lost Cause--a cause founded on
slavery.
Getting the noor. ostenslbly to ask Mr..
Simpson question. Mr.. Talbert domO-
crau. Of South Carolina, whose contro.
v,rsics with Mr.. PcHler on pension
nights earlier In this Congress were the
relieving features Of those sessions.
mad. a violent speech. despite the ut
most cndeayors OF the Chair Clr. Brctz
democraD, Of Indiana 10 rap him 10
order. lie ranged up and down the con-
tre aisle. wildly gesticulatlng. and shout
ins loudly. He deprecated. he said. the
continual appeal to sectional passions.
but he noticed that they usually cam>
from those who We're invisible in war
and invincible In peace. AS to the Lost
Cause" he said. 1t ia the everlasting
cause and cannot be lost, because it is
The cause Of liberty. Under the same cir
cumstances." he continued, shaking his
fist in a defiant manner at the Republi-
can side, "and for the same reasons.
the men who fought then would fight
again. You can like that or you can
lump II. love the cause to-day as much
a. ! did when a boy | barel my bosom
t0 the hattle-fells ~ Virginia"
Mr.. Jones WAS accorded the door for
few minutes at the close Of the session,
and denounced Mr.. Cooper's language to-
ward him as being unworthy of gems
tleman Referring to the Lost Cause,
h. said he would answer always and
everywhere, as he had then. that he was
proud Of II. And when the gentleman
said | believed IL 10 right, he slandered
me. | know it was right"
This brought the House to the hour ot
1879. at which time the session closed
under the rules. and on motion OF Mr..
Martin OemocraO. Of Indiana, II ad-
journed until tomorrow.
After the adjournment knots Of men
gathered in the aisles discussing the *.
citing scenes until literally driven out by
the Janitors shutting of the light.