Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-02
PASSED by THE HOUSE,
The Bill to Remove All Political
Disabilities.

Yesterdays session of the House was
given to the consideration and passage of
a bill to remove all political disabilities
incurred by the third section of the four
teenth amendment to the Constitution. The
passage of the bill considered by the House
will affect but few persons, since the gen.
eral acts passed in President Grants adj
ministration and many special relief bills
have removed all disabilities, with the ex-
ception of those in few cases.
Mr. Settle after The Stars report closed,
reviewed the growth of fraternal feeling
between the sections following the war,
when neither loved the other, until the
present when a united country confronted
the enemy.
Her sons referring to the south, Eat the
end of the civil war laid down their arms
in good faith upon the altar of their coun-
try, and in the same spirit they now take
their step to the music of the Union. l do
not believe the American people We're ever
so united as they are today Continuing,
he said the American people would free not
only Cuba, but would free themselves, and
''out of this baptism of fire and flood
wherewith we are now being baptized we
shall come forth, 1 doubt not, new men
and new women, clean every whit, with
sectional hate and sectional bitterness
clean gone forever. That were confirma-
ton devoutly to be wished
When Mr.. Settle concluded several min
utes elapsed before order was restored.
Members from all quarters of the chamber
crowded to the Kentucky members seat
and congratulated him. Meantime the hall
was filled with the hum of voices in compli-
mentary comment.
Mr. Parker IN. J.) argued for the bill
and supported the construction Of the Con-
stitution as advocated by Mr.. Grosvenor
and Mr.. Bailey affecting the present atti-
tude of General Wheeler to the House.
Mr.. Lewis (Wash.) read from morning
paper a purported interview with Mr..
Overstreet Und), in which he was quoted
as referring to southern states as being
Indifferent to the war, after having insisted
through their representatives, upon pre-
ciptating it, and to the failure of some
southern states to fill their quotas as an
intimation of indifference and disloyalty.
Mr. Lewis denounced the sentiment as
wholly unwarranted.
Mr.. Steele Undl called attention to the
absence of his colleague, but Mr.. Lewis dis
avowed any purpose to attack anything
but the sentiment, and proceeded.
Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.) interrupted to declare
that no patriot would father such an in
terview'
Representative Henderson Qowa) advo-
Gated the passage of the bill He thought
the time propitous for it to be acted upon,
and his hope was that the vote might be
unanimous.
Mr.. Fleming (Ga) was proceeding to dis
cEss the Overstreet interview and had pro-
nounced it utterly absurd and false, when
he was called to order as not speaking to
the bill.
In the course of a brief speech support
ing the bill Mr.. Linney On. c. paid a trib-
ute to the late Ensign Worth Bagley, who
died at Cardenas, as none but the noblest
heroes die
Messrs. Simpson (Kan.) and Broderick
(kan) supported the bill.
Mr.. Cannon Ull.) also spoke for the bill,
and it was then passed unanimously.