The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-02
AMERICA IS FULLY UNITED.
SECTIONAL FEELING HAS BEEN EN-
TiRELY oBLITERATED.
mo~ni of Political Disabilities
Patriotic Speeches by Grcsvenor
and settle Are warmly Approved.

WASHINGTON. June i-Today's session
OF the house was given TO the c9rs!ceFa-
ton and passage Of iiIl called UP 81 Jen-
klns 90 Wisconsin. 10 remove all POLITICAL
disabilities imposed by tire third section OF
the fourteenth amendment 10 the corstitii-
+ ton The debate gave rtSe 70 notable
{ speeches from Csrosvenor OF OHIO and Set
I tie Of Kentucky upon tina ogliteration OF al
section feeling, and the reality al last or
/. a reunited country.
Incidental 20 the debate, several members
reached the CONCLUSION that a member NJ
T congress could not hold simultaneously
military and civil office. The debate was
brought on BY reference 10 Gen. Joe Wheel
I or. now serving ga major general and TN
/ III recently member OF the house. The
statements teat some states were unable 10
respond 10 the demands for volunteers cali
ed forth incidentally, explanations and an
alleged Interview with Oyerstreet Of indi-
ana upon the subject rejecting upon the
loyalty cf certain states was condemned
h. several members but the discussion was
declared out or order
The passage Of the bill will affect but
few parties since the general acts passed
! in Gen. Grants administration and many
special bills have removed all disabilities
| with the exception OF these in few hum
dred cases The statement made by Lacey
OF Iowa, that Gen. Wheeler was absent
from the house on leave. brought Bailey OF
! Texas 10 his feet. He said:
II rise TO correct a false statement OF
the gentleman from Iowa. The gentleman
the house. and will not be with my consent
SO long a. | am member"
Mr.. Speaker cried McMillin OF Ten
nessee. interrupting there is not a men,
Der OF this house who does not love the
gentleman from Alabama for going TO the
front 10 serve his country
II say continued Bailey. with consid-
cradle feeling. II do not believe man can
hold. under the constitution military and
. civil office at the same time. and would
object 70 a proposition that would embody
the abandonment Of this belief, even were
1t made By my brother
II want TO say Mr. Speaker" responded
McMIllin. II would not object to granting
leave 10 any man on this floor who might
want TO so and expose his body TO the fire
OF the enemy"
Bailey later secured the floor and explain
ed his position. arguing at length the I'M
constitutionality OF any one holding a mill
tary and civil office at the same time. He
quoted presidents and referred TO the re-
cent case OF Senator Seweli establish
Ing that the acceptance of a military office
vacated the congressional office which the
party accepting formerly occupied.
The gentleman frem Alabama" conclud-
ed Bailey. cannot serve in the army and
here in the house. and his people ought 10
have representation"
Grosvenor Endorsed the position taken by
Bailey and incidentally declared his belief
that no mans patriotism Will be called into
question because he stands rigidly by the
constitution and It's manifest spirit. Pro-
ceeding. he digressed TO speak eloquently
and feelngly on the reunited country and
the universally of patriotism manifest on
every hand. He attributed the friendly at
titude OF Europe. now growing daily more
pronounced. 10 the fact that Europe was
convinced for the first time that absolute
loyalty prevailed in this land
IF there is anything that makes a SOL
der OF the civil war feel grateful 10 God
IL Is TO be permitted TO live 10 sac the pres
ent union of this country"
Concluding. the gray-haired member from
Ohio declared:
II am ready to vote 10 remove every
vestige of legislation such as Il aimed at in
this bill. and so help me God ! will try to
forget
In the course of his remarks. referring
10 the statements that some states had not
responded promptly 10 the call for volun-
teers, Grosvenor explained IL on the ground
that +he National Guard organizations IN
some states were not so wei advanced as
IN others. and where raw men were 10 be
presented IL required longer to respond
than in cases where well equipped Ma
tional Guardsmen were ready for instant
response. He refuted the insinuatlon that
delay was consequent upon any want OF
interest o. sack OF patriotism in any quar-
ter.
The speech OF Grosvenor was so frater-
raj and patriotic that the entire house
broke into applause.
The speech called forth a response from
Settle OF Kentucky on The part of the
South thar has not been often surpassed
IN phraseology and e,oQuence He re-
viewed the growth Of cordial feeling be-
tween the sections following the war,
when neither loved the other, unsi the
present, when a united country confronted
the enemy.
Her sons referring 70 the South az the
end of the civil war; laid down their arms
IN good faith upon the altar OF their coun-
thelr stepe 70 the MIST Of re 1 I1mo ,aAi
10 not believe the American people were
ever 50 united As they are today"
Continuing. ne said the American peo-
pie woaid be free. net only In Cuba, but
would free themselves.
cut Z his IRE and food wherewith we
aTc nos being baptized" he said we shall
cof2e forth. l do not doubt. new men and
new women, clean every whit. with see-
/ tlanal hate and bitterness gone forever
Toat is c0QSUWmatton deyoutty 10 be
wished "
When Settle concluded several minutes
elapsed before order vas restored. Mem
| bars from al quarters of the chamber
/ crowded 90 the Kentucky members seat
ard eongratt,i2 ed him Meantime. the han
WIS allfd Rith TIRE hum OF voices in com
pjmrai and comment.
Parker II New Jerspy argued for the hin
. ana supported the construction ~ tho con
; stitafton a. advocated by Grosvauor -na
. tI4'ey affecting The present attitude oe
Gen. Wheeler 20 bee house
lewis % Washington read from q morn
ioZ paper pUrp5vted Interview with Over
street - Indiana ta wairA he vas Quoted
81 referring 20 she Southern states as h.
iaS indifferent 30 tha war. after hayfn- Ia
sisted through their representatives rnor
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