The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-15
talked Of old REBS
,,cAN REPUBLICAN URGES
THEIR CAUSE.
GAYS HOMES SHOULD BE OPEN
.aMoND SPEAKS ELoQUENTLY
or LOST CAUSE.

A Dead. immortal Though They
No. said Gardner-DemOcrat Op-
.c tbe Movement.
uosbington. Jan. 14.-The House con-
,.rsd the debate upon the pension
.,ronriation bill to-day and much of
-. time was given to the discussion of
-, rronosition advanced by Mr.. RiXey
= virginia. yesterday to open the
,,ore of the soldiers homes to ex-
Confederate veterans. Two notable
.,sscbes we're made in support of the
.roDosition. one by Mr.. Gardner, a
,rcbigan Republican, and the other by
NJ neArmond. Democrat, of Missouri.
Mr. DeArmonds eloquence aroused
botb sides of the House. The Republi-
o.r, with the exception of Mr.. Gard
nor took no part in the discussion of
the Rixey suggestion and it met with
rou,b opposition on the Democratic side
an the ground that it was utterly i'm
nraeticabe Mr.. Lamb of Virginia,
r.ad number of kilograms from
rromipent x-Confederates of Rich
ropd protesting against it.
Mr. Gardner. as an ex-Union soldier,
said he sympathized with the spirit
that sought to take care of our own
and predicted that the time would
come. and at no distant day, when
,bp homes for disabled veterans, built
and maintained by the common gov
eminent. would be opened alike to
needy soldiers, whether of the Union
or Confederacy. His expression of the
sentiment that it was better to care
for the destitute than care for the
graves of the dead, immortal though
they might be, was greeted with
ronnd of applause on the Democratic
side He spoke of the better feeling
engendered between the sections by
the Spanish war, and said that since
then whatever differences existed
among the people of the country had
ceased TO exist as sectional differences
and notice had been served on the
civilized world that in future wars with
4 the United States the whole country
must be reckoned with.
Mr. Otey of Virginia took issue with
his colleague, Mr. RiXey. regarding
the method of relieving needy soldiers.
He proposed as an alternative propo-
ston that the money in the treasury
to the credit of captured and aban-
4 dOned Confederate property be distrib-
uted, 10 per cent. annually, to the Con-
federate homes in the South. He said
that the day would come when monu-
mens would be erected in the national
capital to Lee, jackson. Stuart and
Forrest not as rebels. but as grand
and great Americans. Mr.. Otey, who
said he himself glorified in the fact
that he had been a rebel soldier, con-
yused the House repeatedly with
amusing stories illustrative of his ar
g1ments.
\ Question of Loyalty.
Mr.. Gibson of Tennessee. a member
Of the Invalid Pension Committee, re-
/ piled to some of the criticisms to
which his committee had been sub
Jected during the debate. Speaking
| OF the Philippine policy of the admin
siration. he said that the Republicans
believed in retaining the archipelago
ana questioned the loyalty of every
American who desired to relinquish
them
Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky interposed
10 say that he questioned not only the
oyaIty, but the intelligence of any one
VINO would utter such a sentiment on
'ne floor of Congress.
II has been the favorite practice
VI ine Democratic party in the South, 3"
.rphed Mr.. Gibson, "to charge every
"ah who loved his country with ignor-
ance"
4 with some display of heat, he said
/ hv,r,l 1. l. s.,4, . Il.
iaoe Of the gentleman from Kentucky.
ME Wheeler explained that he did
nV' mean to charge those in the South
VINO had followed the flag, with ignor-
'e' he had only meant to brand as
sDofant those who charged disloyalty
W men who believed it bad policy to
'Talh Slh the Philippine Islands.
A. H. DeArmond, of Missouri, approved
si suggestion of Mr.. Rixey, Of Vir-
s.ald TO open the doors Of soldiers
so.ueS TO eX-Confederates. He took is
| h WIN those who had declared that
Sa confederate soldiers had sought to
| S.otuoy the government Of the United
| bUS The leaders of the Lost Cause,
sad believed implicitly in the
sMeoFy OF secession and the rank and
rias not indulging in fine spun theo-
~. fS nhding that war had come, fought
Weir homes and firesides. Most of
siSs iy0e VINO had participated on both
spos nad passed over the river, and
m - TINS suggestion to allow those
of "a 9ne losing side to enter the homes
vo,. NE winner had been made, it was
and charity.
vbo paid a high tribute to Mr.. Rixey,
NJ ndd made the suggestion, and to
f'f IdT0npF he IJartahIf-
mar VINO had indorsed it, These two
iar i' SAID he. were typical of the bet
mseI'se and the better sentiment of
V,l loan craftsmanship.
ris. "gn man like Mr.. Gardner could
day apoNe the petty chickering's of to-
tbs anu forgetting the animosities of
HE past remember only the valor Of
men, trymen and express such senti-
bo N as he had, Mr.. DeArmond said
rnlalled II as the dawning of a
Ds,De' Ds.e' and better day.
"'"nd's Tribute to the sOuth.
M, DeArmond continued:
slres5 halrinan, l think the time has
the s's arrived when I'm the North and
Of -.Oyg'h 'h there Is "A common sentiment
The 'i'ue IN the glory and manhood Of
sIYtio,,lerlcan soldier OF the war of the
a pro', And the time has come with
w. oi,4. many and, II we do not realize
lesdsr. Hlldren VIII, when some of the
No. w. ~ the South win be pointed
Tho h.i. IN ana South, East and West. as
- khtest ornaments OF our time
o.. t.HeFe that IN all the Christian
mon ".,, mas not arisen a leader OF
fnanbe.Sn an the better elements Of
,snf - nobler and more magnif-
hoo6 men OF the best that man
F.or..t" 40 ~ its proudeFt and most
Con ~ Hha successful moments than
s'rft ~ Lee. CApplause).
PERFECTLY willlng 10 stand by