Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
NILES IND JEFF DAVIS
Question of His Treatment of
the Confederate President
Subject of Debate
WILL .,Ams AND HULL SPEAK
Conss l,A,rabtc Spirit Developed Over
tho kuh;eoI and the Name of Miles
Fig uro, cbnspcuously--somo Sar-
CAD III, pafs Ironces to the General Are
Nyade.

V,+.,,tn,,4 bn. Feb. 1.-The treatment
by icon M,,I rs of jefferson Davis. pres
idel,,, 80 ~ II confederncy. at the time he
VII Amer mt Fortress Monroe. Va.
wa,, ,,.,t, I'D in lhe house yesterday.
VII a,, YWilliasns of Mississippi. the
mi,nnr;,,, ,lader. tried to secure the n
do,,,o, ar vlhe senate amendment to the
htuae nro(kision regarding retired OIL
cnrs gerry, vng with the stnte militia.
Ma.,,rs tull OF Iowa and Hay of Vir-
Stat, ~, II members of the military al
4 t,,, ra, Amittee, indorsed the house
.,,a,.tsio,,t making 1t rotroactlve. The
fa,t,r ia xslared IL WAS democratic doc
t.,,a "a lsave money and for that rea-
- ,.,i Ia upon the democrats to stand
a., 49, anomnittee. 1t was ut CHS juno
,. ~ Mr. Williams rose and spoke
80 40 ,hction of Gen. Miles IN placing
~ II, on the ankles of Jefferson Da-
s,'', ~ shared. he said, the opinion OF
In men as to that but he dld
- h,vnk IT WIS the time. the pace,
-, j way to get even. MIR. Wllllahs
aa,D to agree to the senate nlnehu-
(which does not make the law
aa,Ining retired officers retroactive
list. 10 to III. The bill was theh
,,t 10 conference.
| postoffice appropriation bill was
Nod for an hour but It's considefa-
M had not been concluded Wheh '"e
,.,,usJ adjourned.
crest In the proceedings OF the
,,a.terday was conferred In the
annronriation bill. All senate a
Ilments were disagreed 70 ana inc
w. {,ya. gent to conference. Messrs.
~ of Town. Cnpron OF Rhode lslana
rIay of Virginia being appointed
,ees on the part of the house.
nrofractcd debate arose over
lion by MIR. Williams, the minority
Ier To accept with ~ slight moali'-
ian the senate substitute Tor the
t,ae amendment relating TO retlreu
.hcers serving with militia regiments.
~ Williams reiterated his belief tnu.
IL original house amendment was oi-
| '.aEtea at Lieutenant General Nelson a.
,thles Inspector general OF Massa-
s,lusetts. Messrs Hull and Hay OPP
,.bsed the senate amendment the 1or-
| ,ler disclaiming that 1t had spec'ai
,eference 10 General Miles. He SAID
| chat if General Miles had died SIX
| months ago the amendment would
nnve been offered just the same. but
4. regarded 1t is unfortunate that
man Of such distinguished career can
J hlways manage to get himself In the
forefront of public opinion, so That no
matter what congress may propose 10
do YOU are always hitting General
Miles," He also regretted that MASS
achusetts should have its politics re-
volve around any man."
Declaring that the house provision
was in the interests of the people and
| that 1t was democratic doctrine TO
save money, Mr.. Hay appealed to the
democratic membership to vote down
| the senate amendment.
| Mr.. williams, replying to both
| Messrs Hull and Hay, said that he was
not at all afraid Of the covert attack
on his democracy. Il am not" he said.
"afraid of my loyalty or fealty as n
southerner. dislike so much to stay
under cover that we might as well
come out. l share the feeling That
southern men generally entertain re-
gardng General Miles conduct when
he put shacltles on the ankles of JEFF
ferson Davis, and do not believe thot
1t will sound in history tc the discredit
of Mr.. Davis that he was compelled 10
submit to it, old and helpless and sick
as he was at the time. II this legislh-
ton had been pointed at anybody else
than General Miles ] would have taken
the same course that have taken, ex-
cept that i would have taken 1t much
more anxously and much more
warmly.
II stand in the relationship to- Jeffer-
son Davis that some OF my critics 90
not First, he was u Mississipian, ana
am one. My grandfather was the
senior captain of his regiment IN lhe
Mexican war and his favorte captain;
! and in the second place he was my
/ friend. as far as an old man can be q
friend of a child or boy II you want
to punish General Miles or anybody
| else for what was done In those days,
| if history is to hold out it's condemna-
ton, all right; but this is not the time,
| nor the place, nor the way to get even.
The people OF tho south do not punish
in little ways like that
Mr.. Williams received loud applause
/ on the democratic side when he took
his seat
Representative Babcocle of Wisconsin
introduced bill yesterday providing
n penalty of $1,000 fine or ten years
Imprisonment for anyone who places
explosives against any building, monu-
nent. car or structure i'm the District
/ of Columbia. with intent to destroy,
/ so as to endanger human life.