The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-08
'C|V|L WARISSUES
/ ARE DRAGGED OUT
ON SENATE FLOOR
! Hepburn Makes Vicious
Attack on Sou this
Part in Strife.
OBJECTS TO HONOR
FOR ROBERT b. LEE
Idaho Man Seeks to Prevent Use
of Government Tents by Con-
federate Veterans, but His
Voice Is Only One Rails
cd in Pro
test.
OBJECTS TO HONOR
FOR ROBERT e. LEE

Washington, ID. c.. February s.--Hro-
testing uEninst Ionning government
tents for the use OF the Confederate
! veterans mt their annual reunion In
, Mobile, Ala, next April, Senator Hey
burn, Of Idaho, in the Scnatc, late to-
dny, nnde the shnrpcst comment upon
the Issues of the Civil War that hn.
| bccn heard In Congress In twenty
| ycnrs.
| He inveiShcd against men in .reDci''
| uniform being permitted to occupy gov
crnmcnt property or the "rcbcI'' hsg he
| Ing allowed to hont above IT.. Finally, he
driftcd into the question OF honnrinE
! men by p1ncing their statues in the
| Congressional Hall of Fame, nnd by
/ unmistnkable inference condemned the
ncticn of Virginia in sending the statue
of General Robert E. Lee to Washing-
| ton.
! Take It away and worship it If you
| please he thundered. but do not in
trude 1t upon. the people who do onot
want it,
Democratic Senators moved uncasily
/ about the floor, conversing With each
other, or sat frowning and ansered. lis
| tening to the speech. Finally. when
| Senator Hepburn had concluded. Sena-
tor Bankhead said:
4 II am sure the Senator from Idaho
1 feels much better, and 1 ask for
vote
i One Vote Against 1T.
by roll call?" shouted a dozen or
more Senator's, and hands went UP in
second of that request from every part
,of the Senate Chamber When the vote
was had on the tent loaning measure,
lall of the Democrats and all of the Re-
publicans. except Mr.. Hepburn, voted
4 for IL. His negative vote was uttered
in a. loud and defiant tone. This meas
ure was reached near the close OF the
session. Mr.. Hepburn was prompt to
raise an objection, and A1r. Bankhead
just as alert in moving tho considera
tion, regardless of the objection.
| IT Immediately was evident that The
objection aroused some feeling, for
with flushed face and animated voice.
Mr. Bailey declared that il this meas
ure was to be ruled out of order, no
other business could be transacted.
The Bankhead motion being. unde-
batable. the Senate Immediately pro-
| ceeded to an aye and no vote on the
| question as to whether the resolution
should be taken up, and it was adopt
ed unanimously, Mr. Hepburn himself
refraining from voting.
| With the resolution adopted Mr..
Hepburn took the floor. made speech.
in which he went over many os the
issues OF the war. and declared himself
as much patriot now as he had been
! in 1862 -'63- ti4. Il
Decide ON No Reply.
The southern Senators held hur-
ried consultation. while the Idano Sen \
ator was proceeding, and decided TO
make no reply, but allowed the ques-
tion to so to vote.
1t SO chanced that Mr. Heyburn's
i. colleague senator Rorah OF Idaho.
was the first OF the Republicans to he
reached in the roll call. He voted in
], favor of the adoption Of the resolu-
!, tion.
! This resolution refers in terms toga
i Confederate veterans reunion at
specified time" Mr.. Hepburn said. "and
| 1t purposes that the government OF the
Al United states in recognition of its
purpose shall loan the property OF the
) United States trust shall not be
charged with bad faith. when I say
that have day inquired from g
Senator WHO Is interested in this meas
ure, whether or not on this occasion
the men engaged in this celebration
would wear the rebel uniform. and
J his reply was in thc affirmative. !
asked him further, If the rebel nag
was to be carried over this property Z
{. OF the United States and he replied
that both the rebel and tho Union
I flags were always carried at these re-
! unions
MI. Hepburn then said that while ne
did not want to open the WOUNDS ot
/ the War of the Rebsllion. he still
i Thought the South had made q great
/ mistake In that war; lie had been
i told that the government Was In the
4 habit OF making suc.l loans to tho
Grand Army OF the Repnhlic, and he
! thanked God that such was the cass.t
because the Grand Army was corilposed
OF men who had fought on tha slds Of
| the linton. and their cause was a slo- 4
rious and honorable one.'
/ "Ioo YOU expect" $he said, going back
i to the contrast of tho Grand Army OF
/! the Republic With the Confederate vet y
Il Grams, rthat those who save their s,n-s
i port TO the Union cause would sit idly
by and say nothing when those issues
Il are raisedp Theyaarelnone the less pa.
a|triotic now than they were In }lssa.'6a-
CT. Gould they no less patriotic ana
n can they co,nplacentlS permit the sub
J ject or the war TO become Jest ~