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in the Black Hawk war of 1832, and were honorably discharged, and such other officers and soldiers and sailors as may have been personally named in any resolution of Congress for any specific service in said wars, although their term of service may have been less than sixty days, and the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men as were married to such officers or soldiers or sailors prior to the discharge of such officers and enlisted men: Provided, That such widows have not remarried; And provided further, That this act shall not apply to any person not a citizen of the United States.

SEC. 2. That pensions under this act shall be at the rate of eight dollars a month, and payable, from and after the passage of this act, for and during the natural lives of the persons entitled thereto.

SEC. 3. That before the name of any person shall be placed on the pension-roll under this act proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, of the right of the applicant to a pension; and any person who shall falsely and corruptly take any oath required under this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken from the pension-roll the name of any person whenever it shall be made to appear by proof satisfactory to him that such name was put upon such roll through false and fraudulent representations, and that such person is not entitled to a pension under this act. The loss of the certificate of discharge shall not deprive any person of the benefits of this act, but other evidence of service performed and of an honorable discharge may be deemed sufficient.

SEC. 4. That the pension laws now in force which are not inconsistent or in conflict with this act are hereby made a part of this act, so far as they may be applicable thereto.

SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any attorney, claim agent, or any other person, to demand or receive any fee or compensation for filing or presenting a claim for pension under this act.

SEC. 6. That section forty-seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to this act, or to pensioners under this act, and to such officers, soldiers, and sailors who may have enlisted in the army or navy of the United States since the close of the late war, or who may hereafter so enlist.

SEC. 7. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any person while under the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

It must be understood that Section 4716 of the Revised Statutes provides that "No money on account of pensions shall be paid to any person, or to the widow, children or heirs of any deceased person, who in any manner voluntarily engaged in, or aided or abetted, the late rebellion against the authority of the United States;" and it is this provision that sec. 6 of the above bill seeks to repeal.

On the 18th February, Mr. Hewitt of Alabama offered a resolution from the same committee to make the consideration of the bill a special order for February 21, and from day to day until disposed of, but not to interfere with general appropriation or revenue bills on reports from Committee on Public Lands. An all-night filibustering scene ensued, which ended by the adoption of the resolution by 176 yeas to 35 nays- the following being the nay vote:

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NAYS.-Messrs. G. E. Adams, Bayne, Boutelle, Breitung, J. H. Brewer, W. W. Brown, Cutcheon, Dunham, Everhart, Guenther, Hanback, D. B. Henderson, Hepburn, Hitt, Horr, James, Johnson, Lacey, Long, LYMAN, Millard, Morse, Parker, Payne, Ranney, G. W. Ray, Reed, Rockwell, Rowell, Stephenson, J. D. Taylor, Valentine, A. J. Warner, M. White, Whiting. Nothing further was done in the matter of

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YEAS.-Messrs. Aiken, Alexander, Barbour, Barksdale, Bennett, Blount, Broadhead, Buchanan, Burnes, A. J. Caldwell, A. D. Candler, Cassidy, CHALMERS, Clements, Cobb, Cosgrove, Covington, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Dargan, L. H. Davis, Dibble, Dibrell, Dowd, Findlay, Forney, E. Gibson, Graves, Greenleaf, Halsell, N. J. Hammond, Hancock, Hardeman, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, G. W. Hewitt, Hoblitzell, C. Hunt, J. H. Jones, Lanham, E. T. Lewis, McMillin, Maybury, J. F. Miller, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Muldrow, Mutchler, Oates, OCHILTREE, O'Ferrall, S. W. Peel, R. A. Pierce, Potter, Prior, Pusey, Reese, J. H. Rogers, Seney, Seymour, C. Stewart, Stockslager, Talbott, J. M. Taylor, Throckmorton, Tillman, Tucker, Tully, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, Vance, Van Eaton, Wallace, R. Warner, Wellborn, T. Williams, A. S. Willis, W. L. Wilson, Wolford, T. J. Wood, YORK-84.

NAYS.-Messrs. G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Anderson, Belford, Belmont, Boutelle, Brainerd, F. B. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, BRUMM, Budd, Burleigh, Calkins, J. E. Campbell, J. M. Campbell, Cannon, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, G. R. Davis, R. T. Davis, Dingley, Dorsheimer, Dunham, Eldredge, Elliott, English, Ermentrout, I. N. Evans, Everhart, Ferrell, Follett, Funston, Geddes, Glascock, Goff, Guenther, Hardy, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, D. B. Henderson, Henley, Hepburn, Hitt, Holman, Holmes, Hooper, Horr, Howey, James, Jeffords, Johnson, B. W. Jones, Jordan, Kasson, Kean, Keifer, Ketcham, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Lawrence, Le Fevre, Long, Lowry, LYMAN, McComas, McCormick, Matson, Millard, S. H. Miller, Murray, Neece, Nelson, C. O'Neill, Paige, Parker, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Poland, Post, Price, Ranney, G. W. Ray, Reed, W. W. Rice, Riggs, J. S. Robinson, Rockwell, Rowell, Ryan, Smalls, Spooner, Steele, Stephenson, Stone, Storm, Strait, Struble, C. A. Sumner, D. H. Sumner, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, R. W. Townshend, Valentine, Wadsworth, Wait, Wakefield, T. B. Ward, A. J. Warner, Washburn, Weaver, Weller, Wemple, J. D. White, M. White, Whiting, Wilkins, E. B. Winans, J. Winans, Woodward, Yaple-126.

On the following day, July 3, Mr. Hewitt of Alabama renewed the motion to proceed to consider the bill. It was again disagreed to by 79 yeas to 142 nays, as follows:

YEAS Messrs. Aiken, Alexander, Ballentine, Barksdale, Belmont, Bennett, Blount, Broadhead, Buchanan, Cabell, A. J. Caldwell, A. D. Candler, Cassidy, CHALMERS, Clay, Clements, Cosgrove, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Dargan, L. H. Davis, Dibble, Dibrell, Duncan, Dunn, Findlay, Foran, Forney, Garrison, Graves, Green, Hansell, Hancock, Hardeman, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, A. S. Hewitt, Hopkins, C. Hunt, J. H. Jones, Kleiner, Lanham, Lore, McMillin, J. F. Miller, Mills, Muldrow, Oates, OCHILTREE, O'Ferrall, D. R. Paige, S. W. Peel, R. A. Pierce, Potter, Pryor, Reese, J. H. Rogers, Seney, O. R. Singleton, J. M. Taylor, P. B. Thompson, Throckmorton, Tillman, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, Vance, Van Eaton, R. Warner, Wellborn, T. Williams, W. L. Wilson, G. D. Wise, Wolford, YORK, C. Young-79.

NAYS-Messrs. G. E. Adams, Atkinson, Bagley, Barbour, Bayne, Beach, Boutelle, Brainerd, F. B. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, Budd, Burleigh, Calkins, J. E. Campbell, J. M. Campbell, Cannon, Carleton, Cobb, Connolly, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, G. R. Davis, Dingley, Eaton, El dredge, Elliott, Elwood, English, I. N. Evans, Ever. hart, Ferrell, Finerty, Follett, Funston, Geddes, George, Glascock, Goff, Greenleaf, Guenther, Hardy, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, D. B. Henderson. Henley, Hitt, Hoblitzell, Holman, Holmes, Howey, James, Jeffords, Johnson, B. W. Jones, Jordan, Kasson, Kean, Ketcham, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Law. rence, Le Fevre, Libbey, Long, Lovering, Lowry, LYMAN, McAdoo, McCoid, McComas, McCormick, Matson, Maybury, Millard, S. H. Miller, Mitchell, Morgan, Morril, Murray, Neece, Nelson, O'Hara, C. O'Neill, J. J. O'Neill, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Pe

consin, Chandler, Conkling, Conover, Dawes, Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry, Howe, Jones of Nevada, Kernan, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Windom -28.

NAYS-Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Beck, Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Eustis, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Lamar, McCreery, McPher son, Maxey, Morgan, Patterson, Ransom, Shields, Thurman, Wallace-27.

Then a motion to reconsider the vote by which the aforesaid Shields amendment had been adopted was made, and agreed to by 27 yeas to 24 nays, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Blaine, Booth, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chandler, Conkling, Conover, Dawes, Dorsey, Ed. munds, Ferry, Howe, Jones of Nevada, Kernan, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Windom

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NAYS-Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Beck, Burnside, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Lamar, McCreery, McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Patterson, Ransom, Thurman, Wallace-24.

The question then recurring upon the adoption of the Shields amendment, a motion was made to add to it the following restrictive clause:

"Provided further, That no person who served in

the Confederate army during the late war of the Rebellion, or held any office, civil or military, in the late Confederacy, shall be entitled to receive any pension

under this act."

But this was just what the Democrats did not want. Their chief concern was to open the door to putting ex-Confederate soldiers on the pension roll. Hence this clause was defeated of adoption by a vote of 24 yeas to 26 nays; all the 24 yeas being_Republicans, and 25 of the 26 nays being Democrats, as follows:

YEAS. Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Blaine, Booth, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry, Howe, Jones of Nevada, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Windom. - 24.

NAYS-Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Beck, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Kernan, Lamar, McCreery, McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Patterson, Ransom, Thur man, Wallace.-26.

Mr. Hoar having offered the following amendment, —

"Provided, further, That no pension shall ever be paid under this act to Jefferson Davis, the late president of the so-called Confederacy"

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eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is hereby made applicable in all its provisions to the soldiers and sailors who served in the war with Mexico of eighteen hundred and forty-six.

"Provided further, That no pension shall ever be paid under this act to Jefferson Davis, the late presiident of the so-called Confederacy."

In other words, it excluded Jefferson Davis, but no other ex-Confederate who had served in the Mexican War, from the pension-rolls.

Upon the adoption of the said amended amendment, the Senate defeated it by 20 yeas to 25 nays, as follows:

YEAS. Messrs. Bailey, Beck, Butler, Coke, Davis, of West Virginia, Dennis, Eustis, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Jones of Florida, Lamar, McCreery, McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Ransom, Thurman.-20.

NAYS.-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Blaine, Booth, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Howe, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Kernan, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Teller, Windom. - 25.

The bill then passed by 44 yeas to 3 nays, the 3 nays being Messrs. Eaton, Garland, and Hereford, all Democrats.

Subsequently in the House, the Senate amendments which had been added, and which were simply on matters of detail involving no political question, were concurred in, and the bill was thereby passed by 203 yeas to 61 nays-all the nays being Democrats, as follows:

Messrs. Aiken, H. P. Bell, Blackburn, Boone, Bright, Cabell, J. W. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Candler, Carlisle, J. B. Clarke, Cook, Cravens, Oul Eickhoff, Elam, J. H. Evins, Felton, J. J. Finley, berson, Davidson, J. J. Davis, Dibrell, Durham, Forney, Garth, Giddings, Goode, Gunter, H. R. Harris, J. T. Harris, Herbert, Hooker, Hunton, J. T. Jones, Knott, Ligon. Manning, McKenzie, Mills, Muldrow, Muller, Pridemore, Reagan, Robbins, Scales, Shelley, O. R. Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Steele, Throckmorton, Tucker, Vance, Veeder, Waddell, Whitthorne, J. Williams, J. N. Williams, A. S. Willis, Yeates, and J. S. Young. And subsequently the bill was approved by the Republican President.

PART VII.

Pensions to Soldiers and Sailors in the Mexican, Creek, Seminole, and Black Hawk Wars-A Section that would allow ex-Confederates on the Pension Rolls.

On Jan. 24, 1884, the following bill was reported (H. R. 8962) to the House from the Committee on Pensions:

A Bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war and other wars therein named, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the names of the surviv. ing officers and enlisted men, including militia and volunteers, of the military and naval services of the United States, who served sixty days in the war of 1846, 1847, and 1848, who, being enlisted as aforesaid, actually served with the Army or Navy of the United States in Mexico, or who served thirty days in the Creek war or disturbances of 1835 or 1836, or in the

discharged, and such other officers and soldiers and in the Black Hawk war of 1832, and were honorably sailors as may have been personally named in any resolution of Congress for any specific service in said wars, although their term of service may have been less than sixty days, and the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men as were married to such officers or soldiers or sailors prior to the discharge of such officers and enlisted men: Provided, That such widows have not remarried; And provided further, That this act shall not apply to any person not a citizen of the United States.

SEC. 2. That pensions under this act shall be at the rate of eight dollars a month, and payable, from and after the passage of this act, for and during the natural lives of the persons entitled thereto.

SEC. 3. That before the name of any person shall be placed on the pension-roll under this act proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, of the right of the applicant to a pension; and any person who shall falsely and corruptly take any oath required under this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken from the pension-roll the name of any person when ever it shall be made to appear by proof satisfactory to him that such name was put upon such roll through false and fraudulent representations, and that such person is not entitled to a pension under this act. The loss of the certificate of discharge shall not deprive any person of the benefits of this act, but other evidence of service performed and of an honorable discharge may be deemed sufficient.

SEC. 4. That the pension laws now in force which are not inconsistent or in conflict with this act are hereby made a part of this act, so far as they may be applicable thereto.

SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any attorney, claim agent, or any other person, to demand or receive any fee or compensation for filing or presenting a claim for pension under this act.

SEC. 6. That section forty-seven hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to this act, or to pensioners under this act, and to such officers, soldiers, and sailors who may have enlisted in the army or navy of the United States since the close of the late war, or who may hereafter so enlist.

SEC. 7. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any person while under the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

It must be understood that Section 4716 of the Revised Statutes provides that "No money on account of pensions shall be paid to any person, or to the widow, children or heirs of any deceased person, who in any manner voluntarily engaged in, or aided or abetted, the late rebellion against the authority of the United States;" and it is this provision that sec. 6 of the above bill seeks to repeal.

On the 18th February, Mr. Hewitt of Alabama offered a resolution from the same committee to make the consideration of the bill a special order for February 21, and from day to day until disposed of, but not to interfere with general appropriation or revenue bills on reports from Committee on Public Lands. An all-night filibustering scene ensued, which ended by the adoption of the resolution by 176 yeas to 35 nays- the following being the

nay vote:

NAYS.-Messrs. G. E. Adams, Bayne, Boutelle, Breitung, J. H. Brewer, W. W. Brown, Cutcheon, Dunham, Everhart, Guenther, Hanback, D. B. Heu. derson, Hepburn, Hitt, Horr, James, Johnson, Lacey, Long, LYMAN, Millard, Morse, Parker, Payne, Ranney, G. W. Ray, Reed, Rockwell, Rowell, Stephenson, J. D. Taylor, Valentine, A. J. Warner, M. White, Whiting. Nothing further was done in the matter of

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YEAS.-Messrs. Aiken, Alexander, Barbour, Barksdale, Bennett, Blount, Broadhead, Buchanan, Burnes, A. J. Caldwell, A. D. Candler, Cassidy, CHALMERS, Clements, Cobb, Cosgrove, Covington, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Dargan, L. H. Davis, Dibble, Dibrell, Dowd, Findlay, Forney, E. Gibson, Graves, Greenleaf, Halsell, N. J. Hammond, Hancock, Hardeman, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, G. W. Hewitt, Hoblitzell, C. Hunt, J. H. Jones, Lanham, E. T. Lewis, McMillin, Maybury, J. F. Miller, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Muldrow, Mutchler, Oates, OCHILTREE, O'Ferrall, S. W. Peel, R. A. Pierce, Potter, Prior, Pusey, Reese, J. H. Rogers, Seney, Seymour, C. Stewart, Stockslager, Talbott, J. M. Taylor, Throckmorton, Tillman, Tucker, Tully, H. G. Turner, 0. Turner, Vance, Van Eaton, Wallace, R. Warner, Wellborn, T. Williams, A. S. Willis, W. L. Wilson, Wolford, T. J. Wood, YORK-84.

NAYS.-Messrs. G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Anderson, Belford, Belmont, Boutelle, Brainerd, F. B. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, BRUMM, Budd, Burleigh, Calkins, J. E. Campbell, J. M. Campbell, Cannon, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, G. R. Davis, R. T. Davis, Dingley, Dorsheimer, Dunham, Eldredge, Elliott, English, Ermentrout, I. N. Evans, Everhart, Ferrell, Follett, Funston, Geddes, Glascock, Goff, Guenther, Hardy, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, D. B. Henderson, Henley, Hepburn, Hitt, Holman, Holmes, Hooper, Horr, Howey, James, Jeffords, Johnson, B. W. Jones, Jordan, Kasson, Kean, Keifer, Ketcham, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Lawrence, Le Fevre, Long, Lowry, LYMAN, McComas, McCormick, Matson, Millard, š. H. Miller, Murray, Neece, Nelson, C. O'Neill, Paige, Parker, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Poland, Post, Price, Ranney, G. W. Ray, Reed, W. W. Rice, Riggs, J. S. Robinson, Rockwell, Rowell, Ryan, Smalls, Spooner, Steele, Stephenson, Stone, Storm, Strait, Struble, C. A. Sumner, D. H. Sumner, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, R. W. Townshend, Valentine, Wadsworth, Wait, Wakefield, T. B. Ward, A. J. Warner, Wash. burn, Weaver, Weller, Wemple, J. D. White, M. White, Whiting, Wilkins, E. B. Winans, J. Winans, Woodward, Yaple-126.

On the following day, July 3, Mr. Hewitt of Alabama renewed the motion to proceed to consider the bill. It was again disagreed to by 79 yeas to 142 nays, as follows:

YEAS Messrs. Aiken, Alexander, Ballentine, Barksdale, Belmont, Bennett, Blount, Broadhead, Buchanan, Cabell, A. J. Caldwell, A. D. Candler, Cassidy, CHALMERS, Clay, Clements, Cosgrove, W. Davis, Dibble, Dibrell, Duncan, Dunn, Findlay, R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Dargan, L. H. Foran, Forney, Garrison, Graves, Green, Hansell, Hancock, Hardeman, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, A. S. Hewitt, Hopkins, C. Hunt, J. H. Jones, Kleiner, Lanham, Lore, McMillin, J. F. Miller, Mills, Muldrow, Oates, OCHILTREE, O'Ferrall, D. R. Paige, S. W. Peel, R. A. Pierce, Potter, Pryor, Reese, J. H. Rogers, Seney, O. R. Singleton, J. M. Taylor, P. B. Thompson, Throckmorton, Tillman, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, Vance, Van Eaton, R. Warner, Wellborn, T. Williams, W. L. Wilson, G. D. Wise, Wolford, YORK, C. Young-79.

NAYS-Messrs. G. E. Adams, Atkinson, Bagley, Barbour, Bayne, Beach, Boutelle, Brainerd, F. B. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, Budd, Burleigh, Calkins, J. E. Campbell, J. M. Campbell, Cannon, Carleton, Cobb, Connolly, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, G. R. Davis, Dingley, Eaton, El dredge, Elliott, Elwood, English, I. N. Evans, Everhart, Ferrell, Finerty, Follett, Funston, Geddes, George, Glascock, Goff, Greenleaf, Guenther, Hardy, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, D. B. Henderson. Henley, Hitt, Hoblitzell, Holman, Holmes, Howey, James, Jeffords, Johnson, B. W. Jones, Jordan, Kasson, Kean, Ketcham, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Law. rence, Le Fevre, Libbey, Long, Lovering, Lowry, LYMAN, McAdoo, McCoid, McComas, McCormick, Matson, Maybury, Millard, S. H. Miller, Mitchell, Morgan, Morril, Murray, Neece, Nelson, O'Hara, C. O'Neill, J. J. O'Neill, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Pe

Ranney, O. Ray, W. W. Rice, Riggs, J. S. Robinson, Rosecrans, Rowell, Ryan, Seymour, C. R. Skinner, Smalls, A. H. Smith, Spooner, Springer, Steele, Stephenson, J. W. Stewart, Stockslager, Storm, Strait, C. A. Sumner, D. H. Sumner, Talbott, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, R. W. Townshend, Valentine, Wadsworth, Wait, Wakefield, Wallace, T. B. Ward, A. J. War ner, Washburn, Weaver. Weller, J. D. White, M. White, Wilkins, J. Wilson, E. B. Winans, J. Winans, T.J. Wood, Woodward, Yaple-142.

On the 5th July the question as to considering the bill again came up, and was disagreed to by 41 yeas to 111 nays, the point being made of "no quorum."

Those voting in the affirmative were as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. J. J. Adams, Alexander, Barksdale, Blanchard, A. J. Caldwell, Carleton, Cassidy, Clay, W. R. Cox, Dargan, Dibble, Eaton, Garrison, E. Gibson, Graves, Halsell, W. H. Hatch, Henley, Houseman, C. Hunt, Jordan, Kleiner, Lore, LYMAN, Maybury, Mills, OCHILTREE, J. J. O'Neill, Ranney, Seney, J. M. Taylor, P. B. Thompson, Tillman, H. G. Turner, 0. Turner, Vance, R. Warner, A. S. Willis, W. L. Wilson, Wolford, T. J. Wood.

This was the last heard of it at the late session; and as will be seen, it was used only as a means of antagonizing and defeating the Mexican War pensions bill, which will be alluded to immediately.

PART VIII.

Pensions to Soldiers and Sailors of the Mexican War-The Vote in the House on the Passage of the Bill.

On March 3, 1884, in the House, Mr. R. W. Townshend moved to suspend the rules and pass the House bill (H. R. 5667), whose text is as follows:

titled to a pension under this act. The loss of the certificate of discharge shall not deprive any person of the benefits of this act, but other evidence of service performed and of an honorable discharge may be deemed sufficient.

SEC. 4 That the pension laws now in force which are not inconsistent or in conflict with this act are hereby made a part of this act, so far as they may be applicable thereto.

SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any attorney, claim agent, or any other person to demand or receive a fee greater than $10 for services rendered in behalf of a claimant under this act, to be paid when such claim is allowed.

SEC. 6. That section 4716 of the Revised Statutes act or to pensioners under this act. is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to this

SEC. 7. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any person while under the political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The motion was agreed to, and the bill thus passed under suspension of the rules by 227 yeas to 46 nays, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Aiken, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bagley, Bullentine, Barbour, Barksdale, Beach, Belford, Bennett, Blackburn, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckinridge, Breitung, Broadhead, Buchanan, Buckner, Budd, Burnes, Cabell, A. J. Caldwell, Calkins, J. M. Campbell, A. D. Candler, Cannon, Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Clements, Cobb, Collins, Connolly, Converse, J. C. Cook, Cosgrove, Covington, S. S. Cox, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Cullen, Dargan, Davidson, G. R. Davis, Dibble, Dibrell, Dockery, Dorsheimer, Dowd, Duncan, Dunn, Eaton, Eldridge, Elliott, Ellwood, Ermentrout, J. H. Evins, Ferrell, Fiedler, Finerty, Follett, Forney, Fyan, Geddes, George, E. Gibson, Glascock, Goff, Graves, Green, Greenleaf, Guenther, Halsell, N. J. Hammond, Hamback, Hardeman, Hardy, Hart, H. H. Hatch, W. H. Hatch, Haynes, Hemphill, D. B. Henderson, T. J. Henderson, Henley, Herbert, G. W. Hewitt, W. D. Hill, Hitt, Hoblitzell, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins, Houk, Houseman, C. Hunt, Hurd, Jeffords, B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, Jordan, Kasson, King, Kleiner, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Lanham, Le Fevre, E. T. Lewis, Lore, Lovering, Lowry, McAdoo, McCoid, McComas, McCormick, McMillin, Matson, Maybury, Mayo, J. F. Miller, Milliken, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morey, Morgan, Morrison, Moulton, Muldrow, Murphy, Murray, Mutchler, Neece, Nelson, Nicholls, Nutting, Oates, J. J. O'Neill, D. R. Paige, Payson, R. A. Pierce, S. W. Peel, B. J. Peelle, Peters, Pettibone, Post, Potter, Pryor, Pusey, Randall, Kankin, Reagan, Reese, Robertson, J. Š. Robinson, W. E. Robinson, J. H. Rogers, Rosecrans, Ryan, Scales, Seney, Seymour, Shaw, Shelley, O. R. Singleton, T. G. Skinner, Snyder, Spooner, Springer, Stephenson, Stevens, C. Stewart, Stockslager, Strait, C. A. Sumner, D. H. Sumner, Talbott, J. D. Taylor, J. M. Taylor, Thomas, P. B. Thompson, Throckmorton, Tillman, R. W. Townshend, Tucker, Tully, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, Valentine, Van Alstyne, Vance, Van Eaton, Wakefield, T. B. Ward, R. WarJ. D. White, M. White, Wilkins, T. Williams, A. S. Willis, J. Wilson, W. L. Wilson, E. B. Winans, J. Winans, G. D. Wise, J. S. Wise, Wolford, T. J. Wood, Woodward, Worthington, Yaple, YORK, C. Young-227.

A Bill granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the names of the surviving officers and enlisted men, including marines, militia and volunteers, of the military and naval services of the United States who served sixty days in the war of 1846, 1847 and 1848, with Mexico, or who, being enlisted as aforesaid actually served with the Army or Navy of the United States in Mexico in said war, or were actually engaged in a battle in said war, and were honorably discharged and to such other officers and soldiers and sailors as may have been personally named in any resolu. tion of Congress for any specific service in said wars, althoughtheir term of service may have been less than six-ner, Washburn, Weaver, Welborn, Weller, Wemple, ty days, and the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men as were married to such officers or soldiers or sailors prior to the discharge of such officers and en listed men: Provided, That such widows have not remarried: And provided further, That this act shall not apply to any person not a citizen of the United States. SEC. 2. That pensions under this act shall be at the rate of $8 per month, and payable only from and after the passage of this act for and during the natural lives of the persons entitled thereto.

NAYS. Messrs. Arnot, Bayne, Bingham, Bisbee, Boutelle, F. D. Brewer, J. H, Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, Chace, Cutcheon, Everhart, Harmer, Hiscock, Holton, James, Kean, Kelley, Lawrence, Long, LYMAN, McKinley, Millard, S. H. Miller, Morse, C. O'Neill, Parker, W. W. Phelps, Poland, Ranney, G. W. Ray, O. Ray, Reed, Rockwell, Russell, C. R. Skinner, A. H. Smith, Steele, J. W. Stewart, Stone, Struble, E. B. Taylor, Wadsworth, Wait, A. J. War

SEC. 3. That before the name of any person shall be placed on the pension-roll under this act, proof shall be made, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, of the right of the applicant to a pension; and any person who shall false-ner, Whiting-46. ly and corruptly take any oath required under this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be stricken from the pension-roll the name of any person whenever it shall be made to appear by proof satisfactory to him that such name was put upon such roll through false and fraud.

The Democrats were now elated. They had passed through the House a pension bill whose sixth section aimed to repeal Sec. 4716 of the Revised Statutes, which is as

SEC. 4716. No money on account of pensions shall be paid to any person, or to the widow, children, or heirs of any deceased person, who in any manner voluntarily engaged in, or aided or abetted, the late rebellion against the authority of the United States. They began to hope to get their ex-Confederate friends on the coveted pension rolls.

In the Senate-Amendments and votes-Republicans for the Union soldier, Democrats for the ex-Confederates.

of the Revised Statutes which stands as a barrier against the pensioning of ex-Confederates, while the 27 voting Democrats voted to a man in favor of breaking down that barrier. And if this does not show the love which the Democrats still bear to the ex-Confederate cause and to those who fought for it, what can show it?

Upon the passage of the bill as amended, June 24, 1884, the vote was 37 yeas to 27 nays, as follows:

YEAS Messrs. Allison, Blair, Bowen, Butler,
Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Frye, George, Hale, Harri-
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin,
son, Hill, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Lamar, Lapham,
Logan, McMillan, Mahone, Manderson, Miller of Cali
fornia, Miller of New York, Mitchell, Morrill, Palmer,
Sewell, Sherman, Van Wyck, Wilson-37.
Pike, Platt, Plumb, Ransom, Riddleberger, Sawyer,

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Edmunds, Fair, Farley, Garland, Groome, Hampton, Hawley, Jackson, Jonas, Saulsbury, Slater, Vance, Vest, Walker, Williams Jones of Florida, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh,

But in the Senate it was amended in such manner as to pension those Union soldiers of our own war who are or shall hereafter become disabled (and are also dependent upon their own labor for support) at a rate proportionate to the degree of disability, $24 per month being given to those who are totally incapacitated to perform any manual labor, and that amount being made divisible upon that basis for any less degree of disability. It also increased the pensions of widows or minor children to $12 per month, repealed-27. the limit as to age of children in the case of widows who have minor children of unsound mind or are physically helpless; and added other clauses for the relief of dependent pensioners. The amendment, which comprehended six additional sections to the bill, of which the pith has just been given, was agreed to by 31 yeas to 27 nays, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Cameron of Wisconsin, Couger, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Lapham, Logan, Mc Millan, Mahone, Manderson, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Mitchell, Morrill, Pike, Platt, Plumb, Riddleberger, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Wilson-31.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, George, Gorman, Groome, Hampton, Jackson, Jones of Florida, Kenna, Mc Pherson, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Ransom, Saulsbury, Slater, Vance, Vest, Walker, Williams

-27.

And if that solid Democratic vote against, and the solid Republican vote for the Union soldier of the war of the Rebellion does not show where parties stand in their deeds, not words, what can show it?

In contrast to this last vote, a vote in the Senate on a motion to strike from Sec. 6 of the House bill the words: "So far as the same relates to this act or to pensioners under it," so that it would read:

"SEC. 6. That section 4716 of the Revised Statutes

is hereby repealed,"

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YEAS Messrs Bayard, Beck, Brown, Butler, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Groome, Hampton, Jackson, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Lamar, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Saulsbury, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest, Walker, Williams-28.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Lap. ham, McMillan, Manderson, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Mitchell, Morrill, Pike, Platt, Sawyer, Sherman, Wilson - 29.

Thus the 30 voting Republicans, with one

Or, in other words, while 4 Democrats voted for it, 25 Democrats voted against it; and while 2 Republicans voted against it, 33 Republicans-being a majority of all the votes cast-voted for it.

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The Amended Bill in the House again
How the Democrats antagonized it and
prevented any chance to concur in the
Senate Amendments.

The bill, as amended by the Senate, was returned to the House. There, on July 2, 1884, five days before the adjournment-it was taken up, and the Democrats (mainly the Southern Democrats), under the leadership of the Democratic representative, Hewitt of Alabama, proceeded to filibuster. They undertook to temporarily defeat this Mexican War Pensions Bill and prevent concurrence in the Senate amendments by antagonizing it with the House bill (H. R. 3962) giving pensions to those who served in the Mexican, Creek, Seminole, and Black Hawk wars which, as we have seen, in its sixth section, seeks to repeal section 4716 of the Revised Statutes, and thereby admit ex-Confederates to the pension-rolls and 81 Democrats and the following day, July 3, the same tactics 3 Independents joined him in the effort. On were pursued, and 76 Democrats and 3 Independents again supported Hewitt of Alabama in antagonizing the Mexican Pensions Bill with the House bill (H. R. 3962) aforesaid. On July 5 the same tactics precisely were adopted, and 39 Democrats and 2 Independents joined in this filibustering to stave off the Mexican Pensions Bill-which was not again heard of.

Thus the Democrats are responsible for the then defeat of the Mexican War Pensions Bill, and proved that they had no more liking for our soldiers of the Mexican war -unless they were also ex-Confederates-than they, have for our Union soldiers of the war of the

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