enactments similar to that in this bill. Yes, Mr. President, I voted for them because I wanted to evidence to the whole world that the men with whom I acted in that unfortunate strife were honest and magnanimous; that we respected the brave and gallant soldiers of the Union, and were willing to give them even more than they demanded. But there is a limit to human patience on this subject, and I have reached it. I will be driven no further by claim-agents and pretenders in the garb of soldiers. To the honest and brave and real soldiers of the Union Army I am willing to vote any amount of pension; but I do not believe they are here asking for additional largess from the Government. In this city are a corps of men engaged in inventing legislation to take more money out of the Federal Treasury. Here is the report of the Commissioner of Pensions showing that in 1879, when we passed the Arrears of-Pension Act, there were some 36,835 applications for invalid pensions. We passed that act, and in 1880 the applications jumped to 110,673. The war had closed in 1865; fifteen years had elapsed. Where were these 80,000 and more invalids who were entitled to pensions from this Government through all those fifteen years? They did not know that they needed the money; they did not know that they had been disabled; but the claim-agents invented a law, and when Congress put a limitation upon the time for applying, the number of applicants jumped in one single year, by the record, from 30,000 to 110,000, and the amount of disbursements from $30,000,000 to $57,000,000. The pension-rolls show that out of 2,300,000 men enrolled in the Federal Army, 800,000 were disabled by disease or by shot and shell. Nearly 50 per cent of all the men enrolled in the Federal Army, according to the pension reports, are now applicants for pensions, or have been. Such mortality and such military execution have never been known in the history of the whole world. The Confederates were not properly equipped. We deprecated the quality of our powder. Our soldiers were half-clothed, and half-armed, and half-fed; yet, according to this report, making due allowance for the effects of climate and disease, every Confederate soldier disabled three of his adversaries. There has been no such destruction in military annals since the children of Israel marched through the wilderness, and destroyed whole nations in a single day. Talk of marksmanship! Why, sir, we have read in the "Arabian Nights" of that Persian prince to whom a geni gave an arrow which went to its mark across whole continents, through mountains, over rivers, despising space in its flight. The arrow in the "Arabian Nights" was nothing to the bullet of the Confederate soldier. It must have hit two or more at one time, and struck where it was not aimed. It produced strange and subtle diseases, which lie dormant for twenty-five years in the system, and then suddenly break forth under the effect of some new pension law. Nearly 50 per cent of all these hosts to-day are ap plicants for pensions. Who believes that all these are honest applicants? Who believes that this thing has not degenerated into a political abuse, which cries aloud in the face of all honest men for redress? Mr. President, I speak for myself. With the change of a single word I could adopt that celebrated prayer in Timon of Athens, "Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I speak for no man but myself." Mr. President, when is the auction to close? When are we to see the last and final bid, a service pension to every man who served in the Federal Army during the war? The proposition comes here now to pay a pension of 1 cent a day for the term of service. That will not satisfy the demand. Nothing but a service pension, in accordance with the demands of the claimagents, in accordance with the demands of the men who are making a business of pensions, will ever close this bidding for the highest office within the gift of the people. What will be the expenditure of public money, if legislation goes on as has been the case within the last few years? Eight hundred and eighty-three millions have been expended since the close of the war. If this bill passes as amended now on the motion of the Senator from Kansas, it will take out of the national Treasury, in my judgment, from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. I remember very well, in 1879, when the Arrears-of-Pension Act was before the Senate, we were told that $30,000,000 was the outside limit which would be called for by that act. Two hundred and forty millions would not to-day cover the expenditure, and still it is going on. I have sat here and voted for pension bill after pen. sion bill, for the reasons I have given. The Southern people, impoverished, cursed with war, pestilence, and famine, have paid, since the close of hostilities, out of their hard earnings, $240,000,000 of the enormous amount that is paid for pensions. Mr. HAMPTON. Two hundred and ninety million dollars. Mr. VEST. My friend from South Carolina says $290,000,000. Out of the $75,000,000 paid last year for pensions, the ruined people of the South paid $25,000,000. They have done it without complaint; they have done it without protest; and I stand here to-day as a Southern man, as a Senator of the United States, and I declare that I will not go one single step further in this unholy and wicked prostitution of the gratitude of a great people to the personal and mercenary ends that are now behind this movement. If Senators upon the opposite side seek to seize my words and convert them into a partisan meaning, let them do so. Partisan or non-partisan, my oath of office requires me to vote against this bill; and I say here, now, that I hope it may die the death in the other branch of the national Congress, and, if not there, at the hands of the Execu tive. If that be unparliamentary, make the most of it. CHAPTER XII. Democratic Hatred of Union Soldiers. [For further revelations of Democratic Hatred of Union Soldiers, see chapter on 66 sions and Bounties."] PART I. Pen wounded Union soldiers from being set aside How a Democratic House Showed its end introduced the following: On the 14th day of December, 1875, Mr. Resolved, That in all subordinate appointments, under any of the officers of this House, it is the judg ment of this House that wounded Union soldiers, who are not disabled from performance of duty, should be Upon this he demanded the previous question; but the Confederate element was too strong for him, and the House refused to second it! Thereupon Mr. S. S. Cox offered the following substitute and moved its reference to the Committee on Accounts: Resolved, That inasmuch as the Union of the States has been restored, all the citizens thereof are entitled to consideration in all appointments to offices under this Government. The vote upon reference to the Committee on Accounts was 168 yeas to 102 nays, as follows: Be it resolved, etc., That we recognize the brave and gallant services rendered by the loyal soldier to his country in the time of its greatest need and peril, and that we do earnestly recommend to the people of our common country the utmost care and watchfulness YEAS.-Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, The previous question being demanded, NAYS.-Messrs. C. H. Adams, G. A. Bagley, J. H. Baker, W. H. Baker, Ballou, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Burleigh, Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Danford, Darrall, Davy, Denison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Eames, Evans, Farwell, Fort, Foster, C. Freeman, Frost, Frye, Garfield, Goodin, E. Hale, Håralson, B. W. Harris, Henderson, G. F. Hoar, Hoge, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kelley, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Lynch, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, J. W. McDill, Miller, Monroe, Nash, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, Page, W. A. Phillips, Pierce, Plaisted, Pratt, Purman, Rainey, M. S. Robinson, S. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Sinnickson, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stowell, Strait, Thornburgh, M. I. Town send, W. Townsend, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Waldron, A. S. Wallace, J. W. Wallace, Walls, G. W. Wells, Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting, G. Willard, C. G. Williams, W. B. Williams, J. Wilson, A. Wood, Jr., Woodburn, Woodworth-102. Of those voting, only two Republicans voted for the reference and 100 Republicans voted against it; while only two Democrats voted against the reference to 166 Democrats who voted for it. A patriotic resolution agreed to by both parties. On the 5th of January, 1876, the Christmas recess having intervened, Mr. Cason, Repr The tell-tale vote. But to test the sincerity of the professions of the Democrats, Mr. Fort on the same day offered the following: Resolved, That the doctrine just announced by the House in the resolution of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Cason) is so wise and just that, in the judgment of this House, it should be followed by officers of the House in filling subordinate places under their authority; and that in all such cases they are hereby instructed to give to well-qualified Union soldiers preference over soldiers of the late Confederate army. On this he demanded the previous question, but the Democratic House refused to second it, by 93 yeas to 103 nays. Thereupon Fernando Wood, by way of adding insult to injury, sneeringly moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Centennial Celebration-which motion was agreed to by 122 yeas to 93 nays-all the yeas being Democrats, as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, J. H. Bagley, Jr., Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright, J. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, J. H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Candler, Chapin, J. B. Clark, Jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, Joseph J. Davis, De Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Glover, Goode, A H. Hamilton, R. Hamilton, Hancock, H. R. Harris, J. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hatcher, Hereford, A. S. Hewitt, Hill, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hunton, Jenks, G. M. Landers, Lane, Levy, Lord, Lynde, L. A. Mackey, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Money, Morrison, Mutchler, New, O'Brien, E. Y. Persons, J. Phelps, J. F. Philips, Piper, Poppleton, Powell, Randall, D. Rea, Reagan, J. Reilly, J. B. Reilly, Riddle, J. Robbins, W. M. Robbins, C. B. Roberts, M. Ross, M. Sayler, Schleicher, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Springer, Stenger, Stone, Tarbox, Terry, C. P. Thompson, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, J. L. Vance, Waddell, Walling, Walsh, Ward, Warren, Js, Whitthorne, Wike, J. Williams, J. D. Wil N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, B. Wilson, PART II. Democratic Hatred in the Senate - Union When it became evident to the Democratic Senate, in 1854, that the term of Democratic ascendency in that body was about to expire, it appointed a select committee to devise a plan to keep the Democratic officers of that body in their places, and accordingly the following resolution was concocted, and on Jan. 17, 1854, it passed the Senate by a decisive vote, and became a standing rule of the Senate: Resolved, That the several officers and others in the departments of the Secretary of the Senate and of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be appointed and removed from office by those officers respectively as heretofore; but when made during the session of the Senate any such removal to be first approved by the President of the Senate on reasons to be assigned therefor in writing by the officer making the removal, and when in the recess, such reasons in writing to be laid before the President of the Senate on the first day of the succeeding session, and to be approved or disapproved by him. Whereupon Mr. Conkling rose and expressed his "", surprise" at the statement, and continuing, said, already acted in violation of what the senator says. I I assert that they [the Democratic majority] have assert that they have already removed a Union soldier, -a man who served in the armies of the Union, and was discharged because of the injuries he received, while to guard this because the majority may be and yet the honorable senator says it is not worth trusted to abstain, much as the overseer may be trusted to abstain from the lash! . . . I refer to Mr. Fitz, who has been removed from a position in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, a position whose duties he never neglected or came short in. Votes against the Union soldier and for the Confederate soldier-Adoption of the rule - A clean sweep. Of course the adoption of such an amendment as that of Mr. Edmunds would defeat one of the very objects of the repeal of the old rule. Union soldiers were the very fellows the Confederate brigadiers were 66 gunthe amendment came to a vote, while every ning for." Hence, when, on April 25, 1879, Republican voted for the amendment, every Democrat voted against it! Following is the vote in full: YEAS.-Messrs. Anthony, Bell, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Carpenter, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Hill of Colorado, Ingalls, Millan, Morrill, Paddock, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, Logan, McSaunders, Teller-24. NAYS.-Messrs. Bailey, Beck, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Kernan, McDonald, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Hereford, Hill of Georgia, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Withers31. The old standing Democratic rule ordered away by a Democratic caucus. When the Republicans came into power they made no effort to disturb that rule, nor to disturb the old officers, who in the course of years died out or resigned, one by one, as age or other callings beckoned them. Thus it remained—this Democratic rule-through all the years of the Republican majority in the Senate. But early in 1879, the Democrats having a majority at the extra session of that year, and being importuned by a ravenous multitude of Southern and other Democratic place-hunters, determined as they could not get the President of the Senate to consent to the removal of the experienced and efficient Republicans in the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms-to annul the rule that their own party had made- to go back on their own offspring, as it werein order to get the few "loaves and fishes" pertaining to the Senate organization. This was decided on in caucus, and Senator Wal- Of course that also was voted down-yeas lace, the chairman of that Democratic Sena-26, nays 34-all Republicans voting for the torial caucus, undertook to engineer the thing amendment, and all Democrats against it, as through, and on the 17th of April, 1879, follows: offered the following: The caucus resolution Senator Edmunds' Mr. Edmunds thereupon moved to amend by adding the following: But no officer or employee of the Senate who served in the forces of the United States in suppress ing the late Rebellion shall be removed except for cause stated in writing to the President of the Senate and approved by him in writing. Mr. Wallace assured Senator Edmunds Whereupon Senator Carpenter moved to add the following: But no office or employment made vacant by the removal or dismissal of a person who served in the forces of th. Union during the late war shall be filled or supplied by the appointment or employment of any person who served in the Confederate army at any time during said war. YEAS.-Messrs. Anthony, Bell, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Carpenter, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Ham. lin, Hill of Colorado, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, Logan, McMillan, Morrill, Paddock, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Teller-26. NAYS.-Messrs. Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Eaton, Farley, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hill of Georgia, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Kernan, Mc Donald, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Withers-34. a strict party vote. Having thus removed Whereupon Wallace's rule was adopted by the only legal impediment to the expulsion of the old employees, the Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant-at-Arms at once began Be it resolved, etc., That we recognize the brave and gallant services rendered by the loyal soldier to his country in the time of its greatest need and peril, and that we do earnestly recommend to the people of our common country the utmost care and watchfulness over the rights and interests of these brave men, securing to each one in need of employment, and to such and their families, the necessaries and comforts of life; and in all cases of public employment and in the bestowment of the emoluments of office, that, all other things being equal, the soldier shall have the prefer lative department of this Government, we are in favor ence over the civilian; and, as one branch of the legis. of laws being enacted by Congress giving liberal pen sions to the deceased and crippled soldiers, and to the widows and children and dependent fathers and mothers of those who have died from wounds or disease contracted while in the service of the Union and heirs of those dead, such bounties and homesteads and to each living soldier, and to the widows army, as a generous Government can afford to those who have won and preserved to the nation its liberty and Constitution. The previous question being demanded, was seconded by 142 yeas to 9 nays, and the resolution was agreed to by Republicans and Democrats alike, the latter interpreting the words" the soldier shall have the preference - to mean either the Confederate or the Union soldier. YEAS.-Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, J. H. Bagley, Jr., Banning, Barnum, Beebe, S. N. Bell, Blackburn, Bland, Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright, J. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, J. H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Candler, Cate, Caulfield, Chapin, Chittenden, J. B. Clarke, J. B. Clarke, Jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Cooke, Cowan, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, J. J. Davis, De Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durand, Eden, Egbert, Ellis, Ely, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Gibson, Glover, Goode, Gunter, A. H. Hamilton, R. Hamilton, Hancock, Hardenbergh, H. R. Harris, J. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell, Hatcher, Haymond, Hereford, A. S. Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hunter, Hurd, Jenks, F. Jones, T. L. Jones, Kehr, Knott, Lamar, F. Landers, G. M. Landers, Lane, Democratic Pecksnifflan hypocrisy exposed — Levy, B. B. Lewis, Lord, Luttrell, Lynde, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Meade, Metcalf, Milliken, Mills, Money, Morgan, Morrison, Mutchler, Neal, New, O'Brien, Odell, E. Y. Persons, Payne, J. Phelps, J. F. Phillips, Piper, Poppleton, Randall, D. Rea, Reagan, J. Reilly, J. B. Reilly, A. V. Rice, J. Robbins, W. M. Robbins, M. Ross, Savage, M. Sayler, Scales, Schleicher, J. G. Schumaker, Seelye, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Sparks, Springer, Stenger, Stone, Swann, Tarbox, Teese, Terry, C. P. Thompson, P. F. Thomas, Throckmor ton, Tucker, Turney, J. L. Vance, R. B. Vance, Waddell, C. C. B. Walker, G. C. Walker, Walling, Ward, Warren, E. Wells, Whitehouse, Whitthorne, Wigginton, Wike, A. S. Williams, J. Williams, J. D. Williams, J. N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, B. Wilson, F. Wood, Yeates, C. Young-168. NAYS.-Messrs. C. H. Adams, G. A. Bagley, J. H. Baker, W. H. Baker. Ballou, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Burleigh, Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Danford, Darrail, Davy, Denison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Eames, Evans, Farwell, Fort, Foster, C. Freeman, Frost, Frye, Garfield, Goodin, E. Hale, Haralson, B. W. Harris, Henderson, G. F. Hoar, Hoge, Hoskins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kelley, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Lynch, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, J. W. McDill, Miller, Monroe, Nash, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, Packer, Page, W. A. Phillips, Pierce, Plaisted, Pratt, Purman, Rainey, M. S. Robinson, S. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Sinnickson, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stowell, Strait, Thornburgh, M. I. Town send, W. Townsend, Tufts, Van Vorhes, Waldron, A. S. Wallace, J. W. Wallace, Walls, G. W. Wells, Wheeler, J. D. White, Whiting, G. Willard, C. G. Williams, W. B. Williams, J. Wilson, A. Wood, Jr., Woodburn, Woodworth-102. The tell-tale vote. But to test the sincerity of the professions of the Democrats, Mr. Fort on the same day offered the following: Resolved, That the doctrine just announced by the House in the resolution of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Cason) is so wise and just that, in the judgment of this House, it should be followed by officers of the House in filling subordinate places under their author. ity; and that in all such cases they are hereby instructed to give to well-qualified Union soldiers preference over soldiers of the late Confederate army. On this he demanded the previous question, but the Democratic House refused to second it, by 93 yeas to 103 nays. Thereupon Fernando Wood, by way of adding insult to injury, sneeringly moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Centennial Celebration-which motion was agreed to by 122 yeas to 93 nays-all the yeas being Democrats, as follows: YEAS. Messrs. Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, J. H. Bagley, Jr., Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bright, J. Y. Brown, Buckner, S. D. Burchard, Cabell, J. H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Candler, Chapin, J.B. Clark, Jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Culberson, Cutler, Joseph J. Davis, De Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Fuller, Gause, Glover, Goode, A H. Hamilton, R. Hamilton, Hancock, H. R. Harris, J. T. Harris, C. H. Harrison, Hatcher, Hereford, A. Jenks, G. M. Landers, Lane, Levy, Lord, Lynde, L. S. Hewitt, Hill, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hunton, A. Mackey, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Metcalfe, Milliken, Mills, Money, Morrison, Mutchler, New, O'Brien, E. Y. Persons, J. Phelps, J. F. Philips, Piper, Poppleton, Powell, Randall, D. Rea, Reagan, J. Reilly, J. B. Reilly, Riddle, J. Robbins, W. M. Robbins, C. B. Roberts, M. Ross, M. Sayler, Schleicher, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Springer, Stenger, Stone, Tarbox, Terry, C. P. Thompson, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, J. On the 5th of January, 1876, the Christmas L. Vance, Waddell, Walling, Walsh, Ward, Warren, recess having intervened, Mr. Cason, Repub-liams, J. N. Williams, Willis, Wilshire, B. Wilson, E. Wells, Whitthorne, Wike, J. Williams, J. D. Wil Of those voting, only two Republicans voted for the reference and 100 Republicans voted against it; while only two Democrats voted against the reference to 166 Democrats who voted for it. A patriotic resolution agreed to by both parties. Resolved, That the several officers and others in the departments of the Secretary of the Senate and of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be appointed and removed from office by those officers respectively as heretofore; but when made during the session of the Senate any such removal to be first approved by the President of the Senate on reasons to be assigned therefor in writing by the officer making the removal, and when in the recess, such reasons in writing to be laid before the President of the Senate on the first day of the succeeding session, and to be approved or disapproved by him. The old standing Democratic rule ordered away by a Democratic caucus. - as When the Republicans came into power they made no effort to disturb that rule, nor to disturb the old officers, who in the course of years died out or resigned, one by one, as age or other callings beckoned them. Thus it remained-this Democratic rule-through all the years of the Republican majority in the Senate. But early in 1879, the Democrats having a majority at the extra session of that year, and being importuned by a ravenous multitude of Southern and other Democratic place-hunters, determined they could not get the President of the Senate to consent to the removal of the experienced and efficient Republicans in the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms-to annul the rule that their own party had made to go back on their own offspring, as it werein order to get the few "loaves and fishes" pertaining to the Senate organization. This was decided on in caucus, and Senator Wallace, the chairman of that Democratic Senatorial caucus, undertook to engineer the thing through, and on the 17th of April, 1879, offered the following: The caucus resolution Senator Edmunds' attempts to protect Union soldiers - Wallace's duplicity exposed. Resolved, That the several officers and others in the departments of the Secretary of the Senate and of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be appointed and re. moved from office by those officers respectively. Mr. Edmunds thereupon moved to amend by adding the following: But no officer or employee of the Senate who served in the forces of the United States in suppress. ing the late Rebellion shall be removed except for cause stated in writing to the President of the Senate and approved by him in writing. Mr. Wallace assured Senator Edmunds already acted in violation of what the senator says. I I assert that they [the Democratic majority] have assert that they have already removed a Union soldier, - a man who served in the armies of the Union, and was discharged because of the injuries he received, while to guard this because the majority may be and yet the honorable senator says it is not worth trusted to abstain, much as the overseer may be trusted to abstain from the lash!... I refer to Mr. Fitz, who has been removed from a position in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, à position whose duties he never neglected or came short in. Votes against the Union soldier and for the Confederate soldier - Adoption of the rule -A clean sweep. Of course the adoption of such an amendment as that of Mr. Edmunds would defeat one of the very objects of the repeal of the old rule. Union soldiers were the very fellows the Confederate brigadiers were gunthe amendment came to a vote, while every ning for." Hence, when, on April 25, 1879, Republican voted for the amendment, every Democrat voted against it! Following is the vote in full: YEAS.-Messrs. Anthony, Bell, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Carpenter, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Hill of Colorado, Ingalls, Millan, Morrill, Paddock, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, Logan, McSaunders, Teller-24. NAYS. Messrs. Bailey, Beck, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Kernan, McDonald, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Hereford, Hill of Georgia, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Withers — 31. Whereupon Senator Carpenter moved to add the following: But no office or employment made vacant by the removal or dismissal of a person who served in the forces of th. Union during the late war shall be filled or supplied by the appointment or employment of any person who served in the Confederate army at any time during said war. Of course that also was voted down - yeas 26, nays 34-all Republicans voting for the amendment, and all Democrats against it, as follows: YEAS. Messrs. Anthony, Bell, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Carpenter, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Ham. lin, Hill of Colorado, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, Logan, McMillan, Morrill, Paddock, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Teller-26. NAYS.-Messrs. Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Eaton, Farley, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hill of Georgia, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Kernan, McDonald, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Withers-34. Whereupon Wallace's rule was adopted by a strict party vote. Having thus removed the only legal impediment to the expulsion of the old employees, the Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant-at-Arms at once began |