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Show LATEST DMCBE8. FORTY -FIFTH CONGRESS. SENATE. Washington, 8. The chair laid before be-fore the senate the credentials of Geo. H. Pendleton, senator from Ohio. Laid on tho table. Also a communication from the secretary of war, asking an appropriation appropri-ation of $-0,000 for printing records of conkderate states. Referred. S.irgent introduced a joint resolution resolu-tion authorizing the president to appoint a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with Corea, Laid on the table. The bill providing for a public building at Topoka, Kan bus, was takeu up, amended so as to limit the cost to $20,000 and passed. On motion of Burnaide the bill to remove all restrictions now existing in regard to onlistmentof colored citizens citi-zens in any arnia of the Uuited States army was taken up, briefly discussed and laid aaido. At the expiration ot the moruiug hour the railroad funding bill came up us unfinished business, and Sar-1 Sar-1 gc.it continued his remarks interrupted inter-rupted by the adjournment ol Friday. A debate ensued between Blum, Sargent, Bayard and Thurman, and then EJmuuds obtained the floor, but gave way toThur'mau, who said he would aak the senate to finish the bill to-morrow. The eenate then went into executive execu-tive session, and when the doors were reopened ailjourued. HOUSE. On a meeting of the house lo-duy, there waa a very lull attendance oi the members, aud the galleries were crowded in expectation of exciting scenes upon the question of the election elec-tion of a doorkeeper. Immediately alter the rending of the journal the speaker said tho first question in order was whether the resolution presented on Friday last by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Uutler) presented a question of privilege. privi-lege. The house, by a viva voce vote, manifestly decided that, it did, but Conger thought as the action of the house would eatabluh a precedent. It would be better to take a vote by yeas Ld nays, aud they were Ihe.n-fore ordered, and resulted, ya..s 210, nays i. Toe negative votes were Bland, Mills, Throckmorton aud Young. A long and exciting debate arose upun Butler's resolution appoiutiug Geueral James Shields as doorkeeper, Butier opened the debate, praising the qualities of Gen. Shields, iu which he appealed to the democratic party not to Bhow to the north that they prelerred to p!ca in an honorable position a confederate general who had fought agaiust the country than to place there tu Union, maimed soldier, the hero ul two ward. Clymer argued to ahow that Gen. Shields was disabled and would not he able to parlorua the duties of doorkeeper. door-keeper. Butler replied that Gen. Shields was physically able to perform those dulie-aud dulie-aud had read a letter Irom that gentleman, giving an account of hia disabilities. The previous question was moved, but not having been seconded, 110 to 120, the debate contiuuiid, Cux of New York haying the floor. Tne debate which developed a good deal of sectional and party feeling, finally cIobd aud Clymer aoked Butler But-ler to allow him to olfer as a substitute sub-stitute a motion to proceetl to tho election of a doorkeeper. Butler at first demurred expressing the oninion that thin wan a imrlm- 1 mentary trick whereas the matter was a plain business aflair, and bo wanted the question met squarely; but finally he withdrew his proposition proposi-tion submitting at the e.tue lime a letter from Shields asking bim when the Benate bill mcntiing hi? pcusion to $50 monthly ciui.u before the houBe 10 make itilUO, adding that others who had sullered lean aud done less were on the retired list. E-eniaid ail rJenuc-crats would vote fur that bill il Duller would oflar it. Butler I hold that letter a justi ficalioo.if when I find aocflice vacant, instead of making Ihfi old vrtern of the Mexican war, eat the bread n( a pension and dependence, 1 wou'd 1 give him an office in which he cau earn bis living, and hoid an h nor able office. The only complaint that 1 heard waa from a gentleman from New York (Cox) that General Shields was too good for it; that ha was too high aud too noble lor it. 11ns letter ii my warrant lor doiug it. I do not kuow that I should nut have done it for any other soldier in tho same con I d ition. I am quite certrtiu Chat I should. Now, here ia a Union general, a Mexican general, twice wounded on the glorious road to Mexico, a man without reproach a man notseeking the oibce (lor if he had writtto U) n,e to prcsi ul hi-name hi-name lor the ili-r ,,f .i.-oikieprr I should have heuei) hut a tnn who is now travil;llp. through New En-land to earu hie livifg by Icctur- ing, and when such a man presents himBelf before me asking the poor pittance of $100 a month (he gets but $30) and when I ee a place where he oan get $200 and earn it honorably and fairly, have I not done right in bringing bis name before the bouse? Stringer, does the gentleman Dot know that that office will only last for a year, while a pension would be for life. Busier Pardon me. If he is capable, il somebody doea not lie him down by stating bim to be 85 years of age, when he is but 67, he will remain re-main hero many years. This office will I aet bim two years at aoy rate, and after that I know if we get into power we will keep him and give him a pension besides. (Applause on the republican aide.) And I know the other Bide will keep him unless some confederate who is not hurt wants the office more than be does, (Applause on the republican side.) Eden Does not tho gentleman from Massachusetts think that Gen. Shields would be belter suited to fill the pcsiiion of poBlmaster general than that ol doorkeeper of the bouse, and does he not think that with his groat iofluooce with this ndministru-iration ndministru-iration he cculd succeed in gettiog him into that office? 1 Butler Ob, (ironically,) my great influence with this administration (laughter). The gentleman must . certainly have hardiy got over ihe festivities of Saturday. Butler referred to Postmaster Geueral Geu-eral Key aa a very good man and a confederate general, and to Field as an excellent man and a good con federate, who, as he knew, fought well and did bis duty faithfully, as he understood it; but he did not fight for the country and therefore he would not reward him. He would give him all the rights, but not the honors yet; not until the soldiers who fought for the country have passed away. Yeats said Butler promised last Friday to vote for a good confederate who bad been wounded if the demo crate did not nominate Sbielda. But ler said he only promised to vote fjr such a confederate aa ngainst a civilian. It was the difference be tween loyalty to the fl.ig and govern ment which educated him, and treason trea-son to that flag, (applause) for which be ought to have I been bauged. (Laughter.) But I the clemency of the country saved him. This gentleman left the country coun-try and became the servant of an Egyptian prince, who made him swear allegiance to his government, lo him and to Mahomet. We have lately removed Field's disabilities, and I am waiting before voting for bim to Bee if tho khedive or sultan has removed bis disabilities as their subject. He did not want a man to forswear a part aud then the whole ol bis country, take service under a foreign prince, and then oome hotfooted hot-footed back to be made doorkeeper of the house of representatives. Huntou Bftid Field had been with the kued.ve under contracf, and not in Euch a form aa to sever his allegiance allegi-ance to the United States, but .in the same way as Surgeon Wm. J, Wilson, FirstLieut. R, M. Rogers.First Liuut. Charles F. L.icke and First Lieut. Euyene Pelcliet, ol our regular army, who hud.K st their citizenship thereby. Conger denied that Patchet had entered the khedive'a army. Butler said there were two points ol difference in these cases, first, Fields did not uik leave of tho president to go and expatriate himself; nor, second, wan he a citineu of the I United States when ho left four years ago. Uo had no allegiance aud therefore did - not- violate it. He hail broken and forfeited. He appealed to democrats not (o do tbia thing. Some of us are yut sure up north over the graven dotting dott-ing the billoides of our villages, the grans grcwu green over them which ws will decorate May 30th; the graves of men who fought to save the Union. Do not send sobbing widows and orphans to their husbands' and fathera' graves, with the idea that their comrade has now been put behind be-hind those who led the army that killed them. Bea little tender with us for a while Butler disclaimed having attempted to excite thia question before, be-fore, but wurncd them now that thia matter might kindle a ilatne like the first gun of Suraler. He appealed to the men of Pennsylvania reprfaenta-tivea reprfaenta-tivea to consider this matter. After further discussion, full of bitterness, a vote was taken for doorkeeper, door-keeper, resulting as follows: Cnarles V. Field, democratic nominee. Via-James Via-James Shields, 101; for J. H. Trent nominated by Randolph, 8. Field was thereupon declared elected. |