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the retired list, give us a bill which you your- 

 selves know can and will be signed with great 

 pleasure, but do not try to cast stones before 

 this people when we are demanding bread. 

 This bill is presented here not in the interest of 

 Gen. Grant, but simply to spite some one else. 

 To that I most solemnly object." 



Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, in vindication 

 of the motion, said : 



" Mr. Speaker, in two minutes I can say but 

 little. Against this bill are arrayed, first, the 

 prejudices of most of the men whom Gen. Grant 

 conquered ; I am sorry to see it. Against this 

 bill are arrayed, secondly, the personal dislikes 

 felt by a few individuals ; I am sorry to see it. 

 Against this bill are arrayed, thirdly, the politi- 

 cal resentments of Republicans because Gen. 

 Grant's name is in the body of the bill and be- 

 cause the President vetoed a similar bill. I am 

 sorry to see it; for no such motives should in- 

 fluence any man occupying the responsible po- 

 sition of a member of the House of Representa- 

 tives ; and in yielding to such motives he can 

 not by any possibility excuse himself. I believe 

 implicitly in the power of the American Con- 

 gress to pass this bill and to name the man to 

 be benefited. It simply authorizes the Presi- 

 dent, with the approval of the Senate, to ap- 

 point Gen. Grant to an office, if the President, 

 in the exercise of his discretion, sees fit to do 

 so. It is not mandatory. It does not say to 

 the President, 'Thou shalt,' but only says to 

 him, ' You may, if in your judgment you be- 

 lieve it to be proper and right to do so.' The 

 bill is in accordance with the practice under the 

 Constitution from the foundation of the Gov- 

 ernment ; and the very President who now oc- 

 cupies the executive chair has signed three bills 

 containing provisions precisely similar to those 

 in this bill. I can see no justification under 

 heaven for denying to Gen. Grant, who was the 

 great benefactor of his country and almost the 

 saviour, this little boon. When any man inter- 

 poses his prejudices or resentments or personal 

 feelings against this most righteous act he does 

 that which will not commend itself either to his 

 own conscience or to the approval of the people 

 of the United States." 



The motion to suspend the rules failed by 

 the following vote, not receiving the necessary 

 two thirds : 



Seymour, C. E. Skinner, Slocum, Srnalls, A. Hen- 

 Smith, H. Y. Smith, Snyder, Spooner, Steele, Ste- 

 phenson, Stevens, J. W. Stewart, Stone, Struble, C. 



A. Sumner, D. H. Sumncr, Talbott, J. D. Taylor 

 Thompson, Tillman, Tully, Valentine, Wadsworth, 

 Wait, Wakefleld, Washburn, Weaver, Milo White 

 Whiting, Wilkins, Willis, James Wilson, W. L. Wil- 

 son^ John Winans, Worthington 158. 



Is AYS Aiken, Alexander, Ballentine, Barbour, 

 Barksdale, Bennett, Blackburn, Blanchard. Bland, 

 Blount, Buchanan, Buckner, Burnes, Cabell, Cald- 

 well, Carleton, Clay, Clements, Cobb, Connolly, Con- 

 verse, Cosgrove, Covington, W. E. Cox, Crisp. Da- 

 vidson, L. H. Davis, Dibble, Dockery, Dowd, Dunn, 

 Eaton, Eldredge, Ermentrout, Forney, Geddes, Gib- 

 son, Green, Halsey, Hammond, Ilanback, W. H. 

 Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, G. W. Hewitt, Hill, Hoi- 

 man, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones.Lanham, 

 Le Fevre, Lowry, McMiUin. Matson, J. F. Miller, 

 Mills, Money, Moulton, Muldrow, Murray, Mutch- 

 ler, Neece, Gates, O'Ferrall, Peel, Pierce, Price, 

 Pryor, Eeagan, J. W. Eeid, Eeese, Eiggs, J. H. Bog- 

 ers, Eosecrans, Shively, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, 

 Springer, Charles Stewart, Stockslager, Swope, J. 

 M. Taylor, Thomas, Tucker, H. G. Turner, Oscar 

 Turner, Van Alstvne, Vance, Wallace, Ward, A. J. 

 Warner, Eichard "Warner, Wellborn, Weller, Will- 

 iams, E. B. Winans, G. D. Wise, Wolford, Wood, 

 Woodward, Yaple, York 103. 



NOT VOTING G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Barr, 

 Belmont, Bisbee, Bowen, Boyle, F. B. Brewer, 

 Brumm.J. M. Campbell, Candler, Chalmers, Cook, 

 Craig, D. B. Culberson Cutcheon, Dunham, Eng- 

 lish, Ferrell, Findlay, Foran, Hardeman, D. B. Hen- 

 derson, Hepburn, A. S. Hewitt, Hiscock, Holton, 

 Hooper, Hopkins Horr. Houk, Kurd, Hutchins, John- 

 son. Jordan. Kellogg, Laird, Lamb, Lore, Morrison, 

 Muller, Ochiltree, Fatten, Perkins, Post, Eaukin, T. 



B. Eeed, Eobertson, J. S. Eobinson, Eockwell, W. 

 F. Eogers, Shaw, Spriggs, Storm, Strait, E. B. Tay- 

 lor, Throckmorton, Townshend, Van Eaton, Wem- 

 ple, J. D. White, J. S. Wise, Young 63. 



March 3, on motion of Mr. Randall, of Penn- 

 sylvania, the House suspended the rules to take 

 from the Speaker's table and put upon its pas- 

 sage Mr. Edmunds's second bill for the retire- 

 ment of General Grant as passed by the Sen- 

 ate. The vote was as follows: 



YEAS G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Anderson, At- 

 kinson, Bagley, Barr, Bayne, Beach, Bingham, Bis- 

 bee, Boutelle, Brainerd, Bratton, Breckinridge, F. B. 

 Brewer, Broadhead, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, 

 Brumm, Bucld, Felix Campbell, J. E. Campbell, J. 

 M. Campbell, Cannon, Carleton, Cassidv, Clardy, 

 Collins, Connolly, Converse, S. S. Cox, W. W. Cul- 

 bertson, Cullen, Curtin, Cutcheon, Dargan, G. E. 

 Davis, E. T. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dingley, Dors- 

 heimer, Dunham, Elliott, Ellis, Ellwopd, English, 



, ... ,, . ^, 1V ,,, U , JL. x.. ^ 1V Tuc, uuuu, x>uiiciii, Ermentrout, Evans, Everhart, Ferrell, Fiedler, Find- 

 Felix Campbell, J. E. Campbell, Cannon, Cassidy, lay, Finerty, Follett, Foran, Frederick, Funston, Fyan, 

 Clardy, Collins, S. S. Cox, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Garrison, George, Glascock, Goff, Graves, Greenleaf, 



^..^._ ^ ^ T, ^' ..... . U . Quenther, Hanback, Hancock, Hardy, Hart, H. H. 



Hatch, Haynes, D. B. Henderson, T. J. Henderson, 

 Hepburn, A. S. Hewitt, Hiscock, Hitt, Hoblitzell, 

 Holmes, Holton, Hopkins, Horr, Houseman, Howcy, 

 Hunt, Hurd, Hutchins, James, Jeffords, Johnson, B. 

 W. Jones, J. K. Jones, Jordan, Kean.Kcifer. Kelley, 

 Kellogg, King, Kleiner, Lacy, Laird, Lamb, Law- 

 rence, Le Fevre, Libbey, Long, Lore, Levering, Lpw- 

 ry, Lyman, McAdoo. McCoid, McComas, McCormick, 

 Maybury, Millard, 8. H. Miller, Milliken, Mitchell, 

 Morgan^ Morrill, Moulton, Muller, Murphy, Murray, 

 Mutchler, Nelson, Nicholls, Nutting, Ochiltree, 



YEAS Anderson, Arnot, Atkinson, Bagley, Bayne, 

 Beach, Belford, Bingham, Boutelle, Brainerd. Brat- 

 ten, Breckinridge, Breitung, J. H. Brewer, Broad- 

 head, W. W. Brown, T. M. Browne, Budd, Burleigh, 



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Curtin Dargan, G. E. Davis, E. T. Davis. Deuster, 

 Dibrell, Dingley, Dixon, Dorsheimer, Elliott, Ellis, 

 Ellwood, Evans, Everhart, Fiedler, Finerty, Follett, 

 Funston, Fyan, Garrison, George, Glascock, Goff, 

 Graves, Greenleaf, Guenther, Hancock, Hardy, Har- 



Kelley, Ketcham, King, Kleiner, Lacey, Lawrence, 

 Lewis, Libbey, Long, Lovering, Lyman, McAdoo, 

 McCoid, McComas, McCormick, Maybury, Millard, 

 S. H. Miller, Milliken, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill, 



