CONGRESS. (FITZ-JOHN PORTER.) 



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first section of this act for all pupils in each and every 

 school under his jurisdiction, shall be removed from 

 office and the vacancy filled as in other cases. 



SEC. 3. That no certificate shall be granted to any 

 person to teach in the public schools of the Distinct 

 of Columbia or Territories after the 1st day of Janu- 

 ary A. D. 1888, who has not passed a satisfactory ex- 

 amination in physiology and hygiene, with special 

 reference to the nature and the effects of alcoholic 

 drinks and other narcotics upon the human system. 



May 17, 1886, the House passed this measure 

 by a vote of 210 yeas to 8 nays, 105 members 

 being absent. May 20, it was approved by the 

 President. 



Fitz-John Porter. Dec. 21, 1885, Mr. Wheeler, 

 of Alabama, introduced a bill for the relief of 

 Fitz-John Porter, which was substantially the 

 same as that passed at the first session of the 

 Forty-eighth Congress and vetoed by Presi- 

 dent Arthur. January 19, it was reported fa- 

 vorably from the Committee on Military Af- 

 fairs as follows : 



Whereas the board of Army officers convened by 

 the President of the United States, by special orders, 

 numbered 78, headquarters of the Army, April 12, 

 1878, to examine into and report upon the case of 

 Fitz-John Porter, late a major-general of the United 

 States Volunteers and a brevet brigadier-general and 

 colonel of the Army, having by their report of March 

 19, 1879, stated that, in their opinion, "justice re- 

 quired at his (the President's} hands such action as 

 may be necessary to annul and set aside the findings 

 and sentence of the court-martial in the case of Maj.- 

 Gen. Fitz-John Porter, and to restore him to the posi- 

 tions of which the sentence deprived him, such res- 

 toration to take effect from the date of dismissal from 

 the service" ; and 



Whereas the President, on the 4th day of May, 

 1 1882, remitted so much of the sentence of said court- 

 martial remaining unexecuted as " forever disqualified 

 the said Fitz-John Porter from holding any office of 

 trust or profit under the Government of the United 

 States": Therefore, that justice may be done the 

 said Fitz-John Porter, and to carry into effect the 

 recommendation of said board, 



Be it enacted, etc., That the President be and he is 

 hereby authorized to nominate and, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Fitz- 

 John Porter, late a major-general of the United States 

 Volunteers and a brevet brigadier-general and colonel 

 of the Army, to the position of colonel in the Army 

 of the United States, of the same grade and rank held 

 by him at the time of his dismissal from the Army by 

 sentence of court-martial promulgated January 27, 

 1863, and, in his discretion, to place him on the re- 

 tired list of the Army as of that grade, the retired list 

 being hereby increased in number to that extent ; and 

 all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are sus- 

 pended for this purpose only: Provided, That said 

 Fitz-John Porter shall receive no pay, compensation, 

 or allowance whatsoever prior to his appointment un- 

 der this act. 



The measure was debated in both House and 

 Senate with all the old-time enthusiasm. It 

 passed the former body, February 18, by the 

 following vote : 



YEAS J. J. Adams, J. M. Allen, C. M. Anderson. 

 Baker, Ballentine, Barnes, Barry, Bayne, Beach, Bel- 

 mont, Bennett, Blanchard, Bland, Bliss, Blount, 

 Bragg, C. E. Breckinridge, W. C. P. Breckinridge, 

 Burleigh, Burnes, Bynum, Cabell, Felix Campbell, J. 

 E. Campbell. T. J. Campbell, Candler,_ Carleton, 

 Catchings, Clardy, Clements, Cobb, Collins, Comp- 

 ton, Comstock, Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Culberson, Cur- 

 tin, Daniel, Dargan, A. C. Davidson, R. H. M. David- 



son, Dibble, Dockery, Dougherty, Dowdney, Dunn, 

 Eden, Eldredge, Ellsberry, Ely, Ermentrout, Findlay, 

 Fisher, Foran, Ford, Forney, Frederick, Gay, Geddes, 

 C. H. Gibson, E. S. Green, W. J. Green, Halm, Hale, 

 Hall, Halsell, Hammond, Harmer, Harris, Hatch, 

 Hayden, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, J. S. Henderson, 

 Henley, Herbert, Hewitt, Holman, Howard, Hutton, 

 Irion, James, T. D. Johnston, J. H. Jones, J. T. 

 Jones, Kleiner, Laffoon, Laird, Lanham, Lawler, Le 

 Fevre, Lore, Lovering, Lowry, Mahoney, Martin, 

 Matson, Maybury. McCreary, McMillin, McEae, Mer- 

 riman, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrison, 

 Muller, Murphy, Neal, Norwood, Gates, O'Ferrall, 

 O'Hara, J. J. O'Neill, Outhwaite, Peel 2 Perry. Phelps, 

 Pidcock, Pindar, Reagan, J. W. Eeid, Richardson, 

 Eiggs, Robertson, Eockwell, Eogers, Sadler, Savers, 

 Seney, . Seymour, Singleton, Skinner, Snyder, Sow- 

 den, Springer, Stahlnecker, Charles Stewart, St. Mar- 

 tin, W. J. Stone of Kentucky, W. J. Stone of Mis- 

 souri, Storm, Swinburne, Swope, Tarsnev, Taulbee, 

 J. M. Taylor, Throckmorton, Till man, Tucker. Van 

 Eaton, Viele, Wadsworth, J. H. Ward, T. B. Ward, 

 A. J. Warner, J. B. Weaver, Weber, Wellborn, 

 Wheeler, Wilkins, Willis, Wilson, Winans, Wise, 

 Wolford, Worthington 171. 



NAYS G. E. Adams, C. H. Allen, J. A. Ander- 

 son, Atkinson, Bingham, Bound, Boutelle, T. M. 

 Browne, C. E. Brown, W. W. Brown, Bruram, Bu- 

 chanan, Buck, Bunnell, Burrows, Butterworth, J. M. 

 Campbell, Cannon, Caswell, Conger, Cooper, Cutch- 

 eon, Davenport, Davis, Dingley, Dorsey, Dunham, 

 Evans, Everhart, Farquhar, Fleeger, Fuller, Funston, 

 Gallinger, Gilfillan, Grosvenor, Grout. Guenther, 

 Hanback, D. B. Henderson, T. J. Henderson, Hep- 

 bum, Herman, Hiestand,Hires.Hiscock, Hitt, Holmes, 

 Hopkins, Houk, Jackson, F. A. Johnson, J. T. John- 

 ston, Kelley, Ketcham. La Toilette, Lehlbach, Linds- 

 ley, Little, Louttit, Lyman, Markham, McComas, 

 Mckenna, McKinley, Millard, Milliken, Moffatt, Mor- 

 rill, Morrow, Negley, Nelson, O'Donnell, Charles 

 O'Neill, Osborne, Owen, Parker, Payne^ Payson, 

 Perkins, Peters, Pirce, Price, T. B. Eeed, Rice, Eow- 

 ell, Ryan, Sawyer, Scranton, Sessions, Smalls, Spoon- 

 er, Steele, Stephenson, J. W. Stewart, E. F. Stone, 

 Strait, Struble, Symes. E. B. Taylor, I. H. Taylor, 

 Zachary Tavlor, J. R. Thomas. O. B. Thomas, 

 Thompson, Van Schaick, Wakefield, William War- 

 ner, A. J. Weaver, West, Milo White, Whiting, 

 Woodburn 113. 



NOT VOTING Aiken. Arnot, Baibour, Barksdale, 

 Boyle, Brady, Caldwell, Cole, Cox, Croxton, Daw- 

 son, Felton, Eustace Gibson, Glass, Glover, Goff, 

 Hill, King, Landes, Libbey, Long, McAdoo, Neece, 

 Pettibone. Plumb, Pulitzer Randall, Ranney, Reese, 

 Romeis, Scott, Shaw, Spnggs, Townshend, Trigg, 

 Turner, Wade, Wait, A. C. White 39. 



In the Senate the bill was reported March 4 

 and passed June 25 by the following vote : 



YEAS Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Brown, Butler, 

 Call, Cameron, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, George, 

 Gibson, Gorman, Grav. Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, 

 Jones of Nevada, McPherson. Maxey, Mitchell of 

 Oregon, Pugh, Ransom, Riddleberger, Sewell ? Vance, 

 Vest, Voorhees, Walthall, Whitthorne, Wilson of 

 Maryland 30. 



NAYS Aldrich, Allison, Conger, Cullom, Evarts, 

 Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Ingalls, Logan. Man- 

 derson, Palmer, Sawyer, Spooner, Teller, Wilson of 

 Iowa 17. 



ABSENT Blair, Bowen, Camden, Chace, Dawes, 

 Dolph, Edmunds, Eustis, Fair, Hampton, Harris, 

 Hearst, Jones of Florida, Kenna, McMillan, Mahone, 

 Miller, Mitchell of Pennsylvania, Morgan, Morrill, 

 Payne, Pike, Platt, Plumb, Sabiu, Saulsbury, Sher- 

 man, Stanford, Van Wyck 29. 



In the course of the discussion Mr. Teller, of 

 Oregon, offered the following amendment to 

 the bill, which was rejected : 



