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w.spixc1o~, JGne ?. 1912.
The Army Appropriation bill ns it passed The
House WIS taken w in the Senate this morning.
and after significant debate. was inahy referred
10 the Committee on Finance. Mr.. EVANS and
Mr. PRIsIoS expressed their surprise Al the novel
character Of The bill and protested against the ex
traordinary mode Of legislation by which It was
a,lemn,cd TO rcorganize the Army n the United
STATE. bv the operation Of the provisions OF al
annual appropriation act. Although Mr.. SEVER
and portion Of his colleagues entertained for a
moment a motion to refer the bill To the COMMITTEE
on Military Aaair,, they soon yielded to the IMAM
swerablc argument, Of our friends. The House
have used the knife too Freely, and trust thcy viii
be convinced Of the fact before the Navy and Army
bills shall have passed the senate
After making some progress IN the bill ProVid-
ing for the revolutionary clam ot the represent
tive. ef Slas Deane the Senate resumed III" di'-
cussion Of the second section of the appoi uohheh'
bill Mr.. LiNs, in advocating his amendment 10
postpone the operation of the District system u
the och Cosgre.s, incVlpa,ed the wing parry ana
distinctly ascribcd the measure 70 party motives
te.y aud rallied n, his opponents in most un"ar-
rantable and unbecoming manner Mr.. hh'hth'
however responded 10 him with 80 much uipfh"f
and intelligence, tha, the Senator promptly qua"'
6cd b;s bas,v ALLEGATIONS, and seemed to regret H.
had subjected hirnselfto the rebuke. By the way
DIR. Inns. if sometimes impul.yc and erroneous
i. full Of the best charities os our nature iheIr
is hardly member Of the Senate hut chershe- the
warme,t personal regard for him. Mr. BAYARp,
Mr.. WOODBURY., Mr. WALVKR, and Mr.. WI
LIAM. par,icipated in the debate and the question
was at length taken on an amendment 10 the
amendment submitted by ar. BAYAKD restricting
the operation of The section for the neH' Congress
.ional election, 10 the States, which under cHEnS
laws elect by Districts, and carried by one mo-
jo,fts Three or four Wings were absent when
the vote was TAKEN 80 there Is reason to doub;
that when the bill leaves the COMMITTEE the
amendment will be lost.
The discussion yesterday on this subject was
much more piquaat and .Picy; MIR. EVANS, Mr. !
TALLMADGE, Mr.. WOODBURY., Mr.. WRIGHT and !
Mr. WALKER, principally figured on the occa- !
sion and Mr.. TALLMADGr was particularly ei- |
fcc,ive. In the c,urse of Mr. WRrGHr's remarks, |
without attempting TO challenge The constitutional
ity of the proposition, lac depiGred 1t a. measure
of hostility on the par, Of the General Governments
ngain., the rights and independence OF the several |
State, and declared that If his colleague Mr.. l
had imbibed more of the principles OF Clinton
Tompkins and Livingston, and less oil those VI
Hamilton. he at this dav would not have been found
among the supporters IF the measure now under |
consideration Mr.. Tallmadge wa. peculiarly |
happy in defending hi, principles, as well as the |
Republican tendency of the measure, and to the |
conviction of most of his hearers rciued the posi-
ton OF his adversary. But he did not stop here
He deemed it duty he owed the Senate and his |
native State to humble the Republican prc,cnsion'
of his colleague: He invited him to turn his eye 10
the earlier scenes Of their political history and re-
view their respective acts in the Legislature OF ~
York in 1894. and if he could he bid him triumph
in the contemplation. A bill was at that time H.
,roduccd changing the Electoral Law OF the STATE
and committing the choice of Presidential Electors
dirccuy to the People. Notwithstanding the i'm
piled pledge said TO have taen given by the Sena-
tor in favor of the law, and his reputed approval OF
il in CONVEX satisn with the members OF the Stale
Senate pending its discussion, MIR. SiLAs Wright
defeated the bill by bis single vote in defiance al
a large majority of the People OF the State The
Legislature were supposed to be under the control
of Mr. Van Buren, at th. period and the choice e
Electors devolved upon them at that session Tie
Electoral vote had been pledged to Mr. Crawford
and Mr.. Van Buren, was afraid TO irus, the People
This va. an cxemplihcation of Mr. Senator
wrieht's Republcanism While on the other
hand. Mr.. T. confessed that ais Democracy flowed
in one broad stream for the common good. AND
taught him TO rcpose unlimited confidence in tie
People lie rotcd for The lar.
think never saw Mr.. Wright 80 much agiiated
and of his guard. He acknowledged his youthful
error, AS he called it, but pronounced the charec
against his integrity, by the journals of that day,
false and malicious. He nevsr had given pledge
or approved the laws. Yours, &c. CuKTrus