New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-19

mittee. talks little but earnestly. forclby; com
ma1dngly Kelley OF Pennsylvania tt,
dramatic speaks with dexter niger pointing ~ nv
Speaker aud quivering 70 his cadences lie delights
10 Quench Democratic orator WIN q YIGS'i,nn' vi
extinguish him with TACT Gaiiieiuo Oh OlU' LII ~
proved, of generous culture anu SOou pre-
sence. holds the House well, Hanks perhalss
tho ablest man the MIole hoOIi Las, DO
opened his lin, Ills session. Hayes OF Ohio about
10 Ice elected Governor, has been here three years
without making speech, though he has lew bupe,
riors or iDdcet EQUALS. Rare shining examples!
Butler of Massachusetts,. restless bold always htber
and thitherBow speaks bnt little John A. LOGAN %
Illinois slender, hthe, SMALL with coal Dlack nan,
long lei Iuuetache. and tawDey face, has 2 NOlce
like sledge- hammer and roars like boiler 1acio!y'
He is the same gentleman who lately announcer OH
the door that If be had captured JEFFERSON paws ne
would have murdered him and Who, eleht years
ago IN tue same hall, proclaimed AlS eagerhesS 10
hunt and return runaway negroes. ~. .,d n
The Democratic side IS weak. IN ntInberS ana III
quality. James Brooks of New-1ork IS most no.
ticeabe. lie is57 OF line presence, ample forehead
long, iron gray hair and shl voice ne Is inc JoIC
mah of The Capitol; Every session he hammers on
his chest declares that are IN the midst OF reN0-
luton and that opposing THIS measure is the proud
est act OF his life, and goes through history with
hor,s-rake FROM Marathon to MAGMA ChaTta. But,
despite this tUrgld illustration, be Is enocuN9 anu
able. $1,000.
erect graceful, with small head, S,Iecan race, ana
short heavy snowy musache. His speeches are
direct compact, and logical, hut cola as maipI99'
Brooks declaims, Wood reasons; one Is rhetorical
the other ipcisiye one n gong his colleague bugie'
The "tber day. with a curl of the lip, Wood OBJ
served Mr Speaker in my judgement the Ii asa
dent Of the United States Is Ilttlc more lnee Hu
dociic than the public interests REQUIRE iii II
fair hit no urged the Republicans to pass no olll
cutailmg the judicial power OF thel n, S'iiTm s
tced. lie INDUCED in q little DlttelneSsi the
South had erred greyOusly but gleyously had she
answered IL now the wounds sh0uio NC heAic,i' anu
these vacant seats filed again. Robinson OF Brook
lyn with curling locks, and Scotch-lrlsh tact mas
made butoue set speech extravagant violent witty
with rambling 10 every topic under the sun. AtlaSt
having said an the irrelevant things he desired after
being called TO order for the dOzenth time by me
good-mmorcd House lie perpetrated q bul WIich
set benches and galleries IN roar Blf. speaker;
Won rule me ont of order acQuieSce. and ClU 90 on
Massachusetts, has the abest delegation. ONO the
next New-YOrk aud Pennsylvania vac win each
other in weakness. Thomas of Maryland Is the
senior member; he first came TO the House III ol'
while one or two elders still wore the knee breeches
and cooked hats Schuyler COlfaN is Oldest IN con,
tinuOus service. He entered IN Oh ana mas missed
no session since. No ADLER presiding Oicer ever SAT
in the chair of the House. lie carries forward blSi-
ness with wonderful Tapdly decides intricate qutS-
tiOns on the instant Is never perpeNed, ana never
oyerTlled. Now, many voices naIne nm IOr the
Presidency. 1t is noticeable, as showing whittier
power is turning, that though Illinois supplied lie
candidate for the last two terms, every man now
spoken OF for tho highest Oihce-Chase ColfaX,
Wadg Grant. Sheridan--oones from the West.
Ih0'Ias Jellorsons Manual IS still tho basis OF
all our parliamentary rules though tire present com
mittce C0lfax, Banks, and NaSbbuTn have miro,
duCCd material notifications. All inc changes lehu
to expedite business, to limit the power oil MINOR
ity in obstructDg the majority. Now, On Mohulys,
and on the last ten days of session., i!DuSteIlhR
is practically impossible. Any decision OF speaker
appealed from by member ana susiaiIet by, Dy vie
VOusly political dodge" A case OF ne N1 Iu
was on the Kansa ,s; act, i Lne
On motion OF Alexander H. Stephens, leader OF the
Democracy, the Committee reported 1t back to the
House, with its enacting clause stricken out. Inc
House voted to nOuCOnCur with the report. The
brought
diatey mp, in its original form, with every amend
ment offered in the Committee cut OIL StIlct party
majority sustained this Tulingi and thus the act
passed under the previous question. But rs parma
mentary precedent, that ruling has always been held
null and void
OF the Senate little is 10 be said Here, with nd
check TO debate previous question the stream of
rhetoric is perennial heard the Senate talk Ave
hours last Week on the questions whetherhe cancus
decision not to consider anything but Reconstruction
was binding upon Republicans, and II not, whether
the Indian troubles required legislation An equal
cOnvCCaiOu of bank directors. raj way managers. or
merchants, would have settled DOtI points III twenty
minutes.
Wade of Ohio, who has been here II years, exerts
by far the most influence. He is simple, direct, log
ical and carries great weight through his aboundug
humanity and his spOtloss integrity. Irumbul Of
Illinois compact, clear, inCisiyc enfOrces attention.
Henry Wilson earnest, indcfatgable, always at the
laborng oar true as steel 10 the good canse is one OF
the most useful members. Old Massachusetts, with
all her illu-trOus names has had few sons who have
done her credit than the unpretendIng Natick
Senator. Sumner and Fessenden, always able, are
both stronger in minority than with majority.
Drake of Missouri Is l0gician. and laxative Yates
of Illinois. and Nye Of Nevada, are bOnndlesS met
orleans. On the Democratic side, Hendricks of IN
know lodged leader. ReycrdY johnson Of Mary land,
q walking legal cycOpedia, is listened to with at
tention, and appears IN some doubt about ms own
political status.
The Congressional advocates Of Impeachment arc
strong in brains but weak in numbers. C0niiscatiOu
has very few friends have heard but one member
on the floor advocate the hanging OF jeff Davis and
his cabinet as traitors All Republicans favor the
Investigation which has been ordered, to ascertain
exactly how far the Rebel President aud his advisers
are responsible for the systematic starving Of
Union prisoners. Ii the Committee OF Cen
Shanlis does its duty, il viii settle
that question forever. The sentiment applaud
ing luaTel for the execution OF MaXlmihan, though
in minority Is very strong. IL rests, not any love
for capital punishment bur on belief that the
late Prince atrOciOusly violated the wellSeted laws
returned TO plague the inventor; and on the knOwl
edge that Trance and Austria took advantage OF
national distress TO offer us deadly national i'll
sui.
The House though not equal to its predecessor
! the AANlAth Congress, has many able men, and, AZ
usual, is much the more interesting branch 10 vis-
tor, because it is the working body-tho of de-
bate. STILL it lacks the great element OF excite
ment, strong belligercnt minority. The Senate is
| ndisputably weak body By-andby, when We
rise to larger tolerance in nOcssGntals and States
grow proud of their strong independent thinkers,
perhaps plant mediOcrity may be displaced at the
Capital by our Ralph Waldo EmeTsOus ana Henry
Ward Be6Clels and Robert COiyers. A. j. Il.
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