The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-14
THE CLOSE OF CONGRESS.
EXCITING SCENES AMONG THE MODEL LEG1s-
LATORS.
Fierce Talk Between Butler, Logan
and Schenck.

The WASHINGTON correspondent OF the New
York Herald. describing the las; hours of the
Forty-first Congress on Saturday morning,
says:
Tho c1osinr scenes in the House werc both
e,c;tinr and iIdlcrous After midnight. when
the galleries began to thin out, members throw
aside the little restraint and reserve which the
presence of persons in the galleries seems to
impose. Their conduct was, II possible, less
dirnifed, and their general st1uo nearinS ana de-
now. and we will do just a. We please" BY oEe
n,clock everybody had loft except few .-cgrocs
who were asleep In the gallery just behind the
| clock and q man scattered here and there, b.
| sides q few reporters who seemed dstcrmlne1
| to see the thing out. lt was noticcaDlc ABOUT
this time. that many members were absent
from their seats. sometimes it was difficult
when ihe House was dividing tog get quorum.
Tho cxpanation Sas to be found IN the fact
that up in the law library OF the House Sam
Ward, Buffers bismarck Jr.,"' OF impeach-
meut notorieiy. had set out an cIegant lunch,
with plenty OF champagne to wash IL down, to
winch he invited oil the members without dis
junction of party. Just back OF the lobby s the
room of the Sergeant at arms, Colonel Ordway.
Hero. too was lunch, ssrlclly temperance,
though; ouly coffee to bo had IN the way OF
! beverages 1t was of q more public nature
than Sam Wards, for Ordway's Invitation e1.
oh
the House. even down to the little pages.
With Ordway's attraction at one side o. the
haII and that OF Sam Ward at the other,
AIR. Speaker Blaine was forced to order
'stelels" on every demand for dlvl-
sion of tho House. abou. two o'clock
the hall Of tho House resemoied liuGo slnok-
,nr room: nearly everybody had cigar in his
mouth aud was pufiug away vigorously, as If
legislative inspiration and wisdom was to bo
Gathered from the weed. Some members were
sitting with their feet upon the desks; others
walked nervously around tho hall. casting
sharp etances towards the speakers desk, no"
and again, as If watching .when the .nltie
hill" would bo reached Gu the speakers table;
still others stretched themselves upon the
sofas and went to sleep. One bill after after
onothor was taken up and disposed Of. But
few measures cot through without resistance.
THE Democrats maddened by the success OF
the majority in oustiuS their poll tlcai colleagues
and CHI, grlned at the passage OF tho Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas Reconstruction bill with
the hated Morton amendment to it, w>re in no
humor to facilitate the passage OF other meas
ures in Which they had little or no interest.
Motions for recess followed by demands for
division. tellers and the yeas and nays, were
of frequent occurrence. so often was the roll
cIled that both the regular reading clerks be-
came hoarse and hal TO DO rehsyeu oS Iresh
recruits When Hohenck arose TO make his
report from the Conference Committee on the
supplementary Whlskey and Tobacco Tax Jill
the members were generally lT Their seats; the
respective lunches Of Sam. Ward and Colonel
Ordway had given out; members who had LAID
down early III the evening 10 taRe nap "ohe
nm and resumed their cigars; everything as
sumcd all air OF business. and there was a
manifest intention to do some work. Tough 1t
was then close on to three o'cl 'ck IN the morn
ing. S:hcnck proceeded to explain and "dvo-
cate tho committees report. anu mani
testify anticipated but little opposition.
He was suddenly set upon, however, ny
Generals Logan and Butter, VINO noS oi,y
denounced the committees report put ln-
siuuatcd rather broadly that the new Couinls'
soner OF Internal Revenue, tho Conicfchcc
CCmniltcc and the chairman OF the ways ana
Means COMMITTEE himself, were not above sus-
picon nor by any means as honest as thcy
should be. This aroused Schenck's slugs sh
Dutch blood, and rising, with his fists clcnched
and his square jlws sct like those OF i bull
dog. le commenced in sarcastic vein to por-
t1ay tue immaculate honesty ol his assal!alts.
Towards the close Of his speech he los4 his
temper little and became somewhat personal
in lis remarks spelkinS OF some men VINO ad-
ded :. cowardice TO talschood." General Logan
was sitting d few feet behind Scheuck with his
feet upon the desk, half asleep. Schenck's
sharp tones awakcuo .him-aDd jumping hast
lly TO bis feet he exclaimed: " want to know
if the gentleman from OHIO alludes to mic,
when lie speaks OF cowardice and false,
hood2" Schenck, ut tile beginning oil
his speech, bad given notice that nc dld not
Waut To be interrupted, but the defiant tome OF
Logan's lnierrogatory brought Schenck to q
sudden halt; and, after pausiug sufficient
inc to allow Logan to get his question IN no
answered, mo, s.r, do not" General But
Ter was smoking q cigar aud hobnobDine with
his former brethren on the Democratic side OF
the House. when Bingham, who Was III jolly,
Butler turned suddenly and walked at rapid
stride towards his own scat on the Republican
side of the House. He reached it JUST in time
TO ret ILL q question ut Schenck, who was about
to start of again on the rampage. Ho WAS
less direct than Logan, who went 10 the CHAIR
man of the Ways a..d Meansln true soldlerike
style. Instead OF saving docs the gentle.
man from OHIO refer to ne when he sDeaks OF
cowardjco aud falsohool?" he merely said,
in good humoreI way, Does the gentleman
not know that the Pharisee once salu: l tnank
God that am not as other menF aad Du'ior
boon as blunt in his inquiry as Logan, ne
would, 1t is said, have been told, "1hou art
the man." AS it was, Schonck rei9rtSd upon 'Un
him more ii .rcev than ever, and added the
word ..hypocrisy' to the words "towardlce and
falsahoud.o ,,utler made no response, but
wen; away smoking his cigar as conpiacently
as If nothing had happened. asif no Insult had
ocen put upon him. This served to encourage
Schenck, and ho went on talking. as every DJuy
knew. ut Butler in tho most cutting stye.
At Twenty-Five ninules past three, when tho
members were literally worn out with the
labors and excitement OF the day, the House
took n recess until ten o'clock this morning.
Al that hour there was nothng like 4 quorum
IN tle hall aud those who werc present gave
marked tokens OF having been out late tho re-
ylous night. Some, it was thought. showed
sirns Of having been moro than once ut Sam.
Wnr,l', luuch room. 1he whole crowd looked
rather "hard." and evidently not i'll the best OF
humor. Many of them had their irpet-DaSs
om Ihc;r desks. so as 10 be ready to leave on
t.,e moo, tram TO. their homes. 1t Sas an uli-
fnrtnnnto time for ofice-seekng constituents
20 ask members 10 'slBn" for them, ana many
nnur fellow of this class going up
to hls member, whom ho hal LETT III
pool temper the dav boforc, WAS ftarfuliy
suuDbcd with the reply. Il have been all
n,c Lt and un in 10 humor 10 look alter your
case uow." lile majority were IN as little lu-
NOR ,or lcu,slatlye business as they were Tor
siSu,u" nctlou, tor otfice-seekers. Fortunately,
iii H.. mn ,urtant business had been Iran-act.
I'D tho night bcrure. Tho galleries were us
crowd I'd as If II was the opening Instead vi tho
closing day of the se-sioL. uehcla! u D'nhs
Cuban admlrrls male and female, were III tho
diplomatic box, JUS, where tn1y sat LIS, hl"h',
AMI 1t seemed u5 If they had not stirred lion
that spct tnl on.h the long night. ihc prii-
liant back c,cs uf the lalIcs. who seemei more
Ell I,uslast. C tlIan tb" licn III thlS bus hos,
y,re fix, up,n BInEs. and every nn~.nlrnt
Of MIS- sccmed uf mt est htm. 1h3y "tIe
10; kept long i'll suspense lof Noi SUM