Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-01-26
The Tenure-Of-OmCe Easv--snl- pOrt:sat Action Ira Congress -
 The Extreme fiatiiCats SOsyEsere

General Butler. the man rejected by the extreme Radicals Of the fifth con. cressional district of Massachusetts. but re elected for all that by an overwhelming majority, achieved yesterday, backed by the potential N ashburue, very impor- tant victory in the House of Represents tivcs in behalf of a new depafture ot the Republican party under General Grant lis bill for the repeal of the 1enure-oi office law, under the whip and spur of the previous question, was brought to the decisive vote and passed--yeas l2l, nays, 4T.
 The affirmative vote as 1t will be seen included all the Democrats the negative vote IS all Republican, and embraces such Radical extremists as Scbenck, Shellabar ger and Garfield, of Ohio, Jcnckcs, of the civil service blll Maynard and Stokes, oi Tennessee, and others to the number oi forty seven. Washburn. the right hand man of General Grant of course, took an active hand for the repeal and his intid cncc, no doubt greatly strengthened But Ter, inasmuch as il Is general undefstoo that in reference to the President elect Washburn speaks and acts as one having authority. The passage of the repeal U the heavy vote given indicates the begin ming of decline in tfe power of radical. ism, and the ascendancy of more moderate aud conciliatory counsels in Congress tiaan those which have ruled the two houses in their long and desperate conflict with President Johnson
 It Is possible that the Radicals in the Senate, where they have no previous question, will endeayor to prevent the passage of this bill by parliamentary cvasions and delays but the friends of the repeal, we understand, intend to push ii through The action Of tie House, ut ali events marks the commencement of a new dispensation It inreshadows not only the repeal of the tenure. of.oihce law, but the failure of Mir Jeackes' civil sersice bill and the little bill of Mir. Eamunds in the Senate, excluding from civil oisees officers of the a,lny and navy. Ihss Edmuud's bill, it is conjeetured. is aimed especially agupst General SchoGeli and Admiral Porter as prospective members of Grants Cabinet, the de Ign being 10 head off Grant in reference to these apprc hended appointments but from the developments of yesterday We suspect the scheme w;ll fail
 Had inc vote uf the House yesterday been taken without call to the record II is probable that Buffers bill would have failed bat the record, in bringing the members face to face with General Grant, cut down the Tenure of Office law party to forty-sercn, These forty seven, with their adhe,ents in the Senate, headed by Summer, may yet create some trouble in the party camp before the final victory is won; but from the unexpected success of the first move of Butler on his new tack we may look for q removal before tue 4ti' of March of all the shackles which have been put npon the hands of the President so that with the inauguration of President Grant the office will be restored to it's status under iinceln.
 The House of Representatives recog- nizes the President eloct as living power in the land, entitled to this degree of res pect and confidence; the Senate will be constrained to copcar; the new President will be invested with his constitutional functions, and thus, in the absence of n two thirds Radical majority in the House he will be n position at once to proclaim hls own policy, foreign and domestic, with the power to cause 1t to be respected whatever may become of the intraetsbe Rsdic,ls of Ccneless and their followers. New ork Herald.