The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-11

since the row between him and Bingham.
Leaving Mr. Dawes In the chair, Mr..
Colfax replied in direct, severe, and very
parliamentary terms, repeling Buffers hints
and vndicating his worthy uncle. The mem
bars all left their seats and crowded around
Coliax and Butler very thickly. The sympathy
OF the House was with Coliax personally, and
yet against Wade in every respect, and IN that
dire ecllon was with Butler. An adjournment
carrie d the affair over TIL tomorrow, when the
division will continue. healed by Butler on one
hand and ColiaX on the Oher.
Relative TO the temporary dissolution OF the
joint convention, for the purpose OF allowing
each house to decide upon accepting or reject
ing the vote of Georgia, the New York HTG.ds
correspondent says;-
Each Senator mad different idea az to the
question that had occasioned their separate
session. Edmunds, sherman, Howe, Conness,
CoDking Tlumbuli, Morton, Dooltue, Hen
drIcks and Crimes so my stiGed the question that
Ri. Wade was well nigh bewlldered. COnkllng
overhauled his Globe and quoted prccedents.
Trumbull TetoIted. Amendment after amend
ment was hurled at poor Ben Wade; he was
showered with questions, points OF order aud
requests TO explain what was before the senate.
People in the galleries laughed ou right at
the confusion and variety OF opinion that pre-
vailed. Whenever the President essayed to
speak he was interrupted by half-a dozen
Senators asking hal.-a-dozen different things.
Under the circumstances he could only handle
his gavel in feeble attempts to induce some
order, and Senators would doubtless have been
Cling until now and old Wade pounding
his desk, were it not for the persistence of
Ferry, of Conpecticut, who, by continued
efforts to get a decision from the Chair finally
induced his brother Senators 10 let President
Wade decide something or another. Mr.. Wade
stuck substantially TO his position taken In
the Honse, and was sustained by the
Senate. Thus each house arrived at different
result, and the news OF the action of ca had
been communicated to the other This was a
pretty piece of business altogether, and, of
N.-sN,
tors were on the tiptoe of excitement. What
would come next? was the inquiry in every
mouth. The Senate again rose and went over
to the House. On arriving they were stopped
at the door, the Representatives being Just then
voting on q question TO reconsider tlieir own
action. The voting could not be stopped, and
the Senators therefore had to wait outside like
a lot of people about the entrance of a theatre,
watching tor the doors to open. The voting
finally ceased and the Senators were let in. Then
followed the worst confusion, but the livelest
excitement Of the day. President Wade took
The chair aud announced the determination of
the Senate. Butler, who had thus far been
victorious, now was beaten, and sought to cover
his rout by assuming defiant air. The scene
which followed may be summed up In one word
extraordinary. Butler seemed determined not
to stand by the decision of the presiding officer,
and was urged on by his friends to resistance
He appealed from The Chairs decision. The
Chair said 1t could not entertain the appeal,
but, soto uoce, remarked that "the gentle nan
from Massachusetts might appeal and be id"
Had not Speaker Colfax interposed in his
vigorous way, there is no computing what
might have been results.
The New York Times correspondent says that
after the overruling of Buffers objections to
the admission of the electoral vote of Georgia.
Butler grew black in the face, and, regardless
of all attempts to silence him, demanded to be
heard. Scores OF members sprang to their feet
each with point of order. The gavel of the
presiding officer raped for silence in vain.
Rutlar plpVafinU hia voice lhnVp the din still
demanded that his appeal should be heard.
At every Demonstration he made sauls;
bury, of the Senate, we'll , soaked
and objected. IDgersOll, and other members of
the House, stuDg by what they believed to be
the Senates insult in attemptin; to override
, acted as faithful allies of Butler. The uproar
increased. DOolttle demanded, in tones of
thunder which seemed by their very volume to
force their way into and clear up confused
proceeded with-to wit, the declaration of the
| vote as provided by the concurrent reso-
| luton of the two houses. Storms of OBJ
jections and cries of order proceeded from
! Butler and his followers, Banks sought
III vain to make suggestion,
but was silenced by cries of order from the
Senate side. Butler still kept his feet, gro win 9
| more insolent every moment. He demanded
! that the Senate be given leave to retire then ,
! that nothing be done until the House got rid OF
! 'these interlopers,' pointing to Sumner, Fes-
! seuden, aud the rest Of the Senate. This dis
| graceful language, coupled with his violent
conduct, pulling up his sleeves as if he was in
| for a free fight, increased the uproar to such a
| pitch that Speaker Collax sprang to his feet aud
| perempiorIly ordered the Sergeant-at-A
to arrest any member of the House who
! refused 10 obey the decisions of the presiding
, officer of tho JOINT convention. Mr.. dway at
once advanced up the aisle where Dir. Iugersoll
was standing, still vociferating, and placed him
under arrest. Butler dropped into his seat like
| lead. But cries OF order, cat calls and wells
| still continued, during which Mr. Conkling
| began 10 read the result, as recorded by the
| tellers. At first he could scarcely be heard
| because of the disorder, but the mandate of the
| Speaker having been obeyed, and the proximity
I of the Sergeant alarms to Butler keeping him
still, order was gradually restored. and by the
time MIR. Conkling had concluded matters were
comparatively quiet.