Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-02-18

Mr. Ordway, the Sorgcautat Arms,
proceeded 10 them. and Mr. lngcrsoll
sat down, while Mr. Van Horn was
undcrAood 20 threaten 20 cut Mr.
Ordway IN two " he laid hand on
him Partial ORDER however, was
restored, and Mr. Conkling read the
totals, with Georgia alphabetically
allowed for, which reading Mr. Wade
repeated, aud then proclaimed that
Grant and Coliax were President and
Vice President for tour years from
March ith next, in the usual form.
Al this point there was a condition
Of suppressed snoors aud general
spirit of audible contempt obtaining.
The voice of Wade was not even lis.
tened 10. Every one was thinking OF
the scenes just past and waiting for
the next turn of the screw When in
this decorous and dignfed manner
the election Of Grant was announced,
Wade, the marplot, completed the
farce as follows "The Senate having
finished the business that brought
them here, the Joint Convention will
retire to the Senate Chamber" In
this blunder was evident tho whole
inculpation which had been charged
by Butler on the other House that
Wade was over-ruling and disregard
ing the rules Of the representatives,
and that this was the business which
had brought the Senators there. The
confounding of the Senate with the
Joint Convention was an unhappy
thought, which intensified the mirth
and the chagrin. The Senate then
retired with as much dignity and ex-
petition as they could command under
the insults which had been heaped
upon them. The sequel Of the row in
the two chambers was quite different
The Senate merely appointed Mr.
Morton TO inform Grant and Colfax of
their election, and adjourned. The
House was evidently in for business T;
Butler was boiling. No sooner had
the last Senator's ttail vanished
through tho main door than he was
on mis- feet screaming, "Mr. Speaker"
with all bis might. Mr. Colfax rec.
ognized him, disregarding several
others who wanted the floor, and then
Butler sent TO the chair as n question
of privilege, a resolution censuring
Wade for his ruling on bis resolution.
By consent, Mr.. COlfax made a state.
ment, in very moderate terms, regret
ting the scene and sustaining the rul.
ings Of Wade as being the only ones
he could make under the joint rules
Butler then spoke for forty minutes,
very earnestly and huently, declaring
that as things now stood that either
House could block an election for
President, by refusing to allow what
votes they disliked TO be counted, and
that as Wade ruled he might have as
arbitrarily declared Seymour elected
after New York and New Jersey had
been counted, and then refused TO en-
tertain an appeal from his decision,
only revolution being then n resource
to rightth wrong eanimadverted
on Colflx's order to the Sergeant.at-
Arms, saying that in the Joint Con-
vention Collax was no moro than
member Of tho House, and had no
more right to order that officer than
he, Butler, had. Moreover, Colfax
had disregarded the wishes Of the
House, as the House stood by Butler.
He said that once in the British Par.
lament the members detailed twelve
strong men to hold down the Speaker
in his chair TO mako him do his work,
and that the Speaker should have or
dered the constabulary of the House
not on its members but upon the in
terlopers, the Senators who intruded
after tue broadcst hints had been Civ.
en- them TO retire, as the House want
ed TO consult by and for themselves.
Perhaps four years from now Coliax,
as Vice President, might, by arbitrary
ruling, declare himself elected, just as
arelative of Colfax'shad declared him
self elected to-day lie moved for the
rescsion of the twenty.second Joint
rule, and the appointmentoia commit
tee of five to consider the matter, and
vindicate the outraged dignity of the
House
Butler spoke as very incarnation
of anger and spite, aud his dd captain.
dun bits on Colfax and Wade were the
richest things since the row between
him and Bingham. Leaving Mr..
Dawes in the chair, Mr.. Colfax replied
in direct, severe, and very pariamen.
tary terms, repelling Buffers hints
and vindicating bis worthy uncle. The |
members all left their seats and Gro wd |
cd around Coliax and Butler very
thickly. The sympathy of the House |
was with Colfax personally, and yet
against Wade in every respect, and in |
that direction was with Butler. An
adjournment carried the affair over
till tomorrow, when the division will
continue, headed by Butler on one
hand and Colfax on tho other. Now
it is nip and tuck between them. The /
point in favor of the equal indepen. |
dence Of tho House which has been |
outraged in the mighty person of But |
Ter, carries much in his behalf On /
the other hand, Colfax makes it per. |
sonai, if not family matter, that
Wade be let alone, and he is using his
personal influence, as he did To- day in
hiss peoch, to that end. The Senators
tonight feel as ifthcy had been wound
cd in the House Of their friends, and
they wonder that Butler did not try
his teeth on some Of them. They de.
nounce Butler as hound, aud as all
other sorts of vile animals, includinga a
polecat. IL is conceded they must
possess their souls in impatience till
the House resolves, or refuses 10 re.
solve, on the motions Of Butler Mr..
Collax's being on the floor leads to the
of lively scenes to morrow.
Colfax cuts like razor and Butlcr
mashes like club. It is believed
that the Speaker will hardly smile his
way through. Democrats here are
Just letting this family quarrel take
its course. Anything does for pre-.
text, and a rupture of the radicals has