The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-25
TIE SCIENCE OF POLITICS.
THE RESTORATION or THE MOTHER
or FPRESIDENTS.
The PnssnEe bv the House Of the Senate's
Bill-siinRina Filth all over the House
Tilt between Butler and Bipahnm-Iogau
In Before the Dcath-Dirty Linen oil
Around-NIr. kbermn ne Him nce RiII.


Bhl-siinRina Filth ali over the House
Tilt Between Butler and Bipnhnm-Ioqau
In Before the Dcath-Dtrty Linen nlI
Around-Mr. sherman'e Finance Bill.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-Mr. PETERS (Rep., Mc.)
presented bill increasing the salary OF our Minister
to Chlra; Mr.. CESSNA (Rep., Pa.) n bill to In.
crease the number OF Judges In tho U. 8. Supreme
Court Mr. MuSGss dem, Ohio bill granting iGO
acres of land to soldiers aud sailors who served In
the late war; Mr.. HAwLEr QRep., nl.) a bill adjust
ing the payment OF pensions on a gold basis; Mr.
WAsHBUIs (Rep, Wis., a bill establishing postal
telegraph lines (; and Mr.. CuAvRs (Ncw Mex) a bill
authorzl zlng the formation OF State Government In
New Mexico preparatory to admission to the Union.
Alter Mossrs. BUTLER. BnooKs, and others had dis
cussed Georgia affairs, the House took up
THE VIRGINIA niLL.
Mr.. FARysworRn (lep., ny moved 10 concur In
the Senate substitute. Not however, because II Its
provisions were presented originally he would have
supported them. Somo OF them. no thought very
bungngly drawn, and they would do more harm
than good but he made the motion because he
thought that to throw the question open again to
sea OF discussion and TO keep Virginia longer on, OF
representation would be greater evil than to adopt
Mr.. BIsouAN Qep., ohio) said that It would be
borne on the journal OF the House that more than
three to OF the members had declared for the nd
mission Of Virginia without conditions. That vote
try. But he asked that Virginia be admitted under
the senate bill. Tie culogized the CONSTITUTION of
Virginia being liberal than the Constitution
OF any State west OF the AiIeghanics.
Mr.. COX Dem, N. W suggested that the Senate
bill was as obnoxious as the bill reported by the
Rcconstruetion Committee, and which was voted
| down bv the House.
Mr.. BrsoHAx replied that 1t was not so obnoxious.
amendment His chief purpose was IN state to the
| gentleman on his own side OF the House
| Mr.. BuTLxn Qep., Mnss)-which side OF the House
| Mr.. BNonAn undignantly)-The gentleman Is very
out Of the pssty with which am ass sociatcd nor cam
| he blot out my record.
| vULoARirr Is NOT WIT,
assumption is not power. There was no occasion
"a wits a feather and fools rod
| . An honest man is the noblest work OF God"
| (Iaught,r, and much excitement on the foor.l
Mr.. BuTLER (Mass) took the Hoor. and the inter.
est in the discussion seemed to be the Increase
He said he would begin where the gentleman from
Ohio had len on; not with mlsquotation, but sim
Gentleman out Of the Republican party. NOBODY
| could do that but himself. Watcher he had done
that in pressing the Vlrgnia bin hr9ugl the House
cratic allies, the country would judge. Whether the
gentleman was to have an ovation when he went to
OF that kind in the papers lie should be present in
spirit, where hc could look not embodied, and
| see the NirgiDians toasting the man whom all the
| papers announced as the
MURDERER OF MRS. suRRArr
(exeitemenD. What sighti "The lion and no /;
not the lamb," but another animal. Laughter
iieman from ohio on The Vrsina % Consultation, and and
said that It was not the work Of virEinian states.
negroes nom the nelds. lie regarded the eondi.
tons in the by as notice 70 Virginia ana all the
country that II abe did not maintain In spirit and In
truth, tie spirit OF the reconstruction acts, Con
Eress held. and claimed, and with tho help OF God
cise the power to place her back again whore she
had been.
sions made BY Mr.. Butler, to the acting Chairman OF
| the denomination Committee, and be bad word
to be Instructed in Repu bicanism BY the gentleman
from hassaehusetts; He had been q Republican
twenty nys years, when the gentleman nom Aa.sa.
S % % GspBs S Sdns assa' al he on f
Republican President, when the gentleman from
Massachusetts was at he Charleston Convention
| VOTING FoR JEFY. DAVIS
lLauchterl lie had voted for the Republican party
in isn, when the gentleman from Massachusetts
was voting for Brecknhdge OF Kentucky lie
knew that the gentleman with his facility for getting
on the other side when hrs allies deserted him
went over; and he knew his conviction and eonver
l.auslter Ihe lightning tina. blaked around him
.ss, ioe1 ~ GIa5e ihas nipmnilea BIS UNDERSTANDING
st. Paul. Bnt he knew that the gentleman wal
something like Peter when he deserted his master
His descrtion was so recent that he Obliged tC
curse and swear to make people believe that his de
sertion MAS genuine. Laughter 30 the Eentle
: man from Massachusetts, was Obliged to be exceed
ngly radical In order to make people believe that h
conversion was genuine. laughierl He under
|
teman from Ohio (Mr. Bngham), but he would prob
ably have named him too, only he knew that b,
| Farns worthl bad chance TO reply.
| Mr.. BUTLEn said that his reason was that he haC
| held the floor by that gentlemnn's courtesy, anC
| therefore did not think 1t well TO arraign him al
that time for his sins. tLaughlerl
, Mr.. Cox took the same ground, and asked th,
. | Republican side whether they would dare stamp IN,
brand Of inferionty New York or Ohio that th
bill stamped on Virginia whether they would dar,
= | interfere with the common school system or tn,
| jury system OF New York or Ohiot
Mr.. LOGAN (Rep., M was one OF those who haC
voted for the admission OF Virginia free OF condi
tons, and would do again under similar crcum
| stances but he would now vote for the substitute
| He would not inquire who II was that had been
WORKING IN THE LoBDIKs or THE SENATE
to have the bill sent back 10 the House. that
A gentleman might have IN opportunity OF fagelat NJ
In language peculiar to himself, his ellow.members
himself be a Republican so long as to allow th
| moss TO grow over him and therefore be did no
| propose to canvass auybody's action. But neitle
would he allow any other person to be q censor owe
| him. He did not see any incons nsistency in votin
now for this bill, on the very statement OF the gen
| tleman from Massachusetts, himself, that the cond
tons imposed were mere notice TO Virginia tina
| she had better behave herself
Messrs. FITCH (Rep, New and KELLOGG Rep
| Comm. who had originally supported Mr. Bingham
bill, announced their Intention, without supportin
| the Senate BILL to vote for II.
, Mr.. sHASKs (Rep., Ind), ssrcastieally invited a
the penitents to come up at once, and make confe,
Nj Farnsworth's motion was agreed to, and IN
Senate substitute concurred iu by y strict part
vote yeas, 1886; nays, 81.
senate.
The Hon. Lot M Morrill, qualified as Senate
l a sha n