The New York herald., 1871-01-10

tonsoral art and his comparatively pale face and
clear compilation formed striking and pleasing
contrast "a the ruddy countenance OF the jolly
Tobeson Porter looked anxious, but confident.
he, TOO. had entertained firm belief In the pom
derous two-hirds vote. 1t is said that he even had
prepared himself not 10 be surprised II tlrec-fourhs
OF the memNers turned out to be Domlnicans But
stili the omlfous concession which Orn had made
al the outstrt admonlshei kobeson, Conklmg and
Porter that bird IN the hand was worth two In the
bush. ahe expectation OF the two-thirds did not
diminish thur efforts to secure new or doubtful
votes. ThcN were Two or three doubtful repue-
licans, suchhs Peters, Of Name, and Hoar, OF Mas
sachusetis, brother Of the late Attorney Gene
RI. In The vicinity Of their seats the
Dominlcans held what might be termed re-
vival meetings, and Robson, COnking and
Porter exhohel IN turn Peters, who Is somewhat
OF wag, seemed to be the most hardened sinner.
and right In the midst OF the exhortation his name
was reached on the roll, and he shouted "No" in o
clear full fvdce. This was positive proof that he
was gone, AMI SO the eXhorters, abandoning him to
his late as oie OF whom there was no hope, concen
trated all tcir efforts upon Hoar. He had not
voted, and /, was expected tnat he was on the
anxious seat and needed only the steady hand OF
faithful brothr to bring hin within the fold. He was
not long warning advisers, but, like the man "con-
still,n and wien he came to vote he cast in his lot
with the uncnvericd Peters. At last the roll call
was finished. single glance at the tally list
showed the speaker tnat more Dominicans were
wanted. He waited for some time, looked all over
the house to lee II there were any other voters as
an auctioneeI looks over crowd for bidders be-
fore lie bring the hammer down on the zone, two
three-gone +" But there were no more voters, and
the announcement had to be made-yeas, l20; nays,
62 not thirds, and the resolution not taken
from the Speaker's table.
The announcement fell like an unexpected bomb.
shell In the camp OF the Dominicans. 1t was mani
fest that th.y were demoralized. The House
would not evN take up the resolution, much less
pass It, Or,i was on his feet at once, and
the Speaker saw him as soon as he
got mp. He now proposed to report the
Senate resolution from the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee as substitute for the one Introduced by Mr..
Banks. Had tbs succeeded there would have been
no occasion fol the rwothirds vote and the resolu-
ton might hav been passed by majority vote as
the report OF ne committee The opposition then
commenced to make points OF order. Fernando
Wood insisted that the chairman OF the Foreign
Affairs Committee had not been authorized TO give
the necessary I've days. notice. Farnsw0rth said "
was not five days at any rate, as Sunday, which was
included, was asorr OF dies 710n The Speaker, who
was evidently On the side OF the Dominicans In the
nght ruled thatn legislative sense Sunday is not
q dies non. II was o working day, the
same as Monday or Saturday; whereupon'
some of the members wanted to know what
church the SPEAKER attended. Orth, az this point,
allowed his Bismarck blood to rise, and he declared
that he would yield no further, except to allow
Amber OF Ohio member OF the committee, to offer
an amendment. This done, he demanded the pre-
vous question OF the report OF the committee, which
was seconded. The opposition, seeing that 1t was
coming to close quarters, now fell back upon that
bulwark Of mllorities, llhbustering. There were
motions TO adjourn, and to adjourn for several days,
on ali OF which the yeas and nays were called.
This served twopurposes, namely, to consume time
and to worry tie majority.
In the meantime The Dominlcans were not Idle.
Runners were snt out in every direction to hunt up
absentees. Robson, Conkng and Porter were
more ublquitousthan ever The vision OF the heavy
two-thirds had vlnshed. 1t was now question Of
whether they coJld get the Senate resolution Off the
Speakers table. The minority was just numerous
enough TO maL trouble. Word was sent to the
Senate OF the iaminent danger. Senator Morton,
tle father OF theresoluton, carried over to The
House In chair borne upon the backs OF four stall
wart Africans wlo did not seem to care whether
Baez or CabyRl VAS President of ST. Domingo. or
the day. The appearance Of Morton in the
House seemed to reassure the demoralfzed
Domncans. II President Grant, himself, had
appeared it could not have produced more marked
effect II 1t was not Caesar 1t was at least CRsar's
shadow. Morton was quickly surrounded by Conk-
ling, Robson and Porter, who laid before MIN the
situation as If they recognized in him the general
OF the Dominican forces. What orders he gave TO
his lieutenants could not, OF course, be heard by
oters hut after his arrival Orth got the floor,
the Speaker, as II by instinct, singing him out
among all others claiming his attention. He again
moved to take from the Speakers table the Senate
solution and pass IL under suspension OF tue rules.
This was desperate effort and the Dominlcans felt
that 1t must be done now or never. The wary demo-
Gratis called for the yeas and nays. While the roll
was being called the Domncans redoubled their
efforts to get votes. Fresh recruits were enlisted,
among them Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, and Latin, OF
New YORK. Kelley, who expects to be chairman OF
the Ways aud Means In the next House, with the
aid of the administration, played the heavy busi-
ness, while Lanin who expects to be Naval Onlcer
OF New York. acted as errand boy for Conkling the
dispenser OF the federal patronage In New York.
Revival meetings were organized In every part Of
the House. The exhorters were instant In season
aud out OF season. The runners sent cut to scour
Ithe country returned and reported that the alb
sentees were not TO be found People wondered why
Sumner was lot on hand to counsel and aid the op-
position but the Massachusetts Senator did not
leave the Senate Chamber. He has never been
known to LOBBY even his greatest pet measures In
the House.
When the roll was completed there was terrible
suspense, and for few seconds theh ouse was as
quiet graveyard. The Speaker took up the tally
list nervously. lie saw that the vote far short
indeed. the second Bull run was worse than the
frst-yeas, I13; nays, 67. The ponder0us wo-thirds
was becoming 'small by degrees and beautifully
less" Another attempt would probably bring It
down to bare majority. Had Ben Butler been in
the fight or even Banks, 1t would have been more
exciting. Butler walked up and down the aisles
with apparent unconccrn. The child was not his.
though he felt that he was in some way related
to it, but not so closely as to demand an active
interference IN its management. The truth Is, But
ler felt dubious about the tWO-thlrds and ne does