The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-22
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From the ~ Y Tribune.
We we're premature in congratulating Gene
raj Butler on giving up his personal explana-
ton, and the House of Representatives on
permanent relief from these casual halt-hours
of vulgar wrangling. He might very well
have allowed the matter to stand where the
prasshopper of the Blue Grass left it. Mr..
Davis asserted that he had acted like black
guard in his interview with Butler, aud there
was no necessity for Butler to gainsay it. He
might have left the foul-mouthed Kentuckian,
as the Western boy once proposed to leave
specimen of the VS0errG Mephttis, to perish
in his own fragrance. But General Butler
has no conception of the virtues of reserve
and silence. He has gained great promi-
nence by bullying quiet people, aud naturally
feels a little confused when the same regimen
is applied to him. He could not bear to go
home without striking blow at mis- two enc
mics, Davis and Farnsworth, and ia so doing
called up the most disgrsceful scene that any
Congress has recently furnished Ii, when
he read the report he did not
think he has had enough of personal explana-
tions to last lifetime, he must belong to an
order of pachyderms hitherto undescribed.
It would have been difficult to find in any
bar.room of Water street on Thursday, three
such blackeuards as Butler, Beck, and Farms
worth. All three of them spoke with equal
coarseness, venom, and discourtesy. The
House was to blame for allowing Butler to
begin. 1t was still further to blame for per-
mitting Farnsworth to repeat stale assault
upon the member from Massachusetts,. And
the climax of disgusting farce was reached
when Beck, equally reckless of the honor of
the House, the sacredness Of the committee
room, and the dignity of human nature, re-
peated before the world the loathsome details
of a scene of ruffianly violence between
Farnsworth and Butler, in which the former
acted the brute and the latter the craven.
The whole scene is singularly unique and
harmonious in its vileness. 1t is SO intolera-
BILE in its SAVIOR that this closing hour tinges
unwholesomely the entire session.
Perhaps there is some compensation hid
den behind this disgrace. This business of
personal explanations had grown such an
abuse that it needed to be made insufferable.
This has now been done. There is no lower
deep than that sounded by the three rowdy
champions of Thursday. The House smay
yet derive some advantage from this throwing
of stench-pots. 1t is possible that the men
who engaged in that aromatic pastime may
gain a lesson from it. Perhaps Mr.. Beck 8
Ku-klux constituents will see no harm in his
dishonoring the name of Congressman on
the floor of the House. But Mr.. Farnsworth
has q district of decent men behind him, in
which he has already reduced to little or
nothing the greatest majority in the country,
and Thursdays proceedings ought to finish it
or finish him. AS to Mr.. Butler, if there is
anything remaining of him after the sangui-
nary row ne provoked, we may safely leave it
to be dealt with by his Yankee fellow-citizens,
who win certainly object to being represented
by man who has not discretion enough to
keep out of quarrels, nor pluck enough to
carry them through.