Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-03-22
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~ Al sAt All the night OF the Sd,
and passed most OF the bills that were
absolutely necessary, and to its credit
De II said, very few if any doubtful or
jobbing bills found their a through
IN the confusion Of the last hours.
The new House as soon as organized
voted to adjourn on the sth, and have
since passed several resolutions for an
early adjournment, and are evidently
lndisPosed 10 enter upon any serious
business. Speaker Blaine has not an
nounced the Committees and desires to
TIL the regular session in December
before doing 50, when the elections will
have been held and all the states repre-
scented. But the Senate steadily refuses
10 adjourn and unceremoniously lays
the House resolutions on the table, and
1t is uncertain how the contest will end.
The Senate wants to pass a stringent bill
for the relief and protection Of the loyal
people in the South, and to suppress the
laWlessness and rebel violence that is
on the increase there. This effort led to
a grand explosion in the House yester-
day, and the most exciting debate OF the
aso 1t added another to the bitter
quTrels that now 90 Onen edify our Dem
ocratic brethren, and justly give them
so much hope for the future. Like the
historical old lady, they enjoy the fight
and cart not which whips. The origin
Of the matter was this: the Republicans
in ucu had agreed 60 bring Gen. But
ler'H "Ku Klux bill" q stringent one,
before the House, but there were many
Republicans who had determined TO vote
for a substitute, appointing a Committee
Of thirteen to enquire into the condition
Of the Southern States, to sit oVer the
recess and report next December. It
did in fact postpone decisive action, and
was passed by the House, and the Com
mittee appointed by the Speaker. Gen.
Butler smsrting under the defeat, pre-
pared and had printed q letter which the
next morning was placed on the desk OF
each member, declining to serve on the
Committee, charging that the resolution
was introduced by a trick and carried
by a union Of the high tariff Republic
cans with the Democrats, the former OF
whom were in favor Of an early adjourn
ment lest the tariff should be meddled
with. It appeared that Speaker Blaine
was the author OF the bin, and had pro-
cured its introduction, and solicited sup
port for it Buffers letter was of course
intended as a singing rebuke 70 the
Speaker.
Mr.. Kelley Of Pa. opened the ball dis
claiming as 4 high tariff man the coIlu-
sion charged by Butler. Others follow
ed, and when the fight had wsxed warm,
Speaker Blaine left the chair, and took
his place among the members. 1t was
seen then, that the crisis had come, and
there was a general pause and, a gather
ing to hear. The Speaker was terribly
excited, and never were walls Of wrath
poured upon a devoted head, with q
more unsparing hand. He rose to the
height Of invective and srraigned Butler
as a disturber Of the peace, and an i'm.
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him with a deliberate Justification Of the
facts, proved that he had showed Butler
the bill, and the latter had suggested al.
terations, and yet he now charged, thai
the resolutions had been sprung upon
the House and carried by trickery. The
general feeling was with the Speaker,
and his telling points were loudly ap-
plauded. Gen. Butler, though severe
and sarcastic was lot as happy as usual
in his reply, although he charged Mr.
Blaine with seeking the Presidential
nomination, and somewhat sptly applied
Bret Hsrte's "ways that are dark, and
tricks that are vain" to the Speaker. Yet
it cannot be denied that 1t would have
been more dignihed in Speaker Blaine,
and better for his influence over the
House, If had kept the Chair and LEFT
personal quarrels to others.
In the Senate, the Sumner quarrel has
eliminated in his displacement from the
Committee on Foreign Relations While
in that leading position, there were an
tagonisms hard to be overcome, yet I
cannot but think that this was an unwise
and unnecessary pushing Of the matter
to the bitter end. Mr.. Sumner may be
arbitrary, Overlooking and willful, yet
no q can deny that he has great abili-
ties, valuable experience and an imper-
ishable renown in the early conflicts
with the Slave power, that gives him a
mann, D1ooo Z, fba ho,rks % . Ior-a v-f,r
of the Republican party, and it would
have been well for younger aspirants to
leadership and premiership in the Sen
ate, to have waited the march Of time,
rather than to plant another root Of bit
~terness, and possibly Of permanent
werkness in the Republican party. The
SHADOW of the throne" is aproverbislly
unhealthy place for honesty and real
manliness-al moral growths seem to
be white and sickly in it, and in nothing
is this old truth more clearly shown
than in journalism at the Capital. The
nobility Of this profession Of which we
hear % much said would never be sus-
pected from the specimens here. The
motto that is inscribed highest in their
sanctums must be, o for ''the thrin that
follows Awning" They seem to think
the slrest rosd to high favor, is to
pounce upon any one who is supposed
TO be in disfavOr with the powers that
be, and II an official has resigned under
circumstances that would imply a dis
agreement with the President it is q
perfect godsend to these journals. At
once, not only his official acts, but his
private character Is attacked and bespat-
tered so far as they are capable Of doing
it, asif that were the surest road 10 ia
vor with a high-minded President, and
then the toadyism to the President, the
Secretaries and other high officials is
perfectly nauseating. You should see
the sterrotyPed descriptions Of the ladies
Of these officials by name at every re-
ceptiOn, party, or State dinner, or rather
If you see it once you have seen all ;
they might as well keep the type up for
each occasion, and perhaps they do.
Why, there is the local editor OF the
Republican that must have wind in this
line equal TO a 500 horse power Erriecon
engine; the supply never fails, and his
platit udes are always the same. But it
is wearisome to be compelled TO wade
over the twaddle day sfter day. Wash
ington is an exception to the rule, that
Journalism is the reflection Of public