The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE AnlornNMrNr MrnrIr.

NASHlNGsON II u, Jan. ~. lSat.-
Senator Morton, as Grants right ban.
bower in The senate played hi. adjourn.
men' hand in which the cards sc.
f. stacked, (which phrss. card players WI
understand won, as be londy
thought three ont o. the five .icbs,
cuchtc being The game; but when tae
house yesterday came 70 play The ba.Aa,
Of The game Ben. Butler holding the otne
cards. it was found he did not hold trump
enough TO win. II occurred in this wise:
Mr.. Dawes, for this oLcc played unwilling
~ the part Of buglcr of the house for Gen.
! Grant, and he called up the Morton res
olution, which passed the senate, to ad.
j9urn on May ooh, and urged us passag'
in a manner which plainly showed thai
| ne was aware of the weakness Of the pr"T-
osi,ion Messrs. Brooks, Kerr and Hul
man. democrats, and General Farnswurth
| Garfield and Banks. radicals. all spoke
against the proposition very ably and
| strongly.
BUTLER CAPS THE CLIMAX OF ABsURDIrY.
Ben. Butler, however, capped the "im-
ax of absurdity when he, in advocacy OF
the proposition, stated az It reason for al
early adjournment that Washington would
he peculiarly unhealthy on account OF the
! ,ireets being dug up and the malaria aris-
! ing therefrom might be productive of sick
ness among congressman and for this
Helghty reason he thought that the best
| hing for congress TO do was TO adjourn
! before the warm weather set in to purify
the animal deposits of four or five feet
wlich toe active and entrrpri-ing
"pIsTR;CT OF COLUMBIA RING.'
Have dug up at an immense cost to the
| lax payers, who lament in strains both
,ong and loud the identifying Of the city
1T the expense Of their pockets, especially
rs these improvements are regarded only
rs means of sustaining the numerous tit.
centh amer dmenters who would go to the
pror house if work was not supplied by
the district government. But to return Il
our muttons, the moment that Butler go
through with his dolcful lamen, in favo
Of the Grant Norton resolution of ad
journment,
GEN. BANKS
clearly proved that the necessary legsla
zion regarding Cuban affairs, civil service
reform, tariff, internal revenue and Mex
can affairs could not be perfected in tn
time limited by the Morton resolution.
$. .. cox
then got the floor and he lie, into Butt,
and the administration in II manner pecu
. liarly his own--witty, sharp causiic, sati
ical and pointedly truthful and while h
Wa. Kidding the administration, throug
Butler, the scene was very funny. Their
was Cox, who think for this once lost h
=, patience II trihr, shaking his hnger ner'
ously at Ben Butler, 1.-The distinguishe
soldier from Massachusetts" as he Gale
him and every word going right hon
amid the smiles and laughte
of both radicals and democrat
Fernando Wood as usual, bolt upright d
one of the columns of the hall ana mdrr
> twinkle of the eyes and Il nervous twtch
ing of the mouth betrayed how much h
reished the cuatigatinn his "..Il...g"a vn
administering to Grant. The massive heu
of Hon. Danl. w. Voorhees, was raise
from his writing TO hear what the eve
4 brilliant "Sur set had to say and whe
q ne had finished, the hearty though qui,
laugh us he ucnt again to his writing to
II how much he enjoyed the scene. Aroun
D. him (CoXJ crowded members of both par
1t les, Eidr.dge gutl'awed, Marshall an
T. NIblack smiled broadly, Potter, Of Ne
@ York, grnncl with delight Fansworl
y radical, nodded his head as to keep lin
to the music of "Sunsets voice. One |
one the crowd gathered around the spcako
the occupants of the galleries leaned 70
ward to catch every word, and the rcpoI
4, crs' gallery were all attention to the sec
ing which Mr.. Cox bestowed on the Il
; mnistraton for wanting to run uwi
through fear and leave the wants OF Il
country unlegislated for. After Mr.. CO
p had given the administration valley-hC
y rs an Irish friend OF mine expressed
the question was referred to the ways NJ
k. means committee, the democrats votir