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no disposition 70 take each other by the throat. While
wasr have let their angry passions rise and wasted
wary weeks In angry discussion, of coed feeling
h as prevailed In the other wing OF the capitol THIS "a
e more remarkable because It il the House that has
Deen famous heretofore for politicians wrangles aud
inc DISPLAY OF party rhetoric, while the Senate
mas oeen more temperate and dignifed Something Of
this attention to business and avoidance OF politics ia
me House has doubt been owing TO the industry Of
their chairman has held the House down TO steady WORK
upon the regular Appropriation bills but the chief cause
eleetions OF the members OF tho next Connes.
Fall Every 1' man v 1as S S@sIi"s 70 hod once
another ternand there few who do nOt-s cautious
not receive the Endorsement OF his constituents and
reluctant to take sides IN quarrel OF doubtful Issue like
this immediate responsibility to the people. and this
sense o. being little IN The dark as 70 the condition Of
have their cOunterparts in the House.
Senator Conkling has been prscing his old trick Of
amending his speeches before allowing them TO go into
The Globe in such way as TO entirely change their
meaning. This has become so common OF late on his
part hardly to merit notice, but when he words
changed those said in personal encounter, a. Mr.
Blaine told Conkng when he did the same thing in the
House few years ago. it neither fair to opponent
nor genemany In the debate Of Wednesday afternoon
the following passage occurred reported by the Aso
cated Press reporter and as appears from the notes OF
CoSKLSGSS honorable has told the Senate tA,, be bad
stood On the geriiOus edge Of bs'te
CoSKIfyG~So. words President but he tos tia,
be bad stood opon the battlefield, snd facet thousand men,
SCHURZ--I did nOt Say -
COyRNG-ow MANY thousands d the he had o,dt
Schuu repeated correctly what he Did on ruessy
M COEKLlNG (eIcedr President the Senator Dbl not say
This The Globe reports as follows;
CoNKLNG-e reminded that be had stood on the psoa' edge
Of battle.
sCHuRZ-No.
COSKLISGIle di words bot he said be had tired the
f In the Of thousand aud lis heart hal Qose
SCHIRZ-l did not such thing.
CoXKlING-Did not the Senator cay thsti
coNKIYGwho ,ha report him eorrcetyI And how man,
id he SAY be had frontedl
Aver Mr sCHURz bad repeated what he said Tuesday:
CONKLISG-Mr President the Senator did say only that lie
great number of letters have been received by sens.
tors and Representatives from persons interested in
manufacturing In Pennsylvania and Ohio and in lumber
ing in Michigan and Wisconsin, strongly protesting
against the bill for admitting building materials free OF
duty for the benefit Of Chicago. An Ohio mem
Der received, the other day, letter Of this
kind from firm in his district largely en-
gagged in iron making, in which t urged that the
proposed legislation would lead to immense frauds by
which material nOminalIy imported for use in Chicago
would find s way 10 all parts OF the West lie requested
Mr.. Dawes, Chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
mlttee, TO answer this letter. Mr. Dawes said, IN
reply, that the bill was identical with the
passed for the relief OF Portland after the burning
that city, and he informed by the Secretary OF
the Treasury who had made careful investigation or
the matter that such frauds appreheDded IN
the Of Chicago had been perpetrated AZ Portland
Mr. Dawes added that the bill had received the unan-
nous support o. the Committee and had passed the
House without q dissenting voice.