The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-11
Congress-Exciting Closing Scenes
the Session.

Congress-Exciting Closing Scenes OF
the Session.
The closing scenes of long session of Con-
gross are always exciting and frequently dis
graceful. Before the war, from the fiery
disputes and still increasing heat of the slavery
agitation, from year to year, till it eliminated
in our great rebellion, violent personal alter
cations, extended to ludicrous feats of pugil-
ism on the floor of the House, and sometimes
to fierce belligerent demonstrations on the
floor of the Senate, seldom failed to enliven
the closing scenes Of the session; and, as
last resort, there were still occasional appeals
to the bloody ground Of Bladensburg. With
the war, however, there was revolution in
these matters, from which we had hoped that
our national House Of Representatives would
soon become at least as distinguished for par
liamentary decorum as the disorderly British
House Of Commons. But in yesterday pro-
ceedings in both houses we had some break
ings out of party spirit and some spiteful per-
sonalities, which show that not little still
remains of the combustible elements which SO
frequently made q bear garden of the lower
House and Pewter Mug Of the Senate Cham
Der in s'the good old a,,te-bellum times"
First, in the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Chandler,
of MichigaH, warlike conscript father, who
seems to take special delight in dabbling in
hot water, reused up the doing democrats by
plumply declaring that "the time of the
Senate had been wasted throughout the session
in pursuance of an agreement made early in
November last at hotel in New York,
between prominent Senator formerly
republican, and prominent democratic
Senator and Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden, of
New York, and other democrats, whom he
could name, to the effect that 4 new party
should be organized, 70 be called the Reform
party; that during the session the democrats
should keep quiet and let the DISCONTINUED
republicans do the talking, and that certain
republican Senator should be the nominee of
the new party for the Presidency and wish"
said Mr.. Chandler, Ito compliment my friends
on the other side Of the house (the democrats)
for the fidelity with which they have carried out
their part Of the arrangement" AS the Senator,
however, could not be persuaded to disclose
the names Of the Senators concerned in this
aforesaid arrangement, he excited an inquiring
spirit of curiosity only to disappoint it, And
we may dismiss the subject with the passing
remark that If the administration republicans
Of the Senate knew at the beginning of the
session the arrangements Of the trap set for
them they were silly birds to be caught in II.
In the House, where the democrats had been
vigorously fighting an amendment of the Sem
ate to an appropriation bill providing for the
substantial continuance Of the Congressional
election and Ku Klux laws, Mr.. Bingham, of
Ohio, raised quite breeze by the declarations
that there was nothing in the Senate amend
mept which was not now on the statute book
in reference to cities of over a hundred thou
sand population, and that ''the resistance to
this amendment on the pretence Of unconstitu-
tionality was the Inauguration in this hall of |
treason as disreputable. as dshonorable as !