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MIR. VOORHEES, ON GREELEY.
The first campaign speech of the season was
made in the house this afternoon by Dan Voor-
hees, under the name of personal explanation.
There is no doubt that the thing was arranged
beforehand. Voorhees, hates Greeley, and being
an old-fashioned democrat, he is bitterly OPP
posed to casting his political principles
aside for the sake of success. There was
great excitement during his speech among
the democratic members, and several angry ex-
carnations and interjections were made. One
democrat insinuated that Voorhees, had been to
see the president within day or two, which he
denied with strong emphasis. The fact is, that
voorhees, and most of the Indiana democrats i'll
congress are bitterly opposed to taking up the
Cincinnati ticket, and the speech was intended
to head OIL the movement. The republican
members looked on with apparent delight while
the quarrel went on among the democrats
Already shrewd politicians predict that the
democratic national convention will be rent in
twain by the Greeley question.
DELAY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
The democrats of the house still flibuster
against the civil rights bill, while the repub-
cans with great generosity go on passing am
nesty bills. Under the circumstances The senate
will be justified IN declining to pass any of the
latter until the house democrats will stop their
tilibustcring on civil rights
ABOUT ADJOURNMENT.
The vote of the house closing all debate on
the tariff bill looks to an early adjournment.
1t is expected that the bill will pass in some
shape by Saturday night, and this will enable
congress to adjourn by June 4th, unless there is
trouble with the kuklux act or the supplemental
enforcement act. IL is rumored that the demo-
Gratis in. she house will filibuster to de
feat both these bills, but the kulllux act
can be extended till December by con-
gress voting recess instead of an adj
journment. The kuklux act limits itself
TO the present session of congress. 1t is not
probable, however, that the democrats will at
tempt to filibuster if they are allowed fair
time for debate, as at least half their number
are anxious to adjourn, and the majority may
refuse adjOuinment until the necessary legisla-
ton is accomplished.
THE CLARKE ELECTION CASE
Was decided this afternoon, and he obtained
only one vote in favor of his retaining the seat.
The senate,
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
Referred the correspondence in regard to the
treaty of Washington to the committee on for
eien relations. The proposed settlement of ex-
listing differences on the indirect claims finds
favor among leading republicans in both
houses SAM WELLER
OPERATION OF THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
The secretary of war has sent to the senate
reports from commandments at the Springfield
| armOry and the Rock Island arsenal giving a
comparative statement showing the operations
of the eight hour law. With regard to the Rock
island arsenal, the commandment SAYS he be-
ileyed it was expected that under the law the
employees would work more willingly, more in
| telligently, and with more strength and dis
| patch, than under the ten hour system; and
therefore more work would be done per hour to
compensate, or partially compensate, the gov
ment Tor the loss OF two hours work. This
expectation has not been realized at that arse
| nal, and in this respect the above statement re-
speeding the compensatiVe amount of work per-
formed under the two systems is entirely true.
1t has been claimed that if the men worked
only eight hours per day that the
additional leisure time allowed them
would generally be devoted TO reading and
| study, and otherwise to the benefit of their So
| cial moral and mental condition, thereby max
ing them better and more valuable WOrkmen
| and citizens. This expectation has been par
| tally realized in the case Of carpenters and me-
| chanicS, but has not been realized to any con
| siderable extent in cases of masOns and stone
| cutters. The leisure time has been generally an
| injury rather than a benefit in the case
| of laborers. those in the latter class have
| generally no houses of their own and
their leisure time in most cases is more produc-
| tive of bad habits than of good. The command
| ant of the Springfield arrnory says careful cal
culatOn shows that an average saving of about
So per year for gas for lighting purposes is
effected by reducing the number of hours from
ten 10 eight, which saving is principally in the
short days of the winter months. The total
saving in coal and gas is $4,000 per year Of
three hundred working days in favor of the
eight hour system; about equal to the
wages of three wOrkmen for the same time
On account of the variable nature aud amount
OF work done before and after the introduction
of the eight hour system, some sixteen different
mOdels of guns having been worked on since the
close of the war, it is found impossible to give
| any accurate and reliable data regarding the
cost of work by the day workmen under the two
| systems, except, perhaps, that it is believed the
rates of the foreman, assistant ioremen, inspec-
tors, helpers, policemen, &C., to the piece work.
| men, were not materially affected by the reduc-
ton in the length of the working day
MISCELLANEOUS.
| The court OF claims adjourned to-day until
| November, having disposed Of all important
| cases.
The house committee on appropriations unan-
| imously authorized Mr.. Palmer, of Iowa, to re-
port the postal telegraph bill introduced by him.
and recommend its pas cage.