Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-25
GRANTS BOMBSHELL.
Terrible Turmoil Over the Veto
of the Senate Finance Bill.

ucuuced by Western Republicans
A Rupfure the " Radical
shinplasfererso and the Admins
frattvn Imminent.
From the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The scene in
the Senate while the message was being
read was an interesting one. As soon as
its reception was announced, Mr.. Conkling
moved that it be read, which was not OBJ
iected to, and all sealed themselves, the in
~ilationisis with a look of pleased expecta-
tion, and the anti-inflationists with an as
pect of resigned endurance to herr II, 1t
ought to be said here that a report that
Grant would allow the bill to become a
law without his signature, and would COM
municate to Congress his reasons Tor doing
so, had been indnstriously circulated dur
ing the morning, and, as it seemed very
probable. had gained some credit. As the
reading went on, however, the faces of the
auditors changed. The long became short,
and the short grew long. Morton seemed
stupefied, and could not possibly have dis
played more establishment. Logan came in
during the reading, and sat gnawing his
black mustache with great nervousness,
and as soon as the reading was done, he
passed over to with Ferry, Of
Michigan, utterly falling to observe, in his
abstraction, that Conkling was bowling to
him with unusual grace, suavity and i'm
pressiYeness.
The news spread rapidly throughout the
Capitol that a veto message had been re-
ceived by the Senate, and instantly caused
great excitement. The buzz and hum of
conversation in the House, always bad
enough, became almost intolerable, and the
occupant of the chair found it necessary to
suspend business and rap to order every
few minutes, while, at no time, could more
than one-third the members present be in
duced TO vote on current business without
a resort TO peremptory measures.
A SURPRISE.
The announcement of the veto of the
Currency bill created the utmost surprise
in all Washington. Very few people here
tonight can or do assume that they had
~wellfounded reason for believing that the
President would fail 10 approve the bill.
1t is true, if the word of honorable Sena-
tors may be accepted as worthy of credit,
that the President has changed his mind a
great many times on this question since the
reception of the bill at the White House, |
but as the last change took place yesterday, |
which was apparently in favor the measure, |
upon the advice of his Cabinet, nearly
everybody walked up this morning feeling
assured that it would be approved. To
night
I-NFLATIoNIsTs DENoUNCE HIM
ancrily for the vaeillation that has marked
his course. while the anti-inflationists al
lude to it with a smile of selfcongratula-
tion. When the log ceased rolling, they
found themselves on top. There can be no
doubt of the fact that the President has, in
one way and another, involved himself both
ways on this question. Tonight the hotels
and places Of public resort are thronged
with excited people, discussing the topic of
the hour. From the West and Northwest
there is
A GENERAL HOWL.
The Republican Representatives from
those sections have no limits to their de-
nunciations OF the President. He is again
discovered to have been "a Breckenridge,
anyhow The knife is Out, the tOmahawk
is f~Ourished, and the threat made that such
an imitation majority win be returned tothe
next Congress as will suffice to pass an in
fation measure over a second veto, and viii
indicate clearly that
GRANTS HOPE FOR A THIRD TERM
is utterly destroyed. These gentlemen tell
Us of a new party to be organized within
forty-eight hours, the foundation for which
will be opposition to Grant and New Eng
land supremacy. Many of the more prom
inent Republican Congressman openly and
loudly threaten that they will no longer
support the President nor pay any regard
to his wishes. Insinuations Of a very ugly
nature are freely made by the in~fationists
in their blind wrath, as to the influences TO
which the President las Welded. There
are blatant assertions that he has allied
himself with the capitalists and Wall street
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men. Vague and terrible. threats and
prophecies are r1agnilOquently uttered as
% the uprising of the great West and
NorthRes against New England and the
wealthy East. We are told that the sec
tionsl struggle between the East and the
West, long anticipated, has finally opened
in earnest. In short. our public men are
like eny other Set OF men when perfectly
wild with excitement n smarting with
chagrin, giving utterance to a thousand
foolish speeches which they viii be anxious
to repudiate in a few days. The more Sc
Der look for
A DIVISION N II REPCBICAN PARTY,
| but they also anticipate trouble of a SINH
lar nature in the Democratic ranks. Grants
aspirations for a third term are frequently
alluded to. A prominent Republican infia-
ZIONIST of the East said tonight that Grant
mi-ht succeed in getting 4 Nomination from
a small and Insignificant party made up of
New England Republicans and the hard
money Democrats, but he might never more
hope for anything from the great body Of
the Republican party.
Gen. Joe Hawley, who is wildly iubilant
over the veto, and who declares that Grant.
by sacrificing present fame, has achieved
the greatest victory of his life, upon being
ozl-oI I,n- Ill. ,F,.Anl IL .l,.oa- g.
third term, remarked, promptly and de-
cisiYely. "Grant never had any chances for
a third term" When asked how this would
affect the Republican party, he affirmed that
he 'didn't know, but that the Republican
party was in much the same condition as
Grant"
Logan, Ferry, of Michigan, and Morton,
who have been confident that the President
would approve the bill, are overwhelmed
with dismay.
WHAT MORTON AND LOGAN SAY.
Morton states that while the President
did moi in so many words promise to APP
prove the bill, yet he expressed himself in
such a manner as that he (Morton) had no
doubt that he would do so, and in this be.
lief he rested secure and serene till rudely
hustled cut Of it by the reading of themes
sage in the Senate to-day. He speaks com
p~assionately Of His Excellency, and mildly
expresses his firm faith in the Presidents
honesty and patriotism, still mistaken,
Notwithstanding his strange, very strange,
course. Logan, it is said, does not draw it
so mild, but permits his Indignation to find
vent IN language more forclble than polite.
Ferry is in a dazed condition. When the
possibility Of a veto was suggested to him
last night, he observed that he could not
understand show the President could take
a course that would operate solely in the
interest of the mOney-changers of Wall
street."
Senator Carpenter is not Joined by many
in thinking that a measure providing for
the issue of more currency will vet be
passed this session. Thinking men are of
the opposite opinion, holding that as Grant
has thus Squarely committed himself he
viii not be apt to approve any such meas
ure, and that it is not possible to get a two .
thirds vote in favor of imitation.
4 CRITICISM on THE VETO
IS made to the effect that a President has ,
no right to disapproye except on the ground !
hat Afe particular measure is nconstitu- !
tlonSr; least of all has he the right to veto !
nnggHEn no hfenrwan1 ,-.1 II 4