, 1874-06-20
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Buffers Big Speech
at Last Delivered.
Some Matters Personal to
Phelps, Dodge & Go.
Slight Encounters Between the
Orator and Mr.. Foster.
Butler Predicts that lie Will Some
Day BE in a Minority.
Then He Hopes Congress Will
: Investigate Him Thor
oughly.
Gen. blCC00k Confirmed as Governor
Of Colorado.
BE Slips into Office by d Majority Of
One Vote.
The Compromise Currency Bill
Passed by the Senate.
Newspaper Postage in the House,
Tim ftiH Pn&o EofainoH
He Slips into Office by d Majority Of
One Vote.
The Compromise Currency Bill
Passed by the Senate.
Newspaper Postage in the House--
The Old Rate Retained.
DEFENSE OF sANnoRN 6

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 19.-As tue closo Of
tho session approaches, legislation grows moro
exciting work, and the attendance, both on tho
floor and in tho ga1lorios booomoa moro nunor-
ous and constant Lobbyists 80 about with
anxiouB looks as they contemplate tho posaibilt-
ty Of an adjournment before thoir little jobs
tlero aro no worry large oneB-aro safely put
through. AL partjes concerned in Congressional
matters arc nowson tho alert, md tho bnsy hum
Of these Last fev days la In narked contrast with
tho ],stlossnosB Of two weeks ago.
Tie announcement was m ado in all tho city
papers to-day that Gen. Butler would occupy the
session of the House this evening in speech on
tho Rights bill, bnt ihe initiated were in-
formed that tho speech would bo devoted more
to d
DEFENSE or THE mo1Er1Es srsTEM,
especially tho Genoral's clients MesBrs Jayne
l. Co.. tho spies, informerz, and inBti-
gators Of frauds, who have blod Now Yarlr NOR
chants for years past Tho result mas that the
thsy hayo not boon before during this session.
There were very few vacant seats on the floor,
mud thoy wcro on tho Democratic side: Tho
galleries wore jammod to discomfort by ladies,
space back Of tho eeats. aud thoscloak.rooms,
wero chokel up with M eager crowd, intent
upon hearing every word TINT dropped from tho
lips OF tho Esaex Statesman. 1t Was strange
HpECklC10 u h66 a uhA DUl1l5 Ai1u ldlthHAlY uG~
Tending Bot Of Hcoundrels SO mean and low
that they wero deserted by everybody else, and
who acknowledged in their recent cxaminations
before the Ways and Means Committee that
thoy were themselves too much ashamed to
It VAS moro remarltabls when re rofcct
TINT this speech WIS not mado for tho purpose
Of influencing votes on Tho bill to abolish the
noitles system. for that bill had passed both
Houses. Thofo was
M APPARENT 1fnTrvR FOR THE aprrou
aave deBire to dofend tho jayne crowd, and
there WAS no man in Congress- With tho hardi-
| hood to stand as tLeir aolo friend hat Benjamin
| F. Butler. Thore was M evident fooling Of nd
miretion for the darng Of the man In all tho vast
crowd that broke ont into irrepressible lpp1auao
| as be made Ills sharp hits now arsd then.
Tho occasion stao dGGn,sa sa,, Of suoh
wlereas It has boen his habit to absent hialsolit
| when tho House bold acHsion for general de-
| bate only, as tonight.
Everybody looks on Butler as sort Of Yosu-
vian individual, liable to orupt and compass a
volcanic obstruction at ally moment. and wlthou.
warning. lie ia dangerous, and it wiao to be
ALWAYS phEpANED FOR THE WORST
when ho ia ablo to atay upon his logs. His re.
cont ilnosa does not soen to have aoftoucd
anything during thos day or two 70 TINT M he
md death 1oosed oach other stoadfast1y in the
face it WAS not t'aat ho should turn from tue
evil Of his waya.
lO-IllRHk u0 uEIGnQcu uul6elI h8 an accessory,
both before and after tho fact, wllilo ho tlofond
ed his informers. He seemed to have loat mono
OF his yigor, and when laugh wont up lie
atrutted about with Ais absurd. nelf-satiBaod
waddle, glancing about boaatfully as ho had becu
used to do. He WAS moro himself tonight thaI
ho had hosn for several months.
The Ways and Means Committee wore on hnud,
Dawof and FoBtor being especially Oh the alert
dawes did not look pleasant, and when le inter.
ruptou. he had wicked, lncl,aciug way not CON.
| mr. tn Inn Tn +faf, i}rukn ,lfnr
DAWES uNIIoRsEp THE Essex MAN.
but It did not greatly discomfort him. When Iii
time expired, and, after . little squabble. wa'
extendod. tho galleries applauded like crowd 2
tho theatIe when the heavy villain Is follol, onl
in this case It was tho heavy villain who ma
auocossful md WIS applaudcd. Being ono mll
II ,rlt, hI G1aae nfapm.1 TaS d bad Th,
TINT repetition OF The oifenso would be follow
Cd by clearing Of the galleries. and order wa
restored.
The tagging interest vas aroused again whel
Stubborn contract. The reading Of a letter, Il
which FoBtor declared
HIS rUnroHE TO RAP OLD CooKEYEt
! was greeted With uproariouh app!auBo. TIL
charge in tho Martin affidavit that Foater ha
: said that he wanted to investigate l,utlor; wa
promptly deniod by Foster, IN . manner that u
, once carried conviction. wlilo Martin is brardo
~ 4 characterless fellow, blackmalle
a. Butler well know, who onl
came to Washington to mako uao Of the Way
and Moana Committee to biacknail Sanborll
who, It Heems, was Ill old viutm of hia Foster
explicit denial OF the charge that Massachusest
Congressman had eggsd him on In tho inyostigt
tion, in tho hope Of lnjurlnE Butler, loft Butler
argument against thom shorn OF muoh Of II
forco.
In conclusion, Denfamln put on his pathot
style, aud, with a yoico absurdly broken III
t tren.ulors, recitel tho eptapl. TINT he wou
0 wiah to hare, but tue solemn force Of 1t was
+ TURNED INTO NIu1ouLE
!, by the irreyeroMt Foster, who groaned +" Lot !
pray" aud Dukler, with look OF intense DISCUS
dumped into Ills hsat. first askiug il the geltls
- man (FoBtnr) would lond,
Fosters reply, undertaken In ao!f-dofonao, nj
a scorchor, aud created series Of decided seus
O tiona. Wien Butler, interruptlng, asked il !
! (Fostcr), did foally say 10 lais letter that
: promptly and decidedly, "Yca. did. and tii1
/ got . Jap At him." Foster then proooeded, j.
tin,uting that lst!cr lad procurol llfs letter to
atolon and declaring tl,at le expected 10 have Ii
! lsttors stUlon when he went into an tnyesig
:, tion OF wrong III which tho gentleman fro
]. Massachusetts was involved.