The daily gazette., 1875-01-30
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correspondence of the MY. Tribune.
l- WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 1875.
rhe Struggle in the House.
IF the object was to facilitate public
business the Republicans would agree
to the proposition made by the Demo
Gratis yesterday afternoon, to pass the
Appropriation bills, the new Ta riff
bill, and other necessary legislation.
and then spend any time that remains
in ight over this measure.
One object of the struggle, and the
principal one is to force the passage
of the caucus rule which failed on
Monday last Eighteen Republicans
disobeyed the edict of the caucus and
voted against that rule. Their votes
insured its defeat, and an attempt is
now made, first, TO punish them-al-
though the means adoptedlook yerylike
cutting of the nose to spite the face
and second, to force them to agree to
its passage next Monday. With that
almost any new reconstruction meas
ures can be passed, and Jobs without
number galvanized to life. Those 1S
men comprise the very best men in
the House, and they were governed
In their vote ON Monday by consci-
entious conviction of duty. The most
OF them were honorable members of
the Republican party, years, before
many OF the men who are now at
tempting to run it ever thought of
Joining its ranks for the sake of plum
der, and they are the last men in the
world to do anything to injure the
party, But they cannot be driven
against their cOnsclences-which is a
fact that Butler and his retinue of
carpet bag sers and Confederate Re-
publicans can't appreciate and never
will.
Why are these eighteen men oppos-
ed to the caucus rule First because
they do not believe it right for a ma
jority, however strong to force upon
the minority rules which they them
selves are not willing to live under,
when they are called upon to step
down and out of power and the Demo.
Gratis control the House. This prspo.
sition is so plain that it is difficult to
conceive that there are 15O Republican
Representatives in the present House
who refused to acknowledge it. These
Independent Republicans had Other
reasons in opposing the caucus rule
They are determined that no vote OF
theirs shall, either directly or indi
rectly, help Though the House any OF
the hundred infamous jobs that are
now pressing for action. Under the
system of log-roiling, so we'll Gescrib
ed by Congressman Sypher in his tes
timony in the Pacific Mail inyestiga
tion, there is hardly any scheme O,
plumber, from the Texas Pacific bill
and the Chorpenning claims down t.
the petty steals covered up in privat
bills and smuggled intro appropriation
for contingent expenses that could no
lgo through. Why it is hard enougl
even when it requires two thirds vot
to suspend the rules and pass a bill t,
prevent the most preposterous lob
being sprung upon the House an,
passed without the knowledge of an,
one except the few who are interested
in them. This is the way in whicl
the Chorpenning fraud went through
fouror f1ve years ago, and only last Mon
day the old McGarrahan claim, whicl
had been rejected by Congress and b,
the courts, was revived by the House
on the motion of Butler, simply be
cause it took everybody by surprise
I. was speeious in form, aud was under
. stood by no one. A gentlemen VIII
was on the floor at the time the resc
luton passed, heard at least 26 Repul
lican members ask their neighbors
they knew anything about, and it
& probable that not q half dozen me
: outside of the Judiciary Committe,
who had reported the resolution on a
eG pdrte statement, had the remotc
J. idea what it meant.
Q Giving bare majority the same pa
j ty that two-thirds now have, and IL
J. ,.Ipublic revenues for the coming We,
g would have to be increased by mo-
. than $50, DOC, 600. Late this evenir
$ the honorable 1S showed no sigl
j, of wavering. They say that they wi
e lagree to any rule the Republicans a
J. of willing to live under, when they a
in the minority in the next Congress
land which will not open the door fl
the host of jobs that are now clamo
q ing for recognition; but they will n
e vote for the rule fixed by the cauc'
It and introduced into the House on Mo
= day, if the tilibustering continues uni
d the 4th of March. sao a5i1
Mr.. Blaine and others have been
tempting during the afternoon to
= wise some new rule that shall be sat
factory to all parties. Several propo
tions have been made. One of them
that no bill shall be passed on the sal
8. day on which it is taken up for &C
!. sideration, thus making it impossil
NJ to rush jobs throught without I
s knowledge of members; an other p
It poses to give a fixed time for debate
every bill that is called up for cons
- Grafton. A condition of both til,
Is, amendmentsto to the rules is that dilatc
re motions shall not be in order. T
no. good temper OF the members remark
.se | S,oofnrdav hoe continuad IN day a