Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-10

WASHINGTON METEER.
WASHINGTON, March LIST, 1875

another exciting day in Congress. The |
Senate in the afternoon. after a great
400, ,gn,,;t;co, too.;os ;,oIns,.
"v"' ' po''' '''''e'' 'ho'uulis many
di!atory motions, succeeded in bring
ing the Civil Rights bill to flnal vote,
aud the same was nassea Inv n vote Of
ayou az nave 90 w. ro,o a,,a,,
wv ""' r.'-'o
s't'c''y party one u every Demo
cratic member opposed it.
Senator Matt. CARPENTER oonoses II
on the ground that he Thought The
clause ia relation TO iuries was unnon.
s.itutional. Senator's Schurz. Sprarue
and Triton voted OF course with Tho
Democrats as thew always do. Ofthig
glorious trio O, I.rBEphIs who have
taken shelter in the Democratic camp.
Schurz slone has any valid claim to
brains.
Sprague may thoroughly unacr.
stand the business OF Misunderstanding
cotton goods and making good ugiuts
but he makes an exceedingly small
figureboaa In the Senate.
Tipton il n man who vii, ,evcr be
punished for hay;pp m ore brains Than
the law allows. He has q disaprecab,e
soueaking voice and encs II blind with
the Democracy i'm onnosinr every
moyemen. oftIe Repuhiicans. Tie is
political demapogne without any
noIit;cal nrinc;nla yvba.nvnr The
rreatest ;ntercst yvas cantered in the
House owing to the discussion of The
iii, for thn ,.ntoc,;nn ~ T,antors
After an exci,;nu session which
lasted mill offer 10 o.cloc,r saturday
night he hill was n,ssea Inv q vote Of
yeas l35 naysll4 Tho fiiiibusterinc
nj The Damncrats r,aer tho fTcnarai.
.hin az sam r Randall oF pannsvl.
vania oycaaaad anytb;na in that limo
wh;ch has nccnrrad anr;na tho nresent
sessinn Thav ,oanage5 iha card so
adroiily "a to keen un a continuous
succession Of roll ca,Is ON every trivial
mot;an s,,ai, ;nannu;,y conid 5evisr
sam. Randall Ied ,he Dcmocrats ana
Ran. Rntler seemed To he The chief
sn;rit on The Rennhlican side. II was
amusinp 10 see Rntlcr strnttino ahout
The floor with his hands rammea into
his pockets as If he was looking for
some courageous individual who had
the nerve to tread on his coa.tail. The
tnrbnlsnce and confusion which
reigned on the tloor daring tho nend-
ancy of the bin. nrosentcd SCENE not
soon to be forgotten. Al fines every
member would be on his feet. and
many with hands raised eycitedlv
shouting "Mr. Sneaker - tsMr. Sneak
er!n
Then thew would collect in crowds
in the aisIes and in the area in front of
the Sneakers desk and hold exciting
csucuses be.ween The roll calls with
their friends.
During the eyeninc session Mr.
Tynor nrT,a;ona 80 - ~ cha;r
ona SnoaLor n,a;no s,eoa, =, e.. 49,.
.ha Gipri;. aasl So ~ ,u w., uy
rrh;ln a., $50 o 's.
,;n,as s,,r,-o,,;,e ~ t ,s "n "a ~
hafora h;n, '"s WIN a''''oe' S'e''
Itromiaaoa
1897 Sa no =, q st ., pass,ns
NO nf,n,s ,rare 49,. ,,as.a "nu e., WY, q
w 49, :, 49,, . q. .no v u ~,
~ 80 AZ $500. '"'s'' 'h'o"s" 'Ao
TIL, $500 $3.50 a,ero,
.,nn 40 S oan,;en aseA wac Mp. g9,hs
ronn;ng ,ro,'i5 aos,;,,ne 81, o,,a ,n
,nin,.s ,sA suo 80, ~ seNeias
and ~ ,a ,uo go. 800 ~ ~ ~
a ana .ne uisnloois p.esai!eu upon 70
s ana .ne. i seh.s. aany ~ your leaauls
Icy, h;r ~ uoup. ma.ness h l',e ope.a'.on
OF hlvlng swarm OF bees by tapping
on the box. The scene Ia the House
at the time rcsembled that operation
more nearly than anything else | can
think of. But as soon as new motion
was made or any attempt to proceed
to the regular order of business the
confusion would be renewed. 1t was
q determined and. desperate attempt
on the Democratic side to prevent tic
passage OF the hah.
The Democratic victories at the last
elections nave e!atea them beyond all
measure, ana the democrats Withtheir
ola allies, the ex'rcbeis, feel certain
tnat they "iit soon have the entire
government In their grasp. 10 them
u ls only tue war OF the rebeliion In
new guise, and what they tailed to OBJ
tam oy the SWORD, ,hey soon expect TO
OBTAIN oy poilticsl means. 1t is the
solemn duty OF the ioyai people OF the
country 10 dispasslonateiy anu serious
~ reneet upon the present condition
OF aiIairs ana ask themselves In all
fnrp over the Govarnmenf ;,to ,bo
t,sn5, - 49, -. 49,
wears with the desperation of desrair
e, e~arxlA-., - - aos.Avy A..;s.I ssis q,
question Of the rrayest nature, which
~H
every thOughtfui mlnG must moot.
: It is understood tbht at the next ses.
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