, 1876-03-01

Tho Democracy in Congress hre 6Aoly per-
picked. They have had joint Committee
Of Senators and Representatives to prepare
plan of compromise on tho financial and cur
rency question, but the Committee, after rlong,
frequent, and anxious labor, have been unable
to ngreo. Some Of these sessions 1layo lasted
until 3 n. M, antl then broke M either in
lcad-lock or O row. The shinplaster men,
who for sovernl weeks have been unabIo to
obtain recognition OH tho floor by Speaker
Kern or acting Speaker Cox, determined tint
on Monday, when the Sta!cs should 10 called
for resolutions anl bills, to propose their
scheme aud prccipitate vote Of tho House.
The session opened, md bills mud resolutions
progressed for some time, but Nlr. Monn1soN,
who had been dancing as II treading on hot
iron Ill day, could not endure tho suspense
very long 30 at m carly hour le waa rccog-
nized by the Speaker, and moved MI nd
| tournment. Then there wns scene. Tho
iuaationista, the rag-money mon, and the
softs generally, all yelled and protested, mud
finally demanded tho yeas and nnys When
tho roll was called the motion to adjourn was
lost, md Mr.. MORRISON WIS in an agony OF
distress If Lis motion was lost, the Dcmoc-
rucy would bel loose, md would follow LASpEns,
| or HOLMAN, or any other 6oft-monoy leader.
But bIr. BLAINE and another Republican,
taking pity OIL KEnn and MonR1soN, kindly
changed their votos to the affirmative, and
the House aljournell,- 118 nayH, la.
Thoro wns Democratic escape, or, rather,
q rcrrioye, because It will DO inl-
possible to suppress tho paper-monuy
| tl,n fni1, r& {1,a
Caucus Committee to agrec is Int mn in
lication Of how wildly apart nro tile views Of
tho members Of tho whole party. Union,
compromise, md common plan Are essential
to tho party; il tho Democratic members ol
Congress cannot agrco upon common p!aI
of action with regard to tie currency, whn
hone III there that Democratic Convention
can ever do 30? II tho Democratic majority
III Congress-, Whose only lopo for reelection
Is in the succoss Of their platform in the coin
Ing Presidential campaign, aro unable to agrc'
even under tho coerciye pressure Of CAUCUS
, | whether tho country ii to have honest metal
lie dollars "a standard OF yulucs, or til
L.Npxns milk-tickct paper dollars, then ho'
, can tho Democratic Convention, composed O
. more excitablu ant1 less responsible persona
!. ever reach al agreement on TINT question:
Tho anxluty Of Nr. MORRISON and of Spcake
!. Kern to prevent premature explosion
\. natural, and, though II is painful to witncs
the despair Of such estimablo gentlemen, VI
n cannot sympathize with them. They arc
a command Of majority obtained by false pr'
n tenses they know TINT that majority VT
"a elected by deceived and swindled people
a they now find that characterization is a Ia
10 ural sequence to fraud, and that their follow
ers, selected from tho rag, tag, and bobtail I
politics, titly represent tue rag. tag. nnd bo'
j. tall of currency. Perhaps the best thing #
10 them to DO would be to adjourn tho lou
pt and ilispersa tho whole Confederate q
or sembly.
:, Eu is the Democratic tranquility distusbt
or merely by The discordsnt feeling in congtea
u, Ths Western Democrats favor Mr.. lie
or pucEs' nomination for President. But N
3. HrNpn1cKs Gnu only hopo 10 be nominated
at his friends holding out that he is bett
y. hard.money man than T1IpES, and more
at tensely in favor Of paper money than sv
a. the venerable WILLIAM ALLEN. He includ