New-York tribune., 1876-01-26

SuE HOUSE VOTES TIE APPROPRIATION BY lfo ~ ~
13O-coL. LAMAR's SPEECH BRINGS 1hh
MEASURE VALUABLE SUPPORT
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE'I ,-
WAsHIxGTON, Jan. 2J.-1he passage ol ,No
tennial bill by the House to-day is oeicN'u ~ -
friends of that enterprise to insure us
time the temper of the House seemed I" De aea's'
:. h, tbo Great sDeech of the day, that was made
r.. +;,e before the previous question was ealeu
-, w., Lamar probably strengthened some OF the
c,hr, members who had been waveTlng, ana
,ocnred for the bill the requisite maJonV' Ino
or1, important amendment which was aeIeeu ~
was introduced by Mr.. Springer. Ii provides tiiaS
,Io million and half dollars, granted by tls Dill
to the Centennial Commission, shall be repaid i''o
,Lo Treasury of the United States before
49,, d;yilends are made from the pronts
90 tbe enterprse to stockholders. his
.,,ond,nont made the bill less obnoxious to a
few members than it was before, but many VINO
voted for it subsequently recorded their names
AGAINST the final passage of the bill. Mr.. Hohliah'
before the measure was reported from Commit
tee of the Whole, undertook to strange III pS
st;Lino ont the enacting clause. The vote on THIS
motion was taken by telers, and when those III the
oermative were asked to pass between the telers'
:. aoo,oed 90 tbouph the Democratic members rose
olmost on ,aasse and the friends of the bill were 1or
the Republicans were almost equally unanimous ID
favor of the bill and they, with few OF the more
liberal among the Democrats, including such men as
Col Lamar and Messrs. Hill, Robbins Oh
North Carolina Randall, nearly the whole Oh the
Texas delegation, and Others, saved 1t from such
fate The vote on this motion stood IoI III INC
Affirmative and 12S in the negative
After the previous question had been ordered ana
when the House was ready to pass the bill, Ifs pa
tience was sorely tried by Mr.. Hopkins, who had
charge of the bill and who yielded 20 minutes for
n member TO make a speech. The House had heard
speeches enough on the subject already, and was
anxious to pass the bill aud be done with II. On
this account it had already by unanimous consent
granted leave to half dozen members TO PRINT
speeches. which there was not time for them 10
make and il was a common remark that the mana
gers of the measure deserved to be beaten Tor TIMING
in such way with the patience of the House Inc
affirmative vote OF the passage of the bill was not
unite MS great as Its friends expected, but counting
those who were absent or paired, and who would
otherwise have voted for it, the roll OF its supporters
would be swelled nearly if not quite to 100, the
number ascertained tn be in favor of 1t, by careful
canvass of the House nearly two weeks ago.
Col. Lamar's speech to-day one of the abest
he has ever made in the House. His discussion ol
the relations which exist between the State and
General Governments, drawn out by the speeches
Oh this subject made by members on b0th SIDES ol
the House last week. showed a remarkable ciearness
of thought and soundness of judgment. Many OF
Col Lamar's speeches in the House heretofore nave
been rather ornamental in their nature, eloquent
and full of noble sentiment rather than argunenta-
tive. His speech to-day places him in the front rank
as debater of constitutional questions.