Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-17
MASHLNGTGN NEWS.

Special Telcsraphie Correspondence to the
Courier Journal.l
WASHINGTON, August 15,-COn-
gress has adjourned at last. Its
members, wearied out with the heat,
work. and anxiety about their re-
election, are profoundly happy
The large crowd of absentees wall
also be happy. Grant will go to
the seaside, and the Presidential
campaign will spring into full ac-
hyity.
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, who is
nothing if not fussy, sprang a row
in the House last night. 1t was
entirely discretionary in the speaker
not to recognize Mr.. Kasson for
his stump speech, but for some I'M
explained reason he gave him this
favored opportunity, and he I'M
proved it by a coarse TRADE of abuse
against Mr.. Tllden. In point of
fact, the House had voted to ad-
ioum some time before KassOn got
up, but it was not promptly an
nounced, and matters were then
allowed to drift into the region of
BiIlingsgate. After Kasson had
concluded, General Banning's bill
to give the President 5000 volun-
teers for the Indian war was put
through by a sort Of hocus pocus
over the counting of the affirmative
vote.
Mr.. Cox. after a while, got the
floor, and at the very outset Of his
speech Kasson and he fell into per.
sonalities, which led to the usual
scene of taking down the words,
etc. The Republicans stood by.
Kasson, and the Democrats sympa-
thized with Cox, and made a pro
tracted fight to secure him the op-
portunity of a reply to Kasson.
After a struggle lasting through the
might, the affair was happily wound
up by a magnificent and telling
speech this morning from Mr..
Hewitt, of New York, fully vindi-
eating Nh. Tilden. The night was
sacrificed to the party bigotry of
tn Radicals, but with tact in the
chair it need not have happened.
The House met a -ew at II o'clock,
the members looking fresher than
one would suppose. There is al
, WAYS an immense amount of rou-
line work disposed of on these
occasions. One subject was a well
drawn report by Mr.. Casey Young,
of Tennessee, thoroughly vindi-
5 eating Mr.. Ellison, the engineer in
charge of the heating and yentil-
ating apparatus Of the House, from
2 the charges made against him, and
: Major Adams, the clerk, for his
appointment.
: Mr.. John d. White, of Ken
lucky, fatigued the patience Of thu
: House by repeating, in his feebl,
d way, these stale charges and crit
cism, but he was effectively an
swered by Mr.. Young, and tn
House completed the implied re
buke of the committee by indoors
lie ing the report without a division.
e. The President sent in some SINAI
10 vetoes, which attracted no specia
at attention, but his message on tn
W consular and diplomatic bill wa
g peculiarly CasarIan in tone, an
he asserted the right Of the Presiden
e, to keep up diplomatic in~tercours
he without the sanction Of law or az
as preparation. These arrogant pre-
tentions were upheld by CARTEL
to- and Lawrence, but were well e.
he posed by Mr.. Tucker, who con
mented sharply on the President
i'll remarkable message Of yesterday.
ST. The House was held together
the conference on the bill to raj
he five thousand volunteers for Il
lu- Indian war. On this the Hou
ng ~conferees made a clean surrend
to the President and the Senai
aud brought in this evening a b
avs to add to the regular army. Y
.ess repugnance of many Democrats
such an increase led them to yC
against the conference repo
an Others thought it safer not to
the fuse the addition demanded, lest
ave any disaster should ensue to {
ex- army, the government would
the blame on the House. Vo
'u' were thus reluctantly given for
ng' bill, and it was passed nearly in
form demanded by the Preside
seat Long before this the noise 9
nch confusion had greatly multipl
tbe in the hall, owing to the strug
.hn of members to get recogniti
y a'u One of the touching incidents
u TO the afternoon session was the no.
The taken by the House of the crit
lugh illness Of Speaker Kerr. A RESI-
man ton Of thanks, sympathy and
spect was offered by Mr.. Banks,
unanimously passed. 1t viii SC
to smooth his dying hours. 1t
nave indeed feared at one time to-
'nces thathe would expire before the d
- on session should come to a close.
,eads Mr.. Page, of California, a VIC
III; Radical, got up a needless qua
'0i with the Speaker, but his disc.
wns nassed nunr fhnrn hninn