The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-02-17

ol,;onca might threaten to the Republican
nartv there lurked in it no element OF
evil to the public welfare Of the country
That alliance had no meaner object tnal
the restoration of the Union on the basis
of LOYALTY and constitutional law. The
representatives of the South were notin--
yited here as interiors, but as peers and
EQUALS, equally honored and equally re-
spected in the council chamber OF the
common government. That league OF
amity was so firmly sealed that 1t was be-
yond the power Of political ambition or
political malignity to break it. SO far as
the future of the country was concerned,
and so far as their future action went, the
people of the South were as loyal to the
flag, and as loyal to the government, as
either the gentleman from Maine or him.
self. In conclusion, he submitted the fol-
lowing problem in arithmetic; Gold be-
ing at 100 in 1870, and at llS in 1875,
how long would it take, at the same rate
of progress, to reach resumptlonr
Laughter When the gentleman from
Maine could elucidate that prob em sat
isfactorily, and show specie payments as
result, then he [Tarbox1 would con-
slider his proposition; but, in the mean
while, even though the Democratic
heartRstones should grow cold, there was
for the Democrats no hospitable warmth
at the fireside under his Blalne'sl rool
tree.
Mr.. Randall, chairman of the Commit
tee on Appropriations, defended the ac-
tion of the committee in reporting this
bill. The committee had, in no degree,
interfered with any of the commercial
interests of the country. The commit
tee had given to the bill more considera-
ton than had been given to any similar
bill during his term in Congress-. SO far
as he was himself concerned, he had
given much more time to its details than
his other duties would properly have per-
mitted. AS to the diplomatic portion of
she bill, there were two questions In
yolyed; the one a reduction in salaries,
and the other the abolition or consollda'
ton of missions. In regard to the first,
he defended the committee on the ground
of the necessity Of economy and frugal
ity; as to the consolidation of South
American missions, he recalled the fact
that in 1869 a Republican House of Re-
presentatives had voted for like con-
solidation, which had only failed to be-
come law because of the opposition OF
the Senate. AS to the mission to Greece
the committee had been informed. by the
gentleman who had held the office under
Mr.. Lincoln's administration, that 1t was
utterly valueless, either in diplomatic
or commercial point of view, and that
there would be as much reason in send
ing a minister to Dahomey as to Greece.
The committee then proceeded to con-
slider the bill by sections for amendment
and, as far as reached before adjourn
ment, the reductions of the bill were
agreed to-.
An interchange of civilities of debate
took place between Messrs. Springer and
Hale, based upon a remark in Mr.. Hale's
speech this morning, at which Mr.
Springer took ofiense, and he intimated,
in the course of his comments, that the
fact that Mr.. Hale rode on the avenue
with men in high places, or was the re-
cipient of the hospitality Of those who
plundered the district, was no evidence
of manhood or integrity, inasmuch as
certain persons who had enjoyed the
same honor were now in the peniteh-
tiary, or on their way there.
Mr.. Hale explained the remark com
planned of, and justified it on the ground
of Mr.. Springer's having told yesterday
an apocryphal anecdote of President
Lincoln, which he (Hale) deemed unfit
for repetition in this House.