The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-02-11
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WAsmlSroS, January 1s, 1876

.toh47-the giants Of other lays4swayed
listening muItitudes by their irlpassionh.
sesl oratory. The daily papers have told
how Randall introduced his general am.
nesty bill. Blaine tried to amend it by
excluding Jefferson Davis from its pro-
visions, because llo ought to be held
responsible for the horrors ot Anderson
4yil'e; how Sunset Cox corruscated his
/ wit and satire over tie heads of the
members ben Hill, of Georgia, defend
cd Davis and charged that confederate
prisoners were not treated more humane
! " than the federal, and how Blaine
finally byn1gst bEllliant strstegy forced
the Democratic majority to reject their
own bib. AL this has been telegraph
cd over the land, but no one save an
eyewitness can form a definite idea of
the scene in the House. The galleries
were every day packed with dense
throngs representing every class, from
the be-d:amoned woman Of fashion to
the mudstained laborer, who had left his
work to hear tho debate. If all the
privileged people in the country had
been present, the floor of the chamber
would not have been more crowded, and
all the vast assemblago were eager
listeners. he members themselves,
usually engaged. when speeches are be,
ing made d: .: writing letters to their con-
siituents, were all attention, and as their
peculiar views were upheld or rudely
trampled upon by The one or the other
OF the speakers, they expressed assent,
or dissatisfaction N Tho most unqualiG-
ed terms. The ex-confederates, during
Blainc's first speech, were furious, and
some of them could not be restrained
from showing their anger, but their tutilcc
rage had no more effect upon the i'm
spassiveex4Speaker than lie ocean foam
on the rock-ribbed coast of New Eng
lkkl. When ON Friday. as the weeks
Struggle. was being brought to close,
Blaine, by his superior parliamentary
Skid, captured control of the bill, the
green Democratic members, of whom 1
there arc more than the usual number
this session, gnaslcd their teeth in anger
tifat their boasted leader should haveI
been so eleyerly outwiLled. The result !
showed that after Blaine had SO clearly /
AFaS Paf tod tho lok al
federate PRESIDENT was morally respon-
sIble for Andersonville, none of them |
dared to move that lie be amncstied. |
Even Randall and Cox sbrank from |
making such a record.
sS The Senate is steadily at work on such
legislation as can be accomplished prior
to the introduction of the appropriation
bills, none of which have yet been re-
ported to the House, though the pension
bill is now ready. It does rot reduce
the amount given last year, as the
Democrats do not dare to go into the
presidential canvass with proposed re-
duction OF pensions, brought about by
the votes of the sixtY-eight Southern ex-
rebels in the Ifousc Senator Mortoiss
resolutions, to investigate the manner of
the Mississippi election, will come up
this week, and will be extensively de-
bated IN tle Senate MoTtotbzlaas pre-
pared himself with Bhe most undcnbted
evidence that the Democrats carried tho
election by Intimidation, violence, and
fraud, and Withhold that, as the legis-
latare elects Senator, who will present
his credentialssin March, 1877, and ask
to be admitted to that body, the Senate
has the right and should NOR, while all
The facts are fresh and easily attainable.
see whether he will be entitled TO ad-
sisien.
s Nhe finauciaI question Is looming up
lasgelY, and before many weeks pass
be the subject of animated debate
81 both Houses. 1t is impossible to con-
lecture what the conclusion will be, as
prominent men on bot1l sides differ SO
materially chat party lines cannot be
made TO determine Ehe result. Tie gen.
eral opinion is that the House will re.
peal the resumption act and the Senate
will not concur
4 Theelection held Oh Sunday IN Franco
for the lie FcHators for the new assem-
bly, resulted in the choice of large ma
Iority OF moderate Reppb biicans, though
some communists, sroyaliets, and Bona
partists were elected This Il is consid-
sred renders the Republic q certainty,
but the proverbial meFcurial tempera-
nent of the French people may loon
egeEtnrn tie fabric now considered safely
erected. 1t is said the queen of England
will open Parliament in person, and all
London is rejoicing over tho coming
ayent. as it Is suppose 81 fllfi ia ID 4tISt
he will once more take an active interest
public affairs. The note. of Count
rassy, Austrian Primo Minister, to
Nltan otTfHkey, has been accepted
81 the Enropeap pewars and g the
lan'' Of Europe will haze 10 accept
B like 4 refractory child refusing its
Medicine, tie dose viii Be forced The
sircuiar, sent by SecEesAry fishato the
foreign powers on Cuban affairs, ahaaj
been answered by Spain in rather bel
iigerent style. JoYellar claims in his
that all claims Of the United
states or its citizens have hear. ,1roy,erlu