New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-27
II TIE HOUSE,
TIME WASTED BY REPUBLICAN IMPRCDENcE -
HEWITT AGAIN ATTACKS MIR. HOAR-A CRUSH
ING ANSWER.



ING ANSWER.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBrNE.l
WAeUINGTON, Feb. 2G.-Thc results of the day
are. all Times considered. very satisfactory More
time Was consumed in reaching the South Carolina
returns. to be sure and in sending them to the Com
mis,i. than was necessary and more than would
have been used had the Republicans managed their
side of the House with greater Skill but the one
feature of the days work which Is more apparent
than any other is that, while the hbusters have
utterly failed to increase their numbers since last
Saturday, the opposition TO them has become more
united and more determined than it has been at any
previous time. The Republicans nave never during
the present session suffered more for want OF sllltul
leadership than they did to-day. n contest
or.sc this morning over the reading of the
evidence in the Pennsylvania case and was wholly
unnecessary. Mr. Wilson of Iowa made objections
f. !, when its reading was first demanded, and the
sneaker made a ruling that the majority Of the
House could determine whether The paper should be
,,ortcd in full or not and this was sufficient 10
have prcycntcd any Troublesome precedent from
hcirc established Having accomplished this the
wise thing for the Republicans to do would have
bo.n in allow that testimony to be read by unan-
iu,ous consent, and then il would have occupied
loss fine than calling the roll Oh motion III regard
to it. The majority of the Republican leaders, how
ever failed to appreciate this fact Eager to oppose
tbe Democratic anarchists at every STEP they forced
contest in regard to this matter, in which, after
consuming an hour or two of valuable time, they
were finally beaten.
Tho only way in which the rcvolutionsts can be
held IN check and their schemes defeated Is by the
aid of the more conservative men Of ther own
politcal faith. At the same time 1t Is natuFal la'
ia. Democratic Representatives without exception
lolId desire that the breach in their party shall be
as small as possible. 1t requires unusual moral cour-
agr for men to vote against the WISHES Oh th'l
,,,i,ic,l ossocIates and especially against the man
dates of a caucus. and i'll the present instance IL
would seem az though the conservative D'inoc'a's
oupht 10 Do put to this test on Is ie" occasions to
,,.slJo e.neriolIy in view of the fact that they
have the promise of n sufficient hlnorr oI Ho"oi-
aLlc men among the Democratic majority that the
count shall be completed Ill ample ti'lc i'r Wv
Uayes's Inauguration.
III. discussion on the Pennsylvania case in the
rJ,usc TO- day occupied the entire time allowed by
lon. With the preliminary skirmish AMI Interrupt
,ion which occurred after it bcgan 1t prevented the
G,st mint meeting OF the two houses from taxing
,l,cc before three o'clock this afternoon. during
This discussion there were few passages worthy OF
o.nccial note. Mr. Hewitt of New-lork, apparently
dissatisfied with his encounter with MI. loar last
Saturday afternoon, returned TO the attack HIS
,peoch to-day was evidently prepared with greater
re than his former one and the points III II, thoush
uot new. were put forward with greater force. lie
still failed 10 find passage III any one ol MI lor
.u,ccLcs in the House, or in anything when hc n"H
sid in the meetings Of the Joint Committee when
,,afrd the Electoral bill, which could be construed
~ direct assertion that it would be the dul ol te
Commission to 90 behind the returns, ana cohsider
testimony dliHnde the papers submitted to IT, Al
host he only succeeded in discovering certain eN-
nres,ious from which an inference OF that KIM
might possibly be drawn, and that inference even
was a doubtfnl one.
Mr. Uoar was rs ready TO reply as he was on sat
urdoy. since Mr. Hewitt had gwen him notice III au
vance that be intended to return to the attack
duriug the debate of to-day. Mr. loars speech con
ited chiefly m representation of the points Which
ne 80 forcibly made on Saturday with an al h0mWem
,nnliraton Of them which was absolutely crushing
IA hi, opponent What he had SAID about the pow
rs al the Commission me insisted should De inter-
preed in the light of the facts of the controversy rs
tbcv were admitted on all sides when hc spoke ana
ia the light of the discussion winch had already taken
Mace in the Senate. Mr. ioar said that the question
v,hetb,r the Commission should 20 behind the re-
tur:s and receive other Testimony tian the papers
submitted To IL By the President OF the senate was