The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-11-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON Nov. %, 1877.

affected the Senators generally that rest
became necessary, hence the de1errlhS
of further business until next week. Mr..
Thurman particularly, we think, stands
in need of recrperation, for he was so
completely discounted by Mr.. Conklln
when he attempted his little slight of
hand trick in parliamentary tactics OF
having the journal amended SO as to
give the democrats the canvass of the
days business, that at least three days
retirement seem necessary to restore his
equilibrium. Only few days ago Mr..
Thurman took it upon himself to admin
:ster rebuke to Mr.. Hoar for attempt
ing what ne termed House tactics to de-
feat a certain measure and pompously
said sswe are gentlemen here Ill the Sen
ata." Yet here he is resortlng to leger-
domain, in which even MIR. Bayard
would not support him, to obtain an
alteration of the journal. That little
bit of hocus pocus pleasantly OF Messrs.
Randall and Bland i'll the House, by
which new bill was substituted for the
silver bill reported by the committee, Is
hardly half SO sharp a dodge as this of
Mr.. Thurman. But he failed, and what
is worse than detection Mr.. Bayard fell
back on his honor, rebuked Mr.. Thur
man for taking the position he did, and
| made considerable unpleasantness IN the
democratic camp. Mr.. Ewing is at
tempting to get his elephant, the anti
resumption bill through the House, and
yesterday closed the debate upon the
measure with a sophistical and ingeni-
Gus speech. But where the opposition
| with their load of amendments and
budget full of dilatory expediency will
land him is a problem he or ourselves
cannot solve to-day. The changeling,
we cannot term it anything else under
the score of amendments it carries, pre-
sents an anomalous appearance, and we
take it that to-day's voting is more
matter of form than desire of Mr.. EH-
ing to have it go to the Senate as 1t
stands. The Paris Exposition Bill was
passed by the House after protracted
debates and will become law as it now
stands. General La Due, the Commits.
sioner of Agriculture, will use every en-
deavor to make the exhibition Of our
agricultural products a success. He
will show our processes of growing,
threshing and grinding wheat, and of
making it into bread. lie will exhibit
cotton in all it's phases from the growing
and ripening plant up to the production
of cloth, and will not neglect any other
channel of industry coming within his
domain in 50 far as the appropriation
will permit. The sum appropriated,
$50, 900 is too small and should have
been at least double that figure. The
Silver bill as amended by the Senate
does not promise to receive much COM
penb at any hands since there is ar
evident desire to test the workings of
reconciliation III some form or other.
The feeling here is much more liberal
on the silver question than OIL re-
sumption for the anti-resumptionists are
opposed to resumiEg on any basis and
claim that no attempt in that direction
should be made by the government fol
years to come. Beyond the spicy cpl
; sode in the Senate yesterday and Sam
, Cox's witty speech in the House, little
/ of interesting nature occurred IN the
proceedings of either body during the
week. Appropriation bills usually are
Of a sporiic or evaporating nature thai
they either put everybody asleep OF
cause a disappearance of the members
: from the hail. The coalition between
/ Messrs. Patterson and Conover and the
i democrats upon the question of Ham
burgh Buffers admission to the Senate
=. excites great comment and may yet Lead
to disastrous results. Patterson is under
indictment in South Carolina, and the
question of power to take him down
there for trial is now being argued in
our district courts. That the whole
thing is intended to coerce him into
resignation or into voting for Butler nc
one doubts who notes how little founda
tion there is for an Indictment against
him. But as Southern courts like court
martials, are organized to acquit or con.
Wet and not to try upon actual merits Of
the case, the Indictment is as powerful
in its effects as had the Senator beer
actually guilty of wrong doing. Mr.
Patterson succumbs and like Gen. Ames
makes virtue of necessity. He votes
for Mr.. Butler and we doubt whether
the whole republican party can infuse
stamina enough into his paralytic body
to stand up against the Butler pressure
Owing to the absence of several repub
g lican Senators the democrats came neal
seating Butler and but for the shrewd
tactics of Mr.. Edmupds would have
succeeded. Mr.. Edmunds had beer
absent several days on a shooting ex.
pedition and fortunately returned in
time to take a hand in defeating the
democratic designs to destroy the Re
publican majority in the Senate. He
is by far superior to any other man il
this body as tactition. No cucumber
can be cooler than he, and no Senate,
can withstand his sarcasm and muendocs
and as these qualities are united with 6
most wonderful knowledge of law anG
precedents the democrats have a poor
show in fight. They are bitter indeed
: over his present success. Many who