, 1877-11-18

he should himself sneak On Saturday and call
for final vote. Ewing should have learned by
this time that he is not enough Of a parliament
tartan to make any very accurate predictions Us
! to the result Of any steps he may take. Ewing
| was SO certain, however, that he would speak,
| and that the bill which Ewing was to hare had
passed ten days after he came to Congress would
| at the end Of the fourth week be passed, that
be invited host OF lady friends to listen to his
oration. At alt events they were there in consd-
cradle numbers, and as the day wore On and
the Finance bill did not appear, aud A1r. Ewing
| did not speak, pages we're kept busy carrying
| explanations Of the postponemcnt to the gal
| lerics Ewing did not have his ad},ercnts we'll
in hand. His bill was first pushed aside by
morning hour which he could not prevent. The
Army bill with the Senate amendments post
poned it for hour longer, and, finally, on the
direct issue made between Ewing's bill and the
! Paris Exposition bill, tho latter obtained the
right to the floor by large majority, so that
| Ewing's bill is indefinitely postponed. .
THE ARMY BILL
passed the House substantially as 1t came from
the Senate, and the House Appropriation Com
mittce on the first bill has suffered signal de-
feat The principle characteristics Of the Army
bill sent by the House to the Serate were the
clauses which cncroached upon the Presidential
prcroSative bv directing the stationlng Of four
regiments Of cavalry in Texas, and the section
reducing the army from the present standing Of
y, 900 to q, 600 men. The Senate struck out
both these provisions, leaving the President
Co,anaaudcr-in-Chcfo Of the army, and leaving
the army at the standard Of 35,O0O. To both ot
these amendments the House, in the face of the
extraordinary exertions OF the Approximation
Committee, agreed. Atkins, Chairman OF the
Committee, pending the vote on the number OF
The army, was about actively e1hortlns Demo-
Gratis to etand by him, and denouncng those
who were disposed to vote against the Commits
tee as persons signing their political deatl-Sar-
rants: but his efforts were fruisless. The House
agreed with the Senate in refusing e to station
four regiments OF cavalry Oh the Rio Gralde
border by yeas, no; nays, l3G. The amendment
fixing the force Of tue army at q. 0Owas agreed
to-ycas. 13+; nays, 100. The vote was partisan,
except that Culoe1son, GiddinSs, Schieicher,
Mills, aud Throckmorton, Of Texas, being all
the Texas delegation except Reagan, with Iut-
trcll, Of California. anu Williams, uf Michigan,
Democrats, voted with the Republicans. Some
Of the Democrats say that thcy would have bad |
the four or five necessary additional votes had |
the persons who might have cast them been ad- |
dictcd TO temperate habits.
METCALFE, !
the Republican from the Third Missouri Dis |
trict, after his very prolonged contest in the |
cate. Sone Of the Democrats were nngracious |
enough to attempt to pursue him even in the
House, and ] statement was read and referred
to the Elections Committee stating, in effect,
that it Was the opinion OF the Democratic otii-
GERS of the Supreme Court that Metcalfe's OPP
ponent was elected by one vote Possibly the
reference may be intended as the basis for q
contest on the part of Frost.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION BILL
was debated for Two hours, and will probably
pass without any. considerable amendment.
An amusing feature Of the debate
was speech by Gov Swami, OF
Chairman Of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, having charge Of the bill.
Air. Swami, although q large man aud full-chcst-
cd, has no voice, and cannot bc heard three feet
distant, 1t is related Of him that in Z former
Congress it was not observed that be was speak
ing, and that conference report was made and
acted upon By the Appropriations Committee
in the House before discovering that Mr., Swami
had the floor and was speaking, the Speaker
having forgotten it. Members gathered in Il
:ircle around the area to-day but throughout
thc House not word coul1 be heard. Will
ans. OF Wisconsin, made an earnest speech for
he bill. The bill will probably be passed Mon
lag.