The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12
MIR. BANDS Tactics in Managing
the Silver Bill.
THE ABORIGINES IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
That Conference of Republican Senators
and What Came of It.
Colonel Ingersoll and the Ber-
.t lin Mission.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL, 1877.
THE WAR OF THE ANTr-HAYEs REPUBLICANS
ON THE ADMINISTRATION.
A negotiation is on foot to-day between certain OF
The anti-Hayes republicans and three OF the Eastern
democratic Senators, having for na object agrec-
ment part OF the Hayes Senators TO seat
Messrs SpoGord and Eusts, in return Tor which the
Eastern democratic Senators TO furnish ten votes
10 help defeat the Now York appointments and others
Objectionable to the ant-Haycs men. II this plan
mould succeed. which appears tonight not unlikely,
The Louisiana Senatorship question would be settled
Immediately, the administration would get black
eye and tho t-Hayes would be victorious, Tor
with ten democratic allies they could rule the Senate.
A certain number OF the Northern Senators are known
10 feel very bitterly toward the President. They
The Same time in III humor with the Southern demo.
cratic Senators because these well disposed
ard the President BY the proposed plan they
would crafty their antipathies and yet save them.
selves with their party by securing their to tho
Two Louisiana democrats, about whom the admins
tration Senators appear to be taking matters very
easy.
In the caucus yesterday proposition was made
shat all the republican Senators should bind them
Iclves TO support with their votes any report the
Elections Committee might bring in on the SpoGord
and Kellogg case, but several Senators Immediately
and decidedly objected to this and the motion was
dropped.
The general plan Of the anti.Hayes Senators ID to
require the President to report the Senate tho
for every removal or suspension he makes, and to re-
fuse to act upon the nominations made the place OF
such removals until docs this The Tenure Of Ofce
act does require the President thus show cause
but it declares that every officer shall hold for his
term sunless sooner removed by and with tho advice
OF the Senate and 1t is on this that the demand Will
be founded 1t Is also proposed to object to all
ocratic nominations III the Southern states. 1t Is
believed by the Presidents friends that be will at
once give the cause for removal when the
Senate ASKS him for It, Tho anti-Hayes
men, however, believe that macy OF the
Presidents will be satisfactory to them.
They instance tho OF Marshal Pitkin OF Lousi-
ana, removed, say that Ptkin prove himself
honest and capable
The battle is not yet fact it has yet begun,
but the administration, is beaten will itself
to blame.
THE PASSAGE OF THE SILVER BILL-TACTICs
OF MR.. BLAND TO BRING HIS MEASURE BE-
FORE THE HoUsE-AN INVESTIGATION TO BE
MADE.
Speaker Randall will probably make statement to-
bill, about which there has been q good deal OF talk.
On Monday, October 49, after the call OF States and
Territories had been concluded, Mr.. Bland moved to
suspend the rules so as 10 enablc him to Introduce,
and the House to pass, bill ITO authorize the
age of a dollar of 4l2S grains silver and
other purposes" understood to be substantially his
bill OF last Congress- 1t being nearly O'Clock, and
nearly everybody being wearied with the long session
Of the day, this motion prevailed by large majority,
and frn rlx, n
BANDS motion pending. On the following Monday
November 81 Mr. Bland renewed his application to
Speaker Randall for recognition for similar motion
alter the morning hour, and by tho instruction
Of tho Committee on Banking ana Currency
Mr. Buckner its CHAIRMAN also asked recognition for
the purpose OF putting Its passage the bill agreed
upon by that committee. Between these gentlemen
there considerable rivalry the subject, each
being anxious to be the active in the passage
Of his bill, and Speaker Randall sharply pressed
tor prior recognition when motions TO suspend the
rules should be III order MI Bland learned just be-
fore the House met that his motion OF Monday, No
vember 90 would be first after the expiration
of the morning hour Of that day (Monday, November
81, which, of course gave him the right Of way When
hr. Buckner learned this he determined to oppose
Mr. BANDS bill and to vote down his motion to sus-
pend the rules, with the view OF securing vote the
bill OF the Banking and Currency Committee, for
which purpose he would DO then recognized by tho
Speaker This coming to tho knowledge OF Mr. Bland
he al once proposed to Mr. Buckner aud General Ewing
to take tho conmittee's bill and substitute It for his
pwn, which proposition accepted and carried out
by Mr. Bland that gentleman supposng, he asserts
that ne had o right to do 80. Accordingly, when
Speaker Randall at the close OF the morning hour
announced Mr. BANDS motion OF October 20 TO be in
order as unfinished business Mr.. Bland up,
his own BILL which was then IN order, but tue bill Of
the Committee on Banking and Currency. This bill
read and thon, at tho request oil Mr. Cox, was
read second tme for information, alter which tho
motion was put upon the passage OF the bill Tho
committes's bill had this tle:-"A pill to authorize
the free coinage OF tho standard silver dollar and to
restore Its legal teuder Character and OF course,
could not properly got before the House until alter Mr.
BANDS bill had either been withdrawn, passed or re-
jected Tho Substitution not known to the speaker
and II is not probable that halt dozen members were
aware OF II AZ tho time. II not discovered
by tho clerks at the desk until after It's
passage after the House adjourned when II camo
10 be journalized by the journal clerk. 1t therefore
appears by tho Journal the Official record OF tho
House, that bill Of certain title was declared by
tho Speaker to be before tho House action AS
inishcd business, ana that without any intermediate
action TO remove that bill from before the House a
bill with another and entirely different title is voted
upon and passed. In contents and purpose tho bills
wore similar In some respects but in parliamentary
thcv entirely distinct and the situation Is
not only novel one, but SO lar as be asccrLancd
Is without precedent in Congressional legislation
While II may be true that no fraud wrong was
practscd II is certainly true that tho transaction
grossly irregular and, In parliamentary sense, In
dccnsibie. In tho closing hours Of u Congress. when
motions to suspend The rules are always in order.
somc iniquitous measure might easily DO smuggcd
through, as for Instance, the Choctaw Chorpennng
Claim bill tho Cotton Tax Refund bi and IL should
DO speedily passed by the House and signed by tho
President as is usually done In tho last hours OF a
scss ion, there would be NO remedy
No blame be attached to Speaker Randall In the
matter Messrs. Bland, Buckncr and Ewing say thcy
supposed they doing no wrong making the SUBJ
utulon According to tho rules and practice a mo-
ton TO suspend the rules rs not debaabie