The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-24

CAGO AND THE TENTH NAllONAL BANh
AT NEW YORK WINDING UP-FRENCH
NEWS, &C., &C.
Washington.
PASSAGE OF EwING's BILL TO REPEAL THE
THIRD SECTION OF THE experimentation
ACT-ADJoURNMENT NOT PROBABLE FOR A
wEEK-KELLoGG TO BE SEATED ON NON
DAY, &C.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, November 23.-Debate on
Ewfng's bill to repeal the third section OF the
specie-resumption act was finally exhaust.
ed to-day. Fort made quite an elaborate
argument in favor Of his amendment, and
Chittenden, the peppery little member from
New York city, undertook to answer
Ewing's master speech OF last evening" and
also paid his compliments to FELTON,, Of
Georgia, for the severe drubbing which the
latter gave him last week. He succeeded In
raising laugh and in advertising himself
as lender OF money at low rates Of interest
to the needy Of every State and OF every
cline, but he did not succeed in extricating
himself from the ludicrous plight in which
FELTON, left him, and his attempt to answer
Ewing's powerful logic only proved that
his financial dogmas were bounded by the
four walls OF his bank. Neither Chittenden
nor any one else has in any measure refuted
TIE FACTS WHICH EWING STATED so POWER
49,. FULLY
last night, nor disproved the deductions
which he drew therefrom. Ewing's speech
stands alone as the most thoughtful, most
powerful, and most logical expose Of the
financial condition OF the country, OF the
great dangers which threaten, and OF the
great factor which the resumption act has
been in producing the present distress
throughout the country, and Of the direr
caamities which will follow an attempt to
carry out its provisions. Tt is noticeable
fact to-day that even those who differ with
Mr.. Ewing in his financial beliefs admit that
his facts cannot be gainsaid, and that his
deductions are so logical that there is at
least great reason to fear that his predic-
tons will come true. Voting began to-day
about 2 O'Clock on the fourteen amendments
which have been offered to Ewing's bill, and
progressed tediously all the afternoon.
Mr.. Forts amendment, which the COM
mittee accepted as substitute, was finally
adopted. The committee accepted it on the
ground that it is an unconditional repeal OF
the third section OF the resumption act, and
therefore essentially the same as Mr.
Ewng's bill. 1t gained the votes, how
ever, of some who feared that the banks
would he affected by Mr.. Ewing's bill,
which simply repcals the act without any
offs" or "ands" or any provisoS. The
full text OF Forts amendment will be found
in the House proceedings.
ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL VOTE.
The final vote on Forts substitute ended
about ) o'clock. The call proceeded quietly,
and mild applause followed the announce
ment that the amendment had been adopted.
An analysis of the vote shows that only
twenty-seven Republicans voted for and
twenty-eight Democrats against the repeal,
except Mr.. Phelps, OF Connecticut, who
voted "Aye." Ben. Buffers action was, as
usual, inexplcablc. He was in his seat
when his name was called, looked straight
at the clerk when his name was called. and
did not vote. No New Workers voted for
the repeal. SIr. Cox, who would have
voted : Aye," was paired. Out OF sixty
eight votes from the extreme East Messrs.
Cox and Phelps were the only two in the
affirmative. Messrs. Kimmel and Schlccher
were the only Democrats from the South
who voted "No," and Mr.. Brogden was
the only southern Republican who voted
"Aye." 1t is singular fact that Of the
large cities the Republicans OF Cincinnati
alone voted for the repeal. The representa-
tives from Boston, Providence, New York,
Brooklyn, Baltimore, Charleston, st. Louis,
Detroit, and San Francisco, voted solidly
against the repeal. The representatives
from Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Chi
cago were divided. The anti-resumptionists
are of course elated tonight, but are only
moderately hopeful that the bill will pass
the Senate.
The regular routine OF private-bill day
was set aside to-day in favor OF Ewing's
bill, with the result that the usual grist OF
bills OF Il private nature were avoided.
ADJOURNMENT.
There is no possibility OF an adjournment
now before the last OF next week, and
the outlook is rather du bious for any adj
iournment at all. 1t is almost certain that
the Senate will spend the whole week
wrangling over the contested-election cases.
| The Republican senators are determined to
seat Kellogg before they allow vote on
either the Eustis or Butler Corbin case,
and once they get Kellogg seated
they will either seat Corbin or re
fuse to seat both Butler and Eustis.
if they cam, They held another caucus to-
dav to devise ways and means OF accom-
plishing their purpose Sharon has been
teIeAaphedfor, but cannot get here much
if any, before next week friday. The
time until he arrives will doubtless be fill
bustered away, if between now and Mon
day sufficient pressure can be brought t
bear on Conover to induce him to allow
Butler, whom he has pledged to vote for, t.
be defeated by diatory tactics.
MONDAYS PROGRAMME
has been mapped out as follows: The
chairman Of the Elections Committee viii
be ready with report on the kellogg-spof
ford case. The point will be made that, a
the report directly affects the right OF
member to his seat, while Thurman's reso
luton proposes to discharge the committee
from further consideration Of the rights 0
member, the report is of higher priv