The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-30

next. He was lean mulatto, and spoke
deliberately and slowly In good voice,
and, as usual. he opposed the commission
son constitutional grounds
Proctor Knott read q speech rather mild
Fly expressed against the bill. He cannot
speak otf-iand, and therefore Ii OF very little
power on the floor. Duluth is still his great
performance. ~ & -.
Carr, NJ. c. Kerr's successor from Indi.
ana, also opposed the bill. His district is
densely, alluvially Bourbon, and he only
demonstrated by his wild, foolish talk how
much that district has lost In Mr.. Kerr.
When Carr stopped he was speaking 800
words a.nlinutc, and making more noise
than an old tin roof, loose Of a windy night.
Dunnell, OF Minnesota, the man who tele-
eraphed home, "Haul sand for the new
6ouse-the salary-bill passed." rose and vo-
citerated against the hin. h!li It was ten
minutes pasta. He said Congress shouldn't
put "its vile hand" on the Supreme Court.
Dunnell Is loud and tonguey, and good
stump-d declaimer.
Hardenbergh, OF New jersey, read a
piece favoring the bill. ,..
Washington Townsend, OF Pennsylvania,
spoke Mt a quarter TO 4, reading through
I! spectacles. AS nobody heard him, or tried
to, his pertinacity for all his time brought
roars Of laughter. He lives in the most
Ouakerly district of the world, as il the
broad hat Of William Penn covered it all.
Pratt, OF Iowa, spoke of-hand against the
bill His manner was good and modest.
The familiar faces Of many lobbying ex-
members were on the floor, Iowa being par
ticularly represented. Henry S. Foote,
| r., ~ 0bin. oil Tnhh
OF Nebraska Assistant Secretary OF State
| Campbell; George Bancroft, the historian,
with fleecy-hair and long, faX-like beard,
had desk. ..a..... -... >.
Zeb. Vance, Governor-cect OF North
Carolina, sent telegram that North Caro-
lima approved of Ransom's work in the
commission. ,...
Baker, OF Indiana, one OF Morton's men,
read speech opposing the bill, thereby
eating up his own opinions, as she was one
of the most earnest men originally for the
commission. A melancholy instance OF stul-
tifcation under Il superior influence.
Lamar, OF Mississippi. made an ingenious
speech. ! heard him for the first time. DE
is dark>skinned man, with long, blackish,
dry hair and broad shoulders bilious,
nervous temperament. His face is long and
large, and he is less an orator than had sup
posed, hammering it out with too much
strength and expense of effort. Yet great
crowd got around him. The bone OF his
speech was that the Supreme Court had pro-
tected the South when other departments OF
the Government oppressed it. Lamar bends
forward, rocks, looks deeply excited, and
makes no very profound impression. e."
Brien, Of Maryland, spoke for the bill, the
last member to do so.
THE DEBATE CLOSED.
At / O'Clock the Speaker [Randall), in the
chair, recognized Mr.. Payne, OF Ohio. The
House was then very full, the gallery-doors
swarmine, the corners of the edifce in the
gallery densely packed so as to look circr-
lar, and the diplomatic gallery also filled.
The previous question was seconded by q
roaring aye. A few feeble and discouraged
voices said no. Payne then clinched the
bill by resolution Of reconsideration, and
farmed out his time to Gilbert Walker and
others. Walker is called the handsomest
man in Congress, he is very tall, and his
hair white with over-frisky youth. Speeches
were then very little listened to. Walker
was heard all over the House, and seemed to
be good talker. e. d.. ... ...-,-.. =, e.
Billy Lawrence arose for nearly the last
time in public life. His sands of public
honor are runEing out. He opposed the
commission because he knew all about the
Constitution. He requested Virginia to
turn down hor nose and expert Randolph's 8
remains. - -. .
The lights inthe glass ceilisewere touched
| by the taper of the electric spark at half
past I. The shields Of thiEty-seven States
shone forth.
The slim and shallow member, Brutus
Blackburn, got off q soThomoric piece
amidst much gaping and ygWning. He op-
posed the bill, of course, because he and the
Constitution had conferred and found it
wasn't right He said it ttouched his great
courage. ,>-.. @
T. Z. Jones made good speech against
the bill. He had the appearance OF gem
tleman, and was heard with respect.
David Dudley Field made his maiden
speech. He is giant IL size, yet graceful,
and his manner was elegant and his voice
heard all over the place. He made but little
gesture, the principal one being an exten-
sion OF tho hand long seld out. That is the
manner Cor congressional orators to study
He raed the figure of the flag flying over
the Capitol by night with pretty and modest
effect .
John Young Brown spoke for the bill,
and has become almost as much Of Union
man rs Ben. Hill. blessed are the peace
makers, he said. THAT was Constitution
enough for him. BE was poetical, too, and
sincere, and looked like temperate Ken
tucEian, which is getting to be rare thing
in Congress. He was greatly applauded.
| Gibson, of Louisiana, sent telegram
| from New Orleans TO he read, and made q
cleaEy interesting speech. ....
PAYNE CLOSES.
Payne took the floor at ten minutes Of &.
He spoke in feeble voice, but his aged and
responsible appearance drew the members
around him. This was his great personal
triumph in Congress, as he was chairman OF
the House committee to prepare the bill.
| o. r. Morton;came in to see the last chap
tei' Of the measure he so bitterly opposed
He talked q little with Rush and Packer,
members. Payne demeaned his speech by
an attack OH the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie.
Randall stopped Payne, and the title Of
the eperossed bill was read by Neil S.
Brown. a clerk, OF. Tennessee, in a power
full voice. -.
Then it came sto vote, and Randall, Of
volition, added his name aye, coming into
line at the Last moment. "
The bill passed in glad silence by vote
of 1911 to sc. ~ =.
The House adS Seurned at dark, and the
avenue was crowded with the returning
audience. A few asked if there was any:
probability OF q veto from Grant; others
| affirmed that the justices OF the Supreme
Court would not dare to disobey a statute
and refuse to serve. Some thought Hayes
would, be elected, some Tilden; but mo-