Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-08

Mr.. Cox's fine sense of humor will eus-
BILE him to appreciate IL as another il
lustratiOn of American wit suitable for
insertion in his next book on that sab /
jet.
Tom Ewing, OF Ohio, who assumes
to be father of the House, because his
father was great man, came to grief,
Thursday, aud made himselfthe laugh
ing stock OF the members through his
lack of parliamentary knowledge. Tom
introduced into the House at the first |
opportunity, his bill for the repeal of
the Resumption Act, which, of course,
was referred to the Committee On
Banking, who, at once, reported ii |
back to the House, but Lot for consid |
Grafton by the Committee on the |
Whole This course put the bill upon
the Speakers table where it could be |
considered only during the morning
hour, and while it barred amendment
and discussion at the hands of the Re-
fpublicans, yet to secure its passage a
two-thirds vote was essential, which
Thomas could not command. The Re-
publicaus led by Mr.. Conger, a most
shreWd parliamentarian, interpoSed
dilatOry motions wholly consuming the
morning hour, and after which only
the twO-thirds vote could operate,
hence Mr.. Ewing was hung up high
and dry under Toars uf laughter at his
discOmfiture.- Now the bill must be
returned to the Banking COMMITTEE
| for another report. This time it will
go to the House in Committee on the
Whole where it at once becomes SUBJ
ject of prolonged debate and indefinite
amendment, for there are many di
verse views in Congress as to our
finances as there are members, ana
l Mr.. Ewing will find each one taking
n whack at his pet measure. By the
time it passes through the hands of
such skillful manipulatOrs as Mr.. Con
ger, little will be left of the bantling,
and we think Ginx's baby did not fare
as badly as will the foundling at the
hands OF both resumptionists and
auti-resuDptionists, for it contains
that which seems repugnant to both
sides. Tom Ewing is a big man
I-'.bigger than old Grant We don't
doubt, and comes beside from Ohio,
4 which sends out now -a-dayS only
statesmen. Yet there is something: of
the bubble about him which Mr.. Con-
fger's incisiveness easily pricked on
I Thursday. Thomas has murh to learn
and will bea wiser man in. 1879 Than he
now is, for the polishing he will get at
Il Republicans hands, under his attempt.
led leadership of the House will bright
en- d man OF mud.
II m or SENATOR MORTON.
! The death of this great man casts a
fglQOm over political circles here, not
t-een or felt since the death of 1had.
stevens. His pre- eminent ability is
!; conceded by all who knew him, and
4 none more freely admit it than the
: Democrats. While they gain much by
his death, yet they are more pleased 81
. ais absence from the Senate than over
u the consequent gain of one Senator by
them. He was the lion in their path
and no one in the Senate was a. much
feared by them as he. While ne pos
l lsessed little of that personal magnet
{ tEisIn or orat0ricai grace through which
! Henry Clay could move the Masses
. yet his great intellectual force, courage
, and vigor, was such as to make hin
> instinctively leader, and there has
!: been no colleague. of his in the Senate
whose hand and impress has been e,
: great upon past legislation, as his
: Since 1864 he has been the power in
!, Ire Senate 'which shaped and directed
our Reconstruction measures. He new
Ter shirked contest whether the odd;
/. v ere for OF against hin, ard whether
G. usbing a Truthbuli by chaiking hi.
. back with ''Barkis is willln', /" or hold
!, ling Schurz at bay on the Frenci
: Arms debate, he seemed always in hi:
true element Of successful leadership
His plain unvarDished language ano
* telling arguments were attractive apC
q almost fascinating-Duchm more so thai
! the rounded periods of more polished
) intellects, and those who relish the in
: tttellectual contests of the Senate will
Y ! fsadly miss him in the future for tht
u "NOblest Roman of them all" has lai(
down to sleep. 1t is bitter reflection
: {nieed that Worries must follow oul
!, gifted Morton. That one whose only
!, talent is for saving criminal from hi.
just deserts, should be the successor. o
II statesman whose powers enabled him
: to carry II Nation through the evils anG
woes of a'great civil war. But, Turk
!. like, Gods will be d0ne." JUN1Us. =