Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHrScroN, D. c., Nov. %.

.Honooy tuotosbk. Auc cAcitiuk us
upon the admission of Senators |
from Louisiana and Soutn Carolina so
affected the Senators generally that
rest became necessity, hence the de-
ferring of other business until next
week. Mr.. Thurman, particularly, We
think, stands in need Of recuperatiUn,
ior he was 80 completely discounted
by Mr.. Conkling when he attempted
iiis little slight of hand trick in parl,H
mentary tactics Of having the jlurnnl
amended 80 as to give the Democrats
the control Of the days business, IN II
At least three d ,ys retirement were ne.
c-ssary TO restore his equilibrium. Oaiy
u few days ago Mr.. Thurman took II
upon himself TO administer Il rsbuke
10 Mr.. Hosr for attempting what he
termed House tactics to defeat certain
measure, and pOIopOu-ly ssiJ, 1--WE ar
gentlemen here IL the Senate" Yet,
ntre he Is re-ofiIDg To iegerdemain, iu
which even Mr.. Btyard would no; sup
port him 10 cbtaiL an alieraiion of the
Journal That little bit Of hOcus pOcus
pleasantly of Me,srs. R,niaii aud
bill WINS substituted for the silver bill.
half so sharp II Dodge as this Oi Mr..
Thurman. But he failed, aud what is
worse than detection Mr.. Bayard f.l
back on his honor, rebuke,i Mr.. Thur
man for taking the position he did,
aud made considerable pla.ssntne>>
in the Democratic. Camp. Mr. Ewing
is attempting to get his elephant, the
anti resumniion hi through the
II rus-. nj d yeste:d day closed thu deb t.
up q the me ssure with u sDphisticdi
and ingenious speech. But Wnere the
opposition with their l,nd Of amend
ments and budget full Of dilatory expe
dirncy will land him is problem he
or ourselves cannot solve ~ day. The
changelIng, we cann0G term il anything
else under the score of amendments II
carries, presents an anomalous appear
ance, and we take ii that to-day's vOt-
ing is more a matter of form than de-
sire Of Mr.. Ewing to have it 60 to the
Senate as il stands. The Paris Exposi-
tiOn Bill was passed by the House after
prOtracted debate, and will become a
law as il now stands. General LeDuc,
the Comm issiOner Of Agriculture will
give US every eDdeavUr to make the
exhibition OF our agricultural products
d success. He will show our processes
of growing, threshing and grinding
wheat, aud of making it into bread.
He vii! exhibit cotton in all its phases
from the growing and ripening plant
up to the production of cloth, and will
not neglect any other channel OF indus,
try coming within his domain in so far
as the appropriation will permit. The
sum appropriated, $4,000, Is too
small aud should have been at least
double that figures.
The Silver bill ss amended by the
Senate Committee gives general salts
faction, and does not premise to receive
much comment at any hands since
there is an evident desire to test the
workings of remOnetizatiOn in some
form or Other. The feeling here j.
much IN re liberal ON The silver ques
tion than TN resumption, for The nnti-
resumpt:onists are opposed to resumiHg
,,D any basis, and claim that no At
tempt in that direction should be made
by the government for years 20 come.
Beyond the spicy episodes in the
Senate yesterday ami Sam COx's witty
speech in-fhe House, little of interest
ing natured occurred in the proceedings
pf either body during the week.
Appropriation bills usually are of a
sepJnific or evaporating nature, tina.
either put everybody asleep or Cause
a wholesale disappearance Uf the mem
bers from the hall. ..
The coalition between Messrs. Pat
terson and Connver aud the Democrats
upon the question OF Hsmburgh But
\ m hn Tn
great comment and may yet lead TO
disastrous results. Patterson is uQder
,ndictnn.nt in South Carolina, and the
question oi power TO take han down
there for trial is now being argued in
our district Courts. Tina, the whole
thing is intended to ceree him into
resig gnation or into voting for Butler
no one doubts wha votes how little
foundation there Is for an indictment
against him. Hat ~ Southern Courts
like court Martials, are organic
ed to aequit or convict.
and not to Try upon actual merits Of the
Case, the indictment is as powerful in
its ELECTS as had the Senator been sctu-
lily guilty OF wrong doing. Mr.. Pat
teFsUn ruccumbs,s and like General
4 mes, makes virtue of necessity. He
votes, for Mr.. Butler AMI we Doubt
whether the whole Republican party
can iniuse stamina enough into his par
,lytic body to stand up against the
Butler pressure. Owing tn the absence
of several Republican Senators the
Democrats came near seating Butler,
and but for the shreWd tactics of Mr.
Edmunds would have succeeded. MIR.
Edmunds had been absen' several days
ON shooting expedition and fortunate.
ly returned in time to take hand 10
defeating the Democratic designs toI
destroy the Republican majority in the
Senate. He is by far superior to any
other man in this body as tactician.
No cucumber can be cooler than he,
and no Senator CAN withstand his sar-
casm and innuendO, and as these quail
ities are united with must wonderful
OF law aud precedent, the
Democrats have poor show in fight.
They ara bitter indeed on his present
success. Many who have watched Mr..
Blaine's triumphant success in the
House, doubtless wonder why he is not
foremost in the trays in the Senate
there he led the forlorn hope, and was
the great General which directed the
attack upon the enemy'5 works wheth !,
er in front or by flank, and wherever
a weak spot in his own Ranks occurred,
mis- plume like that Of the Black Prince
in Ivanhoe, appeared in the midst to
reform and reorganize his men. Yet.
in the Senste he has been on the back
ground and seemingly is rs powerless
~ Napoleon on ST. Helena. The two
bodies are SO essentially different in
their nature that altogether different
: required, and while Mr..
Blaine Possesses those characteristics
which enable him to combine and or
,anize his party Ia the House, for eth
'r offensive or defensive operations yet
n the Senate he must necessarily be II
only under Mr.. E,tmunds.
His i'll health i more due to the mani
ion forced upon him by Senate usages