The New York herald., 1878-03-26
sarcastic References to Civil
Service Reform.
REVIEW or SECRETARY SCHURSS CAREER.
Final Decision in the Florida Tel
egraph Case.
THE COINAGE QUESTION IN THE HOUSE
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

wAsHINGros, March 25. 1878.
SENATOR HowE's sPEEcH-No REPLY TO BE
MADE By THE DEMOCRATS.
The report that Senator Howe would this morning
attack the admin filed the Senate galleries
and drew good many Representatives over from the
House. Hr Howe's speech proved to be mainly an
historical summary Of the ant-sIavery struggle. in
which the founding OF the Ltberator by Mr.. Garri.
son. the attack Mr. Sumner the Missouri
compromise, the Kansas struggle, the Mexican war
and the war OF the rebellion sketched this run.
ming recital being occasionally diversified oy brief
and sometimes witty references to vicious course
OF President Hayes, quotations from tho Scriptures
ana appeals for liberty, equality fraternity he
began with attack Secretary schurz, whom
he believed to be wreoker OF political parties,
and be ended with eulogy Of Andsr-
son and Wells, whom he declared to be
innocent, and few words on civil service reform,
which he thought the President had failed give
country Whom he sat down Senator Edmunds, who
in during the latter part Of Mr. Howe's speech
drily expressed desire to 60 into executive session,
and thus the day ended far the public is con.
cerued. tes ID ags{stfatstsssa t,f assa
On the whole Il was mot very exciting or amusing
day. Mr. Howe addressed himself frequently in
pointed manner 10 Senators Hoar and Matthews %.
psoaally whom he declared that he. at least, would
desert his party, beoause preferred honor
sucoe4 He ssasTted that II Packard not elected
then Nj. Hayes Ii mot either. he raised laugh by
declaring thas the President would fail in his
attempt 10 anchor the democratic party to
MARSHAL Fitzsimmons, or Georgia he thought
hr Tden would have done bctter in South Carolina
ana Louisiana than ME Hayes did; he thought It an
Outrage thst Louisiana court dared to try Ander-
probability that the republican supremacy the Son.
sts will presently bs lost.
The democratic Senators had made up their minds
not TO reply TO Mr.. Howe; whether any republican
Senator'S will reply remains to be seen.
SILVER COINAGE AND THE SUSPENSION OF THE
SINKING FUND BEFORE THE HousE-A TEST
VOTE
Mr. Springer to-day got vote on his motion TO put
silvor the same footing with gold in the coinage.
he got 40 votes iof the Of bill to I02
sganst II, which. being less than two.ihirds, was
equivalent to defeat Mr.. Goode, Of Virginia, also
asked leave to introduce bill stopping the sink.
ing fund for I'VE years, but his motion got only
about ten majority and tn us failed. a. in that case
swo-lhirds were also required Monday Is day on
which all crude and wild schemes are tried In the
House. moro az notice OF what their proposers wish
than with any expectation that they will succeed,
but the vote to-day shows how little chance
there is for any such measure as Mr.. Sprinzer,s
TO become q law over the veto, which It
would OF have to encounter. The
Silver bill was passed in the House originally by
twenty-five moro votes than the required two thirds,
whereas Mr. Spinger's bill to-day received twenty.
less than rwothrds OF those voting, and fortynve
less than two-thirds of full House The moderate
silver have determined to oppose all legislation
In the direction of imitation and any further silver
lcgsaton and without their help the extremists arc
powerless Tho test Mr.. Springer made OF the sense
OF the House useful, because II shows change
TO both sides and to the country.