Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-13
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SPECIAL TO H EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Mr.. Blaine'S Speech.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
THE REPLIES OF THURMAN AND leMAR,
THE REPLIES OF THURMAN AND lfMAR.
Congressional Proceedings.

Congressional Proceedings.
WAsMrNGToS, December ~.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Anthony
called up the Senate bill authorizing the
Public Printer to print papers and docu-
ments for Senators, Representatives aud
Delegates in Congress, upon the payment
OF cost, and ten per cent. additional.
Passed.
Mr.. Window called up the Fertilization
Appropriation bill, and the amendments OF
the committee increasing the a%ppropria-
ton for the armament Of sea-coast fortif-
cations, from SIPS. 900 to $3.50, 900, and for
the preservation and repair Of Notifications
from $780, 900 to $500, 900, which were
agreed to. The bill was then passed.
A brief discussion rs to the order Of bust
ness resulted in an agreement that a vote
on Edmunds' bill, in regard to the count
ing Of tho electoral vote, should be taken
tomorrow.
In the House, to-day, Mr.. Wood offered
q resolution directing an inquiry into the
conduct Of the Chief Supervisor Of Elec-
tions, Mr.. Davenport, at the last election
in New York, and its consideration was
postponed until tomorrow. The allcga-
tion is, that Mr.. Davenport was guilty Of
the illegal, unjust and oppressive exercise
Of pretended authority in causing the or
rest, detention and imprisonment Of citi-
zens innocent OF any offense, by which he
deprived them of the right to vote, and
subjected them to ~indignity, insult and
intimidation, without warrant Of law or
Justification /; which arrests have been de-
clared illegal by the United States Judges.
A resolution was adopted ordering Q re-
cess from December Goth to January 9th.
NEW York, December IL.
The " Sun " says Of Mr.. Blaine's speech:
Never before, in q long public career, has
Mr.. Blaine taken such pains with . speech;
never before has he had such cause to take
pains. Every paragraph, sentence and
word has been weighed, and he has said in
half an hour what . clumsier speaker
would have taken six hours to say. He has
mingled provocation with moderation, and
has said enough to excite the susceptibility
d the South without startling the eonserv.
atism Of the North. A less expert politi-
clan would have frantically waived the
bloody shirt but Mr.. Blaine has not done
this, knowing . trick worth two Of it. He
has not sought TO enlist the sympathy OF
the North for tho bulld0zed negro voters,
but has touched at once the available issue.
The "Sun /" prints Mr.. Blaine's speech in
full, and apologies for SO doing. by de-
clsring that the speech IL so good that it Is
worth 1t.
NEW York, December -.
The Worlds Washington correspondent
says Of Blaine's speech, that II proved a
disappointment to his friends. n was
without surprise TO his political opponents.
1t was conclusive In showing that the
policy Of Mr.. Hale was ebbing in the Re-
publican party, and that this was m effort
Of the more radical element to restore 1t to
food tide again. Although plausible and
ingenious, like most u Mr.. Blaine's
speeches, it lacked the audacity and in
cisiveness Of matter and which
have characterized his former ones, and
fell far below what the other side Of the
Chamber had been led 10 expect. The
replies Of Messrs. Thurman and Lamar,
therefore, were more brief than Blaine's
speech, and qnite demolished il.