The New York herald., 1878-03-07
HOUSE OF oT.arpaEsENrArIvxs...

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tho W hole.
Mr.. BLISS, OF Now York, introduced bill to cstab-
Ish an export bonded warehouse st tho port Of New
York lor manufactured tobacco. Referred.
MESSAGE.
At tho conc usion OF the morning hour the Speaker
laid before the House q Message from tho President
returning without his approval tho House bill author
izng special term Of tho Circuit Court OF tho United
States for tho Southern District OF Mississippi to be
bo held ut Scranton, MISS on the second Monday in
March. Tho Message stated that there not suf-
hcient time to givo notice OF the holding OF such
special term, that tho government coulo pre-
paro for trial said term because funds would bo
available for that purpose. The bill and Message wcrc
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The House. at nvo minutes Of two o'clock, went
into Committee OF the Whole mr. Potter, OF Now
York, IN the chair), ON tho deficiency Appropriation
bill.
GARFIELD IN REPLY TO KELLEY.
Mr. GARFIELD had the flour In reply to Mr. Kelley g
speech of yesterday. He took exception 10 the
sneerng, unkind personalities oiMr. Kclley's speech,
particularly In the part charging him tME Garneld)
with arrogancy, conceit and egotism His only reply
TO that that such charge should not have como
from the man whose colossal seli.conceit had been
tho theme OF pleasant jocuarty during tho eighteen
years OF his service The gentleman had spent iOrty
MINUTES OF his timo in trying TO rciute what had
been merely preliminary and incidental alusion IN
his (arhed's former speech to the prosperity OF the
year 1850. lie went over some OF the points
justyng his statement as TO the prosperity OF that
year. including the facts that the exports OF American
tna yoar wero greater than at other
period OF history; that tho number oil immigrants who
arrived that year 49, O0O being 900 moro tnah
the preceding year. and that 8l9 patents had been
issued being loo more than the average Of the past
three years. Even In the iron Industry ho quoted
OF M Ass 70 SSw Ina. the 1sd
tons more than had ever before been produced. Ho
hoped that ho had established tho act that the
1850 was year not only oi general peace but Of very
As Mr. Koliey's denial that the Legal Tender act
Tnsddeus Stevens as saying that i was "a measur: Of
necessity, not OF cnoice;' quoted Mr. Fessendon az
saying tuat Il was "only temporary policy adopted
under circumstances ol overwhelming necessity" and
quoted Mr.. sumner as saying, 81 warn you against
continuing In this step, which necessity compes. Tho
medicine OF tho constitution must not become It's
daily breAd.'
In regard to The designation OF grecnbacks as a
forced loan, and TO Mr. Kslley's assertion that no
(Mr GarheId) would have been hissed as venom ous
copperbead If he had characterized In 1867. he
quoted secretary Chase, Mr. Thomas, OF Massachu-
setts and the Supreme Court OF New York state, in
which the same character was gwen 10 thcm.
AMERICAN STATESMEN IN THE PAST.
ne renetaea inc assertion sMr' ksi'oy's quotations
of American Presidents and finance ministers they
had ai believed In money based coin and other
money He quoted Jefferson stating that 'Jugglcrs
only will propose 10 create capital Dy legerdemain
tricks OF paper monsy"-(aug ghter)-and John Adams
D commence
lie men anu measures until paper money was done
away with. And ms TO the sentiment OF England, he
said that the great voco Of Parliamentary authority
and the recognized voice OF financial authority were
firm In the opinion that the restoration OF pay
ments in England was q blessing to tho nation a
To show tho inconsistency Of Mr. Kelley In matters
OF nnance Mr. Garfield referred TO resolution offered
In lhc House In 1865 thanking Secretary McCulioch
for his policy In contracting tho currency and pedg
Ing tho House TO the resumption OF specie yment ut
early day as possible That resolution had been
adopted with only six negative votes, and among
those voting In the af rmative found the name OF
William ID Kelley. (Laughter)
Dir. BROWN, trep) Of Ind.-Is Senator Voorhees,
name theroY
Mr.. GARFKLD-I will look. Ycs: Mr.. Voorhees, voted
aye. uIughtcr.) He also quoted Mr.. Kelley as
making remark In iovOr OF the bill domonetiztnG u
silver to the effect shat the silver dollar could be
kept up and must be dropped; and yet, he said, the
gentleman not long since with the voice OF NsstoI
had denounced that net as . legislative "tcrrick. y
(.aughtcr.)
C0MNUNIsTIc THREATS
He reminded the House of tho communistit
speeches made by Mr.. Kelley In tho Ohio campagr
oi 1876 when he spoke OF Labor taking capital W
the throat, aud hc SAID that the country very
near having scenes vi riot awakened at Tue ash VI
communistIc tbrcats and tuat aitcrward some OF hi
colleagues In the House, graciousy and tendery be
cause VI tho gohtcinans yesrR had written II hil