The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-18
sllYlRlp NIGH lI'LlaRI|hkIy.

sETlIRIl TMIlLZaRIiIAIN,
PAssAaE or THE sILvER-BILL IN
fEsENATE.
HOW TIE NIGHT WAS sPENT-FULL TEXT
z, OF THE BILL-KUKLUx IN KENTUCKY
THE INTERNAT1oNALR oWING-MATCH-
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS WILL ENTER
CoEsTANTiSOPLE WITH a PORTION OF
HIs ARMY,BUT WILL COME AS "A GUEST
GERMANy,s POSITION 1 N THE CUES
TToE-NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT, &C.
washington.
A NIGHT IN THE REPORTERS GALLERY IN TIE
sENATE-TaE SENATE As 1T APPEARED AT
FIVE O'clock on SATURDAY M0RE1NG-ON
TEE EVE OF a POLITICAL REToLUTT0N--THE
FINAL TRIUMPH-THE TOBACCO QUESTION
CABINET RUM0Rs-D0oRKEEPER DIX 8
CASE--vARIOUS ITEMS-PULL TEXT OF TIE
S SILVER BILL.
fFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February 16.-I LETT the
Senate chamber this morning at 5 o'clock
and do not care to spend another night In
the:reporters' gallery. After u o'clock the
only amendment adopted was Med onald's,
which provides that where there Is no stip-
ulation to the contrary in contract that
silver shall be legal tender for all dues,
&c. Some Of the gold senators and Mr..
Blaine thought it horrible that people who
had bought bonds with the understanding
that the low interest on them was to be paid
in gold should be paid in silver.
Mr.. Howe said the Government has q
perfect right to pay according to the face Of
the bond, and Blaine quoted Shylock.
Amendments were offered in regard to
the weight of the dollar by Mr.. Cameron, Of
iowa, who wanted dollar Of 400 grains;
by Mr.. Blaine, who wanted one Of 425
grains; and Mr.. Eaton, who wanted one Of
440 grains. All these, after discussion, were
voted down, and the weight fixed at 412t
grains.
Mr.. Gordon moved that not less than
S35 100000 Of silver shall be coined an
nual!y. Lost.
INAPPROPRIATE SPEECHES..
Between and 8 O'Clock, when the Senate
was working under the tive-minutes' rule,
Messrs. Cameron, Of Wisconsin, and Chris
tiancy, OF Michigan, drew manuscript
speeches aud read them, to the disgust Of
everybody, in instalments. Raw oysters
coated with brown sugar, before breakfast,
would not be more unpalatable than were
these ill-tlmed efforts under the circum-
stances.
WHAT SENATORS DID.
Messrs. Butler OF South Carolina and
Lamar voted on every proposition with the
gold-men, and evinced as much interest
especially the former-in defeating the bill
as Herman or Edmunds. Bayard, Sargent,
and Fdmunds were particularly active, and
favored every proposition looking to delay.
Mr.. Randolph kept quiet, but voted with
them. Mr.. Conkling made no speech and
offered no motion, but at l O'Clock petu-
lantly alluded to the fact that the Senate had
unanimously agreed to vote on the 10Th.
He knew gentlemen might say that parlia-
mentary day lasted until adjournment, but
he did not want to be compelled to listen to
oft-repeated arguments, but wanted a vote
taken and the question settled: His temper
was not improved when Mr. Christiancy
here got the floor and commenced reading
another instalment Of his speech. Finally
Mr.. Conkling left his seat and paced
the chamber rapidly, like Won Hillern
walking for a wager. This did him
good. The speeches OF Messrs. Merrimon,
Morgan, and Maxey against the proposition
for an International conference in regard to
the ratio OF gold and silver were sensible
and in good temper. The Virginia sena-
tors, Messrs. Johnston and Withers, pa
tiently awaited the result, voting every
time on the side OF silver. Mr.. Hoar occu-
pied the chair, the Senate being in Commit
tee OF the Whole while considering the
amendments, and one OF his rulings made
Mr.. Jones, Of Nevada, wrathy. Mr.. Hill,
of Georgia, who was absent, was paired
with Mr.. Harris, Of Tennessee, who is
sick, and Mr.. Butler was paired with his
| colleague, Mr. Patterson. Mr.. Bruce, the
coIored senator from Mississippi, anlago-
nizcd Mr.. Lamar on every proposition-all
his votes being on the side Of silver remone-
tization. On the silver side Messrs. Ferry, OF
Michigan, and Allison, OF Iowa, did most
of the talking in the funning debates.
SENATORS LOOKED FATIGUED.
There is no lager sold in the Capitol now,
and some senators had to refresh themselves
with Rye-o coffee. The effect was bad from
gallery outlook. Some OF these had
watery eyes and flushed faces, others ar
ticulated clumsily and moved about TN
steadily, while others were exceedingly
lively and good-natured. Coffee affects
people differently when taken too fire.
quently.
ON THE EVE OF A POLITICAL REVOLUTION.
The remarks Of MIR. ingalls, (eXtreme Re.
publican) were feature OF the debate when
he said 'sWe are on the eve OF great pc.
litical revolution. The South and West
have come together, and they intend to re-
main together" He then spoke OF New
England, New York, and New jersey as
the saltwater despots. Mr.. ingalls, is not
accustomed to the applause which the gal
lery gave him while making his speech ii
the closing debate on the silver bill.
THE FINAL TRIUMPH.
AS the hand of the clock neared 8 sena
tors, from sheer exhaustion, gave upthe con
test, and vote was taken, and the bill ane
amendments reported to the Senate. The
final vote on the adoption Of the amended