The sun., 1879-04-27
LAUGHTER IN CONGRESS.
a Member from Michigan Making Fun for
Members aud Visitors.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-In the debate

WASHINGTON, April 26-In the debate that
preceded the passage of the Legislative. Execu-
tive. and Judicial Appropriation bill in the
House to-day Mr.. Ewing said that the Rcpub-
lican caucus had given notice to Democrats thnt
the political amendments proposed would not
be enacted save upon nm Appropriation bill 1t
was tho Republicans. not the Democrats. who
were nntngonizing Hayes-the stnlwarts Of the
North who wero threatening him with party
expulsion II he dared be governed by his own
judgment. Why were Confederate brigndlers
and soldiers in Congress because the whole
South had 10 enter tho Confederate service. and
there were none others to choose from except
those who fought Democrats nsked for this
repeal simply to bring the Government back to
its true systcm OF local self-government
Mr. Garfield replied to Mr.. Ewing and after
him Mr. Stevenson spoke on the Democratic
sde
Tho remarks made by Roswell q. Horr Of
Michigan were decidedly entertaining. In his
person a new Congressional wit has been dis
covered Horr has not been in Congress- before.
He II a big. bury. rOund-headed lumbermHn.
lis face wears an expression OF great good
humor mingled with intense satisfaction. He
has familiar habit Of slappinR his friends on
the back The thin and intellectual statesmen
from New England do not admire the hearty
greetings OF tho Saginaw lumberman. Mr..
HOrr's wit is coarse. To-day II snacked strong
ly Of profanity. Tho Representatives admired
II. though, and extended his time repeatedly.
lie paid his attention first to the Grecnbnckers,
treating their peculiar views as malady, OF
the symptoms OF which he drew an amusing
sketch, Among these symptoms were, he said.
bowels Of compassion for the poOrP and yet.
said he. never knew one Of them to give a
poor man cent. or do n single days work.
uaughterl He rdiculed the bill OF Mr.. DE La
Matyr for the issue Of bill on Of greenhacks.
Mr. De La Matyr-I simply presented that bill
NJ the request OF another man. 1t Is not my own
bill at all, and do not endorse IL.
Mr.. Horr-I am. glad Of it, Tho bill would
~ Ia a hArQa hp of ha
ludcrous. What the country needs Is rest and
quiet. The business interests demand TINT we
should pass the appropriation bills and go
homo about our business. Why do we
nQtf Tho dreenback party is uniting
gdaaa ths the Dem2eraiS tns t6gV rns may
How long moving up toward the Gree hackers.
and addressing the question to theml do you
suppose II would take the Treasury 70 print the
money that these fellows wantp | figured II
up. II would require ten steam presses work
ing day and night for the next six months
Some fellow has figured up statistics about tho
flood. and has discovered that II must have
raned 500 feet OF solid rain every day. Now. in
men. they would have To get their clergyman
tmcaning Mr.. DE La Matyrl to as our Father
above to open again the doors and windows Of
heaven, and have II ram greenhacks IN steaI OF
water for forty days. loud mughterl The
eloquent and elegant gentleman from Iowa
tNlr. Weaverl had the temerity tho other day to
intimate that God was able 10 raise up
a new David for President in 1850. meaning.
/ suppose, that he was able to advance the inter-
ests Of IL gentleman on the other side OF the hall
talluding to Mr. Wright Of Penns yivanial. who
h9s always written after his name the word i
God Almighty cannot do that for have too
much confidence in His power TO dispute il but
Is rot nsklng Toe much 9i iruvidence. llaugh-
teri Who are these Independent men 2" As
a rule they are good for nothing always on both
sdes Of every question and ON neither side Of
any. lllenewed laughter.l They are half fish
and half woman-pOlltical mermaids-too much
too % much nsh to be good Tor anything m "Ts as
woman. lShouts OF lauehterl II Is sur
prising TO mo that men Of business. men
who have material interests at stake. should
conceive tho idea that money can be made by
legal enactment. Then. moving over 10 the
members, he said: What the country needs and
what the South needs is not more greenbacks.
man. and say that what YOU want down there
is to go to work. lLaughterl You want to raise
IN Mississippp more corn and cotton and less
cussedness." llAughterl You want more
hogs and less humbug. You must raise horses
and hogs more, and hell less. Laughter on
both sides OF the Housed
Mr. Horr then changed his manner and his
subject, and spoke Of the bloody shirt " as the
sort that was worn. not by the gentlemen
and relaxed muscles started for Cam
ada. when they could not prevent the
"t the boys in blue" and he said that the South
ern members should not find fault with Repub-
licans for putting forward that emblem; This
is a question the continuedl about which the
people OF the North are in earnest What they
ask OF US TO do IL to pass these appropriation
bills like business men. and 20 home about our
work. There used TO be an idea preached by
old theoogians that God sometimes brought
about good actions among mortals by pest-
lence and famine and other terrible eXpedients.
IL has occurred TO ms that the Deity never had
q better opportunity 10 aid this country than to-
day. and that would be by turning the yellow
fever into this House. / would want Him. how
ever. TO use great discrimination in max ing his
SELECTIONS tShouts OF laughter all round the
House and galleries.l
The fye-minute debate was continued by
Mr.. Poeher; by Mr. Chalmers. who announced
his conviction that in the war tho truest
patriots and friends OF the country were
the Northern Democrats. because, while the
southern Democrats loved the Constitution
they did not love tho Union, and while the
Northern Republicans loved the Union they
did not love the Constitution. while the North
ern Democrats loved both the Union and tho
Constitution: by Mr.. Money. in regard to the
Chisholm case, alleging tnat the delay in the
trial WAS by reason OF two cOnunuances at the
request OF the prosecution; and by Mr.. White
OF PENNSYLVANIA on the same subject. and by
Mr. Atkins. who denied that there had been un-
fair elections in East Tennessee.
The Committee proceeded TO vote upon
amendments. Mr.. Garfield moved b strike out
the proposed political amendments. Lost-l23
o. 1870. The bill was then reported to the House.
whore Mr.. Garfield tried yainly to obtain a sep
arate vote upon tho political questions. The
voted 10 adjourn until Tuesday.