The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-20
Tho Army Bill Man@uvre.
The Republicans Outau~Sed and Rorted, Horse
Foot and Dragoons.


WAsuIyoroN, June lu.-The wisdom and OK
pe,liency of the plan finally agreed upon by the
Democrats in Congress Of conced'ng ail the ap-
propriations necessary to the uninterrupted sup
mort of the Government have been fully viRdi-
Gated by the events OF the past fcw days.
THE RADICALS
nrc gricvously disappointed and are apparently
contoun led Inv the results Of the unexpected
success of the conservative element IN the ranks
OF their antagonists, which success, as they un-
ders,and, has deprived them OF the advantage
they have confessedy held so far in the long
CONGRESSIONAL skirmisk, and which they hoped
with reason to maintain throughout the main
battle vet to come off in tho country
THE DEMOCRACY
have themselves had narrow escape, seeing
That the plan Of action which has proved so ef-
fcctive was adopted, as | mn informed, oy a bare
majority Of one, or two at farthest, in the vote
,f Tho caucus Whom il was decided ny this
small majority to grant tho appropriations, in
cludina that for the Army, the Radicals were
thereby deprived of the entire fund of campaign
material, which they had been hcaping up for
weeks past, and they now stand amid the RUNS
of their labors as bewildercd rs so many spiders
whose common web has Deen swept """y W ohe
fell stroke of II broom.
THE CRY OF "REvoLUTIoN'
bos bcen silenccd so completely that we hear
not even n faint echo of the terrible sound III the
halls of Congress, or from the smallest newspa-
rer in the most extreme corner of the 'arouscd
North" Conklng, Garfield, Chandler, Logan,
Blaine. FRYE ct nj, put all their eggs into thdt
basket, and they have been badly broken and
scattered.
THE ARMY BILL
will not only be passed, but passed cheeriuily'
and 40 far all the members OF that misused or
canization, far from feeling any ill-will towards
the Democracy that party is in high favor Tor
having rescued the troops from heing iorce"
into the degrading and unpopular service to
which the Radicals would have again assigned
them. When the Federal soldiers occupied the
South Carolina Statc.IIousc, n title over two
wears ago. in the capacity Of Radical constablcs,
one Of the officers on duty sail to me- this is
"pAMNEp DIRTY WORK.
as it undo ubtcdly was. and his men shared his
very strong and candidly expressed opinions
TLo nor,,rr,,s 10 hn v;-. vipvsvn renewal OF such
,imfy being imposed upon them in the first in
stance, having granted the supplies IN the sec
ond, having confirmed some hundreds Of promo,
tons, and having justly redeemed popular Of
fccr, Gen Fitz John Porter, from the gnominy
and disgrace hcaped upon him by the Radicals
for years together, can now safely coun: upon
the army and its friends for their warmest sup
port in the present emergency.
THE RADICALS
see and understand all this so we'll that they
were yesterday driven into most imprudcnt
and inconsistent step in an endeavor to redeem
their party from well merited reproach at the
hands Of both the soldiers and the people of the
country This step nothing less than all
unsuccessful effort to capture the Democratic bill
nnd rush it through rs n Republican measure,
or failing in this, to put the Democrats on rec
ord rs opposing their own bill. So anxious we're
the Radicals to carry this point that Immediate
ly after the passage of the legislative bill, and
in the absence of Mr.. Clymer, who hal the army
bill in charge and who did not design reporting
it until the judiciary bill was acted upon, MIR.
Ryan, n Republican member of the committee,
hastily moved its passage under a suspension Of
the rules. The Democrats Of course resented
this attempt on the part of the opposition to
take control of legislation, and in order to avoid
u vote upon the measure, rs proposed by the Ke-
publicans, insisted upon and carried an adjourn
mcnt. Ryan's bill, it should be remarked, was
in toiiicln rerbis, the same rs the Democratic
caucus BILL and was framed, therefore, for the
purpose Of restricting the use of the army and
troops at the polls. This move on the part of
the Radicals was tantamOunt to an acknowlcdS.
:nent of their defeat upon the whole question,
and is so regarded hy the Democrats, who arc
naturally ela,cd over the route Of their advcrsa-
ries ut this critical juncture. 1t has been be-
coming more and more apparent each day that
the Radicals were lily satisfied with the position
they had assumed, and with the prospect of
DEFEAT AT THE POLLS
which II entalled, ana they nave only Decn WIFI
ing an opportunity to change their base. II 1t
he true as is claimed, that the Republicans can
not now refuse to vote for the Democratic eau
Gus measure when it comes up regularly Dem
ocras will have carried their point at last after
the long, doubtful anil dangerous contest rs it
is not probable surely, that Mr.. Hayes will veto
n bill which his friends in the House were will
ing to vote for in q body, provided only it were
introduced by one Of their number. Ii is Of in
tcrcst to note here, again, that the Democrats
made
ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE
in this same matter of Ryan's bill. They barely
succeeded in avoiding the Radical trap by carry
ing the motion to adjourn, which followed the
introduction of Ry ans bill. Four Republicans
voted with the Democrats to adjourn, AMI the
motion carried by ma jority of four. If
the Republicans had voted soldly, the Demo-
Gratis would have been compelled to vote against
their own bill Cor Nc,cs and Courier.
KiNG's MouXTAIS CESrESSIAL.-Thc Charlotte
Observer publishes card from the committee
suyruS mat rnc meeting advertised FOR July 18th
originally intended to hc merely initintory
in characl cr, and that at that meeting il was cx-
pectel to pass resolutions looking to general
representation at the centennial. But this meet
ing having already assumed proportions far hey
ond their expectations, they extend through
that paper general invitation to every county
in both States of North and South Carolina TO
hold meetings and send delegates to the July
A. l. al.