The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-09
Washington Letter.

AND OONGER-CO COMMITTEES or
THE HOUSE TO BE ANNOUNCED
ON MONDAY = THE GREEN
HACKERS SNUBBED.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 8, 70.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
1t is impossible for the news market
to remain depressed so long as Congress
is at the Capitol; such writing, wrig
Cling mass of politicians or statesmen,
if you will, cannot avoid saying or do
ing something that is of interest TO The
great country they represent What
they say and how they vote must al
ways be matter of great moment :,
the American citizen, whose govern
ment is a part of himself-somethin
that he has inherited and something
that he will transmit. 1t is difficult fol
us to see the history that is made under
our own eyes, for the vision of the most
judicious of us is defective from mates,
and beams and cataracts of prejudice.
The reporters of the two Houses of Con
gress, and the very printers whom we
pay to tell US what our representatives
say, are compelled to falsify the record,
and the speeches that read so we'll when
reported, were far from faultless when
delivered The animus of speeches,
the manner in which arguments are OPP
posed, or invectives and retorts hurled
and returned, is a still less tangible sub
ject, but it is not without its significance
and bearing on events. The questions
that made an extra session necessary are
peculiarly calculated to elicit the intel
| lectual and forensic as we'll as the nu-
merical strength of the two nearly equal
| great parties, and before these questions
are decided, the country will know
something about the ability of its new
and, as yet, untried 10th Congress. So
far the Republicans have not, in the
House, developed any new men of abil
ity, and have relied on their former
leaders, Garfield and Frye. The loss of
Hale and Foster is severely felt, for two
men, no matter how able, are not strong
enough to endure the brunt of Demo
cratic attack. The Democrats, although
their majority is too small to be relied
upon with much confidence, are, to all
appearances, better organized and led
than in the preceding Congress. They
have in Hurd, of Ohio, and Carlisle, of
Kentucky, a powerful accession of
forensic strength, while such parlia-
mentarians as they had in the former
Congress remain in this. Mr.. Conger,
of Michigan, is always alert, and ap
pears in the reports, perhaps, more fire.
quently than any other Republican, but
he seldom appears with strength and
never with dignity; he acts as an irritant
TO the majority; his role is what that of
S. S. Cox was formerly on the other
side, but, like Mr.. Cox, he is but little
feared. 1t is quite probable that the
have undeveloped strength |
men in in their ranks who are quietly |
looking on, biding their time, but the |
Philistines are upon them, and it cannot |
be denied that they have in the ranks
of the opposition such foemen as have
not been found on that side of the House
for years. In noting the words and the
manner of the speeches on Tuesday, it
was apparent that those on the Republi-
can side were a little bOmbastic and SEN
while those on the other side
were terse and argumentatiYe. Those
Of Mr.. Muldrow, of Miss, Senator La
mars successor, and Mr.. Hurd, were
able. Gen. Chalmers, of
Miss, made very eloquent speech and
It was impossible not to admire it as an
1ratorical effort, but it would have an
3wered better for fiery campaign ora
ion than for the deliberate argument of
! statesman in a legislative body.
While the childish personalities be-
ween Mr.. COnger and Mr., Chalmers
will make the "groundlings laugh, they
annot but make the judicious grieve."
When a representative of Mississippi
avs that a representative of Michigan
eminds him of a court fool with black
wallow tail substitute for cap and bells, I
nd when the representative from
Iichigan replies that the Misslssippian .
eminds him of monkey chattering 5
nd grinning on a hand organ, the coun- {
y is reminded of the very loose man
ers Of boys debating society, or of a =
sh market But both the criticism and t
tort were received with rounds of ap- t
ause, not only from the galleries, but !
ON the floor of the House, .
Speaker Randall has almost completed 4
S arrangement of Committees and will e
lnounce them to the House on Mon 81
", 7th inst, it Congress shall be in :,
ssion on that day. 1t has been the G
,licy of the majority to adjourn over h
onday in order to prevent the Green d
ckers from introducing financial bills; o.
onday being the only day, according to W
e rules, on which such measures can
introduce. The Greenbackers do Y
t, of course, approve of this sharp
actice, and, it is said, they have ~
to go over en- masse to the
.publicans if they are to be snubbed Ell
this way by the majority. The Dem W
ratio majority is such small and I'M
rtain quantity that they can i'll safford
make enemies of neutrals. Three or or
lr Democrats are sick, and Mr. or
,phens, of Georgia. although he keeps IL
wheels better than in the previous sc
ngress, cannot, on account of his
BILE health, always DE relied upon to Oy
.e. c. A. S.
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4 CARD. III
he Editor of the Mort istown Gazette: 49,
publish the accompanying card,
say to the farmers of the county IrC