, 1879-04-25
IN THE HOUSE.
DRAWING TO 4 CLOSE.

&ptcfal Uftpusch to 3as TrtbunA
WASHINGTON, D. c., April A.-ln the House
there wcro lew speeches OF Importance, vet there
were six hours Of debate tb the day seeaon, md
another session At night. Tue House mccts as
10 o'clock tomorrow. Hnl has extended the
time for tnktmg the vote un the Legislative It'll
until s o'clock, with the probability TINT oycn
then there will bc many members who have not
spoken. Mr, Gillette, Of Iowa, delivered u rad
irAl Hrtenback speech, and ased the usua! cant
oil tllu Grecnbackcrs about passing relief nIeas-
urcs. Politically, ha tried to 10 between the
two pnrtles, niil received tic roitcMpt Of hot1l.
De In MAtyr, who may be great preacher, Is
developing weakness very faat as a Congressman.
Ills speech was
rREnLE ESSAY,
delivered In prosy, clerical manner. Hot he
Thought It himeelf Ut 50 much Importance as to
have lna1l,lscrlt copy male md sent arolizid u
newspaper for publication. The Greenback
party, which CAME hero with some reputation for
thr sE,ro'ducss null ability of its lenders falls to
fulfill! Its promises In either respect.
1Iazoltou, OF Wisconsin, tnado one hours areu-
mint In support Of tho theory tllat the National
tiovcrnn,out can exercise authority at ttle polls
lie b.ougllt out tho overlooked fact III Duchan-
ans Administration tint tho Executive had then
.so thu United States army to protect voters at
the polls III Kanaas, IND lhat tho South Carolina
Democracy fixed tile polling places
f0nTY MILES ApAHT,
to prevent tic negroes from voting.
There wns nlIttle passnge bctween Ilnzclton
md Doustcr, Of Milwaukee,, OIL t!a subject Of
alleged frauds in Sliwaulce, In tic course Of
Which Deuster asserted With vutemence t!,at II
there wins any bribery or corruption III AEllwau-
kco ut tho Inst election 1t was porpetsuted BY
Republicans, nnl uazc!ton insisted tllit It thcro
WIS my fraul 1t was by Democrats, who had all
tho wealth.
Gen. Bragg made speech supporting the TO-
pcal of tho Election laws, In which lie Intro
dactd thu very soplistical argument That II tic
arlny ia tJ bc starved to death 1t Will bu .ono by
Republican votes, "a tho Republicans voted
hvujHt tl,e Army bitl. III also went out Of l,is
nny to say tlat The title Of tile President ts ut
least not unIuest1o.cd.
CONTINUED.
tbs HtsttF7I Assoftdstd Trfss.
WASHINGTON. y. c., April al:-At 10 o'clock
totlay the House, rcsllmjnE Wednetday's se6-
sIon. went Into Committee Of the Whole, and
continued the discussion Of thu Legislative APP
preparation BILL.
the ground Tint ti,n laws "a they now stood
were Unconstitutional nlul dangerous to the lth-
erties Ut the people, The Democratic party
was right upon this question, and he would, fhs
could, write upon thu tky ttaclf, that all ,nun
might soc It, lint That party stood up today In
favor Ut FREQ cEuctoHs.
alr. Davis (N. C.l tupportci tho position tho
nclnocrats lad taken. They said lhn aruy
| tils heucut at thu Rapuhltcau party whle that
party said that tun!ess tte:arn'y could be 10 utrd,
Inc hrTnT fnutt starFe. THAT VIVA the oa'y issua
| presented.
Which he inquired how long II would be before
| slavery WA rs-estab,sbed, uayta taid that Il
would bo attempted ~ soon a. Lie Hapubtican
purity found II 10 be 10 lis interest 70 ettablish
stand I'm mud az, ".rhIs is oiu Of tbs tlings you
rRillot Do"
MI. conn
argued there was constitutional power upon
| which tho Election lava could resi-.
Mr. Gillette said TINT lIo did not consider TINT
tters wss suY pressing necessity for ulariug tho
pruposet legislation on the Appropriation bllls,
! a's! hs should therefore yole to a.riEe It nut !;
but II It was retained. lc would vnte lor tho
passsaga VI tl,o bill, nut viii. view, however,
Ut forcing Executive approval.
Aaluu!uk IL Republican Eutc III Louisiana, hc
said tl,At according 10 what tn htarI, hu thought
that hc'l must Be better governed tan Louisiana.
law, md declared that, before saying 10 thu
Chtusts tllai they must 20. ho would eay ta
every law on tho ststutc-l,uok which oppressed
tl'e lauaTlItE casses TINT II 1aust co. tue Ma
1lonai banks must 20; the National bonsls must
70; tlr land.Mon0polsta lnnat 20; tle mount
alns ot illo muney In the Treasury must 70
tntn tl!e ehanpels Of business; the Hll1houa sl.
sor1ed BY coin bonds must % out oncs morp "a
make glad the hcast OF tae toileE. What pcop!t
wanted Was bread not blood.
1 pR Ia kATXA
spoke In tic sau,e vein. Down With the puerill
csy Of rcsoluilon, ra1asd By these " ho tal heeu
coEards On one aide or cormo1ants Oh the other
lie had no language 10 utter bIs supreme con.
| tempt for It. The country wanted pcacs, nol
1copu,lt,g OF ssctlouas strife.
At th& tojut tho Committee rose, the SessIor
OF Wednesday ended hl.d TINT Of Thursday be
| gan.
Tho House then ncnt into Committee OF The