, 1879-04-15
WASHINGTON.
Formal Opening OF the Army
Bill Debate in the
Senate.
Mr. Blaine Attacks the Polit-
ical Clauses of the
Measure.
The Issne characterized rs a
Flinlsy and DisbUn-
est One.
As Is Also the Oft-Repeated
Cry About Military
Despotism.
Tho Whole Democratic Scheme
lsslaly ltitldfed and Ex-
posetl to Wow.
House Greenbackers Fail to Carry
Out Their Great Imitation
Programme.
4 Parliamentary Battle, In Which
tie Sofls We're Sent to
GragB.
Several Silver Bills Oontrivo to Green
in Under tho Gluse Of
Petitions.
Several Silver Bills Contrivo to Green
in Under tho G,1ise Of
Petitions
IN THE SENATE.
HLAlNE's arEgClr ON TIE AnstY HILL.


hptefal Dfsi",sch to 7h< 1ffauna
WAsulSaToH, D. C., April 14-aIr Blaine a.
WaYf attsncts large n,ld sympathetic audience
when It In known that ho Is to sneak, and they
arn MAYER disappointed. To-day he was UT
usually happy, both in his remarks and in his
colloqtia1 skIrmisles With tic Democrats. lie
forcfhy reminded the old stagcrs present OF
Henry Clay, to whose imperial character md
tmperiol's w'!1 lie mnde passing al1us1on, Ills
look Of uncomfortable pluck, and tile sarcastic
GOODNESS with which. he showed tho absurdtty
OF the Denlocratic battle-cry OF bayonet rule,
wns not rcl(sltc1 by hts opponcnta on the other
side Of the Chamber. Three OF four Of them
who attempted 10 reply to him we're terribly
badgercd, und his trcncl,nnt reiouders eoon
gave him tho best OF the controversy. Gcn.
ccrro Gorda Williams, the new Senator from
Kentucky, wss especially unlucky in bearing
testimony tint lie had seen soldiers at tic polls
In his atatc. Blaine, by ue1tesous cross-cxam-
'natlon. disclosed the fnet that this was year
before the close Of the War, and that the Union
troops ncrc necessary at the polls to keep tho
Confederate soldiers from voting.
Senator Wallace replied at length TO Alr.
Blaine, but, although ono Of tlse nblest and most
cilic1cnt Of tho Democratic Senators,
Ills REMARKS SEEMED TAMn
nttcr the intellectual vigor, the logic, and tic
epigraulmntic antithcscs OF tic senator from
Nntne. Wallace cudcavorcd to repudlato Son.
ator BccR's declaration, early In the session,
that Committee OF the Democratic caucus was
to shape all legislation, but Mr.. Blaine Insisted
OH receiving Mr.. Beck's statement as correct,
a,ld said that, II 1t was not, Wallace aud Beck
>m1st fight It out.
Gen. Logan Inns tho floor for tomorrow. Sen
ator Beck is to rep1y to him, md will doubtless
strike square from tile shoulder In Ills blunt,
Scotch wny.
Senator Dayis, of West Virginia, who, os
Chairman Of tho Appropriation Committee, is
lender Of tile seuatc, made,a failure in catcufnt-
Ing to excrcIsc his authority. 1t Was utter
o'clock when Wallace ended, mud Gc1l. Logan
took tile floor. as 1t wns not considered fair to
expect Logan to begin then, motion was uade
to 20 into executive session and carried. Davis
objected md forced vote, a,,l was beaten.
This Is not an auspclous beginning for tAs now
lender Of the Senate.
TIE DHBATE.
To ths Nfsttrn Assoetat<d Prtss.
WAsuIN0Ton, D. c., April 1A.-1n the Senate,
attor tho usual morning business, consdcrtton
was resumed OF the Army Appropriation h1l,
the pending question being OIL MIR. Blaiuo's
amendment prohibiting the appearance within
rt,h 1os,,I,, .raa.'a ~ 49, ,!pe., p." s''asa Nv"
m'tn aeau'S "eapoh o1 aty R1no' ana Mr'
blaine addressed the Senate. lIa said tho
method adopted In the pending section to get
rid at thu cglt closing worfis of tic SECTION Of
thu Revised Statutes rropospu to bo rcpenic1,
namely, "or to Keep The psacc ut the nolis.'s
was an unusual and extraordinary method. The
ordinary waY to repeal a sIi,cic scntcncn ts to
strike out tl,u particular words nbiectrd
toi bu. tho tnodo chosen IN this bill
ecpt iho lost eight words. lie was pcrsuaicd
this unitat,nl coilrac was not taken nrcdrnto1iv
but tIesEncdiy. II lo 70 njght sncnls. IL ran,s
OF cunn;v the intent heinz. Ia crcatn th,. In.
prcssion tl,at tho Kenubjjcans in ,hs ntmtnis,
tra,Ion of thc General Goycrntnent lad uscd
trpons rlpht nn irlt in cyory direction ns,d tiat
a. s,,on rs tho Democrats Eot into uower thrv
1,r,Mre,]ctl In cnnct this nrohih;tnrv s;xt,, sn;
tion, md a Democratic stump speaker would
doubtless
MARn GREAT POLITICAL CAPITAL
out of this idea: whcreas eyory wort, of i. fran
t!rst 10 Inst was thc enactmeni al lin Hsnnhs
lIcun n,r,y. Whnt1,cr Intentionally nr nct H..
iss,,c thus presented was a!tsfoueat nnn III.
law was passcd by q HouuhiIr1n t;nnprcss
TIrre vcro fortytl. scuaturs sittin,. IN liz:
Hanatu Chatnbcr It ,he tif,e of ,rj'o," onir tcm
or a. most eleven, wrru De,nocrats. hid md III: ths:
Uousa NJ ilenrcsrnta,Ivc. ws. nyerwhcImir"iv
Republican: Ws wero il, the tnidst Of Yar. Tiny,