The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-24

greater experience In legislative matters
spnuks Frequently. He Is both lrnscible and
bclligerent, and the members ara so nccus-
toned To hear him pour abuse upon imperti-
ncnt ltrpuhltcans that OF late the old gentleman
has been unable To rise to address the Speaker
without provoking loud and unsecmly laugh
ter. low newspaper corrcspon dents have
Turner's speech, and have suggested that il
would be q good thing to turn him out OF tho
House. Unfortunately. these correspondents
have not been aware TINT thnre are two Turner's
In the House. and Thomas Turner has invnri-
ably been spoken of as Mr.. Turner OF Ken
lucky This was the cause OF Oscar Turner's
personal explanation. He had carefully writ
ten out his statement. He read an extract
IRON NV ,S foyk neTTspaper Of The i9ih inst
shaken his fist ut Mr., Burroughs while tho
latter was speaking Mr.. Oscar Turner said
nre two Mr. Turner's from Kentucky in the
House. and lac was not the ono who had been
Thomns Turner then rosc to personal eN-
PLANTATION. He had also written his statement.
ana Il was evident that the Turner'S had com
pared notes before tho House met. Thomas
Turner's explanation was highly entertaining.
u movnked r9ars Of laughter from the, mem,
bprs. He said that he was not thin-sk inned
about newspaper criticism aud admitted that
he was the Mr.. Turker Of Kentucky" men
toned. He found that in the correspondence
| scented NJ calling Mr.. Burroughs II id liar. He
| denied having used such language. but II
| preferred to be the denounced than the person
| who had amey submitted TO it, He repeated
| tne words ne nhu USED on inc OccuslOn. Iney
| were. perfectly parliamentary. He was Wiling
| 70 abide by them n the House or elsewhere.
! This expression Of willingness to be called to
said provoked hearty t"aehte Gt lie NJ menu %
| toned also nm extract published In tho New
| York N'tJ,me. last session, accusing him of
| having been intoxicated on the floor With in
tense soemnity Mr. Turner denied that he had
ever been seen intoxicated; He said that when
drink Of liquor Tor three days. There was
great burst OF applause ct this statement. and
| the old gentleman closed his explanation with
some very uncOmpimentary comments upon
| the correspondents.
ber OF the House who has essaycd to make "A
| legal argument on the questions involved in
the passage OF the Army bill. or the Legisatiyy,e
made his speech on the Army bill over week
ago. To-day he talked for two hours on the
proposed repeal OF the obnoxious sections OF
the election laws in the Legislative bill. Robe-
son is no, pleasant speaker. His voice Is
sentence are usually spoken in almost naudi-
bic tones His manner is clumsy and his GEES
lures arc unpleasant. When the hour T.
which only he was entitled by the rules had eX-
pired. Mr.. Carlisle moved that unanimous con-
sent be given the speaker to conclude his argu-
ment The consent was granted and Robeson
consumed second hour; II was strange Tea
ture Of the discussion that man who at the
bead Of one Of the most formidable Rings Of
Government Of hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars. should appear in the national Legislature
as the pretended champion OF tho Constitution
and the laws OF the country. Tho incongruity
OF the situation was painfully apparent The
| only representative OF the Administration on
the floor Of the House was Devens. the de iactc
Acknowledgement. Robson argued that Con.
gress had the power to manage elections In
| the States for members OF Congress as IL saw
IT. When pressed by Mr.. Carlisle he acknowl-
edged that Congress did not have power TO con
troll the elective franchise. This admission
knocked the foundation from under his argu
mont. lie laid great stress upon the point thai
the Government has the right 10 enforce lis
constitutional laws in the States regardless %
local state laws. The Democrats have always
admitted this fact Robcson. however. tried 10y
implication to make il appear that the major
| ity did not so believe.
| Tho old controversy between Robson ant
Mr.. McIane relative TO the right OF the Unite,
States 10 preserve peace in the states was re
yved. Robson tried to make it appear tina
United States had no right to send marshall
| into the States to execute legal processes. Mr.
McLane would not submit to the attempted mis-
representation. and the conclusion OF Robe
sons argument fell fiat. The great number o
| his constitutional propositions are conceded bl
| the Democrats. but the deductions drawn there
from will be refuted by Mr.. Carlisle probabl,
| tomorrow.
There was very small attendance OF mem
hers when the House. Immediately after assem-
bling this evening. went into Committee of TIT
Whole on the Legislative Appropriation bill.
Speeches were made 10y Messrs. Fort OF II
iinois. ,sapp, DeernG, and Clark Of Iowa. an
proposed repeal, Mr.. Ryon OF Pennsylvania
spoke in its favor. The Repuhcans ha'
thought that their cry OF revolution" ha'
frightened the country. and made the peopl
believe that the nation was falling to pieces
but right in the heat Of this alarm the capital
lists Of the country were found coming dow
Vesting in a single day fls5.OOO.uuO OF thei
| surplus money in n loan 10 the GOvefnmen
: showed that the people took no stock In th
senselcss talk about revolution. furthc
speeches were made by Mr.. Atherton in favo
Of the repeal and by Mr.. UpdeGran in opposi