Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-26
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Con, 10 or Yesterdays Proceedings.
SFNA TE-After our report Closed
The arr, y appropriation bill WAS na,.aa a. a,
came from he House ono amendments bay w. %
been made, b, The following vote: having
o6ctrs SSrs "a, IS 81 Eaton atom fstss Cal.
land. Gordon. Greco ne, Grover, Hampton, farri.
hss sdSss H II Fl & Ternan Sa Ia
Maxey, Morgan. Pend. ton, Randolph, Ransom.
SsIser 1. ss,er M hSssT an and
eo NaHfsnMessrs. Allison. Az thony Bel. Blaine
Cameron of Wisconsin CarIsIIse. Chandler Conk
nne; Dawes, Edmunds Ferry. Hsi. ain, Hill Of Col
Logan Measn morrill, OF af'1ss d ks Fiat fi%S6.
NOUNS nn Saunders and Teller-aO
Mr.. Davis ~. va.,) with Mr.. Winaora. and MT.
Hear with Mr.. Mcpherson. Mr.. Sharon was the
only absent not paired.
ON motion OF Mr.. Anthony. n was reso,ved
mat when the Senate adjourn II BE 20 Monday
Text THIS was agreed 10. yeas Al, nays ss. and
was o,e ONLY question aeciced yesterday with
The Senate, at a quarter past O'Clock, went
Tito executive session and, when the doors we've
Ieopened, adjourned.
HoUSE.-After our report closed
Mr.. Ewing closed the debate on the legislative
appropriation bin on the democratic SIDE or rhe
question lie would not yield one jot or little of
ton. but as Union soldier, proud OF his service
and unwilling that anything won should be
surrendered, be denounced the legislation which
VI was now proposed TO repeal as q plague-spot
On the body polite.
At this point OF the speech a message an
nopnced the passage OF the army appropriation
bill by the Senate, at which announcement there
was considerable hand-clapplng on the demo-
cratic side OF the House. on which Mr. Garfield
quoted quoted , me groverb that ''he laughs best who
Mr.. Ewing resumed his speech, aud said that
he and bis colleague (Mr. Warner) who had left
hs hay 10 go ato te army ana
LEFT the democratic party TO 60 into the army,
had fought not for party supremacy, but 70 pre-
serve the Union uiimpaired. He referred TO the
ofIer made by Mr.. Garfield at the close OF the
last session TO accept two OF the propositions
which that gentleman now denounced as revo-
luticn.
Mr.. Garfleld.-Are you willing to give I'D the
other?
Mr.. Ewing VIII talk to you about that out
OF this Congress. notice that you have given
up one OF them, but q little reluctantly
Mr.. Garfeld.-Not at all.
Mr.. Ewing (resuming) asked what there was
that justified the tremendous charge OF revolu-
ton made against the democratic party. What
changes had taken place between the time that
the gentleman (Mr. Garfeld) offered TO accept
the propositions and the time that he denounced
them as revolutionary? The pretext OF q dem
ocratc caucus had been set up, but before the
bills had been reported republican caucus had
ISSolVed mat no general legislation should 60
tnIougn SO mat The democrats were forced ar
they wished TO repeal these laws) to put that
repeal on the appropriation bills ReferrinV to
the reconstruction measures. he declared that
their object had been 10 produce race antag-
onism, and that Congress- 10 that legislation.
izing he'll" In the south. The federal IN.
PREVENTION had been the great and last
Ing cause OF race disturbances In the South.
The proof OF that was that La the states OF Vir-
g1nla, Texas, Georgia. and North Carolina from
winch Federal power was first withdrawn there
had been hardly any talk OF race disturbances.
Such talk had come from the states where the
Federal armies were longest kept and where
election machinery was most thorougiy organ
Ned: In those state the republicans had kept
up the hateful, tmpracticable and monstrous
organization OF party by color, where the
threat OF black denomination had been con-
stantly held over the whites and where. under
carpet bag direction, there had been a rule OF
pfof1igacy and corruption. Applause on the
democratic Side.l Mr.. Ewing was proceeding
TO argue the unconstftutionality OF the election
laws when the hour TO which debate was limited
arrived, and cut on his further remarks
The committee then rose. The Speaker pre-
Sented tas enrolled and signed by hin) the army
appropriation bill, and the House, at O'Clock,
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