Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-04-24
WASH NaToN.
SITUATION AS SEEN BY THE HERALD

SITUATION AS SEEN BY THE HERALD
Washington Special to N Y. Herald. Z
The nine days debate in the
House on the army bill did a greal
deal of good. 1t cleared away some
OF the fog which ieset the subject
in the beginning, and it left the
House In a better humor than al
the opening OF the session. 1t gave
men on both sides time and occa
sion to thiHk, and thus answered
one of the most important purposes
of discussion. 1t eliminated from
the controversy hefoolish assump-
ton Of the Republicans that PIT
ting Il rider on an appropriation u
| bill was II revolutionary act and a
| Pl esident that he would be justified
in We DING the bill on that account
1 alone. There is some reason to
believe that the President had been
persuaded that he could justify ii
veto on the simple ground that
ihe,e Was Il rider on the appropria-
tiuE bill hu. Gen. Garield's 5 frank
admissions on this point last Fri
day show that this opinion is no
/ loLge entertained.
SECOND The Republicans have
receded from the nnte enable posi-
tion assumed by them early in the
sessioIl-that they would use the
rules of !he House to keep out, to
use Mr.. Gouger's words, ANY bills
except those which rela,e to ap-
preparations " AS the debate be
gan to cool their heads little they
saw that 10 forbid the einrroduction
Of measures us separate bills aud
then to denounce the act oil putting
those measures on the privileged
appropriation bills was absurd.
Ihlld-Further, the progress of
the debate showed their abIesl men
that they could not afford to put
themselves before the country as
asserting that it was absolutely
tight and proper 20 keep troops at
the polls. Hence they had to cast
abcut for safer ground, and this.
General Garfield took last F,i,lay
Il was IN pursuance of this change
that Mr.. Cupger, who had original,
y deciaied his palty's deternina-
separate repeating bills, yesterday
guaranteed that If the Democrats
would bring III bills repeating the
statutes entire the Republlcaus
would SCI podt them.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
On flie Democratic side the de
bate devei. ped the TACT that there
are two opinions amoug members
a. to the course which ought to be
pursued iu case the Pre-, ldent We
toes either or both the bills. Oue
part of the d, mucra'1c memhe!>
hold with Mr.. Incker's> declaration
"n Friday, that In such IL case the
ppropIiations. should be allowed
to fall another very considerable
and Increasing number hold that
this coufse Would he unwise aud
Improper, aud ale determined that
the appropriation bills shall In any
event be passed, and that if the
bills with the riders are vetoed, the
political repeats shall be b,ough'
IN in separate bills They are so
determined on this that no doubt
they will carry their party with
them in this direction, but, if thev
DO, there will he enough Demo
Gratis voting with the Republicans
to pass the appropriation bills pure
and simple, To nuke hese secu, 6
ia amy contingency. This fact,
which is now sufficiently well
kuowp, puts aside ali the foolish
R9pnblican thuader about ''revolu-
tion and ''coei cling the President"
which has been Illuminated from
here III speeches which those who
made them are all eady ashamed OF
Previous to tue passage of the bill,
Mr.. Cox made q significant Inquiry
of Mess,s. CCneer aud Garfield
they would accept the bills sepa-
lately, aud he suggested that the
Senate would retnln them as sepa
rate bills in case the President
she uld veto them Oh the apEropria-
'tiuE bills. Senator Rausom and
Others sitting near Mr.. Cox at the
time agre ed with him after he had
taken his seat, and thoug ght his plan
wise.
EFFECT OF VETO.
The best men Of both parties
must see that a prolonged Sc ssiop
will Yoik very serious, Injury to the
real interests of the coun ry. A
Presidential veto will necessary
plnlO: & tie sesslnn-even with the
most reaScnable Conduct on both
sides, and will almost inevitably
open the door. for general legisla-