The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
FOURTH EDITION
From WsshinEton.
Proqress Of the Debate on the Army
BM-Tks Army Blu IN Rs House
"A Tardy but Effective R9oindsr.

Pr0Qress Of the Debate on the Army
Bai-TKs Army Bui IN Hs House
"A Tdrdy but Effective R9oindsr.
WARRINGTON, April 2, 1879.
The debate was generally voted tedi-
Gus to-day. The reading Of speeches
from manuscript continued, and some Of
the readers did not make themselves
heard even In the press gallery, which Is
the best place in the House for hearing.
At the close Of the session the republi-
cans moved for an evening session to-
morrow, aud this being at once agreed TO
they further moved that the regular de-
bate close OIL FRIDAY at three o'clock.
Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, wished to have
it continued until Saturday, but the re-
publicIns preferred to close on Friday,
aud |. was so agreed.
One sharp aud effective though tardy
retort enlivened the dull day. Yesterday
Geueral Chalmers, of Mississippi, was
tauntipgly asked by a republican, "Who
began the war;" and pr omply replied,
"JOhn Brown fired the fiis shot In the
war" To-day General Harry White
brought mp this point and said, "Yes,
JOHN Brown began the war, and he was
hanged for it,"
Tomorrow, on the republican side,
General Hawley and Mr.. Robeson are
to sprak. A number of republicans as
well as democrats are reserving them
selve for the debate on the Legislative
bill.
| After the regular debate closes there
will be probably the usual five minute
debate, and the republican side may Of
fer some amendments. The vote in the
, House may not come before Monday,
and there will be a long debate in the
Senate before the bill goes to the Presi-
| dent.
Senator Spciiord is very hopeful that
he will get the seat to which he is ell
titled in due time. The Democratic Sen
ators have never thought that Kellogg
was elected, aud are a unit to thinking
that he should be ousted from the place
at the earliest moment it can be legally
| done. The Senate Committee on Privi-
| le5es and Elections viii decide tomorrow
whether it will first take up the Spofford-
| Kellogg case or the charges of bribery
against Senator Ingalls, in securing his
| recent reelection TO the Senate. A pri-
vate despatch has just been received
! from the Speaker of the Kansas Legisla-
tcre, in which that gentleman asserts
most positively that the bribery can be
proved if the Senate will give fair
chance for the presentation of the proof.
REFUNDING THE FIvk-TwENTIEs. q
In reply to the questi on above given,
| Mr.. Sherman said:-
81 am not thinking much about IL.
| What 1 thin Of, l,n
pletion OF retunding the five twenty
bonds into four per cents. This will be
done before the lst of July, and it may
he daring the present month, though
three months ago | would have been
satisfied with completing 1t during this
year. The sale in SIX months of $780,
| 600, 900 Of four pr cent bonds and the
payment of an equal amount of six per
cent bonds, with an annual saving of IN
terrst Of S7,OO0,000, is one of the last
wonderful results of resumption. We
have only to sell S62, 900, 900 of four per
ce nts, and then all the fve-twenties will
be paid of. That is what interests we
now
The Democratic Senators held another
caucus this morning. The chief object OF
il was to receive the report of the caucu.
committee relative to the proper disposi.
ton OF the minor offi ces within the gift
of the Senate. A resolution WAS adopted
to the effect that all disabled Union sol.
diers should be retained, and also severa
old attaches who have been faithful ser.
wants and non-partlsan. 1t was further
decided 10 make what changes are deem.
ed necessary gradually, and this is the
"clean sweep" on which Anthony, Ham
lin, Blaine and Conkling predicat. d theil
cry of revolution. The only mistake the
Democratic Senators are making In this
matter 10 in the line OF easy-going good
nature. They have already allowed sew
sral rank Republican youngsters &c
wbeedle themselves into their old place.
as clerks TO committees, rstsining some
who, under Radical rule, have mad,
T themselves exceedingly obnoxious tt
Democrats by their ratid party talk.