Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-26
. WASHINGTON, D. G, SATURDAY, APRIL &c, 879
SATURDAY, April 26.

HOUSE.-On motion OF Mr.. Atkins the morn.
ing hour was dispensed with.
The House then, at 1910, went into committee
legislative appropriation bill; all debate on the
bill and amendments to close at two O'Clock.
Mr. Ewing, continuing his speech OF yester
| wished to speak was whether Congress had the
| power to place these provisions upon appronria
Ilon bills, and whether it ought to do SO. Tha,
| be done? Why not? Because it MIGHT nrnys
offensive to the President. The President had nc
light to indicate (and 1t was an impertinence to
and his preference In regard to the mode Of do.
| Ing business in the House. 1t was none of his
business. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gar.
aed saq aht taat the mode OF proceeding was In
which had said, "We will starve the govern.
ment to death, II the President does not yield.
The democratic caucus had done nothing at all
except determine whether to put the repeal
through as separate bill, or place 1t upon an
appropriation bill. 1t did not 90 one step fur.
ther @ than that. Prior to that caucus the repub-
ncan caucus had assembled and had given no.
tlce that II this repeal was to be passed at ALL
IL would nave to be placed upon the apprOpria.
uon Dllls It was not democrats who had Insult
ed the President. Those who were insulting the
President were the stalwarts OF the republican
party OF the north, who were holding the lash
over him, and threatening him with party ex-
mdsa Ruislon Il , ne dared be governed by his own
judgment instead OF by the necessities of his
party. The gentleman from Ohio (Garfield)
had not been stalwart last session, but he had
Decome SO at this session, and had intimated
would be violating his conscience and his sense
OF duty. Another stalwart, the gentleman from
Maine CMr. Frye had declared that the Pres-
dent dent would veto the bills. Another leader OF
had said that the President ought to take these
Dills and turn to Congress with scorn, and say
.ls thy servant dog that he should do this
th1ng?" Therefore, the President was dog In
the opinion OF that gentleman, If he signed the
Oils: Another stalwart had said, ''If the Pres
iGent is firm the democrats will back down"
Inat Was II the President had back bone the
democrats would have to back down. The con.
currence Of action on the republican side was
TO hold club over the President, and to con-
tinue the policy of the past two years, OF pre-
scrtption ana denunciation, because he had
Deen patriot and man Of sense enough to desire
to have sectional agitation cease. There was
nothing In this clamor about the southern
question. Even the great leaders of the re-
p p9omcan II party Got down to the small business
OF puDnsh1ng lists OF confederate brigadiers
an ana soioiers, who sat here In Congress.
he was amazed that they were not ashamed OF
IT, Why were confederate brigadiers and
sold1erS here? Because the whole SOUTH all
the sweep OF manhood from the cradle to the
IN order to meet the numbers Of the north: and
the southern people had no other men Of .ex-
perience to choose from, to whom they were
age, a common misfortune and common sub
mission TO the result. (Applause on democra.
uc slde1 Since the confederate prfgadiers had
been in this House there had been no more
great jobs passed through Congess. Since they
had been here they had prevented, by their ac-
tlons and votes, the destruction OF the war
money, ana ana had remonitized silver. Since their
ADVENT into Congress. no Congress had ever
Deen puIer or ever guided by more patriotic
purpose. Gentlemen on the other side, as they
looked into the faces OF those confederate briga-
dier men Of education and purity of personal
and public life, with hands unsrdGtched by pub
1c plunder, knew that they were their peers
IN intel 1gence, ability, and In devotion to our
common common country @ and its laws: Applause on de-
did injustice to their own hearts II they
said anything different They knew that
tnere was not a latent purpose OF dis
loyalty In the hearts OF those confederate
soldiers or iE the masses they represented, and
II the honor OF this country was assailed any
re where e or In any way they would fly to its sup
any breast. The country north and south
wanted peace. The republican party knew,
moreover, that If 1t met the real issue presented
a be a5e to ae ge meaa 90 d5 It
north, but it omitted one Important fact In it's
calculation. Within the last two years
hal hat a. million men In the north had
the nationals. Would they be thrilled again % By
sheetiro thunder? Would they set and shed
tear tears over the story OF Eliza P!nckston1 No.
negro, and they were thinking about their own
wives and children. The democracts asked this
repea fap solely to bring the back 70
Fl it were true that t the people could could
not hold Congressional elections without
interference at the polls; il it were true
that federal spies must be sent to watch over
the people; II they had become so corrupt that
sort OF espionage, then the republic was already
rotten, and its foundation was built on stubble.
But IL was not true: These laws were In
violation OF the constitution in violation Of all
trad1t1ons OF the country, and were DANGEROUS
TO the purity OF the election and the liberty Of
manded. lApplause on democratic side
ed the assertion OF the latter that there was an
attempt to arouse sectional feeling In the north
sga9ss 4saf ne 3ea people Of the south and
the people In the north were sectional, and the
1fteen million Of people in the south were ma
uonalminded and patriotic: 1t was the pre-
that had raised the issue. He {Mr Garf1el6
had taken very grave responsibility In open.
ing the debate when he had quoted the declar-
clared that these declarations, II followed out.
were revolution. He had declared that II the
scheme was not abandoned it would be the
Of he the had 9asen veT and greats s
risk, personally and politically, when he said
1n. tnad he @ had put 1t In the power of any gem
uI ene otner SIDE to prove that he had
pose. He had put 1t In his bower to nrove him
TO be traducer, and to ruin him In t11e esftma-
ton OF fair minded men. The humblest or tho
greatest member on the other side comld hoVo
destroy ed him by the uttering OF this one san
tence: We DO not purpose to refuse tn vote
supplies 10 the government" WV
member on the democratic stde.-That was
said. ''N0'-A n"' was
Mr.. GARFIELD not noticing the interruptton.
went on with his suggestion OF what MIGHT
nave Deen said:-"We wish to get our legisla
uon IN regard to election, and everything else
Iniougn, II we can constitutiOnaliy, We are
gong 10 90 all In our power to get this lepfsla
uon through under the Constitution: but III we
cannoC get 1t through under all constitutionaI
Sanctlons, we Will pass the appropriation bills
IKE loyal representatives and go home"
VICTORIES FOR AMERICAN TROTTKRs IN ENG.
LAND.-Not only Is the American thoroughbred
now at the high tide OF success In England. but
American trotting horses are also looming up
Some few weeks ago the three-y -year-old KeStuc.
Ky bred hlly Miss Douglas won the MusWeII Hin
staKes, meats OF about two miles, trotting the
IIial neat In 5.294 and the final heats In
Ply ana DO. The trOt took place over the
1at 1AateAanoIa Park course, where, on the 18th. the
nocie nC morse once so well known at Fleetwood
IaIk, brooklyn Driving Park and other trotlin0
IesOrlS near New York as the Spotted Colt won
q match at q mile for stake OF Goo a side.
beating the bay horse Defense, who WAS bred in
Wales and has won number of trottinp handi
caps andmatcheS at Alexandra Park Manches-
ter and LOagtOn. The Spotted Colt is now own