Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-05-08

Washington Letter.
,Specidl Correspondence Of tic OBsEnvRu
WAsHrssTos, d. G., May Isl, 1879
] am far wi .iin bounds in say
ing that there has not been the
same excitement among Con
gressmea since 1876 as on Tues
day and Yesterday oyer the veto
of the Army biz, sent to the
House by Mr.. Hayes. Rather |
should say. it was sent to the
newspapers, fer it was fer sale
on the streets before it was
. known in the House. TIE lnah-
nef it p .blicatior, however,
OF the intention of so sending it
to the country is of little impor-
tance compared to the matter Of
the message. That is IN the
highest degree insulting to the
House, and suggests the proba-
bility of danger to the country
in new forms. For the first time
nJhe history Of the country, so
far as ] know, the doctrine is
promulgated that the Executive
has rights outside Of a mere We
TO, in the legislation Of the coun-
try. The whole document is
Tervaded by the worst kind Of
centralizing IDEAS. Mr.. Hayes
goes further than any of the
radical Representatives or Scna-
tcrs in the presentation OF tbs
pcrtieR Of the subject:
Prior to this astonishing veto,
though a veto had been expect
ed, there was a general agree
ment among Democrats that, LET
Mr.. Hayes veto or approve, as be
chose, they would vote supplies
"a the 18th Of December, when the
regular session commences. ]
do not know what yet may be
determined on, and there may
be enough Democrats in House
and Senate to carry out that pro-
2lamne, but on veto day and
during yesterday ] failed TO
find one Democrat who favored
such d course. The general c.
pinion seemed to be that there
was no course open to conserya-
tive men except to pass the leg
islatiye appropriation bill and
adjourn.
The lesson taught by the act
of a nan whose title has always
been believed by all Democrats
to be fraudulent, is especially to
be remembered by those Demo-
Gratis who have all along main
tanned that Mr.. Hayes, however
defective his title might be or
however bad his record or asso-
ciates might be, was still a we'll
meaning, honest, patriotic man.
They will not forget their cxpe-
riencc of the past two years.
The vote win be taken to-day.
Gov. Tor Vice-President) Hen
bricks, than whom no better
Democrat lives, gives the follow
mo letter out for publication,
doubtless because previous sup
posed statements Of his had
been misrepresented and misun-
derstood:
"My Dear Sir:-I have your
"favor of the 2Sth, asking wheth-
ser there is any foundation for
"the statement contained in the
newspaper slip enclosed, to the
Teffect that / have written TO
"members of the Democratic
"party in Pennsylvania favoring
"the denomination of the ticket
"of 1876 for 1880. / am sur
"prised to see such a statement.
at is without any foundation in
"truth. / have written no such
s1etter and have in no form ex-
oppressed any such view. l did
~not, as is known, desire the
"nomination Of 1876 as q candi-
.Sdate for the Vice-Presidency
"and do not think it would, in
"any contingency, be my duty
"again to accept a nomination
'.for a position which ] do not
"desire.
The House to-day passed q
bin to do partial justice to Capt.
Jas. Is. Eads, of the Mississippi
ietties, and, at the same time,
TO relieve the Government. The
Captains contract provided for
his payment in certain bonds
which are now above par. The
present bill, while paying him
for work actually done, directs
payment in cash. The work
Capt. Eads has done in the in
terest of navigation of the Mis-
sissippi is of magnitude not
generally known. | shall refer
to it more at length in a future
letter. AUSTIN.
The Misdemeanor Bill