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New-York tribune., 1879-02-26
1Hr LAST bAyS or COyGRESS.

Public thank>Iiyi i, in ORDER because ibis
Congress is 50 near ITS end. II there has ever
been Il Congress, since first the old bell of In
dependence Hall rang cut Liberty to all thc
"lard," which has been more Iccklcssly or
mali-rautly bad ~ it, conduct than this, We
cannot now remember il. Matters have
now been brought to such shape.
by the action Of the past few day..
that IN extra session is on many accounts de-
siraolc, 20 put an end to the uncertainty which
stupid or Iascally legislation has produced with
regard to most important interests and ii is
10y no means clear that this uncertainty can be
IN fair degree removed by the legislation IN
conference committee, which now takes the
place of action III the two Houses.
BEGINNING with the revenue bill, winch has
been sent to a committee on disagreement of
the two Houses in respect to the tax on
matches it is very doubtful whether the COM
mittce will have power to modify the other
features Of the bill. Yet those other features.
upou which the Houses have agIcrd, diminish
thc revenue of the Government by several
millions. Just how much 1t j. difficult
to Judge. This reduction comes, too
at time when the Secretary OF the
| Treasury has officially reported that a
large deficiency in the revenue will exist 1t
il not possible TO resist the conclusion that
there are some Democratic members who re-
joice at the prospect that the Government
may be embarrassed and crippled, and possi-
bly, 20 weakened as to become dishonored.
But Just here begins the uncertainty which
must work injury to the large business inter
csts affected. For if the revenues fall
shoIt 50 that serious impairment of the pub
lie resources and credit is probable. the next
Congress will be likely, 1t is very evident, to
| take much better position than this one has
/ taken with respect TO the National honor.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

The Cipher Committee having practically
finished It's lahOIs, we can now weigh the
product of the four week, inquiry. The sur
face facts o. the conspiracy revealed by the
translated telegrlms were hardly IN doubt.
and the confession, Of the coniedcratcS added
htte to the assurance already held by the
public that persistent attempts had been
made by Democratic agents to purchase the
votes OF the disputed States The Committee
nevertheless has compelled highly impOr-
tant disclosure. 1t has demonstrated that
there was 10 readiness on the Republican
side to sell, but only wild cagerness Oh the
Democratic side to buy. The purchasing
agents dispatched from GrdmcrcY Park and
the Everett House to Tallahassee and Column
bIa, for the ostcnsIble purpose of {" watching
"the count" went into the business of bribery
svstematically, and at tOlerably early period
of the canvass, and kept it up with great zeal
TIL the very last moment. They have repre-
septcd themselves some as the victims of an
overwhelming temptation offered by corrupt
Radical officials, others as paragOns of virtue
who Tcpulscd improper approaches and never
transmitted dlshOnorable offers except as
danger signals" 1t Is quite clear now that
they were not the tempted but the tcmpters.
liz South Carolina there has never been any
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

There can he no confidence, therefore, that
any serious reduction of the revenue VIII
| stand beyond the next extra or regular
/ session. and meanwhile the activity oil
| business III many important branches VIII
be paralyzed. For this reason, 1t mlgnt
he better for the President to veto
anv measure involving a dangerous I'M
pairmept of the public revenue. even though
ne should thus render an extra session ~
cvitablc for the uncertainty could thch De
more speedily terminated. Two months OF
stagration in important branches OF business
will really cost The country far more Than TWO
months of extra session.
The passage of the "Sundry Civil" Appro-
nriation bill, under suspension of the rules
and without q word of debate or moment
of consideration, was q diSgraceful thing IN
itself. But it is the more diSgracctul IN view
of the fact that the bill contains a clause cal
culated 10 repeal other legislation adopted hy
the very same House, at this very same session,
to arrest the Icfunding of the public debt and
to seriously impair the public credit. Cnqucs-
tonably it would be most disastrous "A well
AS dish0norahlc thing to deprive the holders oi
bonds of thcrright TO three months notice before
the payment Of their bonds or the stoopage OF
interest thereon. So Democratic Commit
tee discovered. vhcn Mr.. Hewitt, with
zeal which he was afterwards manly
enough 10 acknowledge was mistaken, had
caused Il special examination of the subject.
At the motion Of that Democratic Committee,
an act was passed to continue rcimding on
the same Just terms, and yet this act passed
after full discussion. the House has now at
tempted to repeal by a clause smuSGlcd INTO
an appropriation bill where it has no business.
aud passed under suspension Of The rules and
without debate. Such i, Democratic fidelity
to the puhlic honor.
II is presumed that the Republican senate
will stand firm to prevent the passage OF this
and many other mischicyouS or dishoncrabIe
ats, vdich the House has attempted to tH~ten
upcn tie aprropiItio bills. Not only are
the proposed measure, utterly wrong IN them
sclyc,-,j;,h as the repeal of provision for
I the ov..u.. of enforcing election laws, tine
prohibition o. troops at point where they
may bp ordered hv the President IN the dis
charge OF hi, constitutional duty, or the re-
peal OF tie election laws-but the method by
winch il is attempted 10 pass Them IS essen
.ialy revolutionary. 1t j, an insult 10 the
senate, AID a menace 10 free government, t.
inject surh partisan measure, into the regular
approximation li,ls. Every Republican Sen
ator owes it 70 III own eclf-ie~pcct. to the
part, OF which ne j, leader, and to the free
institutions ol which aa is 4 sworn guardian,
to resist 10 the end, come what may, each and
every revolutionary step of this nature HE
Intelligence OF the people need not br dis
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

A correspondent in Texas describes the
methods by which Democrats in that State,
who were not elected to certain offices, took
possession Of them by force, and expelled the
Iightful occupants. The new Texas plan
seems to have a strong flavor Of Mexico
about it.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

Mr.. Ephraim Holland was imprisoned for
brief period in a JAIL and not in penlten,
tjary. Now thatMr. Holland has been res''reo
10 freedom and the Democratic party, the
distinction becomes of the highest Importance
of course; but if the President had only
allowed General Bannings friend to remain
where he was, nobody would really have cared
very much what the place was called.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

The missionary society treasurer in Boston
who urged ia extonuation of improper use ol
the funds under hl, charge the singular plea
that other tcasurers had done the same
before him. does not seem to have prospcrcd
on that line of defence. An investigation
shows that he disposed of all the securities 81
the society with careful secrecy and replaced
them wih others vMyh were almost worthless.
10 make III, dupijcity complete, ne exhibited
as the properly of the society. when the an
nusl inquiry was made INTO the state Of hlS
accounts, securities which did not belong TO
it. As hc admits having done this, his case
NAV he considered as closed. church treas
urcr in the same city is also in default for q
small amount. and is missing; his case viii
attract some attention because hc belongs to Il
race winch boasts with truth, that it d, seldom
represented in tie annals oi crime.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

Partly by the aid of Two or three Rcpuhii-
cans, whose action Is not explained, partly
by tine aid Of d Republican bldudcr, the Dem
ocrats Of the House have succeeded il caIly-
inc the repeal Of the Election Supervisors
law. as an amendment to the Legislative Ap-
pIopliation bill. Upon the amendment re-
pcalmg the Jurors teat-0ath there was 10
contest. Upon the former amendment
The Rcpubhcau> adopted the cypcdieut of
declining to vote, so as to prevent
a record Of the presence Of a quorum. Ii the
minority had been unanimous IN this course,
II must nave defeated or delayed indefinitely
the passage Of the amendment; but the dissent
of a few Republicans brought the vote to
n point whore Speaker Randall was able
by casting hi, vote, TO record Il quorum
amid the dclightcd applause Of the De
mocracv. The debate which terminated with
tins decision rchcd>cd on 10th sides the
arguments which previous discussions have
made familiar. Tie bill now goes to the
Senate, which viii unquestOnahly decline to
concur in this amendment, II not in all
which contain general legislation. There must
then cn~Ie a contest bctWecn the two houses,
I'm which the Senate owes II TO the country
not to surrender single inch OF ils ground.
No doubt q stubboru Issue on this point will
make an extra session necessary, and no doubt
also the new Senate viii pass the amendment :
but the responsibility for the extra session viii
resi- with the party which forced the issue upon
Congress, and the responsibility for the lcgiSa-
tion in dispute may well he left TO Il Congress
Democratic in both branches.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

Mr.. Phillips, Republican member of the
House from Kansas, made fOrclblc demon
stration yesterday of tue progress OF the
Southern lion in lying down with the negIo
lamb Not long ago there were seven cOOred
Republican members IN the House; now the
number is reduced to three, and next year
there will be none at all. The lamb is inside
at last.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

Lynchng Legislature i- a curious proceed
ING. which could only take place at this day.
let Us hope, in the far and bounding West.
IL is tle Nevada Legislature winch is in dan
ger of this unpleasant experience. The ar
dant ropulace OF one portion. mt least OF
that young and aspiring State are in state
of frenzy about railroad bill which they
wish to see passed 4 ma,S-mccting held at
Virginia CITY fr,t demanded the instant res
ieuation Of Senator who had exercised his
right to vote as he saw fit, and had opposed
the bill. Then suggestions were made that
other members Of the Legislature might be
hanged, and these propositions were loudly
chcercd. Next it was suggested that pro-
cesSion Of citizens walk 10 the Capitol and
demand the passage OF the bill. Wiser cOUnsels
pronounced against this plan, but the upshOt
of the deliberations of the sagrs was Il Icsolu-
ton to be Transmitted to the Legislature,
modcsty refusing to be responsible for the
consequence if the procr> ION should
stalt. The threat is quite rs much OF an ont
rage rs he violence which 1t prstends to dis
claim; and it would he pleasant to know that
the Nevada Legislature had had the courage
to die. after the manner OF the country, with
ITS boots on.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

Another Broadway railroad scheme 'he
twin brother of the first, has made us ap-
neoroncc i'm the Board of Aldermen. IL is
headed with the name OF wcii-knowh oaliN'I'
The two proiectS have been referred to sep
aratc committees. and it is expected that both
will r.nort favorably. After the many years
of onpostion to Broadway road il is signal
mark of change TO find race in progress
between CAPITALISTS to see who shall be FIRST
in bn,lding the road. The chief danger in the
present situation seems to be that the Aldermen,
in their largc-hearted way, will pass two or
three charters, making it necessary to arrange
the roads in tiers one above the other
Whether in the controversy about receiving
the telegram of Che Constitutional Convention
Of California, Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Sargent were
right. or Mr.. Toar and Mr.. Edmund, there
can be no question of the soundness OF the
position of the last-named Senator Oh one
point The Convention had an md0nbted
right to eulogizc Congress for passing the
Chinese bill. and Mr.. Blaine's point that Con
grc,s must not decline communications be-
cause they are received by telegraph comes
from one of the best of American parlamcn-
taran~; Int it is not in accordance with The Dig
nifty of the Senate, as Mr.. Edmunds urged, 70
allow majority or q minority ot the body to ne
thanked in this manner for its position ON a
public question. All the members are supposed
TO vote from sense of duty, ard Congress is
/ not mass needing.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

The young Napoleon, whose baptism of
"Gre" on the heights of Saarbruck was the
one grim Jest of the Franco-German war,
goes to renew 1t in fighting negroes under
the British flag. Bravery stands first Ill the
catalogue Of Gallo virtues, and there is some
NapOcOnic shrewdness in this attempt to win
French sufrages by plunging into the midst
u d flnu in Snnfh A frica
New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

General Banning occupied valuable time in
sLe House Yesterday in making it clear that
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
THE OLD oAK-TREE.

,,ra the woods srrayed in Summers green
y. ,;nsed with russell Au.umn's golden sheen;
- ,ensive mood gladly seek their shade
=, ,ns ram bic through each leafy glec and glade,
g., vet howe'er the forest may delight,
rs 1peuius plain brings still welcome sight.
~ aesrer spot the landscape holds for me
man that white-gowaned, spacious grassy lea
tEhsre stands in solitude. the old oak-tree
f., bvgone DAYS, how often here I've strsyed,
And lovingly thy giant form surveyed;
5a,nrning bow from lands long have ranged,
,Tis truly writ that lie is but span,
A. least that portion which belongs to man;
Scr but rs yesterday IL seems TO be
when still a boy, cut my name with glee
Daep in thy rugged bark, dear old oak-tree!
IN rising manhood three stauch friends we're wont
L'rom time TO time to seek this cherished haunt;
Zach took his chosen path the world TO roam,
with hopes TO meet in afier-days al home.
Alas! ere many years had Elected DER,
one sunk TO rest on fsr Arabias shore;
The next found sailor-grave in tropic sea,
While anu left alone of all the three
To keep the tryst beside the old osk-treo
Vow stiu the air around this regal oak
Gre vet nv voiL e the charmed silence broke.
TIL now unheard, the drewsy feathered throns
Awake and pipe with jos their evening song
The daisy closes with glance of love;
The dar X ming shades surround the mystic grove.
Ohl when the fates send forth their dread decree,
That bids the day no longer break for me,
Siay sunset find me meath the old oak-treel
-ChDlbers's journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

thence under the cruelty of forced march
es, and of their courage on the field of
battle, l cannot write even now without
. throb Of emotion. The fragment of
my old company, in its Last bloody fight
with a gallant enemy, made charge after
charge under corporal. "You don't
60 into such hole because you like it, :"
exclaimed a trooper, describing dash
through a cannon-swept valley; "you
go because you are ashamed to go back
on the boys" 1t is burning sh anne
that the captain should be sent up with
out his own company" exclaimed a
private soldier, when his officer was
ordered forward to rslly forlorn hope
which had already lost three command
ants. eve may as well do it to day as
tomorrow, said the men to one another,
as they advanced under Sheridan to recov-
er the field of Cedar Creek. Such was
the spirit of the masses of that
memorable army, and, also, as | suppose,
of the very similar army which con-
fronted it. Self-respect, noble feeling
OF comradeship, earnest purpose, and
common sense supplied in great measure
the lack Of complete discipline and of
trained regimentsl oficers.-Nousmber
Aflnn{lc
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27

constitution and laws Of the state require
the governor and council, who in the
present instance are Democrats, to send
certificates of election to the persons who
on the face of the returns, appear to be
chosen to the senate and house,
and if the returns are irregular
or defective in form they can
send to the town authorities for such cor
reot;ons ~ will make them conform to
the result ~ recorded in the local re-.
cords. Any inquiry into the regularity
of the election is the province of the
two houses, which, rs III other states, are
made judges of the election and qusliti.
cations of their members. Immediately
after the election the Democrats
raised the cry of fraud and bribery"
and they have kept it up ever
since, with what purpose now appears,
The Boston Globe, the organ of that
political saint, Ben. Butler, has been con-
spicuous in this cry of corruption and
has devoted columns to disseminating
the idea that the Republicans carried
the state by bribery and other forms of
crime against the ballot box. But
after all this noise, upon being
pressed for evidences of its charges,
it made out to show that sew
enty-six dollars, in the aggregate, WAS
spent in seven towns for election pur-
poses. No one who knows anything
about political management would sc.
riously claim that any great amount of
corruption could be worked with such
an insignificant sum, were the managers
80 disposed. The meagerness of the sum
is, on its face, evidence that it was used
solely in payment Of legitimate expenses
of the campaign. A pretended letter of
Senator Blaine was published rs evidence
of fraud, but the senator promptly de-
nounced it rs a forgery, and the Globe
showed its animus by refusing to publish
his card
1t is said that or THIS irresponsible
cry of fraud the Democratic governor
and council have determined to assume
the power to reject the votes of all
towns where Irregularities or frauds are
alleged and, as these are all Republican
towns, the Democrats would thus secure
control of the legislature at its organiza-
ton, and before the vacancies could be
filed they would have secured the cleo
ton of their candidate for governor.
If the Democracy dare consummate so
bold usurpation of power, they will
meet with retribution At the hands OF
the people, "A year hence, that will
etiectually preclude the possibility of
their ever again repeating the crime. If
there was any fraud in the election there
is legitimate way of exposing and
Furnishing it, but SO glsripg an outrage
upon law and the will of the majority of
the people rs is proposed by these minor
ity officials cannot be tolerated without
mourning the greatest peril to the prin-
ciple of free and honest elections.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
Our Volunteers at the Outset of the
War.

Beyond very little drill, our officer.
at the outset knew nothing OF their du-
ties. | have seen colonel, a man of
much militia experience, deploy column
under fire in such fashion as to bring
his rear rank in front, and the right of
every company where the left should be,
with the necessary result OF throwing
hisregiment into utter confusion. ] hav
known captain sent out on vldette
when he did not know what vidette was,
and formed his men as skirmishers
Commandment of grand guards were ig-
norant of the necessity of vigilance, and
thought it shame not to let their tired
boys" sleep on post. No one can es-
innate the number of brave men who
persisted uselessly in small operations
because their immediate officers did not
know how to manage them. In large
operations it was still worse. Ok men
fit for independent commands, or even
fit to handle division under clear in
structions, the state troops had none to
offer, as they always will have none.
II we had not been opposed to troops
about 81 i'll directed as ourselves, and if
We had not the science of West Point
and the regular service to organize and
discipline and guide us, our early exper-
fences would have been far more disas-
trous than they were.
The chief strength of the volunteer
forces lay in the very superior character
OF rank and file. They were brave, in
telllgent self-respecting citizens, deter
mined 70 master the new duties, and de.
termlned to win. Mere drill they learn
ed rapidly, and to admirable perfection.
They soon discovered, too, the necessity
OF discipline, and actually aided their
ofncers IN establishing it. OF their pa