The sun., 1879-02-26
lOyGRESS AT FEVER HEAT.
yosT t.yOTING CONTEST oYIR TnE
ttICgIUN SUPERIJSORS' LIW.

.,,i.an rinns Defeated Ny the Speaker. |
,.c Ibc Amendment Passed by the House /
,.,~.nr Uaie sntinu Dawn NrtY Red In !
u. T,es-1hree Republicans VstiHg Nay.
v,sr,Sarov Feb. IS. The repeal of the
ri.rsi Election law has been successfully car
..llr the House Democratic majority. Tho
..ibns vet TO meet the opposition OF the
nate Such manrgvrrs n had hccn selected
:. Halo to disorganizs tho Housa
"a check the business OF tho session
,I.l and failc,, somewhat iSnoNiniousiy.
SANDER in wlth Garfield hal iiuiUsed in an
.l,r stag, o.! the debate ovcr the repeal Of
,, Federal E'--ton laws. was crushed by BAN
,lo.. vhf lct Garfield with thing hut gen
,,., belief IN the hasty rcadiWg ot Inaccurate
,temoni. a. plead rs his Justification for.
,.ts.r..Gs charge directci ssainsta colleague
i,.lins li. SCAT by an uncha.leugrd title.
uwas y DAY of episodes The Issue was inn
,,rtant cough. aud the Struggle had boen long
,,ou,h 81 make the Gral contest something
rlrsuanths. II it VIZ not. it was because
roscrl sing days arr Yasscd in certain anx-
inns hurry which icSN,s littlc room for
deliberate debate. To-day tho first ep-
iscl, came in ltanaing's answer TO Gar
geA II WIS nearly week ago that
Garsed had said that in one district ia
r.s-fnnnti enough convictions had been had
under iiiN fl'.llNA stN ~ hilNft int Ulhl'lUl Nl
uhieh a Democratic member held his seat.
This w.s not true Banning showed Il was oct
true by quoting the court record. lie lcft no
slred Of the story hanging together except the
solitary fat that a repeater was convicted
whom Hayes deemed itwise promptly to pardon.
Ther, was that about the matt Of the reply to
raae il effective. IL BanninR's voice had not
been ovcrsirsin-d. 1t would have been crushn ng.
A. was the sheets OF legal cap neatly folded
1ad tied with ribbon gave an Hrtifi 'iGl turn to
the energy with which he pronounced Gar
ls.i', assertions infamous!y false. Garfield
laungrd out NJ his seat and half way down tho
aisle VITA easy steps to make his answer.
A. he had no facts he needed all his
lrayado. and he displayed 1t all. Substan-
tally De- said that while his previous
uuerancs might not be true. that made no
great difference. because everybody believed
what Garfield is pleased to call the current his
tory of the time. sharp bypay came on the
heels Of the two speeches by Banning and Gar
lel Poster jumped up and said two or three
things ia his clever. ofT-hand way. and when
tuey were shown To be not facts. he covered his
retreat with a ssiliul sentence. and this man.
vao LOOKS 50 dun and is 50 sharp. sat down as
usual with the laugh. and "A loud laugh. ON his
ELL" u the House and the facts on the other.
There were other rilng episod.s-a grnat
urrJar when Davis OF North Carolina a loud-
,ired tN1Ker. refused 10 be interrupted shout
ine at the top OF his voice and waving both arms
hash. There was n little co!loquy between Can
non OF Illinois and Harris Of Virginia. in which
tAs Northern member snRpping his left arm.
with which he did all his gesturing. up
ani down like whip lash. kept
steadily one sentence ahead OF the slower
wued man from the South. There was
q iu.r.y good speech from Davidson Of Flor
ida. who talked we'll for five minutes aud
Vacn the hammer Sharply fell at the throa IA un-
dr-i!u sr'oudthrcw n a deAtrrous wind NJ svn-
tufe. which he had been saving 10 round up
lie spotcn Ola TIE printed page u, the record on
which ryrfy speaker k"rI- his eye. There was
ether desultury speak ing 10 the Hniendment re-
Irallug The election law before q vote WAS
reacArd on u in Committee of the Whole. To
th,, No great importance attached. Some chance
.Al-td iuai by r"ius ng to vote nt thus stage The
kIublcais would leave the House without "a
quorum. tut tue k"rublicans lett their seats
90 vote almost HH soon us Hale aud SOuthari.
iclrIs. shook hands In front oi the speaker =
d.-k iur al IN" world likrtwl men in a rins.
The House settled 10 u lHzy indifference ~ the
~, details ~ the cunsid"rhiiou ui the bi Ia The
Committee. OF the Mnolc were PASSED. kand.ii
iuoN his scat The House filled. stra.glrrs
,amo az from their lunrh. There were
lew enpiy seats. ring 9i C,il,, Csnok ,n-;
Tue biu w1S read pago 10y page. Atkins luaGc
rs inevitable objection nj every turn. losing his
telnprr before he began. and failing 10 Nnd Il
alter he closed. The amendment WIS reached.
h..' came IN from the smoking room where he
lrl bc"n lounglng. buttuned his irork coat with
H." tr.iu 'raie cure OF party leader, ami sat
down ln serrue confidence that the House WAS
wtouta quorum unless he raised his finger
ami tile E-lubtleaus voted Earlier he had made
a. asseruVo speech. beginning II by carefully
balancing IN he aisle b-twvvn two desks. grow
lns warmer ns he urpeeeded. comin. down the
aisle. and taking liutle flights a few steps at a
time. a. he declared that the ltepubcHn side
would never never never yield. Southland had
The spcrchm making to do On the other side. lie
Aal careful Ton" IA his speech, even When ne
tAd with An emphasis aud manDcr all sincere.
AID the freedom of the ballot box was AT stake,
uerc could bu no retreat
Tne vote came. The roll was called. The
Clerk ran his pencil up and down the printed
rows OF names. tailying tho votes. Ho wrote
,ne hGurrs ON square piece OF paper. anu
% his maliet. stooped forward to take the lltuo
Yeas l43; Nays. s." Three Republicans had
voted that made li6. One vote more would make
ur cOu-tltuuoual quorum. The House was very
sIIl. kandal mechanically raised his mallei
u rap Tor silence before no made his an
louncement. and feeling the hush, let il silently
IAN Inc Speakers name Will be called.
ssaid he, IN an under tone. Hale had got ~ IS
Irtt, ana Stood his lace In satisfied glow.
ready 10 say with an upralsed forchnger. No
quorum, Mr.. Speaker
The Clerk turned in his desk and said. Mr..
Randall"
i,s answered Mr.. Speaker. and then rails
lng his voice and his mallet. he gave the result
There was u patter Of clappinH hands on the
bemOcrauc side Of the House as Hale dropped
hi'k IN his seat with a red. astOnished lace
publican votes. Forts Chittcndcn and KILN
ger, The two first plainly given by
luadvertance. had spoiled the whole deliberate
s'hcue. For moment Hale was wholly con
fused. He madea dilatory motion and with
drow II, advised Fort 10 make u motion 10 re-
consider which had been already made and
MhI'h IN any case Fort had no right 10 make
lA"n railying he began straight hour
oi datOry motions which ended by thd
u.ssage Of the bill. three Republicans
again voting in the negative TO make up
gupTum-Patterson. BrenianO, and Dunnell
40 better proof OF tne utter failure which beie
Hale could have been given than this. that alter
having refused to vote ia order to prevent the
adoption OF an amendment his party had deter
mined 10 oppose ~ tho end. A second rcfusa
10 Note.wa made on the passage OF the bill
hll absolutely necessary TO tho conduct Of the
noNrrnncnt The bill now goes n tho Senate
lhht body Will strike out the repeal The reA
struggle VIII como behind the closed doors OF
Conference committee.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
Mr., Harris tDem.. Ya.) Chairman Of the Com
mitloe ON Elections, reported resolutions in To
Edrd o. the contested election case from tn,
iHrh Congress District OF Missouri, declarinG
Uitl II. q, frOst tDem.. the cOntestant) Is not
and mat l.. ). Mctcalfe Rep. the sitting mem
d q in, entitled TO the seat.
W ne House then went into Committee OF the
,mhoi1 ON tho Legislative Appropriation bill
M question being on Mr.. Southard's amend
III 'hi repeating the law creating the office o
e', lpral supcryisOrs.
!, Mr banning tDsm.. 0hol quoted from Mr.