The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-20
Tho Army Bill Maneuvrs.
The Republicans Outaunsed and Routed, Horse,
Foot and Dra5ooris.

Foot and Drd5oo,is.
WASHINGTON, June lv.-The wisdom and OK
peLiency of the plan finally agreed upon by the
democrats in Congress Of conceding all the ap-
preparations necessary to The uninterrupted sup
port of the Government have been fully viRdi+
Gated by the events of the past few days.
THE RADICALS
nrc gricvously disappointed and are apparently
confounicd by the results Of the unexpected
success of the conservative element in the ranks
Of their antagonists. which success, as they un-
ders,and, has deprived them of the advantage
they have confessedly held so far in the long
Congressional skirmisk, and which they hoped
with reason to maintain throughout the main
battle yet to come off in the country.
have themselves had q narrow escape, seeing
that the plan Of action which has proved so ef-
fective was adopted, as nm informed, by q bare
majority Of one, OF two at farthest, in the vote
of the caucus. Whom it was decided by this
small majority to grant tho appropriations, in
Guiding that for the Army, the Radicals were
thereby deprived Of the entire fund Of campaign
material, which they had been hcaping up for
weeks past, and they now stand amid the ruins
of their lnSors rs bewildered as so many spiders
whose common web has been swept away by one
fell stroke of u broom.
THE CRY OF "REvoLuTIoN'
has been sienced so completely that we hear
not even faint echo of the terrible sound in the
halls of Congress, or from the smallest newspa-
per in the most extreme corner of the "arouscd
North" Conkling, Garfield, Chandler, Logan,
Blaine, Frye, ct al, put oil their eggs into that
basket and they have been badly broken and
scattered.
THE ARMY BILL
will not only be passed, but passed cheerfully.
and so far oil the members of that misused or
ganization far from feeling any i-will towards
the Democracy, that party is in high favor for
having rescued the troops from being forced
into the degrading and unpopular service to
them. When the Federal soldiers occupied the
South Carolina State House. title over two
years ago. in the capacity of Radical constnbles,
one of the officers on duty sail to me, this is
"DAMNED DIRTY WORK.,
rs it undoubtedly was, and his men shared his
very strong and ;andidly expressed opinions,
The Democrats hnui-e vrPoSra " renewai OF such
duty being imposed upon them in the first in
stance, having granted the supplies in the Sec
ond, having confirmed some hundreds of promo.
tions and having justly redeemed popular Of
fcer, Gen. Fitz John Porter, from the ignoniny
and disgrace hcaped upon him by the Radicals
for years together, can now safely count upon
the army and its friends for their warmest sup
port in the present emergency.
THE RADICALS
see and understand all this so we'll that they
were yesterday driven into most imprudent
their party from we'll merited reproach at the
hands of both the soldiers and the people Of the
This step was nothing less than an
unsuccessful effort to capture the Democratic bill
and rush it through as Republican measure,
or, failing in this, to put the Democrats on rec
ord as opposing their own bill. So anxious were
the Radicals to carry this point that Immediate
iy after the passage of the legislative bill, and
in the absence of Mr.. Clymer, who had the army
bill in charge and who did not design reporting
it until the judiciary bill was acted upon, Mr..
Ryan, q Republican member of the committee,
hastily moved its passage under suspension of
the rules. The Democrats of course resented
this attemp, on the part Of the opposition to
take control of legislation, and in order to avoid
q vote upon the measure, rs proposed by the Re-
pubicans, insisted upon and carried an adj ourn
ment. Ryan's BILL it should be remarked, was
in totidem rerbis, the same rs the Democratic
caucus bill, and was framed, therefore, for the
purpose Of restricting the use of the army and
troops at the polls. This move on the part of
the Radicals was tantamount to an acknowledg.
ment Of their defeat upon the whole question,
and is so regarded by the Democrats, who are
naturally elated over the route of their adversa-
ries ut this critical juncture. 1t has been be-
coming more and more apparent each day that
the Radicals were lily satisfied with the position
they had assumed, aud with the prospect of
DEFEAT AT THE POLLS
which it entaied, and they have only been wait
ing an opportunity to change their base. If it
be true, as is claimed, that the Republicans can
not now refuse to vote for the Democratic eau
Gus measure when it comes up regularly, Dem
ocrats will have carried their point ut last after
the long, doubtful and dangerous contest, rs it
is not probable, surely, that Mr.. Hayes will veto
a bill which his friends in the House were will
ing to vote for in body, provided only it were
introduced by one of their number. 1t is of in
terest to note here, again, that the Democrats
made
ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE
in this same matter of Ryan's bill. They barely
succeeded in avoiding the Radical trap by carry
ing the motion to adjourn, which followed the
introduction of Ry ans bill. Four Republicans
voted with the Democrats to adjourn, and the
motion was carried by q majority Of four. If
the Republicans had voted solidly, the Demo-
Gratis would have been compelled to vote against
their own bill Cor Ne,os and Courier.
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KING's MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL.-The Charlotte
say rug InaL me meeting advertised Tor July 10th
was originally intended to be merely initiatory
in character, and that Mt that meeting 1t was ex-
pected to pass resolutions looking to n general
Mt the centennial But this meet
ing having already assumed proportions far bey-
ond their expectations, they extend through
that paper general invitation to every county
in both States Of North and South Carolina to
hold meetings and send delegates to the July