, 1879-03-05
WASHINGTON.
The Curtain at Last De-
scends. on the Forty
fifth Congress.
And The Latter End of Tint
Body Was Worse than
tho First.
Failure Of Two of the Princi-
pal Appropriation
Bills.
Stubborn Refusal by the Democrats
to Accept Any Com
promise.
There Shall De Free Frauds at Elec-
tlons, or elst 10 Appro.
priations.
An Extra Session Necessitated
-&It Is Called for
March IS.
Buffers Bricks, Made Out
of POttcr-Comlnit-
tee Mud,
Flung at the President According
to the Original Pro.
= gramme.
Ginger1y Treatment by Potter of the
Cipher Branch Of the In
vessigation.
Flung at the President According
to the Original Pro.
= gramme.
Gingerfy Treatment by Potter of the
Cipher Branch OF the In
vas,igation.
CLOSED OUT,
WITH MANY WARES NOT Dlsro5Ep or,

6utetd' nIsDatch 10 Tic Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March A.-The Forty-ffth
Congress closed ts existence at 19 o'clock to-day,
a,nl the first sesn!on Of tic Fortysixth Congress
is called to meet In two wceka, The result Ia
what. should hayc been foresccn by ati, nnd was
foresecn by many. Tie two political partirs,
one having possession Ut tic Houss and tho
other Of The Senate, became antagontzcd on
political legislation, past, present, md pros
pec.irc, md before either party knew the
path It was truWlfng It had proceeded
so fur that it could not rctracc its
steps. The almost unprecedented endurance
Of tho mcmbcrs OF both Houses III remaining At
their posts Tor tour ail.uight SESSIONS tho House
adiournlng only oncc at midnight, was perhaps
eonmcndab'c, but 1t WIS wholly unnecessary.
The political discussion into which the Senate
drtftcd has
ENDED DlsAsrRousLY 70 THE DEMocHAQY.
They hare been beaten ut every turn. THE jeff
Daris discussion WAS particularly unfortunate
fnr them, for tue people OF the North are op-
posed to the cuioCtzIng Of jeff Davis, a1,h dc-
cline to ascFlbe 10 HIN all The virtues Of buu,au-
!ty. Tic fuisonc commentator uf jeff Davis
Gy Lamar was not surprising, but It was
hardly to br supposed Senator Thurman,
whose greed for the Presidency scctns 10 be
rs great as Dllnc's, wallll 20 ot Of his
wny to nay such scryI!e hotnage to tho ex-CurI-
fcdcrate leader. The Democrats were trapped
BY the amendment Of Mr. iIoar, which WAS for
the purpose OF leading Ilutspurs like Lamar
into ineonsLcrate assertions. I'Ec remarks of
Lamar and Thurman will, OF course, be printed
by tie Republicans uil1
CIRCULATED DRoADcAsT THROUGHOUT TIE
COUNTRY.
The Senate, utter tile elofe OF tic uornin.
dispatches. continued In llnbrokrn scssiuu until
after o'c}ask this moEn!nt;;, ou IL purely politi
col dts:l,ssE31', bascl on ths Army oll1 Many
able md brilliant specches wero tla1c OIL boil,
sides. It was almost incrc4tbtc to sec With what
yin, antl vleor tic tired Senators, wllose eyes
llayc not known sleep for four nights wrnt into
tho debate. The uotabe speeches were by
Mcssrs. Baine, Conkl!ns, Dcsi;. Whyte, Mat
tlcws, as,l Thurman. During the night thu
visitors renamed in respectable numbers. anA,
when thu gas wqa turned OF a,l the Sun camo
through the crystal roof th!s morning, Il iuunl
several ladies who Ind l!stcncd to tho speeches
all night long. 4 lew Senators dozcd fn tlIcir
cliaiFat mud fsw sought short Iaps In tlc
coak'r0Otns, but thu discusstoM was 80 unusua!-
" interesting, ntl a. times exciting, tlIat tho
Senator'S seats generally held attentive listen
crs. No action Was takcn OH my subject, nn.l
Al half-past o'clock tho Seuato tnok rcccss
until 10.
The Senators assembled at the cxp!ration Of
thu recess in guol hutnor, but
WoitN OUT WITH WORK |
and loss Of. sleep. 1'o two hours left Of the |
Forty-tlftt cungscss wcro busy ocs. The gal
lerles wcso nuycr fuller, A,nl tho Capitol |
swornlcl witt, pcople In every nook asnl corner |
The 'lccprcs!lcnt, IA It IL necessary, retired
from Thu clsir, and gavc notice Of his alscnre in