The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-05

''- ifIf' .ll' wv = SUI WIN hrlIt WIS 10 WIlN
81 d, a iib.Uous letter on D 'morrntic leader IA
mn "" ih" foundation Of this charge
frye took the n'or. md. lifting tho sirldent
voice oi man over exhausted. made somc-
wlt hlitr speech on tn attacks made 10y tho
ricss on public men. Congr"ssm"n he px-
planned. served not for their nay, hut for their
honor. and wcrn little likely 10 but thu honor
IN ih' power ~ the lobby. ns the pr"s4 too often
sng' strd; And ilyr minutes later FRYE, tramp
ing ~ and down the narrow limits Of the aisle
einrh"si1cd the carelcssness Of the pros by
sn9Wihc mat tir very slHnd"rous l'tier Ut issue.
which Grant hoard and believed. and which
Iotl.'d part ni tho records OF n greut depart
menl was oil rod for days TO wlnt arc called
nhonymons s'ribbl,Ts. until it found man
wno saw in lts publication an opportunity not
g imurc Randall, but to ruin the writer Of the
The House met to-day at 9. The crowning
interest of the short session. cut short by the
Spehker's gnvcl at noon. turned ON the deter
minntion of tho House To insist upnn its disa-
gr"cment 60 the Amendments nude bv the SON
atc to two great appropriation bills, on which
hang the fabric nnd the defence OF the general
government. There came through all the
tw"iV" hours which ran from midnight TO noon
frequent intcrrultiou 90 The regular course of
business. The Post Ohrc bill had been heard
ANA ,@posel oi. ANA for IN" second tlmc in this
lorg Legislative day. un error in coilntiug the
am,n imenis bring dis oycrcl. the House rc-
tn,' l,S steps ana repeated its task.
Tho Deficiency bin WIS reported from Con-
ier'u.' Committee, a number oi -lgepy meme
h'rs lrirg under the impression that it was
something clso There were other smaller
thiuES aruIi with I'm th.s blind summary fashion.
but "u none of hrs, things hung thr ssuro
thn' that issue WIS decided 10 the Senate end Of
tl" 'HnIn. Two men walking wgArily came
81 rts Tho shorter of the two. Hewitt. holding
bis hrNu lent uut moving slowly. carried %
great no'd bundle oi mHuur'rit under his
NrW. II WuA tIr Army hI.I. llr Wa- rtriAI t
back through the siont ana dos rind corridors
llrk 90 the chamber whrr" it had orllluuol.
AMI whose D"mo'tau' majority prop .ei TO
booth no Federal soldier could 'ntrc. The
nrW~ oi % disbursement spread fast Ono or
H .| "a |..
tn tna ,vIro. with fhe .',y- OF an extra session
uiUdc to the House. Ii WIS uo ordinary Occa-
sion. The chamber shouk .i-oli from iiS weary.
seats around i"wiu iilini with mon vino wrre
sooh to cluster around aiu au rithu- . gu-
Zoe ihe present ciosc of % Congress raronr
sln-uary lHnoriuu-, sinEulary useful. and
Mr. Iirwiit ro.a. There woro amull minor DO
tails. \ sheet of rnper with tie report on II
went w to the Clerks dD-k. Il was read. and
with no great show or remark. Noid!ng his
Sp"9k'rs hammer. Hewitt said; move that
GarI.l asked for nm explanation. Hewitt
WIS weary tO exhaustion. US h" wu- 20 another
timc when ho cqullied himself AMI tho oH'a-
sion in the early gray Of closing morning ia
The fgrty-i uuh Congress. But hs speech Is
fur'iblc not because his voice or ms pres
something to say. He l. In deadly earnest in
saying 10. and. To- tie outcrmo-t man, tho whole
chamber tngles at his m'tcranccs. He had now
a simple message. Every other difference
might have been adjusted had the House been
willing o. yield the pr '-cncc OF haNOnct % tie
polls. Upon that u1krd proposition he took his
resolute stand. Hewitt mad taken his place ON
the very edge Of the Democratic desks. and.
turning his ie.t he appealed for support IN this
position. and drewoue ringing cheer after an
other. The majority was safe; that WIS plain.
But something more was saie-a great princi-
pie. worlhily asserted. II was impossible to
listen to this earnest. gray-haired man.
manifcstly u no powerful physical strength.
showing rather the stress and strain 81 long
labors for the public good. without linking his
name with other names Of men who have
pas sed from mercantile life 10 the defence OF
personal liberty and who. having themselves
an immediate interest in the culm course OF
events by which trade thrives. have dared
,6 Sl..'GRR iGR s i, Ss1Sa, ss.rs y 80 sn
such Hancock. md such last night standing in
direct political descent and lineage from these
men was Hewitt.
Mr Hewitt said that nm agreement could bc
reached on all the questions in the eiil eXeeyt
rs 20 the presence of troops at the polls. That
Issue had been fairly presented. On one side
the House conferees insisted that the time had
come when II should no longer Doe lawful Tor
soldier 10 hc at polling places. On the other
vision of the statutes should bee maj ntuined. and
that the power should remain with th. Executive
tu order troops o. the polls on the day of rlro-
ton. IL i'm his judgment il was necessary 10 pre-
serve the peace. That presented the very es-
mont. Tint principle had le-n Inherited hy
tn" American people. NJ tnEi, l-slthkih
man. for 200 years. had qu STONED The fact That
Tho question never would have been raised
in fhl- country hui lot iue unhappy ch.ullf ~
prop,r hnl heon slrlNiugto reeoy'r lost ground.
| They had made gI-uuu' HH'flH'r- % - hl
! To- resumption % slrelo pnymrut; but nothing
riglt--tlosH rights that llr ht the very fuAn la
| tom ot ~" Goy1nmrnt u WIS Hn4mf ihW
| preceded resumption ol those rights. II NH-
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