Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
Reporitd for the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April &c.
Tho S3oat, WAS not 10 session to-day.

WASHINGTON, April 20.
SENATE.
The S3oat, WAS not 10 session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House Immediately went into Committee
Of Ito Whole 90 the Legislative Appropriation
bill urder toe FIVE minute rule. The discus
sion under that iulo to closo at two o'clock to.
day. Mr.. Ewing, Of Ohio. first got the floor aud
continued bis speech of last evening. He Co.
cared that he men who were insulting the
President were not the men GO the democratic
aldo CT the House, but were the stalWarts OF tho
republican party, who nov held the lash over
tho President, threatening him With party &
pusion if be dared to be governed by his OVID
judgement only instesd of by the necessities OF
seotious! Issues at the North. Ho classified
a;noug tho staIWarls Of the republican party
Mr. Garfield, who had said that iftbe President
sisusd tho bill be would be violating bis con.
s:iercc aad sesso Of duty, MIR. Frye. who lad
pledged The President in advance to veto the
bill, which pledge was threat to the Pres!-
dent sud Corkling in whose opinion tho Pres'
dent would DO dog" if he tigned the BILL
lie then proceeded to laud the southern ropre
son,alivts, declaring that sBoo tho ''contede
rate brissdicr generals were here there had
beeu no moro great j)ba passed through Con
sress. His speech was much app!auded Oh the
democratic side and WAS replied to by Mr.. Gar
field. -,
The srcecbes Of Messrs Ewing and Garfield
elected much applause On their respfctlso
sides. Each of them spoke fifteen minutes by
O unanimous tZtention Ct their time. MT.
Garfield declared that it had been 10 the power
Ct tho humblast or the greatest ct the demo
Gratis 10 have ruined him AID proved him to be
8 !ra;iucer ard slanderer by simply rising aud
sa,iog (iu conravention Ct bis assertion as 70
| lbs bcicg the purpose Of the democratic party
| to starve the GovernmenD. "We do Eot pro-
pose to refuse to vote supplies to the Govern
mcut We wish to get our legislation through
10 reference TO elections and everything else, II
we can coGslitutlonal!y; but II sc cannot get
| il through under all constitutional sanctions,
NO will pass the appropriation bills like Loyal
| representatives ard 90 home. But, though
| torty-iVo democrats had spcke6, that sentence
had not been uttered by single democrat.
| After thesa two serious speeches the Hou3e
| vas entertained With humorous dissertation
frou q now member, Fir. Horr. of Michigan.
Ila commenced by holding up to ndlcule the
preeubpck representatives, and created great
amusement by tho assertion that if all the
greehUack money uemauueu Wy tuS o''' -
ready Introduced were to be supplied the green
hackers would have to get sheir clergyman
do La Matgf) 10 ask the deity TO Vary
the miracle Of the deiuge 10 open
apain the doors and windows q heaven and
10 rain grccnbacks Tor 40 days. lie then turned
on the Southern democrats aud told them thai
what their section wanted was more corn and
cotton and less cussedness' and BIZ wound w
by suggesting that cEe Of the best thing thai
could happen TO the country would be the turn
ing on of yellow fever in Congress, ooly that be
would want the DiVioity to use great discrlmina
tion 10 making bis selection. MIR. HOrr moved
up and down the area as he delivered himself
Ct his sentiments and all bis good saying were
appauded on both sides and 10 the galleries.
Tho bill was finally passed with the political
ssction added.