The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-05
Washington.
MORE ABOUT THE ARMY BILL. SPEECH OF Mr.

SINGLETON AND THE GREENBACKERS-A BIT
OF THE wAR-DE La MATYR sPEAKS-
OTHER SPEAKERS-MR. TUcKER'S FINE AD-
pREss-sENAToR coRBIN-PERsoNAL, &C.
Iron Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April AFTER speech
from Mr.. Singleton, OF Mississippi, in
which he discussed the proprety and the
necessity OF repeating the section in contro.
vcrsy, the jurors test-oatl. and declared
that. In spirit Of compromise. he was
willing TO accept modification in lieu Of n
complete repeal OF the laws in regard to
supervisors Of election, the Grecnbackcrs
had an hour divided among them, and made
good use Ct 1t. Those who supposed they
would do anything foolish or indiscrcet
were mistaken, for they uttered strong
words in condemuing yerything sectional,
| and declared themselves on that account for
tie repeal Of the law authorizing the Use of
troops st the polls. Their first speaker,
Mr.. Weaver, OF Iowa, said he had been a
Republican Tor twenty-one years, but he
had witnessed between that party and the
| Democrats since he had been here bitter
sectional contest, but they were able to stop
their warfare long enough to unite and vote
to adjourn from Saturday until Tuesday, to
| prevent the Grccnbackcrs from introducing
| financial bills, under the rules, OH Monday.
There had been talk of revelation by Mr..
Garfield aud others, bit it will not come
! from the Democrats. but from the idle,
starving masses who are without work and
| without bread. Cotton, said he, is no longer
king. nor is gold; but the laboring men are
kings, and their beiests must be obeyed.
During the war all was quiet along the Pc
tomac, but now it is quiet everywhere cX-
ccpt along the Potomac, where Democrat
AMI Republicans are fighting bitterly over
Il question the people tale DO interest in.
| Bleeding Kansas, John Browns body, the
whiskey instruction, and so on, have been
| lueged into the debate. When be saw Gen
eral Sherman on the floor yesterday, with
General Joe Johnston in his rear for the
first time. and both drawing liberal salaries
| like quoting - how pleasant it is for breth-
rem to dwell together in unity" The par
ties OF blood and sectional strife, said he,
shall not rule, and the Lord is raising up Il
new party with clean hands to superseGe both
the old parties. This made the Democrats
laugh, but they soon aprlauded when he
quickly said we want no soldiers at the polls.
| lie here indicated that at the proper time
/ he would offer an amendment to prohibit
any one from carrying weapons at the polls.
He then said: We Grcenbackers want no
test-oaths for jurors and no marShalS, but
we will have supervisors il you give us our
share. Raising himself up, he said our
party is growing. A Republican Grow
ing smaller. Mr.. Weaver: No, larger; and
we are getting recruits from both your par
ties by thousands. In a colloquy be got the
laugh on Mr.. Townsend, OF Illinois, and
declared that Carter Harrison had become {
Grcenbacker before he was elected Mayor oil
Chicago. He sald his party knew no Nortl
or South or East or West, and exclaimed
accurscd be the tongue that utters sectiona
cry in the new party. We arc the dUant
courier OF a vast army that is not to be
driven back by the waving OF bloody
shirt, he said, and told an anecdote OF al
Indian out West who appeared in stove
pipe hat and red bandanna, but with M
other clothing. He said the people ar
starving all over the country, and yet, a
Mr.. Clay once said 10 Van Buren,, Congress
can give them relief in twenty-four hour
IL it will stop its sectional strife.
MIR. DE LA MATYR SPEAKS WELL.
The reverend Greenbacker deplored th
sectional controversy and the prodiga us'
by the contending parties of bclligeren
rhetoric. Our holy religion, said he, com
mands US 10 stop this sectional strife at onc'
and forever. The people are clamorous TO
relief, and Congress ought to turn its atten
ton to measures looking to it. The speech
was an excellent one in matter and tone.
JUDGE JONES AND GOVERNOR WRIGHT.
Judge Jones, Of Texas, said to be th'
ablest OF the Greenbackers, followed-read
ing his speech. In appearance and manne
he looked the rural Firginian. Uncle Hen
bricks 3. Wright made speech in install
mcnts. In the first part he said he abuse!
the rebels from his seat in Congress during
the war, but they would not stop lighting
He lost a son under Mcclellan in Virginia
but since the war closed he has been FOL
peace. and no party can fight in 1880 or
dead sectional issues. Here his time ex
pired, and when forced to tuke his seat ht
said d-n it. He subsequently got the
floor, and made greenback speech. He
also expressed surprise that the Republic
cans who treated Mr.. Hayes so coldly last
year should be so loving to him now be-
cause he has the veto power, and they want
| it used.
MIR. TUCKER MAKES AN ABLE AND EFFECTIVE
| SPEECH.
Mr. Tucker had only half-hour in which
TO conclude the debate, and he made the
most OF it.
He could see no reason why the House
should hesitate in its purpose to pass the
present bill. There was nothing in the Con-
stitution or rules Of the House to prevent
it. Gentlemen on the floor (alluding to Mr..
Garfield) had brought the opinion OF q
stranger into the deliberations OF the House.
What right had any member to say that the
President would object to the rules VI pro-
ceeding in the House? Those rules were to
be prescribed by Congress, and by Congress
alone. The President could not veto on ac-
count OF the method OF its passage. That
was not his business. II he vetoed it ut all
it must be on the merits OF the bill; and
what were these. merits They took away
from his Rxcellency the right to preside
with bis troops Mt the POLLS. Applause on
I he Democratic side.] The gentleman said
there must be no coercion OF the President,