Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-04
Last Night i'm the Isou.r.

| third page Of this paper-the Sewar! t.n,ca,A-
ment proceedings being under con l.rltt0n.
AT the hour mentioned
Mr. Butler demanded that a separate vote be
taken on each Of The seventeen art..,cS Jg im-
peachmeur
Mr. Whilihorne lin view of the de;ulnd, slc-
gested TO Mi. springer that lac wlthd.s toe re-
port.
Mr. springer declined 10 do SO, leasinC On the
republicans the responsibility OF cons Illil- the
public the 10y these dilatOry measures.
Mi. Butler.-If the resolutions make n case
against Nr. Seward for acts done aS minister. I
VIII vote fer hiS Impeachment; buf wll not
vote for articles impeaching him for @ hat he did
as consul aid consul general years ana years
ago.
Mr.. Springer-Does the gentleman intend to
cali separate vote On each OF these articles!
The question was taken on the resolution OF
Impeachment; and there were yeas lG9. NAYS
l'-no quorum, the republicans generally nav
ing 0ecliuCu TO vote.
TIE HITCH on THE ARMY APPROPRIATION Bin.
MI. Hewitt N. ", at lao, reported that the
conference committee on the army appropria-
ton bin had not been able 10 agree.
Mr.. Hewitt (on the suggestion OF republicans,
made statement as 10 the matters ia contro-
NerSy. lie stated that an agreement could be
reached on all Uf them except as 10 1 ne pres
ence or troops at the polls. That issue had
been Iallly presented. on the one side the
House cOnIereeS insisted that the time d id come
WHEN II should no longer be lawful Tor solder
20 De al NE rolling places on the other side iu
was insisted, with equal force, that that pro-
VISION OF the statutes should bc maintained aud
! that the power should remain ia the executive
! TO ORDER troops 10 the polls on the ,iav of plpr
tlon II. IN his Judgment. fVNyaS ces5aTN to ure
! serve the rrsgC. That presented tho N,yx o.
| sence involved "a the principle OF f.ra .Soyern-
iBeht. That principle had been Inherited bv
the American people. No English speaking
man for -tt years had questioned the fact tnaf
SoiultiS shoG,G never De present al the polls
, The question never would have iieea raised i'm
lhlS country bul for The unhappy calamity OF
Wa. That right. rs 80 many other llqbTs mad
been ALTERED iu Ilp q 40
danger " hica then confronted the government
For 10 years The American peop,e had been
SjTlEirG 10 recover lost ground. H. nad made
gigantic SactlEces 10 get back 10 the rps,lnD-
ton Of sleCle payment: bat nothing hal been
acne ior me resumption OF political rights
those rights that lie AT the very f0undal ION OF
tie government. II was a Shame that the re-
sumption Of specie payment should nave pre-
cedtd the resumption OF thOse rights. IL was
an lmput3tiOn Oh 4 liberty loving pcop,e that
IL had allowed The time to pass nv TN now
without Tesuming those rights. Now that the
issue had been raised, could they surrender on
the question: Would they be Justified IN con-
ceolbg the principle IN time OF profound peaoel
that soldiers should be ordered bv The EX,4.u-
tNeto the polls: NO. No. from Jiae democrats
lie himself, OF All members of the House was
most anxious that there should b., no extra
session. The Industrial interests OF the country
wanted COHgleSS 10 "go in peace" But there,
were things greater than mOEev, greater than
prCf1t, without which money disappeared aud
ifci.tS Nele llluSory-thingS for which men had
sacrificed fortune family and life, in every aye
01 tie world. The greatest OF those things was
tie right o. self-guVernment. The QUESTION i'm
tie hill was the very essence CT that struggle
which had lasted since governments were
founded. he recovery az those r1gntS was al
most Us difficult as their est abllSlneat II when
the GrFotGnitX came. it WAS once passed by,
the opportunity would never come a Spconq time
II tbs provision should remain On Tie statute
DOCK. iiG Y an UlScrlpGlOuS executive Should
| &c placed in the Presidential CHAIR {wilh power
! TO CoilIul The troops al the po!IS) The ,Deople
would Er' q elect Z successor TO that President
W nat DANCER confronted the country now.
This Matter MS pressed Row because, when an
army bll Falltd once before, The army was
maintained Gnti the tirte Of tie next election
| before Ccn@ie5s was called together and pro-
( Ni>lCn could g" mGde Tor he armYS snpport
! GdeT That precedent tie army could oa CON
uuGtd tMHhout drpFopliaton) through the
/ next Presidential cier1l0E; and II there should
! be az sp"Sillon iaH he trusted there would no.
De I" use tie niit lIE power for political pur-
+ poses, tien IN his judgment. Il would be al
mcai lnpos> bic ever again TO elect President
oI tie nlicG states 10y the voice OF the people
II MAS for that reason the House Conierees had
! ie.t ,oIoiialBcd TO plant themselves lrmly on
| tbe GROUND thar they would Hever yield this
! PROVISION: and he trusted they would be Sus-
! tahed hy the unanimous voice OF their side
iAppause aECng The democrats
TUE =. "a. APPROPRIATION EIII-
Al This point {. Il. IA a message from The SEN
ate announced that Tie conference report on
! the post office appropriation till had been dis
! agreed TO- and asked new conference.
Mr.. FOSTER RIFLES TO Mr. HEWITT
! Mr. Foster remarked That the gentleman Mr..
/ HeWitr had been a coHfenee on the army Dill
! alone. lie (Mr. Foster had been a COnftlte on
both bills where these political que lions arose
! He thought tnat hc fully realized Ike import
! auce or trying 10 come to an agreement on
! these bills, ana saving the country the annoy
ance or al extra session. With That view ne
had offered what hc thought was fair basis of
compromise or settlement. That was that the
republican side OF the House would agree o. the
proposition clnbfacCd IN the army bill. and
would also agIce 10 The lary clause
IN tie legislative bill. ana that The
democrats should recedc from the clause
NiAa1-S FTsag -g.l.tr
ILeS had teen. however, informed in confer
enCe 10y Ueir democratic friends that they
could not !; led anything. He believed that II
that basis OF settlement had been agreed upon
10y his democratic friends, settlement would
have been reached. lie himself cared out lit
lie about the proposition in the army bill Per-
hapS he tine had come when II Ought 10 be
agreed 10. The republicans were Is much in
loyae lih liberty as his friend from New York,
MI. HEWITT and he had yet 10 learn that a
single voter had ever been prevented by the
troops from voting. ON the contrary they
had assisted hundreds and thousands OF
poor people to vote who otherwise could
not have voted. That had been It's effect.
The republicans. however, were not quite ready
10 y eld 10 all these demands He was as anX-
iouS as his friend from New York 10 reach a
conclusion. Tie only propositions for settle
me1t had come Iom republicans. The demo-
Gratis had stood like adamant. refusing 10 con-
cede single thing, refusing 20 dot an . or TO
cross a II" This measure could be- passed by
the democrats al the next session as an indie
pendent measure; and then, II the President
vetoed IL, they could put II I'm an appropriation
bill. There would be no election 10 be affected
10y IL between now and i>Su, except i'm California
and the republicans were willing 10 except Cal
lforna now. There nothing in the propo-
Sltion except that the democrats proposed TO
make al issue upon IL and 10 cram IL down the
tEroats OF the republicans by legislation. He
wished 10 save the people from the annoyance
ana cost OF az extra session or Congress-, (Which
was always damage 10 the country even when
the republican party was In poWer)
MIR. Southard.-Nhy does not my colleague
introduce resolution TO abolish Congress en-
tirely? -
Mr.. Foster.-I think that, just at this d ime
the people would hail that with good deal OF
satisfaction. / think that we, on this side
have offered everything that we can hopefully
offer for the sake OF securing basis OF settle
ment / believed at one time that my friend
from New York, and plenty OF other gentlemen
on the democratic side, was willing 10 accept
IL. But am told Il guess there Is no truth In
~ that the Speakership contest enters into this
controversy, and that the Bourbon element has
got control OF that side OF the House and has bull
dozed my friend from New York (Mr HewitU
and other gentlemen into taking strong posi-
lion on This question.
Mr.. GARFIELD intimated that the gentleman
from New York (Mr HewetD had drawn on his
Imagination in the statement he had made that
the liberties OF the country were now I'm danger
or ever had been. from the legislation which N
was proposed 10 repeal Gentlemen talked as