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


Ienus iiltbN~tfithI I" ~ artmlnni-
rroc,'r hn"ti Angry How Hewitt Set
Dem"c''t' 'he.ri"g Nc. 'ns Defining the
i''"e >"'"N'r N""'"" my 'N""er"ied
wAsWNGroE, March L. Upon the naked
issuc of am uutrammcilrd election. n ballot box
uuv.Nrd hy military presence. and an intclli-
cont Jury. th' Democratic majority " the House
n day brought the constitutional term Of the
T,r,y.nnh Congress ~ close without passing
n. Army and the Legislative Appropriation
bills An extra session is necessary. There
WIS also this ahou; the closing hours Of tho
uou-n. tnat the Republican minority, for the
so.ond time. to protect known fraud and publio
vrlne from trial. disorganz.d 4 a coordinate
branch OF the Government by Withholding a
on1run from its orderly deliberations in tho
motor of impol"hng George f. Seward for
l..h crimes aud mi-demcanors.
Ndu. ht,ume. F,rthrcc hours the consil.
cr,iOn ~ thrso articles ~ imuoachmont had
occupied the lower branch. II WIS long pnet
eV.rn Mr. Springer retired from n contest i'm
v.i.h lol. DISCHARGED his who'll, hutv. Tho
lfrWa- uI ,ftirrl n,nat12. Itwns no, nos
.i.t, rDu-. M" disorder of earlier hours in
& ..,tuug. Woariness Lnl cr.pt oyer nyorv
n. men strolird restless or SAT lis,,ss
lair,.- wore wheeled out ~ ha smolin,,
u-t,g.tihe fre.rnirof the hall. and tirol
r.n WI. g-'0op ON oual. Cl.se around ,hc
S, Iker'. desk men sat snakipl. win tbnir
thish on The d.sks i.far, tIop,. and further
.k mon wore -iffi,,,. t.af aai.er The floor
w.. sfrewn with tho litf,r OF "a lon,- se.sioo
T.rn pnrnr. sen,trrod documents crushed
q. nge pael. and where Sprinro. had .toot for
E., hours making his y,nrv n.lt f,r tho r,n.
g. mont of wronriolrg was n cront trnil NJ
scattered bits Of pnpcr. This man has a habit
oftearing paper. hit bv bit. n- he spoaks.
Tine last ro n call upon which Con.-rr insistod
r. Mon lay closed cleared the galleries. 4 be-
ltd woman or two remained in tn. neuhors'
gallery The youu, mon who had l,on si,tir,
IN nll dress on the gray bon che. of the diplo-
rttic corps found il dun and won't. Few mon
wore in sight. except on the no,r. There
VS. not a quorum. The gallery opposite tho
Sneaker held mono cxeept tho mon without
l.le.nss. TO whom tho enllerv offers "A d,ily
l.,,., ,io.. p.lo,, ,b, io,.., hra,,i ,,,o. ~
.-'"" P'"'', hri"N we Ious p'a"l WIS 10
fun SWING. Congors first dilatJry motion.
nadr between II and l2 was disposed Of soon
go T., - ,t. -. - ~ -,
h'"I l. anu wv N"'o cane on the motlon 70
commit made by Stewards whitc-haired de-
fsnler from Ne,y York II was lost-ost, 100 n
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f'li' pAiV N''e'
II was pain. nothing but delay could save
Seward Conrcr White emma IN tho front
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Il" N"h' "' "''N'' ~ '0'''''''H@ CRIES shouted
were votcl down. Test vote after test vote
,-,o ,i..,,, l,. ru ,,ol ,ai s.,,i,i 49,, ,,,,,.
=, '' 80 - - '"N~
meni OF the House Garfield and Butler began
10 take their share in making delays.
na,sa oor,e whom E,o,, u,,od bis Dob IA
"" ~" ''',N ms u'9N ''u
hnl MS red lace ana white mousiache. showing
rcdder and whiier than ever took out his re-
rort on the Blodrett case and asked leave to
present il. There was pause. little fellow
with scanned face and grizzled beard. Bragg Of
Wisconsin said IT ot;ect - - s,lIorla i'm
'l7'"hslH' s"lu' onloet' asylaule NJ llme
Knott Slammed daEn his desk lid utterinG
Beyeral Kentucky sylnblos M a time and went
''"''.9 ~ '''re' anu "on'
out. Ihe report was not made. Iempers are
brittle in these late hours.
The question on the abortion OF article II Of
A. -, -. - :, - -,
te 'mle"1h'nch' "hs e'ose III manu-. fuI'her
delay was not possible Since a Tennessee
senator cssaped impeaehment by n legal ouib-
a. ....., T.. ~ - - s..','. .. a..
te' no man mas h"u hhrroWer esc"pe AZ the
hands oi the House than Seward now mad. As
amere incident in the long struggle there came
Il wranEle over the order In which these articles
should boz voted, on each Of them. by the way.
tUng"r mad asked separate vote. lie was
- unweari"i HIS voice was still high aud
qlitorng. There was yet the Same bounding
nfiViy ia bis boot heels after the little man had
r-"n a hundred times on .hem 10 enforce
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