, 1880-05-16

Ssva on the 1a ;Gs fss
fore the House. and US Son as we report th9s'
adjourn without consideration [applause on tn.
Democratic side]. and : that's rhe doctrine
from fo,3h ro%nsheaa The hs.,p people Of tn
cluims before the House to be paid b,
Government. The claims am speaking Of arr
a the
man 500 we should adjourn without paying 1t
and say We have saved the credit of the Govern.
mcnt because we have pnid the bpn1hoider5
tApplause on the Democratic slde.l
MR. STEPHENSON
declared his opposition to the resolution for the
reasons advanced by the gentleman from Vr-
It iia was indispensable that Congress before its
| adjournment, should pnss a law providing for
the manner Of counting the Electoral votes. In
country had undergone four years ago, it would
be unwise Tor Congress to adjourn without tirst
settling the manner in which the, Presidential
! vote should be counted. He made This appeal
| to the House In no pnrtsan spirit, but in the tn-
terest Of pence, and in the interest OF a pcacea-
far grcnter importance than the triumph Of any
| political purity.
/ MR. WEAVER
| thought there was no need Of such haste in ad-
| journtng. He understood the reason why the
resolution WIS forced upon the House. The
Tariff bills wore pressing for consideration, re-
moving the duty from the poor nuns salt. The
| removal Of the duty on pnper and printing ma
terial was demanded universally throughout the
country. The Funding bill WIS pending,-a men
8 tine 3ha r f of th9 % ds tbe T
would be defeated and killed. Tint was as well
| understood, but it was just as well understood
Presidential election, it would pass and would
fastcn 4 debt perpennlly on American indus
tries. These we're the reasons for this hnsty
hnd been denied the American people during
this session. Tie signatures Of over six hun
drcd thousand soldiers were in tho committee
rooms asking that Congress should be Just to
EQUAL1ZE THEIR PAY.
But Congress had no disposition to regard their
3ournment until Congress did Justice to the
men who had saved the flag thut adorned the
Speakers chair. Then, there was the third
ii it could obtain yote>upon it. The House
would declare 1T us n settled principle that the
.nwritten INV; M law dec!nrcd that no person should
[Applnusc on the Democratic sde.1
Nj, Aiken fSouth Carolina) declared the whole
ing in favor of the Turit bills if they ever came
up for consideration.
MR.. rowEsuENp
fEinois) said he had nothing to say to the Repub-
licnn members. He would not make his appeal
TO theu,- [Dortsive laughter and expressions Of
regret on the Republican sidc.] He would ad-
dress himself to those who represented Demo
IltIlI COuSLIkuEHts. iIIA ut WUQu 6i1f " luEIu
that If this resolution was passed, it means that
tho labor Of the entire session was gone for
nnught. # would demonstrate to the country
tees IN maturing lcgislatnn rs soon as the work
WIS placed on the calendar Congre IS would
turn its back upon it and cowardly go home
Hc had dar or two ago presented l05 petitions
demanding relief from
TIE OPPRESSIVE SALT TAX
He had been forced to send them through the
petiton-box. mud had not been allowed to pre-
fhE4 .ffAy~R ff1n Int
House, The issue could not be Stunned or
eyaded yote Of in fayor OF the resolution meant
ccpt the appropriation bills.
Mr. DuSSELL
stated that had he been present In the Commit
tee Of Ways and Means when the pending reso-
otsd aRnns aaa teGn m Mns H. 9d hd fo
adjournment in the presence Of the amount of
business which should be attended TO. He could
not 20 back to his constituents ana justify his
vote in favor of adjournment when in his
Judgment, there were important measures pend
ing which should receive the sanction of Con-
grcss; The River and Harbor bill, for one, would
Mr.. O'Neill-Tho River and Harbor bill will be
taken up and pissed Monday.
Mr.. DunneIl wished to see whether the House
had not tho courage, patriotism, and fidelity to
meet nny and every measure which WAS pre-
sentcd to it for its consideration.
Mr.. GARFIELD
supported the resolution. Ono point made by
the opponents Of the resolution struck him with |
Il grelt deal of forcc--that wus the Importance |
Of settling some Inv relative to the counting Of
other side, he said, will set any dny Or any week,
and give us = reasonable assurance that ut the |
Il law to save and avoid controversy on that |
question. .s will stay far beyond the dog-days to
Severnl Democrats! 1--WE will do ft.'
Mt. Gnrneld-Dut yOu huye had four years /
since tho awful imminent danger arising from
TINT question which threatened this country,
III 1nef r1II
lust six weeks of tho session. and NIL ut once Its
IN important topic Summer is past, and the
there is no hope that it can be saved By this
Congress. know there l,1D1 bills pending,
und am sure that manyo them
OUGHT TO BECOME LAWS.
but am equally sure that 1t we stay until Sep
tcnbcr. there will be 2 -7U0 with larger propor-
ton that ought to become lnws. Every nrgu- |
1ncnt used to-day CHI be used next September
Congress has been here six months, and we are
putstaying the welcome Of the American pco-
ple-
Mr.. Mcsfilan-speak for yourself.
Mr.. Garheld-1 speak for myself and every
body that thinks as do. The Sd of June next
nthe course Of few weeks it viii involve both
political parties and 45,UN,000 of people, and If
VIC stay inside the scope Of that cyclone we will
club, aud would not give one days legislation
low tor two months Of SUCH leeislation US that
sE Se s reoeen p9 y bR the % rsh
lerc, inro that cyclone, and past it, and convert
his whule body In the presence of the whole
country into two political camps making polit- |
cll speeches.
Mr. Stevenson called attention to the fact |
hat the Committee on Electoral Count had re-
ported IL bill regulating the counting Of the vote
md that that bill was now on the calendar.
mr. SPARKS
loscd the debate He proposed that Congress
hould adjourn II bis vote could help it. 1t was
aid those who voted to adjourn now were not !
n favor OF the low tariff. Hc had always sup |
osed he came as near being q Free Trader on
tat subject ns it was possible to make a man
Tho had reasonable sense [Laughter.l He WIS
or his colleagues tTownsheud's} salt PROPOSE
ion and for any other gentleman's proposition |
Q reform the tnrif on paper. aud if he was told
t any other article on which tho tariff could be |
educed he would vote for it now, henceforth,
nd forever. But he wanted to adjourn this
oncern. lLaughtcr.l He had tried nII be could ! ,
, pass all the bills that affected un efficient
roper tariff reform Ho could not do more than
G bud doue- aud now
He WANTED TO ADJOURN.
lis colleague tStevenson) had said the Electoral
cunt bill ought to be disposed Of. Well, said
pnrks VIC have tho Senate and House both,
nd | don't know but that we ure about as saic
5 the other fellows are. We have them both | 7
ow. We did not have them thon. Why have :
ot all these measures been brought in and ]