The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-08

CONGRESSIONAL.
The Canal Business again
lassa Discussed
An Interesting Session of the
House.
very Little Change in For
eiga Affairs.
The Usual Budget by fele-
graph.

SUIT GU raS S",-ss Il 7
WASHINGTON, July The house wen
into committee of the whole ON the sundrl
civil appropriation BILL. the general debat.
to close at . o'clock g
Butterworth, of Ohio, made speech
in reply to Boyne's criticism of the pres
ent executive. He said it needed no cham
pion. II was its own defense His friend
from Pennsylvania. Boyne, in the exnber
anse of his soul TO criticise the admins
traiien, had commenced BY laudiRg and
very, properly. the late. President of the
United States. Standing by the tomb OF
one. the deep damnation of whose taking
off oppressed every one criticised and
pursued on one hand by men praying that
he might be unsuccessful, on the other by
men who hoped he wonld attempt and
achieve success by DUBIOUS means. the
present executive had walked forward to
the performance of his high office in a
manner which ought to command and did
command the admiration of right thinking
mem everywhere. GApplause on the re
publican side. Regardless of the,criticism
of friends or foes. he had periodically and
honestly discharged the high duties de
volving upon him. In the course of his
remarks he incidentally eulogized the ad
ministration of President Hayes. 1t was
the freedom of that administration from
corraption that had given the house to the
republican party and had elected a repub-
lican president in 1890. The gentleman
from Pennsylvania had complained of
exercise of appointing power in Pennsyl
vania. How many of the 1876 presidential
appointments IN Pennsylvania had the
present executive made3 five, tive of
them for cause three postmasters, removed
two of them for dishonesty. [Applause
on the republican side. New York had
been presented befere the country as con-
tanning official heads of 276 presidential
appointments In that state the president
made five pcbanges and twosof those for
cause; never i'm The histary Of the country
had there been more Acohsideratc regard
for public servicegso far as disclosed by
public record. sa.as s
Bayne inquired whether single presiz
dent before jackson had made single
removal from Office except for cause.
Butterworth, of Ohio, said, '"That is a
question as TO what was sufficient cause. >"
Bntterworth as much as asserted that
in thirty states. of the union not a single
removal had been made. Butterworth
then passed TO. the consideration of the
circumstances attempting his election to the
forty-eighth congress, and created consid
cradle amusement by the description of
methods which he ASSERTED we're praeticed
by the democratic party and of part played
by Ephriham Holland in That campaizn
Cox interrupted him to ask what But
terworth thought of the removal of the
revenue of coin,
Butterworth did not give direct answer
but in the course of his reply he said to
Cox You have the district so Thoroughly
rotten that it votes the democratic ticket
by instinct"
This angered Cox and he replied that
such remark came with bad grace from
gentleman who had traduced Ephriham
Holland, who, according to that gentleman
was a democratic prostitute
In reply Butterw orth made an allusion
which is mot of a nataresfit fer publication
and which was characterized by Cox as
the remark of blackgIard.
Subsequently an effort WAS made to have
the colloquy omitted from the record and
was accomplished tbeagIl not until debate
had continued for, some time of such a.
character as to lead Maxy. of Miss. to sug
gest to the chair that he request the ladies
to retire from the galleay,
Butterwort concluded with an attack
upon the deinoefatic party and its profess
sion of civil service reform. In the 44th
Congress that party had ridden into
power in the house fetlock deep in human
blood to get that house They had muir
dered men for attempting to vote the re-
publican ticket. They had fallen in de-
fense of the flag at Gettysburg. There
was not on etcutcheon upon the country
tndt Hdd not bccn Ili3ccu bbeAC ny uChAo
cratic fingers, not q hole in our country's
flag that hadn't been shot there by them.
pointing 10 other side of chamber was a
map of the country. IL he asked that a
man should put the pencil upon state
where political riot went unchecked and
political OUTRAGE nnpunished. there is not
a man who would have the brazen affront-
cry to put his pencil within the boundries
of clear, clean republican state. zap
plause republicans.)
Bayne sad he had endeavored to show,
yesterday, that the removals made by the
President were in violation of the constr
tuition and laws of the country. He,
Bayne. shad drawn Q line of demrcation
between the late president and the present
president. That line was plainly drawn.
Gen. Garfield had proposed to represent
the wishes of the people, and his action
in Office and elsewhere had been in re-
sponse to the demands Of public sentiment,