New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-25
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
rop,Cs OF GENERAL INTEREST

oe',' .ho breach in the Republican ranks ID
wiuen Wv ,n;o In the House of Representa-
.:.ns there was a debate upon the recoluS Vi
.ho two parties during the war Oh INC
poholIion. The Mississippi Improvement
In was further considered IN the sen
ote The Lowell Bankruptcy bill was reported
.. .bo Uouse with amendments. Tie biii OF
a,ccntions in the Guiteau case was hled IN thc
cN.~,lp,,o Court of the District of Columbia.
rur PRESIDENTS LATEST APfOlNlMbNlo'
u,y TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRibUNE.l
,,,.,,,>..rox April 24.-Anothcr irOn-clad Cam
y" :,,;on for an important Office i'll Pennsy-
ia went 70 tlc Senate to-day, III less than 1or'y
o;,ht bours after the Philadelphia conference Oh
Yndonendents headed by Senator Mitchell ms
,as the nomination of James ). Rutan to be MarShal
Gov tbc Western District of Pennsylvania The very
dav that Senator Mtchelps interview was pnpilSneu
:; Tur TRIBUNE. Senator Cameron went to MN ana
tried 10 persuade him to consent to tins nomination.
uo refu>ed. but it was then given out by Senator
Cameron's friends that the nomination womb
nevertheless be made Rutan is called Cameron
Ioc,hovrr Congressman Bayne said tonight;
"The nomination of Rutan forestalls the proba-
tutv IL NOT the possibility. of such reconciliation
between the factions as was contemplated by the
1pdenondcnts at Philadelphia. As | understand
the Iudependcnts intend to demand from the Stal-
varts not only that portion of the ticket shall De
composed of Independents chosen by the lndepehd-
ont element but that tho methods OF CaiherohlSH'
in the election of delegates to conventions ana III
representaton shall be abandoned; III other WoruS'
that what would be accomplished by reVoluuoh
shall be obtained by mutual arrangement lncS
intend to demand, also, that a reaSohaole
nronortion of the Federal appointments snail
he given to the Independents; ana want
$50 that I am sure there is 10 man among the
Indencndents who wants this done to snDSeiNe HIS
,,orsonal purroscs Rutan's nomination SIMPLY
,nts one more important office in the hands oi Cam
aron where nearly all the Offices in Pennsylvania
ore already Hardly more than four or hVe OF 'he
Iarger places are now held by independents
Sneaking of Jacksons case Colonel Bayne SAID that
Senator Mitchell had now received protests against
eu,liyon's removal with over $500 signatures
The President also sent in the nomination
of Alfred c. Coke, Mr. COnklings nephew
10 be Judge Wallace's successor
Other nominations were as follows:
Ucnry H. McNuren. of Delaware, to he Marshal OF the
United states for the District o. Delaware - .,.
William warren. Of Missouri to be Attorney OF the
Tinted states for the Western District OF Missouri
TosfmGseyS-Sylvester Wright, at Netdsp0ri' y l.
Jonn ~ Ricsey at Flushing n y; john Lamlhere,
at silver Creek n ~ John Anoq AT o,aes - Wood
M Cnet eburg Ky; Morris {. Hutchins, AT aHsvie
:.
Paimer. al Richmond Ind; Peter J. Barber, at santa
barbara, Call John T. Boyle, al Trenton, Mo. -, T.
tanrrv to he first lieutenant; second Lieutenant George
b. Read 10Th Infantry, to be hrS' lieutenant
HOW TIRE DEMOCRATS SAVED THE UNION.
IBr TELEGRAPH 10 TRIBUNE.iJ
WAsu1XG1oN April 24.-" The Democratic party
mt down the rebellion" declared Mr.. McLane, OF
MARYLAND in the House of Representatives to-day
"The Democrats LAID down their arms and ceased
10 fght when Lee surrendered al ApponattOx,' de-
clarrd ex- Speaker Randall who also explained that
in furnishing his autobiography for the Congress
sonal Directory he lad omitted any reference to his
services as a soldier in the Union Army on account
OF good taste"
The occasion of these utterances was somewhat
heated debate grow ing out of an attempt to repeal
the law which requires that only honorably dis
charged Union soldiers and sailors shall be ap-
pointed members of the police force of the District
Columbia-a law which ). :. Cox took occasion to
describe as " "A mere sentimental statute which
ourht to be repealed. At first there some dis
cussou of the merits Of the measure. / he friends
of the repeal cOntcnded that SO long period has
elapsed since the war that there are now left no
survivor, thereof who are iii for policemen while
its opponcnts showed that the District Commits
sioners have virtually evaded the law by requiring
as prerequisite for appointment that the applicant
shall be less than forty years of age, and shall have
been for at least two years a citizen of the District
OF Columbia. This requirement of course, makes
the field OF selection very narrow.
But The discussion Omitted from the bill itself, and
swept lar and wide upon "A stormy OF partsau-
ship At first the party lines were not rigidly
drawn; for Mr. Holman in a speech opposing the
proposition declared that for one he would never
vote to take away from the Union soldier any
special privilege conferred upon him by a grateful
Nation; and seven OF eight Democrats voted with
the Republicans to leave the law as it now stands
In his speech Mr.. Holman said that during their six
years control OF the House the Democrats never
tired to repeal the law, and he was astonished TO
find Republican Committee and Republican
House attempting 1t. The Democrats in the last
Congress did attempt it. and were defeated only by
the strenuous opposition of the Republicans; and
10 mark their spite, the Democrats then refused to
increase the OverwOrked and utterly inadequate
police force of the District
MI McLane, OF Maryland, moved to recOmmIt the
bil. Mr.. McLane Is querulOus old gentleman.
with sIueaky voice, who served four years in
Congress more than thirty years ago. He was
Minister TO Mexico IN Buchanans ) Administration,
Dut resigned when the clouds OF rebellion began 10
lower aud returned 10 Baltimore, where, 1t Is SAID,
he made a speech in the spring of 1861 against
~COercOn, DECLARING among other things, that II
Northern troops should undertake ito invade
Inc soil OF Mary land the Su9quchanna should roll
Wlth boo!.' As soon as the war actively began.
however, Mr.. McLane, who Is brotherIn-law OF
General Joseph J.. Johnston went to Europe and
therc remained until the war was over In hlS
Speech to-day Mr.. McLane took Mr. Robson to task
because that gentleman had in cOncedng tho
loyalty and patriotism Of ;. ;. Cox during the war
remarked that he was one of the few honorable eX-
ceptlOnS IN the Democratic party who had stood by
The cause Of the Union. Mr.. Mclane appeared to
1ee that, not only the honor aud dignity but the
feelings" OF the Democratic Iarty were in his
keeping on this memorable occasion, and he pro-
eeeded to resent the " "Out TRACE committed by Mr.
kobeson as one personal to himself
some Oi Mr. Mclan@s assertions were startling
but he at least seemed TO believe them. There
were more Democrats than Republicans in the Union
@ niny anu majority of the Union commanders
W.N Deihocfa's' were the main propositions that
tront.d . a,u Statesman sought To establish Con-
HSHt Nv w ,he returns of tue soldiers vote in
~, SiTl.ahe declared that they were NOT
5iust"U0i'ny because the soldiers yoted "under
4uiess nayihS SAID something abont tbe Ne.