Daily Republican., 1882-05-01
WARRINGTON LETTER.

Absence OF the sesident-rhe
Proc esd.nss OF the Iavestis ..
ting Ocnlmiasee-PP0bs Of
mr.. Riain Being Challenged By
Mr.. Belmont.
WASHINGTON. d. G., April 2sth,
l882.-Tns Preri lent Is away at Fort
ress Monroe, witnessing the man9uvers
of some ships of war, and cannon prae.
tice at targets. Congress is proceeding
with its usual humdrum slow ness
towards the end Of the session.
The interest of til, press, and conse-
quently of the country Is conferred In the
in vestigstion that is going on before
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This is the circus. Mr.. Blaine Is the
leading performer. Congress is merely
a side show now.
Yesterday Mr.. Blaine told Mr.. Bel.
mont who has been conducting tho Ok.
animation, that he had spoken untruth-
fully, and that he was not y gentleman.
Mr.. Belmont replied that he was bully
and q coward, and that he would settle
with him in private for his insulting
language To-day the quarrel is the
absorbing subject of conversation At
the Capital, and about the hotels, opin-
ion being somewhat divided on politi
cal lines, but not all Republicans In
Washington are Mr.. Blaine's friends,
many of them taking sides with CoDk-
ling in quarrel of very old standing.
1t ia very generally believed that Mr..
Belmont will challenge Mr.. Blaine, q. d
the almost universal opinion Is that
Mr.. Blaine will pay no attention to the
challenge.
Mr.. Be- mont is q young man. the son
of the millionaire Of that name, who
has figured prominently for years in
New York Democratic politics. Last
night no called upon Senator Butler,
from South Carolina, who Ia = remote
relative # his and requested him to act
as his friend in an affair OF honor be-
tween himself and Mr.. Blaine Senator
Builder called some of Mr.. Belmont's
friends together, and they prevailed
upon the latter gentleman to wait until
this morning before sending y blood
thirsty message. 1t is very probable
that Mr.. Belmont will rise in his seat
to-day and tender his resignation as a
member of the Committee on Foreign
A fairs, assigning ~ cause that In his
eudeavor to get a clear story from Mr.
Blaine he was not upheld by his col
leagues, but that, on the other band, the
witness had received the support OF the
committee.
A rolored man spoke on tho floor Of
the House to-day, for the first time in
three years. MIR. Lynch, the contest
ant OF General Chalmers seat, a light
mulatto, of easy manners anu ready
speech, spoke in advocacy OF his claim.
He occupied the desk formally used by
General Garfield. He declared that
the claim OF General Chalmers to the
scat was based upon fraudulent returns.
He read from apublished interview
with Mr.. Chalmers shortly after the
election, to the effect that he wanted
a white mans government in Mlssis-
sippi, and would resort to any means
short of opeu violence to accomplish
that object.
He said that in Geneal Chalmers
person, the country WAS presented with
a living monument to rltied ballot
boxes and stitled public justice. Though
that gentleman had occupied seat on
this floor Tor the last five years, yet no
Que knew better than himself that he
had never with possibly one exception)
received as many as one third Of the
votes cast at any election at which he
had boon candidate.