Year: 1879

House of Representatives.


FIVE MINUTE TALKS.


WASHINGTON, April 26.-Immediately upon
assembling the House went into committee of
the whole the legislative appropriation bill,
under the five minutes rule, discussions under
that rule to close at O'clock. Mr.. Ewing first
got the floor, and continued his speech of last
evening. He declared the men who were in
sulting the President were not the men on the
Democratic sde but the stalwarts of the he
publican party, " no now had the lash over the
President, threatening him with party expos
ures if he dared be governed by his own opin-
IONS The President had no right to indicate,
and it


WAS AN IMPERTINENCE


to him to say he had indicated his opinion and
his preference in regard to the mode of doing
business in the House. 1t was none of his busi-
ness The gentleman from Ohio (Garfeld) had
said that the mode of procedure was insulting,
that it had been done by caucus which had
said, I'VE will starve the government to death
if the President does not yield" The Demo-
cratic caucus had done nothing at all except to
determi, to put the repeal through sep
arate bill nr on the appropriation bill. 1t did
not go one step further than that. Prior to
that caucus the Republican caucus had assem-
bled, and had given notice that if this repeal
to be passed at all it would have to be



currence of the action of the Republican side
was to hold a club over the President and to
continue the policy of the past two years, of
prescription and denunciation, because he had


BEEN A PATRIOT


and man of sense enough to desire to have
sectional agitation cease. Gentlemen on the
other side. as they looked into the faces of
those confederate brigadiers, men of education
and purity of perso al and public life, with
hands unsmirched by public plunder, knew
they were their peers in Intelligence, ability
and in devotion to the common country and its
laws. (Applause on the Democratic side.)
Gentlemen on the other side did injustice to
their own hearts If they said anything diff
ferent. They knew that there was not latent
purpose of disloyalty in the hearts of those
confederate soldiers, or in the masses they
represented, and if the honor of this country
was assailed anywhere, in any way, they
would fly to


IT'S SUPPORT WITH AN ARDoR AS STRONG
as ever burned in any breast. The country,
North and South, wanted peace. The Repub-
lican party knew, moreover, that if it met the
real issue presented in a square fight it would
go under. The Democrats asked this repeal
solely to bring the government back to its true
system, to the theory of local self-government.
The people knew these laws were in violation
of the constitution, in violation of the tradl-
tions of the country, and were dangerous to the
purity of elections and the liberty of the peo-
pie. Therefore, their repeal was demanded.
(Applause on the Democratic side.)


MIR. GARFIELD


declared it had been in the power of the hum
blest or greatest of the Democrats to have
ruined him and proved him a traducer and
slanderer by simply rising and saying in con-
tradictiorof his assertion to its being the pur.
pose of the Democratic party to starve the
government. 1--WE do not propose to refuse t,
vote supplies to the government. We wish tt
get our legislation through in reference to th'
election and every thing else if we consti
tutionally, but if We can't get it through un
der all constitutional sanctions, we will pas
the appropriation bills like loyal representa-
tives and go home.' But though forty-fv
Democrats had spoken, that sentence had no
been uttered by single Democrat.


On the contrary the Democrats by their si'sao
as we'll as by their affirmation, hat
made his accusation overwhelming
true. The Democrats had gone before tn
country in pleas like this, which stood tn
heading of the speech of the gentleman froI
Virginia (Tucker): Elections by the peopl
must be free from the power and presence of
standing army" They had gone before tn
country on the plea that they wanted to get tn
bayonets away from the breasts of voters, AM
that the Republicans wanted to keep soldiers a
the polls. He recalled that every Republica
had voted for Conger's motion on the army bi
to repeal the law of 1865 which the Demo
Gratis complained Of putting the bayonet a
the breast Of the voter and that every Demo
orat voted no on that motion. The vote o
that motion had put beyond all cavil the RI
publican side of the House


HIGH AND UNAssAILABLE GROUNDS.


The Republicans had voted to repeal tt
whole of that law, and the Democrats vote
against it. The Democrats should thereto
never again go to the people and say they ha
tried to repeal the odious law, and that tt
Republicans would not let them. He reminde
the other side of the law of Congress whic
dictates to State legislatures what they sha
do in egard to the election of United Stat'
Senators. how they shall not adjourn on a ce
tain Tuesday, how they shall not fix their ho'
of adjourning, how they shall not vote by ba
lot, but by Uird uOce, and how if there be
election the second day the two houses shs
meet in jaint convention, how the distinct,
between State Senators and representatives
abolished, etc, and yet no Democrat had ma
any raid against thIt law, no State legislatu
had made any opposition to it, and every o
of the seventy six Senators had his seat in pu
suance of that Law. He asked in the name
all that is reasonable. why, if Congress cou
do this in regard tv State Legislatures, it cou
not provide for


SUPERVISORS AT THE ELECTION


of members of Congress.


In conclusion he said the great danger
our country is that our sovereign may be c
rupted. In any other land if sovereign
killed it is easy to put another in his pla
but if you corrupt or kill, or render lunat
our sovereign, here is NO prince to take
place, and the way of his being corrupted ia
the ballot box, where his will is given for
If we may not 60 there and stand around
cradle of our s"verei= MS heir apparent WA
the ballots are being given, We have no COVE
ment and no protection for the future. &
plause on Ie Republics 4 >ide.)


MICHIGAN b BUFFOoN.


Mr.. Stevenson having made a five min
speech on the Democratic side of the questi
Mr.. Horr. of M chigan, made his Congressio
debut in a speech which kept the House i
continual ripple of laughter. He took his
sition In the area in front of the Speak.
chair, and kept moving with earnest gesticu
tions. no." toward the neighborhood ot


Gre. nha,k Republicans. and now toward
Democrat ic side of the H-use accordinp as
remarks we're addre s-u to one or the oti
He paid bis al tentiOn first to the Green back,
treating he peculiar views d malady of
symptoms Of which he drew an anus
sketch Among the syH ptoms were he ST
the wells OF com passion for the poor, and '
said he, | never knew them to give D
men cent "r do a single days work Caught
He rdiculed the bill "f De La Martyr for
issue ot y billion of gree nhacks.


MIR. De La Martyr simply presented
bill at the request of another man 1t is
my own Bill at all and don't enuorse it.


Mr. rr-t glad of it.
bill would make u horse laugh, If he had


SENSE OF THE RIDICULOUS.


What the country needs is rest and or
The business interests demands we should
the appropriation bills and go home about