New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-24

therein Be discharged from such service or labor but
shall be delivered up on claim OF tho party 70 w1 Sa
pass all necessary and proper Laws for the rendition Oh
all such per. sons.
Mr.. SALISBURY made an earnest appeal 70 the sen,
ate to delay action upon this great question OF changing
our organic law until the country should get over nus
great national strife and mems heads become cool lie
insisted that this time to aeitate sach question
Mr.. Saulsburys amendment was rejected-Yeas, 81;
Nays, 20.
Mr. JOHNSON NOV ed to strike out the following clause:
THAT Sections and OF act entitled an act re-
specting fugityes from justice and persons escaping
from the service Of their masters passed February
II, 1893"
Rejected % OH.
The bill was then passed. Yeas 81 Nays 49, as fol-
lows (Unionsts in Roman, Democrats In ialic):
Dixon, Foote, Grimes, Hale Harlan Harris Hicks Howard,
Howe, Lane tIndl Lane Kansas Morgan NORTH romeroy
Ramsay, Sherman, spague, Summer len EyeA' nunoui
NaYs~Me,.r. Buekaier Garlic Conan Dari, Hendricks,
johnson, eDOuSat Porsa, Riddle, Sudbury Van "nse'
1t is follows and only needs the signature OF the
President:
That sections three and four Of an act entitled act
respecting fugives from justice and persons escaping
from the service Of their masters passed February ~
1898. and act entitled al act to amend and supple
mentary TO the act entd act respecting iugitVcs
from Justice and persons escaping from the service of
their masters passed February H. 1893 passed Sp'em'
INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.
The motion to reconsider the bill passed yesterday 70
prevent military interference in elections. wcs taken up
Mr. HOWARD said that in time of war l. was not com
peent TO allow open enemy of the United States to
have the privileges Of State election. lie held that
the laws Of the United States and should be- su.
preme In time of war. This. though called danger
power must in times of war, be exercised, though
II might be liable abuse What great power was not
Mr. JOHNSON said II the Senator's doctrine prey aled
he did not see how II mattered whether this Rebellion
was put down or not lie heard before that the
United States had RICH, TO interfere with the elective
franchise. Such principles announced In England
would be considered topping over their institutions
Such thing military interference IN elections Lad
been heard OF there since the time OF Henry VIII
Such doctrine this, IL maintained would subject us
the of the statesmen 81 every enlightened ma
ton Of Europe Ia the OF God and Of the spirits
of our Fathers who gave these institutions may
be protected from such doctrine and policy
Presidential election close at hand and he voted
he expected 70 exercise his own judgment. But some
with the stars upon him. and clothed with little
brief authority under the senator's doctrine, might
want some other than the man Of my choice
elected; and although he does not compel
at all because you q dsloyal man. Are not such
doctrines abhorrcnt 10 every idea which American cit
liens have heretofore entertained of American freedom
The bill II stood went further than hc thought IT
should. But he nplored the Senate not TO go step
further that might thus be saved from the rule Of
military despotism.
Mr. Howard replied that the Senator bad taken the
extraordinary ground that the Government in under
taking u decide who its enemies. subjected Itself
% the scorn OF the States VI the Old World aad es
pccnlly that beautiful Government OF Great Britain,
which he auded 80 much 1t WA clearly the province
Of the Government to determine WHO Its enemies we're.
This vas not he prov ince Of a State.
RECESS.
Without concluding. Mr.. Howard gave way, and at
half pact o'clock the Senate took a recess unii7