Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-01
NEW SERIES--V0L. 10, NO. 8.

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quirc tho commanding officer of th
nearest United States military or nava
forces to enable them to accomplish
the purposes of their appointment. :
Yes, sir; the bill requires it tho big
!, gest fool the marshal shall be able 4
appoint his deputy will be in com
mandiof the army and navy of th
United States. "And il shall be" +
use the words Of the bilD "the duty
of such commanding officer upon sucl
requlsition being made to obey il With
out delay" There is no alternative
no discretion, no delay. The highes
and the lowest military or naval com
mander must instantly obey the depu
ty marshals created under this act
The President of the United Statos
the commander-in chief must-be sub
ject TO such order, The voice of Con
| gree is the voice of omnipotcnce. i
has made the rule, IL has established
the regulation. President, generals
lieutenant generals, major generals
brigadier, generals, and all are subject
TO the command of the most insignifi
cant deputy marshal of the United
States. Was there ever SO supremely
ridiculous and absurd a proposition
This bill not only places The State
officers, and all local State authorities
but tho United States, all United
States officers, civil and military, and
all the powers Of the Federal Govern
mcnt, under the control and al the
disposal of these election officers.
Mr.. Speaker, it may perhaps be
deemed undignified and small TO look
into the lesser details Of this grand
scheme, this grand electioneering
scheme, as ! look upon it; this scheme
for propping up the waning fortunes
of the Republican party; but it ought
to be understood. 1t will do no harm
10 look into and count the cost Of this
new departure in politics, and see as
well as we can about how much Of an
elephant" We shall have on our
hands. There is TO be in each judi
cial district one chief supervisor of
elections, who is TO furnish all neces-
sary books, blanks, forms, etc, and
do and perform great many other
duties, with most extravagant fees for
his services, the aggregate Of which
will depend upon the work he will
find to do, and which no man can es-
innate in advance. As we have al
ready seen, there will be two super.
yisors Of election in each election pre-
cinct in every city and town Of up
wards Of 10000 inhabitants. The
marshal will, in each of these election
precincts, appoint at least two depu
ties, and as many more as he shall see
fit. Being partisan, and anxious to
carry the elections in favor his party,
he will of course appoint just as many
as the exigencies Of the case may
seem to require. He is not limited
by an act. / estimated, without pre-
tending TO entire accuracy, that there
will be of supervisors and marshals
from forty 10 fifty thousand through.
out the United States. II may be
moro. These are exclusive Of all
those who may be pressed into SER
vice from among the bystanders at
elections. The bill provides that there
"shall be allowed and paid 10 each
and every supervisor of elections, and
each and every special deputy mar
shal, compensation "dt the rate Of FIRE
dollars day" for each and erery day
he shall "detuaHy hare been on duty
not erceeding ten days" Here, then,
IL will be seen is a grand army of
electioncers, Of tens Of thousands of
party politicians, and fund of mil
lions of dollars TO be paid from the
public treasury for the work to be
performed. Every one Of these super
visor and deputy marshals will re.
eeive at least fifty dollars. II is Of
little account that one Of these super.
visors is of "dffercnt politics" from
the other. Scarcely any two men can
be found who are not somewhat elf.
ferent in politics; so there viii be no
difficulty IN having them all of ono
party. And if this be not so, no such
thing is required in the selection Of
deputy marshals. They will certainly
be all on one side, and all ready and
willing TO do the work Of their mas.
ters, and may outnumber the super.
vlsors by thousands. There will be
but two supervisors in each precinct,
whereas there will be Of deputy mar.
shals ten, twenty, or any other indc6.
mite number the marshal may be in.
duced TO appiont. But enough Of the
details of the Internal bill They are
siekening in the extreme. The cloven
foot Of blinded, bigoted party appears
in every line. IL tells of the con-
sciousness of the party itself that il is
doomed; that its hour of dissolution
is at hand. 1t is one of many dcs.
petatc efforts TO avert fate II has
long inherited, and which this very
measure betokens and will hasten
Mr.. Speaker, have aaid that this biil
is obnoxious TO tho Constitution. Who
viii argue that il is notl Who will
contend that tho Constitution Of this
great Republic warrants such meas
urcY Who will admit that the States.
the grand glorious States ofthis Union,
the pillars upon which the Union is
built and by which it is upheld and
sustained. arc sunk so low, have
become so insignificant as to be trlfled
with and humiliatcd and contemncd
as by this billY Is thcrcany one in
this House or elsewhere TO stand up
and assert the right Of the Federal
Government TO intermeddle rs pro-
posed in the registration of the ciu-
zens of tho Statesy Is there states.
man in all the land who will attempt
under our Constitution, to defend the
wanton and arbitrary yurrests--arrests
without complaint and without war.
.rant-provided for by this bill lsit
pretended that our bin Of rights is rc.
pealed by tho Fifteenth amend.
mentw Has the adoption into our
Constitution (evcn il II were legally
and vaidly done, which deny) Of
the declaration that "thc right of the