New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-14


Mr.. STEWART rep, New reported from the
Committee on Pacific Railroads the general bill for the
INCORPORATION Of railroads in the Territories
Mr. PRATT (Rep., INDY called up the bill to increase
% per cent the pension OF soldiers and sailors who JOS.
roth eyes or both hands, were otherwise totally u
bed and stated that would cause on increased @nnuA'
expenditure OF about $4,000 The bill was plsseu
Mr. WILSON rep, MasS) introduced Dlli 10 Tho
ize the opening and working OF ine IRON me Secretary
Of War 10 lease TO John H. stephenson H. VI Wbtnr.
Chas r. Ram, VIM. G.. ScOfed, and SanueI r. W ~ ,1ic
ham Of NewYork city for years the rat OF 50
ilese of working said mines, they paying ivy "'''
cents per tun 10 the Government
MR. scuuRz AND TIE AMNESTY BILL -.
Mr. sCHURz pcp.. MOI oeiainMSq r Predent see il
IN several papers Of my state that when the vote
was taken on the Amnesty b Was noe p "a ,i,b
that hill might been decided otherwise ny my vote
wish TO say that was absent on account Oi sch od
anu 20 lose NV vote to secure pair. The
Senator IRON Tie Would have voted against the Amnesty
mn and in favor Of those amendments unfavorape toI
while 1 should have voted for the Amnesty Dill ana
against the amendments calculated to emDarrass IT,
make this statement 50 as TO et my constituents Ao"
The bni in relation 10 the Dakota Southern Railroad
'0'"P'"' HMESDING THE ENFORCEMENT ACT.
At the expiration Of the morning hour the senate re-
sncd consideration OF the bill to amend the ENFORCE
Sir. CAssERLY Dem, CALI offered a substitute for
oSe. rat il lsl be unlawful civil military, naval
orcr Of The vp'el states or an Ie',oa @ ,o over
to m !, ,bs e or to distribute ballots marked for the
purpos Of acgntg bow voters have Noe o. q Use any sn 70
or pa the ,ecresy OF tie ballots ami providing severe penal
us 40 1' AsSSERiY-air President have been impellcd
TO TINS amendment by cert IN Occurrences %e9
state election That election was very exciting ana very
Important TO The Administration, ana ~ required
carry IT, I do not propose to complain of any efforts
that within the reasonable limits OF party ACTON,
but do propose complain OF what took place IN re-
gard to the Of workmen employed az the Navy,
Yard. The Navy.Yard at Mare Island Is situated It
t1.a
MA That county is closely balanced between
the parties, the majority on either sac rarely sxceeDS
weeks before state election in September last the
State secured for men to be empoyfed al Haps
were taken to select Democrats, and; 6yy
good wages a large number were secured. The result
was that there was large body of men under employ
ent there before the day OF the election The number
of votes they we're cast and how they were TO VOTE
was all arranged and organized by the officers On the
m0vine gang OF men from the Nayy-Yard to the polls
The lawful officers Of the election as Is usual
bnlkhead through which the voters were. to
pass as they went TO cast their votes This bukhead
being shoulder high, secures 10 the voter certain ue
gee OF privacy and freedom of action IN regard 10 max
ing or changing his ballot while ne Is passing from the
to where the votes are received Inns gang OF
men. without the slightest authority tore down
That bulkhead before the eyes of the officers.
hcy were too numerous be resisted and besides the
town being dependent TO certain extent on the pa0n-
rnce there which made the election officers less vigorous
they otherwise might have been IN resisting so
Kavy-Yard divided between the two precincts.
aud were marched up IN gangs sscn gang Tb'h is
aket in his hand marked with the number OF his name
on the Navy-Yard payroll the foreman checking Off the
"rs on lie payroll which he had in his hand In that
wny there 800 14O0 votes cast under such cir
tuiustances Of duress and coercion as | have de-
tcribed Here is one OF the tickets. lMr. Casserly
here held up the ticket before the senateJ
which tue Administration far it responsible for
the doings at the California election are willing to allow
20 the unfortunate men who nave 10 accept ~ employ
10 their daily bread VIII send TINS ticket TO
The desk 50 that any senator Gan dnSa b anu
stated on this subject on saturday, that 1t
Eepnbhcan of California, Mr. John W. Dwneie. There
81 s thin sip Of paper. with the state ticket printed
ever used so as to make any alteration impossible The
ticket peculiar printed pattern on the back
this city, and here out TO California and
understand also that similar ticket was printed and
the recent election. How that may be- however, do
not but T6at nave ss seq do regard SSoT
ns though had IT, Now with such ticket that
d r %h 'SSH ha the of hose the
arrangements attained In 1861 the vote OF that cOun
~ was: Republican, 1885, to 12s Democratic In 1868 the
next year. the vote for Gen. Grant, the strongest man
who ever ran on the Republican tcket IN California was
when there only a Governor to DO elected, the
The usual Democratic vote aud less than Seymour re-
0eyed in zoos, while e, the Republican vote
either OF the two preceding elections and
nearly 1900 more than Gen. Grant, with all his
marked tickets went Those 200 l4OO Republic
can votes the fruits OF that eontrvance. AS have
said. the outrage generally denouneed-more yehe-
mently possible, by Eep19ncSnS dhan 6y
rl election on, and the consprators against
freedom OF election, and against the dignity OF the
Of their tickets ask Senators to look at it, Just think
Of the degradation of those poor men, compelled TO
walk up to the polls like cattle, their tickets numbered
by the numbers Of their names on the pay roll their obi
cation 10 vote that prepared ticket thus connected
rectly with their daily bread, and all this under the
pyes OF the Government officials and, Of course, with
their full knowledge IL prevent the occurrence of
such scenes future that have offered the second
MIR CAssERLY then advocated the first section Of tho
pending amendment forbdding the use or presence of
troops at elections unless when called for by the civil
authorities TO keep the peace, and IN this connection
spoke lengh and in severe OF the
rnce OF troops at elections In NewYOTk City aud else
Mr. COLE Rep.. CALI replied. He said that he agreed
with his colleague in cOndemning whatever wrong
nr unfair in the OF conducting the election
Mare Island but he believed that his colleague mis-
taken things he stated, and he knew
wrong in saying that previous TO the election tho State
had been secured for men 70 De employed IN the Navy
there general dearth or employment at that time,
and that there were so many applicants or employment
In the Navy that securing required to find
many could be employed Ihen, as 10 the in
crease OF the number OF voters there MS coeaenes
fair had the vote OF 1861 and 1865 and then
had given that OF 1871 skipping the years 1869 and 1870
Mr.. CASSERLY-My colleague knows very well why
skipped 1869 and 1870 1t because there was 10
general election in either OF those years took the
three year. IN which there were seneiai eeouOuS'
Mr. COLE said further that the increased vote was
accounted by the increased population Of the town OF
Vallejo which had become in the interval the terminus
OF the Pacific Railway and had therefore, risen very
Mr. STOCKTON Dem, n. j. asked him how it was
that the increase was all Oh the Republican side
Mr.. COLE said that was 20 be accounted for by the
conversion of the people the Of their ways He
doubted too, the correctness Of Mr. Casserys state
ton Of Government officials
M. CAssERLY-what said was that the proceedings