The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-27
WASHINGTON NOTES,
Political Assessments The New Law
Intellectual A Two Per Cent.
"DlNIy" Already hked.
Preparing for the Campaign With he Out.
rage Mil Running Su ttra Force
Night and Day ReuniOn Of
Army Of Tennessee

WASHINGTON, August 2G.--'rhe tenth
annual meeting OF the Army OF the
Tennessee will he held here ON the
18th and 18th Of October. The statue
of General MCPHERSON will then be un-
yelled, with imposing ceremonies
Senator Logan, who succeeded General
MCPHERSON in command on the day Of
his day, will deliver the Grafton,
The Attorney General has prepared
circular, with reference to the en-
forcement OF the United States election
laws at the approaching election, to be
sent to the District Attorneys in New
York and throughout the South. After
calling attention to the protection for
the voter provided in the laws, he will
direct that due care be- taken to have
good men appointed Us supervisors, to
be present ut the registration as well
rs while the balloting IL in progress, to
see that any citizen is not denied his
light either to register or to vote. He
will also authorize the appointment of
rs many deputy marshals AS may seem
to he necessary, urging that the very
best men shall be secured, and that
they shall be present not only at the
election, but also at the registration,
prepared TO act in case the supervisors
find their authority disregarded. The
instructions will be explicit and full,
that II any attempt is made TO deny
any citizen his right to register or
vote, the supervisor and deputy mar
shals shall enforce that right at all
hazards by means of the posse conf
tatus, or the military or any other law
fal and available resource. The circu-
lar will probably be issued to-day.
The clause in the legislative, judicial
and executive appropriation bill, AS
agreed upon by the conference conf
mittee and passed by Congress just be-
fore adjournment, which was intended
to prohibit assessments for political
purposes In the executive departments
of the Government, reads as follows
That all executive officers or employees
of the United States not appointed by
the President, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, are prohibited from
requesting, giving to or receiving from
any other officer or employee Of the
&c vernment any money or property,
or other thing of value, for political
purposes, and any such officer or EN-
ploye who shall offend against the
provisions of this section shall be at
once discharged from the service
OF the United States, aud he shall
also DO deemed guilty OF a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction
thereof, shall be fined In sum not eX-
Ceeding $500. 1t il claimed that this
provision amOunta to nothing, and
that political contributions can be
made M usual, except that they must
be given to some member of the cam
paign committee who is not an officer
or employee Of the United States. The
law, 1t will be noticed, prohibits only
officers and employees of the govern
ment from requesting, giving TO or re-
ceiving from any other officer or EN-
ployee Of the government any money
or property, etc, but other persons are
not forbidden to make such collections.
In one OF the executive departments
the clerks have already been called
upon by one not in the employ of the
government for contributions to the
extent of two per cent. OF their sala-
ries, and their attention has been call
ed to the defect in the law by which
they can make such contributions
without mourning the penalties pre-
scribed.