Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

majority with which it had yesterda
) indicated its purpose to strike at q
evil far greater than that. He unde
took to say that the contribution
made in Congressional elections bot
by successful and defeated candidat,
= exceeded by many times over tever
election the contributions by tho.
holding State and Federal office
He thought it was equally notoriol
and If the House designed to CORE,
that evil and tear it up by the roo
the bill would have to be amended 8
that Congressman could not use sue
!. money safely for securing their elet
ton.
Mr.. Brown, Of Kentucky, reptile
to Mr.. Blaine's suggestion as to til
Democratic party snrrendcring il
State Rights principle and said tina
the substitute proposed by himsel
was not open to that criticism.
Mr.. Goode also replied to some re
marks by Mr.. Blaine, in the course O
which he said Gov. Wise was not re
garded as Democrat in Virginia.
Mr.. Blaine quoted Wise as to tn
frauds in Virginia in a manner whic
caused Mr.. Goode to suppose that h
(GOOde) was intended.
: Mr.. Goode said when the case cam
up he would be ready to meet Blain
or any one else.
Amendments were suggested b
Messrs. Townsend of Pennsylvania
Hoar and Reagan.
Mr.. Holman expressed an opinion
that both sides of the House wer
willing to participate in any measur
; to secure purity in the elections
but the proposition of Mr.. Blain
seemed to 60 far beyond the scope o
the bill. He asked Mr.. Blaine wheth
er he was ready to go to the extent o
interfering in the legislation of State
as to the mode Of managing elections
4 Mr.. Blaine-I hold that the gov
ernment of the United States has .
perfect right to prescribe the time
place and manner of holding election.
for Representatives in Congress-.
i Mr.. Holman-Undoubtedly that i.
right.
Mr.. Blaine-Is the gentleman il
favor of exercising itp
Mr.. Holman-I am in favor of ex.
ercising it with proper regard te
the legislation of States.
Mr.. Blaine-Is he in favor of exer.
cising it SO it will achieve Its end?
Mr.. Holman-SO far as its legisla.
ton applies to members of Congress
think it is proper, but l think the
gentleman from Maine will hardly
seek to go SO far as to attempt to curl
the evils of State legislation.
Mr.. Blaine expressed the belief thai
the colored voters of the South had
not fair chance of voting.
Mr.. Blaine moved the previou.
Question.
The House refused to second it
Yeas 73; nays 81.
Mr.. Goode said he sympathized
with the amendment, but he consid
cred it open to constitutional object
ion that it would have the same eff
feet as an impeachment, in SO far tina
the penalty was removal from office
Mr.. Blaine suggested that he woulG
modify the amendment.
Mr.. Goode said this was an import
ant bill, intended to apply remedy
to a most fragrant, outrageous wrong
and the gentleman from Maine ough
not to be allowed to cucumber it will
grave constitutional difficulties. Al
the gentleman from Maine had
thought proper to go into hist s(Goode's
district, he would say it was impossi.
BILE for any man to find employment
at Norfolk.
Considerable discussion ensued be-
tween Goode, Harris, of Va, Blaine
and others, as to the character of the
elections in Virginia. In the midst
of the debate, Mr.. Cox, who had been
in the Speakers chair, came down to
the floor and rushed into the fray
striking first at Blaine, whom he ac.
cused of shedding crocodile tear:
over this subject, and then aiming his
keen shafts Of ridicule at California
member Page) and exhibiting what
he CALLED the tape worm ballot tha
j was used Ny the employees nt the Mar'
Island Navy Yard to compel them t.
vote the Republican ticket, and own
ing that one political party was abou
as bad as the other in regard to tn,
election frauds.
! The debate was continued by Lut
trell, Canlfield and Southard.
1 Finally the House proceeded t.
vote on the bill and its various amend
ments.
Mr.. Blaine called for the yeas ant
mays on the amendment, including
Senators, Representatives and dele
gates in Congress in the provisions o
the bill, and the amendment wa
agreed to. Yeas l2S, nay 50.
i Mr.. Hoar's amendment providing
that nothing in the bill should pre-
vent voluntary contributions for tn
purpose Of circulating documents TO
the purpose of giving information
was next voted on and was rejected
Yeas 81, nays ll9.
!, The next vote was OH Mr.. Blaine
amendment to the substitute offere,
by Mr.. Brown, Of Kentucky, bein!
the same amendment as offered b,
Mr.. Blaine to the original bill an
adopted. The amendment was nov
rejected ayes lO2, nays lO7.
The next vote was on an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Goode to MI
Browns substitute, making it mis-
demeanor for any person to use force
menace, violence or bribery to influ
ence the election of President, Vic
President, Senators, Representative
or delegates i'm Congress. Adopted
yeas 2l2 nays 3.
The next vote was on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Reagan, as
: substitute for the first section of Nj
: Browns substitute, making it unlaw
full for any officer, ,postmaster,clerk @
employe of the United States, for an
Senator or member OF Congress,
solicit, ask, receive or accept any git
for election purposes. Rejected.
! The next vote was on Mr.. Brown
: : substitute.
The first section is that no officer Q
employe of the Government sha
: receive from any other officer or EN-
: ploye any money or property or an.
!. thing valuable for political purpose
: and any such officer or employe VIII
shall offend against the provisions I
;. said act shall be ut once dismisse
!. from the service of the United State
and also be deemed guilty OF hig
! crimes and misdemeanors, and G
7 conviction thereof shall be fined IL
!, less than $500 or more than $3,Ol
= and imprisoned not more than OF
J year, at the discretion of the Juds
= trying the case.
The second section is the amen,
: ment offered by Mr.. Goode al
= adopted.
y The third gives the q. s. Distri
= = Courts jurisdiction of the often
= created by the act.
II The substitute was agreed to wit
:, out the yeas and nays, and the bill
/. thus amended was passed. Yeas II
i naysS 8.
le TERRIBLE EXPLOSION y.
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