Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-11-06
sIIARr PRACTICE.

The bill TO repeal that clause OF the
Resumption Act which nIss the date Tor
r.suming specie payments on the first
Of January. 1879. will Be debated In the
House to-day. the Democrats having
succeeded yesterday BY . shrsvd piece
Of party tricksry In getting IL out OF the
morning hour and having II made .
special order. There Is. perhaps. no
fair objection 10 be urged against dis
posing Of the bill at once and pushing Il
out Of the way forever. The objection
applies only to the asn in which the
result has been effected. A two-thirds
vote Wa necessary to suspend the rules
and bring the bill 10 the front. This
vote nsvsr could have been secured In n
full House. And so the engineers OF
the measure seize upoa q time when
nearly . hundred members are absent.
press the vote on the resolution, and
carry IL in the face VI all opposition.
This is what they call parliamentary
tactics" They are tactics anything but
creiitabls to those who employ them.
Certainly II the voice Of the entire
nation should be heard on any bill. II
should be heard ON u Of 80 great i'm
portanee as this. which proposes to re-
pudiats the nations pledge. and brand
us In the eyes OF the world as asovsrn-
msnt Of no faith whatever. The mere
fact that Ohio wants the repeal should
not blind US to the greater fact that the
country at large does not want 1t, and
We have yet to learn that = United States
Law must DO repealed because the State
Of Ohio demands IL. The New York
Tribune expresses il As follows
at has not seemed 10 Us wise To ignore
the fact that Q majority OF the people Of
Ohio. at present, apparently desire the re-
peal % the Resumption Act. In 1875 .
majority Of the same people insisted thai
tho act should not be- repealed. In 1876
they not only insisted that the act should
be enforced, but voted for q Presidentpub-
licly pledged to enforce IL "A . Law. and to
uphold IL a. . solemn and binding pledge
OF the public faith. II appears from the
full returns that only 26i .23G votes were
cast In Ohio at the late election for Mr..
Bishop- ~, 9l6 less than were cast last
year for the repeal % tho Resumption Act
and for Mr.. Tilien. and 1854 less than
were cast for the repeal Of that
act and for Mr.. Bell In 1878.
Tho difficulty Is. that only 239.Si7
votes we're cast this year for Mr.. West.
whose first speech In the campaign WAS
evidently calculated ~ cause sensible per-
sons 10 stay at home. lilo received 81 ,35l
votes less than were cast last year for Mr..
Hayes, whose manly pledge TO uphold the
Resumption Act was still fresh In the
memories Of the people. Because 81 900
persons saw Id ~ stay at home or 10 vote
Tor some Labor. workingmen's. or Tenn
perAnco candidates, are We 10 conclude
that tho Resumption Act il repealed al.
ready There were ~. $50 votes cast for
one VI the workingmsn's candidates. and
lG,s $40 for the other : in effect. these 49,
40 votes were cast for doctrines essen.
TALLY ~Communistic. and these. with the
votes for Mr.. Bishop. number 800. FOG.
But the men who voted Tor specie resump.
numbered sbcu, 10000 more m Ohio
has power to repeal United States laws
w,aon' eonsu,nns oua', Sta'es, 'he .a
that sort Of hing every time so. . voters
are tired Of voting and stay at home.
The men who want reputation Of the
nations pledges may a. well understand
the SITUATION when eowardiy copper
heads voted peace and surrender during
the war. PRESIDENT Lincoln did not there
Tor call back the armies OF the onien'
The enemies who now make war upon
the nations honor. have not yet been
able to trample II in the dsst. They
have a great deal OF voting to do before
the Resumption Act can Be repealed,