The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-28

executing laws except IN such cases and
under snch circumstances, as such employ
ment of troops may be expressly author
lied by act Of congress.
After long discussion on point Of
order made by Mr.. Garfield, the amend
ment was ruled in order.
In the course of the discussion Mr..
Burchard suggested that it would prevent
the use of troops in enforcing the internal
revenue laws and suppressing illicit dis
tillatiop
Mr.. Scleicher wanted to exclude from. its
operation Texas and the execution of the
neutrality law.
1t was suggested by Lapham that it
would be better not to oppose the bill at all
and to disband the army at once.
1t was claimed by Mr.. Knott that it
the president could use the army without
law, the pretext of this being a republican
government was sham and fraud,
It was intimated by Mr.. Aldrich that
the moonshiners and perhaps others in
Kentucky will be delighted with the
amendment, and he sent to the clerk 8
desk and had read memorial from the
municipality of Chicago for an army of
10000 men.
It was asserted by Mr.. Southard that
the laboring men of the country were as
honest and law abiding as anv other class
| that the army should not be kept up on
and it was proclaimed by Mr.. Herbert
that as long as there was chronic disposi
ton on the republican side to use the army
for unlawful purposes, so long there would
be chronic disposition of the democrats
to defend the liberties of the people.
| Mr.. Hewitt's amendment was agreed to
-l20 to II.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill and amendments to the house
The first vote taken 10 the house was on
the amendment increasing the limitation
from 10000 to $4,000 men. The vote
resulted yeas ll6, nays ll2. All republi
cans voted in the affirmative, and had for
allies on the democratic side all the Texas
members except Mr. Reagan. who voted
nay, aud Messrs Patterson, Williams, Of
Michigan. and WiQginton.
Mr.. Garfield at the close of the roll cali
changed his vote from yea to nay, so that
he might move to reconsider the vote, the
actual vote being therefore III to ll9
When the result was announced Messrs.
Garfield and Hewitt rose simultaneously
to move to reconsider. The latter was
recognized by the speaker and moved tc
reconsider and to lay the motion tc
reconsider on the table. This recognition
of Mr.. Hewitt by the speaker was resent
ed By Mr.. Garfield. who claimed that as a
matter of courtesy, when a member
changed his vote for the purpose of making
such motion he was always recognized BY
the chair, to which the speaker responded
that if the gentleman chose to give al
insincere vote it was not the fault of the
chair, and that the chair was bound by al
parliamentary practice to recognize the
gentleman in charge of the bill,
: Mr.. Reed then broke into the colloquy
with the declaration that there had beer
nothing to justify the speakers remark a.
to an iusincere vote, to which the speaker
replied that the gentleman from Ohit
(Gar6eld) had undertaken to reflect upor
him and that he proposed to defend him
self. There was a good deal Of teelin.
manifested on the part of all concerned.
feeling which communicated itself to tn,
: two sides of the chamber and which wa
shown by the applause Of one or tn
other. Then dilatory motion to adjourn
was made on the republican side and wa
fvoted down. The motion to lay on tn
table the motion to reconsider was the
carried-yeas l2l nays ia.
Messrs. Wigginton and Patterson vote
with their party, 50 the house voted t
limit the strength Of the army to 20.00
: men. Without disposiug of the bill th
d house adjourned.