Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-28

Fourth Ward-
VIM. NJ. Powers,
E. C. Dudley.
SENATOR HowE's SPEECH
The following are extracts from the speech
of Senator Howe, Of Wisconsin, delivered
in the senate chamber on Monday:
To the doctors of inquisition it seems NO
longer q question Of moment whether one be
. republican or a democrat. The absorbing
question is, does he support the presidents
policy or, does he not |? Sir, have no wish
to conceal any opinion of mine which the
public is interested to know. Nevertheless,
cusation. I did not like to plead guilty, for
I hoped / vas innocent, and Idid not like
to plead not guilty, for l feared l might be
guilty. I had withheld no honest EFFORT to
elect Nj. Hayes. 1t must, of necessity, pain
me to be found, notin accord with his views,
and it must pain me still more to find he
was moi in accord with mine. Ny uncer-
tainty arose, not from the fact that | was
doubtful Of my own policy, but because !
was not sure l understood bis. My own
policy is a very simple one, and may be
briefly stated. Toward the states Of the
south my policy has been identical with the
policy i have held towards the states of the
north. l demand only that every legally
qualified elector in every state, south or
north, democrat or republican, black or
white, shall be permitted, undisturbed by
force and unawed by fear to vote At
all elections and at the place prescribed by
law, and no where else, just once, and no
more than once; that every vote so cast
shall be honestly counted, and that every
person chosen by such votes to any Office
shall be freely indicted into it. That is
nay southern policy, and the whole Of it.
The very head and front OF my offending
Concerning the civil service, my policy is
that service administered by the best men
a~ttainable, and I I believe a republican presi-
dent should. as the Cincinnati convention,
select republicans for all those places where
harmony and vigor of administration re-
quire its policy to be represented. l be
lieve, as the president declared in his inaug
ural address, that, once commissioned the
officer should be secure in his tenure 30 long
AZ his personal character remains nntarn
ished, and the performance Of his duty j!
satisfactory. Some things have happened
since the presidents inauguration not at al
in harmony with the policies l have indi
Gated.
Y X y
He reviewed, at length, the work of The
Louisiana commission in a sarcastic tone
and said: "If it was their mission 10 de
pose an actual governor, they did not con
sumo time enough. Under the constitution
of Louisiana, four years are required fo1
that purpose. l could not, therefore, see il
all that transpired in Louisiana, the devel
opment of a new policy for the republican
party or the abandonment of IN old poll
cy. I saw only acquiescence in wha
seemed to be q disagreeable necessity. Blu
l was not prepared to see the act advertised
q one of the presidents choice, which ever,
republican, IS we'll as every democrat, wa
bound to approve. 1t was therefore q mat
that I heard the president declare in his lat
the use of the army for the purpose Of up
the union wal no less a constitutional duty
and requirement, under the circumstance
existing at the time. than it was a much
needed measure for the restoration of loca
self-government and the promotion of na
tional harmony.
ali that be . correct definition of tn.
presidents southern policy, l am no Longer
in DOUBT IS to vbether l approve it or not
II is impossible that I should approve it nov
or ever. It is q clear abandonment Of on
OF the plainest and most solemn dutie
charged upon the president by the constitu
ton and laws Of the United States. Whel
the president abandoned the government o
LouisianS to domestic violence, he surren
dered the constitutional right Of . singh
state. But when he advertised that b
would never interfere where the result Of Al
election Is disputed, he surrendered . ma
tional p%reroRatlve vital TO our institution
He abiured . constitutional duty essential I
every state. He proclaimed license to in
surrection. He notified the minority
every state, when defeated BY the ballot, I
appeal to the bayonet, and he proclaimed i
ADVANCE that the nation shall be neutral !
the conflict
II Packard WAS not elected governor {
Louisiana, nothing can he moro certai
INST Hayes IVA not elected president Of til
United States. Without the electoral vol
Of Louikisna the whole world knows th'
Hayes had not votes In the electoral COLES
necessary to constitute an election.
.ouisians did not vote for Packard, th
whoJc world knows that Louisiana did ~
yo,e for Hayes. Packard received near,
1000 votes more than some Of the Hays
elece0n. UD0ee ~ constitution the pres
dent hsd bat one plain duty To ai.chsres
,h,s vss u Ascertain whether the consi
fuesA trjbupsls Of Louisiana hsd declsss
Psckard 10 be governor II -. then TO q