The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-03


latter q pause1 except in his own State,
where he had seen some signs, II not ol
disturbance, at least OF "yacillation," III
the city OF his adoption and in his State,
but they were not such instances ol
"Yacillation" as the gentlemen would
have brought up in the discussion. ltdid
not signify that the gentleman has not
seen any disturbances in the National
election elsewhere. II the President had
seen them, It was the Presidents duty to
say SO, and the President had said so in
his message. II the President had seen
them and had not said so, he would not
only have been guilty OF negligence, but
OF positive fault. The President had re-
ferred to it moderately, he had invited the
attention OF Congress TO it. Did the gen
tlemen object to having his attention point.
cd to II in that way? Had he or
any gentleman on the other side any rea-
son why he did not wish the attention OF
Congress pointed to the elections in the
South. For his part he welcomed such
calling OF attention. The Presidentought
to be thanked for II by the gentleman
from New York as it afforded an oppor-
tunity to him to have this "vacillation"
examined into closely. He Garfield had
had an impression made on his mind from
q somewhat careful reading OF the
public journals that very considerable
illegal disturbance had taken place
in some OF the Southern States.
He had even heard it stated that bold,
open and acknowledged intimidation
had been employed, notably in South Car
,olina, in districts where there had been
overwhelming majoritics for one political
party, and now no sign OF any such major
tiles appeared at all. This might be an
.exaggeration, but il so 1t was one that was
broadcast through the public press, and
one which Congress can table for the
present, but all charges of wrong doing
should be investigated. He supposed that
his friends on the other side would well
come the Presidents suggestion as exactly
in the line Of their conduct hitherto. He
hoped they would not stiae investigation.
I.. a WEAK ISslNuATIoN.
Mr.. Wood defended the position he had
taken, and repeated his expression Of re-
gret that the President had picked out two
cases and deemed them OF sufficient impor-
tance to present them to the world in his
annual message. 1t was an indication
that the ultra wing OF the Republican par
ty was forcing the Executive to aid it in
displaying the bloody shirt so that the
party could hold on to its illegal power
and continue that power by the plunder OF
the Treasury.
no DIVISION on CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
] Mr.. Hale said 1t was alleged by the gen.
tleman from New York that the President
had been dragooned by the radical wing Of
the Republican party into the course indi-
Gated in his message, and that that wing
OF the party was likely to control the ad-
He would tell the gentle
man that on the great and fundamental
doctrine OF protection OF the citizen in all
his rights, there was no radical nor con-
servative wing in the Republican party,
but there was one party in the land united
to man on the proposition that an Amer
lean citizen, North, South, and every
where, should DO protected IN the exercise
Of his Constitutional rights.
~ uHsnRiSKrSG cox.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, asked Il the gen.
tlemen from Ohio and Maine failed to re-
member how the "Tapeworm" ticket OF
California had been run by the Navy
Yard. Had they denounced "Iapeworm
politics?" Not much. He (Cox) shrunk
from no investigation into any election,
North or South. 3.
Mr.. Townsend, OF New York, made
some remark which was not heard
by Mr.. Cox or the reporters, but at
which some members around him laugh.
ed. Mr.. Cox noticed it, and said he did
not know what they were laughing at, but
it was possibly for want OF thought.
Mr.. Townsend said he had been making
a remark about "cipher kilograms" Mr..
Cox retorted that that was another OF
the "vacillatious" Of the other side, that
there were "vacillatious" all over the coun.
try, but that with all these "vacillatious"
the old Democratic party would have the
next Senate and House, also.
The discussion, which was animated,
here closed and Mr.. Woods motion to re-
fer and print the message was agreed TO.
The military academy and fortitication
appropriation bills were reported and no.
tice given Of early action on them.
( House adjourned. M,.