The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-04

tleman (Wood) could make no better case
against the administration than that be had
made, he had not very we'll opened the ball
this winter. That gentleman could not see
that there had been any disturbance in mat
tiers of election latter a pause) excepting in
his own state. He (Wood) had seen some
signs, If not of disturbance, at least of yacil-
lation, in the city OF his adoption and in his
state, but they were not such instances of
vacillation as the gentleman would have
brought up in discussion. It did not signify
that the gentleman had not seen any dis
turbances in the national elections else
where. If the president had seen them it
was the presidents duty to say so, and the
president had said so in his message.
If 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 referred TO it modestly; he had
invited the attention of congress TO it. Did
the gentlemen object to having his attention
pointed to it in that way; had he, or any
other gentleman on the other side, any rea-
son why he did not wish the attention of
congress pointed TO the elections in the
southern states? For his own part, he well
coined such calling of attention. The presi-
dent ought to be thanked for ii by the gen.
tleman from New York, as it afforded an
opportunity for him to have this yacillation
examined into closely. He (Garfield) had
the impression made on his mind from a
somewhat careful reading of public journals
that very considerable illegal disturbance
had taken place in some of the southern
states. He had even heard it stated that
intimidation had been employed, notably In
South Carolina, and in the districts where
these had been there was an overwhelming
majority of one political party. All this
might be an exsggeration, but if SO, it was
one that was broad cast through the public
press, and one which congress, so notable
as the present one for investigating all
chances of wrong doing, should investigate.
He supposed that his friends on the other
side would welcome the presidents SUCCESS
ton as exactly in the line OF their conduct
hitherto. He hoped they would not stlfe
investigation.
Mr.. Wood defended the position he had
taken, and repeated his expression of regret
that the president had picked out two cases,
and deemed them of sufficient importance to
present them to the world in his annual
message. 1t was an indication that the ultra
wing of the republican party was forcing
the executive to aid it in displaying the
bloody shirt, so that the party could hold
on to its i'll gotten power, and continue that
power by the plumber of the treasury.
Mr. Hale said it was alleged by the gentle.
man from New York that the president had
been dragooned by the radical wing of the
republican party into the course indicated
in his message, and that that wing of the
party was likely to control the administra-
ton. He would teal the gentleman that on
the great and fundamental doctrine of the
protection of citizen in all his rights there
was no radical nor conservative wingin the
republican party, but there was one party in
the land united to man on the PROPOSITION
that an American citizen north. south and
everywhere should be protected in the ex-
ercise of his constitutional rights.
Mr. Cox of New York asked il the gentle
men from Ohio and Maine failed to remem-
Der how the tape-worm ticket of California
had been run by the navy yard; had they
denounced tape-worm politics; not much.
He Cox shrunk from no investigation into
any election north or south.
Mr.. Townsend Of New York made some
remark which was not heard by Mr.. Cox or
the reporters, but at which some of the
members around him laughed.
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 the cipher kilograms
Mr.. Cox retorted that that was another of
the vaclllations of the other side; that there
were vacillations all over The country, but
that with all these vaclllatons the old DEM
Ocratic party would have the next senate,
and the house also.
The discussion, which was animated, here
closed, and Mr.. Woods motion to refer and
print the message was agreed to.
The military academy and fertilization
appropriation bills were reported and notice
was given of early action on them. The
house then adjourned.