The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-06

! JnhJ lnObb lhWD WhiSh h"N HSSA
for the purpose Of oorrupting the ballot
box and Of securing the election to one
party by bribery and by force, should be
and must be swept from the statute
books. GApplause from the Democratic
side I Let 1t be, said he, distinctly un-
derstood that on this side of the House,
and with the Democratic party, reste the
responsibility, and when II is question
of pure ballot and personal liberty, the
man who yields the issue deserves the
condemnation Of a free and independ-
ent people, Loud applause on the Dem
ocratiC side,] This election law is sim
ply for the purp ose of perpetuating the
dynasty which has been condemned by
the public sentiment Of the country. 1t
is Northern outrage as well as South p
ern outrage. This side Of the House il
determined on this measure, not as
question of dollars and cents, but as a
question of absolute right and for the
purity of the ballot box We do not
mean in this free country that man
shall be arrested and imprisoned without
due complaint and affidavit and without
due process Of law.
We mean to protect the Citizensin this
personal right, and to protect the ballot
box in lis freedom and it's purity, If The
Republican party can beat the Demo
cratic party al the polls in fairelection,
we will submit Willingly; but we intend
to contend as treemen to make the bal
lot box free, and we are willing to let
the Issue come here and now Renew
ed applause on the Democratic side.
Finslly. a vote was taken, and the
amendment was adopted-yeas l95, nays
ll0
On motion of Mr.. Caldwell, an item Of
Sl5O 900 for three Assistants Attorney
General was amended by making II SlS,.
900 for four Assistant Attorneys General
at $4 500 EACH one of which shall be for
the Postoflice Department.
The committee then rose, and the bill
and amendment were reported to the
House, All the amendments were con
curd d i'll lin grossl, except a few on
which separate votes were demanded
TIE amendment increasing the item
for Contingent ex Depses Of the Bureau OF
Education from Sll 400 10 SIS, 100 was
ugreed to-yeas l40 nays Ill,
The mex vote was o. the amendment
10 continue in force the present system
of public land surveys and off i9rs Of sur
veyors general, The amendment WAS
agreed to-yeas l2l, nays 81.
The next was on the ameIGlment fix
ing the pay of jurors at two dollars per
day, prescribing the method of dra wing
them and repeating the jurors test oath,
md it was agreed to without division. -.
The next was on the amendment re;
pealing the laws in regard to Uulted
States Supervisors of Education, In IL
vision there were l07 votes in the af-
6rmatiye, but the Republicans refused 10
vote and raised point of "no quorum"
The vote was then taken by yeas aud
nays, and again the Republicans declin
ed voting, the only exceptions being
Nessrs Chittenden, Fort and Ki'liugor
who voted with the negative. The vote
stood yeas l43, nays 8 -one less than a
quorum.
The Speaker thereupcn voted aye,
making quoram, and declared the
amendment agreed to amid great dem
onsrations of applause on the Demo
cratic side.
Mr.. Hale, resorting to dilatory tactics
moved that when the House adjourn it
he until Tuesday The motion was
greeted with derisive laughter on the
Democratic side, and Mr.. Hale was ask
ed jeringly whether he did not want to
nave the appropriation bill passed.
The motion having been voted down
| (only one vote being cast in the afirma-
tive) Mr. Hale moved to lay the bill on
the table, remarkiug that he wished to
see whether the Democrats could d(with
ont any Republican voses) pass the bill
and that he hoped no Republican wolld
vote.
A vote was taken, but previous to its
announcement Mr., Tucker stated that
having no idea that the gentlemen on
lhe other side intended to refrain from
voting, he had made pair with Gener-
al Garfield He had therefore, not vot
ed, but had written to General Garfield,
desiring him to return to the House and
raease him from his pair.
Mr.. Waddell impaired whether any
member of the House had right to
make pairwh Gu shou' impede |egisla.
lion. He denied the moral right of the
gentleman from Virginia (Tucker) to
make such pair.
Mr.. Tucker said he had acted all his
life upon the principle that where there
was any doubt about question of hon
or, to decide that doubt always on the
side of honor, and he therefore had re.
fused to vote, The only Republicans
who voted were Brogden, in the negative,
and Brentano. Patterson of New York
and Dunnell the latter having voted by
mistake, which he tried afterwards
without avaiD to rectify, iu the afirma.
tive. The vote was then nounCed as
yeas 3, nays l43, one less than q quorum
The speaker again made a quorum by
voting in the negative, and declared the
motion to lay the bill on the table de
feated.
The Speaker then stated that his vote
made l47, a quorum of full House, but
he did not think that it needed 147 votes
to make quorum, as there were two
vacancies.
Mr.. Hale. Is the Speaker determined
to make ruling that less than majori
ty of full House constituted a quorum
The Speaker replied that no did not
desired to make any ruling; there was
no necessity for it. He had, however,
read a decision adopted by Speaker
Grow, to the effect that a majority of
members chosen constitute a quorum.
Mr.. Hale said that the point ON which
that decision Of Speaker Grow had ruled
was not analogous to the present case,
and he was glad the Speaker had not
made preCipitate decision. So, if this
matter did not end here, he, lHale) re.
served all points as to quorum.
The Speaker said that he had made
that decision during moment of calm
ness so that ifthis matter came up again
it could not be said that the decision had
been made precipitately.
The bill as amended was then passed
yeas 143, nays III.