Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-17
ORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Extra Session.
The Senate.

Il
Extra Session.
The Senate.
introduced bill providing for the establish
ment of steamship mail service between the
United States and Brazil. Referred
The Senate resumed consideration of the
army bill.
Senator Beck continued his remarks from
yesterday. He read the resolution hereto
fore offered by Senator Hoar denouncing
the alleged Democratic programme as I'M
constitutional and revolutionary, and then
said the Democrats were not proposing
either to coerce the President or to prevent
the President from coercing; nor were they
setting up revolutionary measures or endeav-
oring to pass acts which would deprive the
President from using the army for constl-
tutional purposes. All they proposed to do,
as would be seen by the sixth section of the
bill, was to say to the President that he
should not recall troops from the frontier
or where they we're placed to prevent in
vasion from abroad to be used merely for
political purposes, and that while
the courts were open and all
the judiciary machinery working in
harmony with them, he should not use
troops except on the call of the Governor
or legislature of State in an emergency
contemplated by the constitution; nor should
he uso troops against the public will. The
Democrats further said the money of the
taxpayers should not be SO expended as to
enable the President to use troops for politi-
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Senators make the bcst of it, The Repub-
1icans, Senator Beck said, had threatened to
appeal to the people against the Democrats
action, but the Democrats would also appeal
to the people whose States could keep peace
with their own militia, marshals and sheriffs,
without federal intervention from Washing
ton, and without marshals, deputy marshals
and supervisors. no matter how Immaculate
they might be, from John Davenport down.
Senator Beck retorted upon the Republicans
ferring to the law5 of 1868, which he said
was 80 framed that the acts of
Congress declared by any circuit
court of the United States null
and void were sustained unless two-thirds
of the judges of the supreme court should
agree in pronouncing them unconstitutional.
He also referred to the manner in which the
thirteenth amendment abolishing slavery
was ratified, as atfording another example of
Republican revolution. He quoted numer
Gus precedents to show that it was not I'M
usual to attach legislation on general ap-
preparation bills. Among them it was seen
that the law relating to supervisors and
deputy marshals was amended on an appro-
priation bill by a Republican Congress, and
that tho celebrated Drake amendment, which
annulled the decision of the supreme court,
was made part of an appropriation bill. In
concluding his remarks he said the history
of Republican rule showed it to be the duty
of Democrats to court the military power of
the country.
Senator Hoar said that the Senator from
Kentucky yesterday stated that his reason for
addressing the Senate was to reply to the
charge made by him (Hoar) The Senator
had touched On many topics, but had avoided
with great care to answer the charge
regarding previous utterances in the
Senate, that the Senator had complained
that he was charged with being
revolutionary because of purpose to
repeal or revise a certain sectionsof the re-
vised statutes with regard to the use of the
army. Now, said Senator Hoar, no one had
characterized such purpose as revolutionary
because general legislation had been attached
to appropriation bills thousand times.
The Senator had declared that if the Presi-
dent did not sign bill of which he disap-
proved he would refuse to make appropria-
tons necessary to carry on the government
The question which he (Hoar) wished to put
was this: Did the Senator now stand by
this position, or did he abandon it? Did he
stand by the declaration or back out?
Senator Beck replied that he Lad
no more right to assume that the
President would refuse to sign a
bill than the Senator from Massachu-
sets. He had no knowledge of the Presi-
dents views on the subject, but he had, in
every speech he had made, expressed the be-
lief that the President would sign the bill, as
he ought to do. What. he did say TOWARD
the adjournment of the last Congress was
that the Democratic conferrees on the two
bills that failed seemed to agree, and ht
agreed with them that if an extra session
must be called, much as it was regretted, thu
very moment it was called committees O
both houses would be organized and separate
bills would be framed and passed as soon a.
possible asking the President to agree will
the Republicans of the States and the PEG
pie. These bills would provide that armed
soldiers should not be allowed to approach
the polls for the mere purpose of keepin,
the peace; that there would be all honest jur.
obtained in a court of the United States il
all cases where the rights and liberties o
citizens we're involved, and that the State
should be allowed to conduct their own cleo
tons in their own way, free from all fedora
interference. He further said on that occa
sion that when these laws we're submitted
the President for his approval, as they woul
be, and approved by him, the present Con
gress would, in his opinion, pass every az
preparation bill and adjourn. If, however
the President in the exercise of the powe
vested in him, should see fit to veto the bill
thus presented, he had no doubt these sam
amendments would again be made part {
the appropriation bills, and it would be fc
the President to determine whether he woul
block the wheels Of government an
refuse to accept the necessary appropriation
rather than allow the representatives Of th
people to repeal the odious laws which the
regard as subsersive of their rights and priv
Ieges. He also said at that time that whetht
that course was riget or wrong it would
adopted, and no doubt adhered to, ne matte
what happened with the appropriation bill
Senator Hoar arose, when Senator Bee
told him to Keep us seat-to slG uoWn uu
he was through with what he had to say. {
said the language of the Senator from Mass
chasetts was almost impertinent. He hi
never threatened the President. He hi
said the Democrats would tender bills to tt
President fairly and honestly, and lie thong
the President would sign them. If not, tt
responsibility would rest on his head and {
the heads of those who asked the Preside
to veto them. If the President should We
them he (Beck) would counsel the wisest al