New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-07
T1ir PASSAGE or THE ARMY ELL.

THE PASSAGE OF TIE ARMY BILL
,,,. ,.,rr Ipoy IT rs TO 122, TIE GEEEN-
p,crrre GoIvG OVER 10 TIE pEMoCRATs-
STRIKING INCIDENTS OF THE DEBATE.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIBuNEL
WASHINGTON. April G.-The Army Appropriation
mil with the new amendment 20 the sixth sectoh
offered ON Friday. passed yesterday. All other
Efforts 10 amend il in any particular were oeiea'e"'
The final vote when taken stood lis IN the aiiirma-
tivcto 122 in the NEGATIVE. All OF the Gr,cuback-
crs except two. who are Republicans voted with
tho Democrats. Sixteen members were absent OF
whom eleht-Bayne, Butterworth, Dick, Harness
Urhbo1 Martin. Miller and YouuE-weTc Repuhil-
cans scvcn-Ackcn, Bealc, Bland, Clark N. J.b
Cox. Law and Wells-were Democrats; and one
PussoU of North Carolinl-was a Grcenbdcker.
Tho discussion, which continued from II a. H.
until the final vote was taken, was devoid OF many
striking features. There were one or two passages
which amused the House. and winch called iorth
load applause from one side or the other OF the
chamber; bat no new arguments were advanced
and nothing was said which lad the least influence
unon the votes of members OF which the country Is
likely to remember.
Mr.. Sparks. who has had charge Of the bill, but
who has made no speeches, caused considerable
mcrriment among the Democrats by some refer
epces TO the Chicago election, and by reading some
extracts from the Chicago papers on that subject
CuITTENDrN MAKEs GOOD POINT on TWO
Nj Cmttendeu caused to be inserted IN the record
tbc famous letter written 10y Horace Greeley to
Samuel J. Tden on October 20, 1863, aud read
certain passages of it in the hearing of the House.
This letter was not more apropos to the condition
Of affairs which existed when il was written than
Il Is 10 the controversy now in progress in Congress
With the change Of one or two expressions might
have been written for the present occasion, and 1t
will unqucstionaby be used with most telling effect
against the Democrats, especially during the de-
bate on the repeal of the election laws.
Mr. Cmttcnden kept the House in an uproar OF
laughter and applause by his references to the pres
ence OF Secretary Eyarts in the House last Satur-
DAY during the delivery of General Gartieds speech
lie said:
We nave had an interesting picture drawn by the
artist from Kentucky ir Blackburn Of the secretary
Of state present here intimidaung the Repubn-
ran party ON this side Of the House, while The
Inc House last Saturday. ] wish 70 say here
rent 6 tho to honor 64e SO sS 6y the e of Mr.
Evarts while the gentleman from ONO was delivering
bis speech lLaughterl viii testify that the Secretaly
applause He was as thin as ever lLaughterl HIS
Pvchfts Mr. ioS o from Kcntncv thSt he had no
revolver He had Knife. Laughter. He hadno stick
ay be- reassured hat he especially need not lear
MI Lvaris Laughter
Mr. Chuteudeu continued as follows:
We have had from the eloquent gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Tucker the maxim TO which vIy one OF
us subscrlbcs that he believed in "thc minimum OF
Uover and the maximum of liberty" so does every
body, but what doe, he mean ny the minimum OF
power How much pOwcrf That Is The point winch
The American people ask these gentlemen who Spit
hairs for a Thousand years about the meaning OF the
Constitution. The question which the American people
ask the gentleman 20 decide ls How hoGh power uocs
81 take TO fair and honest balIoBoX IN the
district from which The gentleman from MISSISSIPPI
Nlr ChameIsJ cOmes1 How much power does II take
10 secure honest DalOt-bOI IN NTEiuldt How much
power does il take TO secure sacred ballot box IN
Kentucky How much IN Ne"-lorkt
Will leave other gentlemen to answer questions IN
regard to their respective states but mold IN my hand
something that tells the story ABOUT NcW1CR. IL re-
lates To what existed there before the laws OF 1869,
$50, IS ana - Mfie iauf. n"d pIUpoto toIaS
10 deny To- the Federal authority the power 10 potct
peace al the polls; next week you propose to repeal
laws which were enacted with great palustaNnG and
great study at Il umo ana uhder circumstances very
different the present, but enacted IN good faith
substitution You come here and propose that l. as a
citizen Of NeWYork and those ! represent, shall be
in fact dstrauchised 10 certain extent for when
you repeal these laws you dlsirduchise not Only the
weak and ignorant IN every part Of this country but in
The courage meet despcrsdOes and buildozcrs and
hacklces al the polls. hold in my hand letter from
The last Democratic candidate Tor the Presidency
GeIT Who ali I'VE. and ask every man on tis floor
without regard 10 party, when he finds in the record
inc fire OF truth which lies at The very bottom of our
honesty and the ballot-bOz are sacred.
The letter Of MI. Greeley was then sent up and
read.
Mr.. McLane and ex-Secretary Robson renewed
Their controversy, begun several days ago over the
cause and effect of the decision Of the Supreme
Court IN the Grant Parish cases. Mr. McLane has
undertaken TO show that that decision destroys the
election laws while Mr.. Robson took the opposite
ground, and in his brief speeches of yesterday
tirely demolished the Constitutional lawyer from
Maryland.
SOUTHERN IMPUDENCE.
One Of the most impudent speeches Of the day
was that made by MI OCOuuor of the Charleston,
S. c.. District. THIS mal was elected by the most
gigantic frauds cverpcrpetrated. The ballot-boxes
of almost every precinct were stuffed with tissue
ballots and large Republican majority actually
cast last November was overcome and destroyed by
means Of tissue ballots and by false counting. This
man had the assurance 10 come into the House yes
terday and us. such language as the following:
The suppression OF the tree AMI Untrammellod voice
Of tae people 10 their National elections in certain States
iof years past has no parallel gave when the prolc1n
Guards ~ Rome dictated the choice ou Roman En-
asceraned VIII Of the American people has been cx-
pressed by popular majority Of Tie whole peoIle OF
three huHd O. Thousand N response u tle Cdct Of the
Head Centre OF That party the yote- of tnoes states
were stolen; ana TO tOuumuate this dark crime Of in
fanny ana IoDucl! ana perjury, III, very capitol was
for time turned mo camp aud be guns OF H. com
submission the representatives Of the people.
REPUBLICAN SUGGESTIONS.
Mr.. Congcr suggested to his friends on the other
side thai they should agree TO strike out the section
Of the bIll under discussion. He said that should
the Committee Of the Whole rise and recommend to
the House the Introduction Of a separate bill re-
pealing those two sections Of the Revised Statutes
no far as his side of the House was concerned, he
felt authorized to say that the bill could De passed
without debate and without delay, leaving tho
Army Appropriation DiIl without any objection
able feature upon it,
Nj. Mcmahon promptly rcpudIated the PROPOSE
ion