The daily gazette., 1879-05-13
THIRD EDITION
EIECrIONs AND BAYONETs.


THE PRESIDENT yEToEs THE BILL
AGAINST SOLDIERS AT THE PULLS
MAJORITY OF THE DEMochAro NV
.rInv To 90 TO THE PEOPLE ON THE
ISSUE HE HAS MADE.
Especial dispatch to the worid')
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The second
veto message was sent to the House THIS
afternoon, and, as had been generally
anticipated, was a re-statelhent Oh tne
extraordinary argument made by Mr..
Edmunds last week in the Senate. The
Democrats received the assurances OF tne
President that he did not want 10 use the
trOops and that therefore the bill was un-
necessary with laughter, and the kepub-
licans applauded the most advanced oil
Mr.. Edmunds' consolidation arguments.
When the reading was ended Mr' hhott
moved resolution to take up ene mes
sage and again consiger the biil to-mor-
row, and Mr.. Wood another lnstrlcting
the Ways and Means Committee to pre-
pare for an adjournment some time III
the present month. Though the mes
sage was expected it excited a good deal
of feeling on the Democratic side, and
the criticisms upor, the President have
been exceedingly severe.
Many gentlemen who have hitherto
been among the most conservative eX-
pressed themselves thoroughly convinced
thot the veto means, Notwithstanding the
assurances of the President, that the Re-
publican party intends to use the army
to control elections. A member of the
II a, t1nt Mr. Ed
munds knows very well that the vetoed
bill does not in fact interfere with or re-
peal the bills mentioned in the message
and that MIR. Hayes ought to know it,.
Whether he does or not ii has never been
the intention of the Democrats to do
anything but prohibit the use of troops
at the polls to interfere with elections,
and all interpretations of the bill which
extend that purpose TO preventing all Use
OF the army to support and MAINTAIN the
Federal laws are utterly unwarranted.
While the message has created a good
deal of feeling there is no doubt that
wise councils will i'll the end prevail
No caucus has been called and it is the
present intention that none shall be cali
ed. Enough consultation has been held
to point out the course that ought to bt
taken by the Democrats. There is M
doubt that number of members of boil
houses are in favor of adiourning with
out passing the Army Appropriation bill
but a majority is against such a course
Those who favor it do so on the groun,
that Mr.. Edmunds' reasons for vetoin.
the bill are of so lahored character an,
of such intrinsic weakness that they Civ,
conclusive evidence that Mr.. Hill wa
right in his speech on Saturday, an,
that the Republicans do intend to pre-
serve their party in power by the use q
the army if necessary
AT present they think that under suc1
circumstances il will not be for the in
terests of the country that the republi
cans should have an army wich power /
use for any such purpose. The major
ity of the party i'll both houses on tn
contrary holds that they must pursu
orsginal intention and, having put th
Republicans on record in the manne
they have, pass the appropriation bill
and adjourn to go to the people with til
issue of free elections. A member {
the House said that the Democrats hav
better position by reason of this vet
than they expected to have. The issu
has been presented clearly and simpl
"Shall there be troops at the polls," al
and not only the President but the who
Republican party have made Edmun
and Conkling and the two Chambers Il
leaders OF the new Republican organic
tiOn, and have accepted the stalwart dc
trine.