Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-04
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
SPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Discussion OF the Army ApprOpri-
alton BiIl.

WASHINGTON, April 3.
The debate on the Army Appropriation
bill was continued by Knott. He spoke
OF the great and historical importance Of
the principle. He characterized it as a
great fundamental principle Of Republican
liberty that the ballot box should be pro-
tected from the slightest approach of the
military W and that the voter shall be
left entirely free in exercising, at the
polls, the prerogative Of a citizen. He
quoted the English Statutes Of George ii.
for the removal Of troops from the place
where an election was to be held, and cited
Blackstone, that it is essential that elections
shall be absolutely free, and that, there
fore oil undue influences are illegal and
are prohibited. He had expected such
questions would have been discussed on
the other side with calmness and dignity,
but in this he had been greivously disap-
pointed, particularly in connection with
the speech Of Mr.. Frye. That speech,
while it might have been appropriate to
the small-fry Of his party, at the cross
roads or . village barroom, was unjust to
that gentleman's genial and generous
nature. Knott concluded his speech with
a statement Of the beneficient reforms that
should be effected when the Democratic
party had captured the Capitol, as he
firmly believed it to be in the plans OF
Providence that the party OF the people
should so triumph. He was followed. on
the Republican side, by Houk, who argued
that it was absolutely necessary for the
protection OF the lives and political rights
Of the colored and white Republicans Of
the South that the authority Of the mill
tary, to preserve peace at the polls, should
be maintained. This speech, being by a
0ontbarr man aktraafod muob attention
and was frequently applauded On the Re-
publican side, aud jeered at Oh the Demo-
cratic side.
COlOred People.
New York, April 8.
The "Times" Washington dispatch, on
the negro exodus, says Perhaps the most
practical action yet had, is seen by the
feeling manifested by the gheat railroad en-
terprises, now in progress in the West, to-
ward this laboring element. Jay Gould,
for the Union Pacific, has, it is reported,
recently intimated a desire to employ q
thousand colored men, on favorable terms,
on the Utah Central road. Huntington,
for the Central and Southern Pacific roads,
will give employment this fall, in Arizona,
to one THOUSAND men. Ex-senator Patter-
son, now in the service of the Texas Pa
cifc road, and who will reside in Tucson
hereafter, has taken the matter in hand in
conjunction with leading colored repre-
sentatives Of his former State. 1t is be-
lioved that Arizona will be likely to find
employment for several thousand Of these
people, as the country is we'll adapted to
them, and the people will be very glad TO
replace the Chinese. now going there. with
American colored laborers. The colored
people will do we'll, no doubt, in New Mex
leo, Arizona and the Indian Territory, If
opened 70 settlement, and would afford
available homes for thousands. The At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad has
also indicated its purpose to employ, in
New Mexico, . large force Of colored la
borers. The Pacific Railroads have agreed
to convey colored emigrants from Omaha,
who may be going to Southern California
and Arizona, II they arrive in bodies at
Omaha, at the rate Of n cent per mile,
or thereabouts, which would make the cost
Of the whole journey from the Missouri
River to Maricopa Wells, the terminus,
until next winter. Of the Southern Pacific,
not over $50. There 10 q decided ~inclina-
ton, ct the California end Of the trans
road, TO encourage emigration
thither, and to that end fares are likely to
be largely reduced, and second-class ac-
commodations largely increased.
The Exports Of Gold and silver.
New YORK, April 8.
The "Public' says it is worthy Of special
notice that, though the exports Of gold and
were nearly equal to this date last
year, the exports Of silver this year are
about thirty times a. large as those Of gold,
amounting to "a, 900, 945 for the quarter,
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