The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-13
THE SITUATION.
OUR CoNGREssSIEN oN.THE APPRopRIA
TION BILL.
o.

"The Democrats in Congress are re-
luctant to accept the fact that while
they constitute less than two-thirds
Of both houses there is no constjtn-
tional way of overriding the, ohlec-
tions f:he Executive to any propos-
ed legislation. They tried coercion
and have failed. They are now hest
tating between d ffank acceptance OF
the situation and Ingenious dodgea
for compelling the President to sign
bills that he does not like JThe, wiser
leaders, especially those from the
South, advise the manlier course.
Both of the South Carolina Senator'S
occupy this honorable position. Some
of the Representatives from that
State are equally sensible. -...
''Mr. Evins has for some time been
quite pronounced in advising that the
appropriation bills be passed, without
any qualifications or limitations. MIR.
Richardson has said to, the Washing.
ton correspondent of 1.-THE; Herald /:
I'VE have done MI that the constitu.
tion and laws of the United States
invest US with power to do. To do
moro, or attempt TO do more, would
lay the party open to the charge of
being willing TO injure OF destroy one
of the branches of the government
10 effect in an Irregular way that
which the constitution seems to REQ
ognize as the right of tho people, and
only of the people, to do. ! am, there
fore, for leaving it to the people to
say whether they will now enable the
Democratic party to effect the aboli-
tion Of the, use Of troops and United
States marshals at elections. It is
clearly now their time 10 act. We
have exhausted our clearly defined
constitutional remedies, and to do
more is to invade the province Of tho
people themselves. I..think, there
fore, we should not leave here with
out passing the appropriation bills
pure and simple Mr.. Tilman favors
.hc same policy. So that three, at
Least, Of the -Reiss esentttttiives of 5oatth siath
Carolina in the House condemn the
policy of the Democratic caucus.
With such a detection the extremists
can hardly hope to accomplish, by
insisting on further efforts to over
come the Presidents objections, what
has not been attained while tho party
in Congress was united."- ."-Ne,v YorG
Masl. - ~
In commenting on the above, the
Columbia Register says: "How far
this masculine stalwart reports the
facts of the case, and properly states
the positions Of our representatives,
we are not prepared to say. These
views are those expressed before the
report of the advisory committees OF
the two Houses were made; and we
take it there is not that 'break in the
line after all which SO much delec-
tates the stalwart hackers Of Hayes
and his bayonet policy. Our iepre.
sentatives, as we apprehend it, simp.
iy refuse to go to the extreme of with,
holding supplies in the event of Mr..
Hayes refusing to each an accommo.
dation with the majority Of the two
Houses. The recognize the fact
that President Hayes pledges himself
in his message not to use the troops
ut the polls, all, further, that the
immediate eSigency is not such as to
demand the extraordinary, exercise OF
a power which appertains to Congress
in granting appropriations and, still
fprther, that if, President Hayes
chooses TO persist In the exercise Ol
his veto on the line Of his party poll.
cy, however grossly he abuses his
trust, there is no competent way to
reach him but by an appeal to the
people, and this our representatives
are ready at once to make, after
reaching tho veto on all the contem-
plated measures for the repeal of OBJ.
obnoxious laws. They would then
advocate the necessary appropriation
in such o shape as to meet the execu.
tive approval, in order that the army
and departments Of the civil govern.
ment of the country should not be
left without the necessary appropria.
tionss, because the two parties of the
country could not reach an agree.