Daily globe., 1879-04-07
SOUARING ACCOUNTS.
THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE
DEMOCRITS IN CONGRESS-,
The Debate on the Army Bill Closed In
the House-A Summing up by Mr.. Sparks
All the Republican Amendments Re-
jected. and the Bill Passed-The Last Call
for s 40 Bonds.
FORTY-SiXTH CONGRESS.
Especial Session.

FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-.
Especial Session.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The amendment Of
fered yesterday by Mr.. New, that the repeal
shall not abridge or affect the right or duty of
the executive to respond to the call Of the
State legislature or Governor, was agreed to
IS to 4. The Republicans did not vote.
Mr.. Sparks called attention to the account
in the Chicago Inter Ocean of an interview
with President Hayes by Mr.. Davis of Chicago,
and said there effort made to co"rce the
President into tho extreme measures OF the
extreme members or his party; yet
majority of 1923 to Carter Harrison. In place
of putting ramrods into the Presidents back
bone all the marrow and stiffness had been
taken out Of the Republicans. That Demo-
cratic victory in Chicago Was the first popular
response from Republican city, and it was
startling in its character. Mr.. Caswell remind
ed MIR. Sparks that on the same day Wisconsin
gave an increased Republican majority Of over
5000. MIR. Bragg responded, eiciting loud ap-
plause from the Democrats.
Mr. Lowe moved to strike out section 6. Mr..
Conger suggested that if that were done his
side would aid passing Immediately without
debate separate bill repeating entirely the
called Objectionable section of the statutes.
Mr.. McN1ahon, speaking for himself, repudiated
the proposition.
The issue was whether or not in this country,
this free country, this great republic, the armed
soldiers, the paid servants of sovereign people,
to come to the polls to drive sovereign
people away. That was the issue. "Gcntle-
men," MIR. Sparks said, addressing the Repub-
Hcan side, you make the ISSUE We so to the
country upon it. We mean to stand upon it.
We know the sovereign power that stands be-
hind US, stands behind you, and the Presi-
dent; governors and Congress must all yield,
and the sovereign people are with u.s."
Caswell inquired whether Wisconsin had not
of six thousand votes Mr.. Sparks
replied that Wisconsin was hardly important
enough to consider. He was talking about the
Republican city of Chicago.
Mr.. Caswell inquired whether his friend did
not recognize that the Green hackers had helped
the Democrats to carry the election in Chicago.
MIR. Bragg, in answer to the first question of
his colleague, said the Judge of the supreme
court who had been elected in Wisconsin by
1,C0O majority had not been the nominee of
the Republicans. The newspapers of the State
had discarded the idea that there should be any
politics in the election, and members of the
bar belonging to the Democratic party had sup
ported him, and now he would like to ask his
colleague why he and his colleagues on the
Republican side we're sustaining the right to
eup1Oy Troops Nuen hcpuU41Cdu W1sCOuSlu,
where the people were free, had law which
prohibited the military from being reviewed or
called out, or organized, for two days prior to
the holding of election, under penalty of
fine of $500. Applause on the Democratic
side.)
MIR. Caswell admitted that Judge Cole had
not been elected by party caucus. but would
his colleague deny his opponent had been the
choice of the Democratic caucus of the legisla-
ture of that State? That issue had been made
squarely between the Republicans and Demo-
crats.
Mr.. Chittenden followed, and said when you
repeal these laws you disfranohise, not only the
weak and Ignorant, in every part OF the coun-
try, but in all the large cities you disfranchise
men who have not the courage to meet despera-
does and bulldozers and blacklegs at the polls.
l hold in my hand letter from the last Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency, now dead,
to the present Democratic candidate for PreSi-
dent, who still lives, and ask every man on
the foor without regard to party, to read it.
lis ten years old, but it is perennial-a living
fire of truth, which lies at the very
and it will last and endure
while honesty and the ballot box are sacred.
He then sent to the Clerks desk and had read
extracts from a letter sent to Samuel J. Tilden,
chairman of the Democratic committee, by
Horace Greeley.
Mr.. New moved to strike out the sixth Sec
ton of the bill and to instruct the committee
to report it to the House with the recommends
tion that it be withdrawn as a separate bill.
After some discussion the vote was taken on
Mr.. News amendment, and it was agreed to
yeas IS, nays 4, the Republicans refraining
flom voting.
Mr.. Gillette offered an amendment providing
that no appropriation made by this or any other
bill, and no deficiency occasioned thereby, shall
be deemed by the secretary of the treasury as
ground for increase of the interest-bearing
1aH& re Ir,t oI fNko lol -
point of order.
Mr.. Lowe moved to strike out section of
the bill which contains the proposed report.
Mr.. Conger suggested to his friends on the
other side that they should agree to strike out
the section, and then far as the committee
could recommend to the House, should recon-
mend the passage of bill repeating entirely
the two sections of the statutes. He thought
he was authorized to say that if on the COM
mittee he would rise and recommend to the
House the introduction of separate bill re-
pealing the two sections os the revised statutes
it could be passed without debate, and without
delay, leaving the army appropriation bill
without any Objectionable feature.
Mr.. McMahon said in 1865 the party which was
represented by his friend from Michigan hao
claimed almost unlimited power with troops
The law not only denied that unlimited power
but put the seal Of crime officers who vio
lated it, and he wanted to keep that law there
and for that reason, speaking for himself alone
repudiated the proposition. Discussion fol
lowed, in which Haskell, Cox, COnger anC
Price participated.
Mr.. Cannon moved to strike out the word
''eivil'' where it occurs in the sixth section
and spoke in favor of the proposition.
Mr.. Finley moved the amendment.
Mr.. McCord remarked that the Democratic
side of the House did not recognize that Their
could be any such thing as armed enemies o
the United States and asked the members o
the other side who were in rebellion and VIII
were armed enemies of the United States, t.
rise up and show their hands. No one rose, ant
McCord accepted that, amid much laughter
As proof of the correctness of his position, b,
went on to say the country was sensitive on tn
question whether or not the Democratic part,
was patriotic party, and confessed that the
experience of last week rather strengthened hi
suspicion that it was not patriotic party.
Soon afterwards debate on the bill an,
amendments closed and voting was resumed
Mr.. Cannon's amendments were rejected
yeas 122, nays 1877.
MIR. Baker submitted an amendment maxim.
it q penal offense for any person, by menace
or threats, to disturb any meeting assemble
for lawful purpose in any campaign for tn
election of members of Congress or to endeayo
to procure by menaces division of time o
speaking. Ruled out of order.
MIR. Rrewer submitted an amend
ment providing that nothing cor
tanned in the bill shall in any way limit th
right or power of civil officers of the govern
ment to keep peace at the polls at such time
as are prescribed for the election of member
of Congress. Rejected; yeas, It's; nays, 1876.
Mr.. Conger moved to substitute for sectio
six the following: That sections 2,002 an
6,52S, revised statutes, be and the same al
hereby repealed. Rejected; yeas. 109; nay'
1856.
MIR. Csswell moved to strike out the porto
Of the section providing for penalties.
The question secusEed on the motion max