Daily globe., 1879-06-19
AN UNs lvOKY RECORD.
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Tho Republicans Forced into the attitude
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record to day which Will require good deal
of explanation. It will be remembered that
when the army bill was under consideration
in the House on Wednesday last. and which
passed the House on the same day. only
twelve Republicans voting against It. Gen.
eral Garfield made q speech explaining the
Republican position in voting generally for
the sixth section Of the bill. This section
provided as follows: "That no money ap-
propriated in this act is appropriated or
shall be paid for the subsistence. enuipment.
transportation or compensation of anv nor.
ton of the army of the United States to be
used as a police force to keep the peace at the
polls at any election held in any State.'' In
his speech of Wednesday last, General Gar
field said:
"I do not know of man in this House
who is in favor of using the army Of tile
United States as an ordinary police force to
run elections. (Applause on the Democratic
side, and counter cheers on the Republican
side.) There are, I believe, about forty
Thousand polling places in the United States.
If our army roster was full. officers. soldiers
and camp-followers. we wonld not have over
25, 600 in our army; and if there were law
for using the army as police force at the
polls, we should have about three. furoths of
soldie to each polling place. Now. If any-
body proposes to deploy our army in that
wav. do not know where tha lnnat;c lives
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not' II we can nelP IT, les VIA! ana righteous
laws be repealed or modlned as condition
OF getting an appropriation to support the
government. We have resisted, and will re-
sist to the end, all such measures. And in
the second place. even under the pressure of
partv feeling and oppos,tion. will do no act
cast no vote that will place us really or ap.
parently in any attitude inconsistent with
the old and recognized principles and tradi.
tions of English and American liberty
namely. that civil. not MILITARY force. Il the
nsual. the safe. the American mathod of
kaen;no naaca at tho Tolls ),
Ganeral Garfield is recoon;zad aa tho ,o.a
A. of tho Rannblican s;5a of tho Honso
His Influence can ha we'll estimated hv The
Fact +hat notwi, he tand;no tha nrav;ona a..
titnda tho Rannhlicans ha3 srstoinod he -.
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to- tept the be sine sincerity Of the Repub1cans. the
election committee Of the Honse. after the
laclarot,on GarAald had ,nada IN haha,f ~
his nartv nranared Iii h;l, ] nrec;se1v M ~ - accora -
with the manly nttarances of tho Rennh1ica,,
hell wether. "a follows.
WHEREAS. The presence of troops at the polls
is contrary to the spirit of our institutions
and the traditions of our people, and tend. to
destroy the freedom of election; therefore, be
1t enacted, that 1t shall not De Lawful to bring
to or employ at any place where general OF
speelat elsctlon h Is oelng neto a IN IN ssats any
as nn,co torce to keen The ,,aecs ua st tha a's
About 2 O'Clock TO-DAY. when the House ss'
MAS dron;ng thronoh the weary ataoea of an
nnaventfnl session. Snrinoer was recoon;zad
hs Randall and mt in +he hin and da7nand.
I'd . snsnension If the rnles On its ito , aoa
The hin Is precisely in accord with the ] s;1th
section Of the army bill. which met the dis.
approval of only twelve Republicans or
Wednesday. Had hand grenade beer