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having insisted upon its amendment to certain
Senate amendments thereto. Adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
THE METRIC SYSTEM.

House Of Representatives,.
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
WASHINGTON, June ll.-Mr. Stephens, frol
the coinage committee. reported bill for tt
, adoption of the metric system of weights
measures and coinage; ordered printed and IT
committed.
VINEGAR.
Mr.. Carlisle, from the committee of way
and means, reported the Senate bill allowin
operated before the first Of March, 1879. t
cantinue their business by use of alchoholi
vapor even when within 600 feet of distiller
or rectifying house prohibited by the existin
bill, under regulations to be prescribed. Bill
passed.
SETTLING REQUEST.
MIR. Carlisle reported a bill directing the at
torney general to adjust or compromise tn
claim of the United States under the will O
Jas. T. Lewis. Passed. This is case il
| which Lewis, formerly of Hoboken, n. j.,
left an estate above one million dollars, to b.
applied for the reduction of the national debt
COURT CASES.
The morning hour was dispensed with. tht
pending business in that hour, being the bill
relative to the removal of causes from State tt
federal courts, having been referred to the com
mittee of the whole not to be brought up a. the
present session.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Knott, from the judiciary committee
submitted the report Of that committee on the
| veto message of the President. Printed and
recommitted. The House then proceeded to
the consideration of the army appropriation
bill, and Mr.. Clymer, member of committee on
appropriations, who has charge of the bill,
made brief explanation of it.
Mr. Whitthome moved to reduce the maxi
mum of the army froml25, 900 to Is, ,0O0 which,
after debate, was rejected.
Mr.. Weaver moved to strike out the section
providing that each member of the graduating
classes of 1879 and 1880, of the military acade-
my, may after graduation elect to receive $3.50,
aad the acceptance of that sum shall render
him ineligible to appointment in the army un-
til two years after his graduation, except in
case of war. The motion to strike out was de-
feated aud an amendment Incorporating in the
section the words with consent of the secre-
tary of war was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. johnson, Va. section nine
in regard to promotions in the army was
stricken out.
Consideration of tue money portion of the
bill having been concluded, the committee pro-
ceeded to consideration of section 6, providing
mo money herein appropriated shall be paid
AoA 1ue SuUSASGcuCe. equipment, transportation
or compensation of the army to be used as a
police force at the polls.' General debate upon
that section was opened by Mr.. Baker, who
viewed the section as a mere encum brance, as
mere political tub thrown to the whale mas
much as the President was not now. clothed
with the power of placing troops of the United
States around the polls as police force View
ing the section in that light, he would move to
strike it out but should such motion be de-
feated he would still vote for the bill. He
would not be deferred from discharging his
duty to the constitution by reason of the fact
that political necessity had constrained any
party to put on the bill a provision which was
mere idle thunder.
Mr.. Hawley said the Republicans looking at
the section had naturally begun to wonder
whether there was not a covert meaning in it,
because as it stood it was merely an encum-
brauce. What was police force? It was a
sworn constabulary, duly organized. That the
army should be used as police was mistake.
The section might command the assent of q
Republican of the deepest dye who believed in
having the federal Jaws respected everywhere
and at all times.
Mr.. Garfield reviewed the attempts of the
grievances" The minority had said at the
last session, and it still said that it had never
insisted on the use Of the army to run cleo
tions; that there had never been such a
law; that it had never desired to
have such law or such practice as
that, and that if anything vital was necessary
to prevent the running of elections by bayo
nets, it was ready to help prevent it. When
the present session opened the majority had
brought In an army bill which had in it not the
repeal of an offensive law. but proposition SO
to modify the law of 1865 as to enlarge its
restrictions, and which carried with it absolute
criminal statute against any civil officer who
ahn koon ok Sha hrr II, fl,o.
armed force to help him. That bill had been
wrecked on the rock of the constitution and
had gone down. and no longer lived on the face
of the waters of the political sea. (Applause
on the Republican side.) Then came the
second chapter. A short bill had been intro
duced declaring, in effect, that the army should
not be used to enforce any of the laws of the
union, anywhere in the union, if there happened
to be an election being held. The Republicans
had pointed out the nonstrous paralysis that
would be visited on the executive department
! if there should be days on which the laws could
not be enforced. That bill had also run against
the rock of a constitutional veto and had gone
down, and not bubble remained above the
place where it had gone down. (Applause on
the Republican side). Now the present bill
| had been brought on and he particularly COM
pHmcRted the gentleman, Mr. Johnston, upon
whose motion the 9th section had been stricken
out. The army would not forget him for that
| act. Section did not profess to repeal, and
did not repeal, any law Of the United States, and
therefore it was not obnoxious in that respect.
| Mr.. Clymer took the floor but yielded five
minutes to Mr.. Cox, who commenced his re.
marks in the midst of impatient shouts Of
| vote, vote, from the Democratic side. Mr.
Cox taunted the Republican side of the House
with not retreating in good order, but that
there was a ront in their camp.
! Mr.. Price-I think we have advanced con.
siderably.
|
brother, to speak. (Laughter.) would like
to hear you on temperance or on the Moline
| water power.
Mr.. Price-I presume that on the subject OF
Temperance could benefit my friend consid,
erably. Uaughter.)
Mr.. Cox-If I could only lnfuse little of
this old Bourbon element into my friend from
Laughter.) am not myself in favor of this
bill. As to the 25, 600 men, do not think VT
/ need 30 large an army either for the red man
black man. or white man. The gentleman from
Ohio (Garfeld) covers his retreat very hand
somely, in large rhetoric, with some thunde1
men without the lightning, for he did no.
strike anybody except the gentleman fzou
Wisconsin (Williams. Understand the mo
tiyes of my friend from Ohio. The other sid,
of the House knows that the army cannot b.
used in the solid south. They are willing
s.,. sss ,sia sad aR retreat 'ine insloronsl sns
under the shield of the gallant soldier from
Ohio. But they want to supplement- the ragge,
rascals of supervisors at the North with th
army. This is their motive. They mean, i
possible, to carry the election in 1880, and fo
visors at another. They mean to strike dow
either by force or fraud the right Of the citize
to vote. would not give them either the arm
or supervisors All this talk of the gentlema
from Ohio (Gar6eld) is just as insincere as th
i laugh of . madman. All this brag of our grea
fight of q bat compared with the eagle.
has no more reference to personal liberty {