Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-18
AT THE CAPITAL.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill
Resumed in the HOuse-Mr. Kelley's
Speech FaYOring the Repeal Of
the Test Oath for Jurors,
i'm which he Corners
Garfield.
The Senate Still Occupied with the
Army Bill-SsnatOr Voorhees, De-
liyers Mastery Speech Favor
ing the Repeal of the En-
fOrcement Clause
Teller's Reply.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE attorney
general has affirmed the decision of the as
sistant- attorney general for the postoffice
department, that regular publications, prI-
marily designed for advertising purposes,
cannot be sent through the mails at rates
charged legitimate newspapers.
Congressional proceedings.
IN TIE House.
Immediately after the reading of the journal, the
bill reported from the committee ON coinage, weights
and measures, providing Tor the exch tnge of the
subsidiary silver coins for legal tender all sums
not exceeding ten dollars, came up. The question
of the committee ON banking and currency to refer
the bill TO that committee.
After long discussion, the previous question was
moved, and motion to refer the bill TO the banking
committee was lei ~ctsd by a vote of IS to NJ The
bill then was before the house. but weI over Till to-
morrow.
The morning hour having expired. Mr. Atkins
moved that the debate the legislative appropF1a-
ton bill close Saturday.
This motion brought on pointed personal tilt
between MesSrS. Atkins and Congef. The former
then substituted Tuesday next
Mr.. Garfield moved Friday. Agreed to-yeas, 131;
The house then went into committee OF the whole
on the legislative appropriation Dill, and was ad-
dressed by Nj. Kelley.
Mr. Kelley said he proposed to state his conclu-
sions IN the commencement of his remarks. He
would vote for the repeal or the test oath for jurors
should it come before the house d separate meas
During the last congress he had adv coated the
said now, as he had said them that it was an ex-
asperatng incongruity IN the law and therefore
should be repealed. He would also vote for the re-
peal of the section under which the soldiers were
sent to the polls, proposed by the gentleman from
bill which had passed the house, which a pro-
vision in restraint OF the of the military as 1t
party which, when it had tN thirds in eacn house
had passed 1t, and to the memory OF Abraham Lin
He would also vote as separate proposition for the
repeal of the provisions ofthe law under which dep
places Of the country He believed that those pro-
visions OF the law mad teen abused. AT any rate
those sections had all be IN passed when the country
at or during the process OF Reconstruction,
States al least one of them had been disfranchsed
by the State constitutions but he would not vote Tor
the repeal or essential modification OF the law au,
powers of supervisors of elections. As he under.
all elections relating to national officers in the con
gress OF the United Staes but he would not vote Tor
ton bills, and disclaiming all knowledge as to the
purpose oil the President, he would say mere ana
their present form, and he shouldln his wisdom
fit TO veto them he Kelley)would sustain the veto vii
all his power II the President osapproved either OF
those bills 1t was his duty under the constitution to
veto them, ard be warned the gentlemen that the
other means than those provided by the constitu-
ton, would be trampled out or existence. The
American people loved the constitution, and neither
the north nor the south wished sustained any
action outside OF the constitution for subVertiI g
ment Within two years the people would have it in
their hands to determine whether the veto was right
of the nation. If wong, send congress heIe
which in conformity with the provisions Of the cen
stitution would redress the executive action AS to
the point of riders on the BILL he did not charge
that putting such provision on an apRdSbrialo s
sertion was simply preposterous II was not uneon-
house of congress, and if that which was vicious
abundantIJ justin, by ali parties rom the iounG
ton of the government Tho whole
system Of putting ras s on an 0E Ta
reyOlutlOnary had been By the gentle
from Ohio (Garfeldl, wht Sc speech laid before
him under the title, Revolution I'm Congress. That
gentien an had experienced a Thorough revolution
10 Ohio since 1872 If he believed this action to De
Mt Gardeid-I had supposed that there was 10
body in this house at this late day who would say
rider on sn appropriation bill. l never said so IN
my life. 1t is not in printed. written or spoken
rem lrks that ever made.
Mr. Kelley The gentleman shall spee k for himself
| in The language he then used.
| MIR. Kelley then quoted tIom the speech, in the
course OF which Mr.. Garfield said that when MI
noty undertakes to say that this act the attach ng
of leg Station to appropriation bills, shall not be
done 1t is simply the end of parliamentary gov
| erhment" Mr.. he ley continued Il say to g
gentlemen on the oA-r side OF The house now, that
they have but to adjourn leaving the lighthouses on
coasts unlIghted and other branches OF the gov
make the north solid as it from 1861 to 1885
IL Will Irrespective OF party stand by the constitu-
maintain the life of the nation and the unity OF the
country Nor addressing the Democratic Side OF the
| tntIonal matter Your south is not solid OF the
body of those who constitute what you sheer at as
| the center one comes from Texas and one from
| Alabama representing Democratic districts You
| have your side three independent Democrats,
you a oil gentlemen who, although enjoying the
right 90 into Democratic caucuses know that but
for the greenb eek vote in their districts others would
| have occupied their places No, gentlemen, the
south is not solid and you have but to threaten war
ling In the south ss 1t VIII cTumble In every north
| ern State. have no rear OF war, or
| threats of war. Behind us all lie the peol lie,
the depository OF hon r. and they will 1t that if
they have mistaken their once, they will not
make such mistake in the future. Nay, they Will
see to 1t that their voices shall reiumine the light
houses along the coast, and set the government in
is filled with discomfort and murmurs. Capital
finds no profit, and seeks sheler In the vaults OF
labor iIl-requted when employed is wandering
through the country, seeking for work at any
more baneiul to II than agitation. nation cannot
prosper in the midst of a FASHIONED agitation, nor
in great country like this, you prevent party
| from degeuera'ing into faction when you pro
pose to entertain the teople foT two years on the
cratic pot or the Republican KIT tie. Laughter The
people are feeling the pressure OF unusual want
| passing year bY year, month by month, day by day
| from comfort and decent honesty to want and vag
rancy, and you feed them any such blast q
| wind as has been INDUCED in during this session
| The era Is one filed with II stlucton and diff
tory Of mankind Not alone do cur people suffer
but the suffering is world wide with rare exceptions
which. If studied. weud be marvelously Instructive
Lock at the condition of the United States, German!
| and England. Free-trade England, the workshop o
ships do the carrying trade of the world where is
she? Her best statlstcians tell us us that from the
her accumulated wealth in the three years and SHE
is sing now more rapidly this year than in aty 0
them; her f. cto les closed, and she looks to h
United states and other nations for her food Turi
from her to Germany In 1872 she seized the mos
J valuable provinces Of France and assessed Francs
: with wartime which the world believed wout'
bankrupt th1t nation, and yet where Is German man
and worshiped it, she banished her silver money sh
established gold coinage, she opened her ports 7
0ay IS .Oase than Ra IF sf IoO
France. Stripped OF her most valuable province
and doomed to pay war fine of thousand milHoI
dollars, she is proceeding to build up and cement
republic. She is keeping her people emplO NS,i
Improvements that she has ever undertaken. Sh
to Italya nation which does not talk OF gold, bu
which Is struggling to substitute for depIecate
e paper currency silver coin.and you find that tn
foreign trade of Italy is growing more rapidly tina
that Of any nation In the world. Here are grand
Instructive results lying before you Here are que;
and yet, by resort to parliamentary motions, IN
Leaders Of both parties In this house. refuse 70 oil
| lean party has made record which will live 5
yesFs Of EuFope than cycle of Cathay. Better fC
humanity twenty years o. such stsite anG booc
rs I YEARS. OF h Il has don
+ more for the advancement OF man; 1t has opene
t. more to culture and set more minds to worl
ing 1t has obliteraed prejudice and the rising ger
Grafton, sprngtDg from the tolns OF eX-slayes WI
q know only the tra0lIlOnS ana Impulses OF America
p freemen" Mr.. Kelley concluded folloHs: IF, il
l. stead of striving 10 promote political agitation
both sides we will turn TO the condition OF the cOuI
l. try study the great lessons which France, Ital
Germany and England give us; adhere 10 Oh
view; strive to reanimate the industries {
our country, to enable capital to be II
vested in productive pursuits; TO give labor
e the people; then shall be able to redu'
10 that debt the existence of which, by Offering bet
IF terms tnsn private enterprise can elsewhere ear
Is absorbing and placing In the vaults or the tfea
q, | ury what Id be tbs life of American trade an
d production If d. so, will give content TO q
la nannln and enable them 10 reduce thai debt Oul