The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12

pooitiou ~ soy buat tue army was police
was proposition so extreme and so absurd
that he trusted no man on that side of the
house would give it the least color.
Mr.. Williams, of Wisconsin-Are you
10 favor Of at any time, under any circum-
stances, in any emergency. of using the
army to keep peace at the polls?
Mr. Garfeld-Not in the sense of using
that army as an ordinary police force.
Mr.. Williams do not mean as an or
dinary police, but in any form whatever.
Mr.. Garfield am in faver of using the
army of the United States, navy of the
United States, and all militia Of theUuited
States to enforce the laws of the union any
one of them, all Of them, everywhere, in
all ways. He Garfield wanted to affirm
that the thing prohibited, if anything
was prohibited by the section, some
thing which did not prevail under any law
or under any practice in the country; and
furthermore that he did not know Of any
man in this world who was in favor of using
the army of the United States as an ordi-
nary police force to run elections in
state. Derisive laughter on the democrat
side There we're about forty thousand
polling places in the country, and with an
army OF twenty-five thousand men. each
polling place would have about three
quarters of soldier to act as police force
If there vas anybody who thought Of de-
poying the army in that way, he Gar
field did not know where the lunatics
lived. Laughter. The republicans bad
held they would not let the vital and
righteous laws be repealed as condition
OF getting the appropriation bill. That
they had resisted and would resist all
while they would not let themselves under
the excitement of party feeling be placed
reaily or apparently 10 any attitude incon-
slstent with the old established principles
| OF American liberty. Suppose the sixth
section gave the president power to use
the army as a police force, was there one
man who would vote for it2
Mr.. Misunderstanding that to keen
the peace at the polls? LApplauso on the
| democratic side
| Mr.. Garfield you have got law tc
authorize the president of the United
| States to use the army as police force
yes. an in favor of that.
Mr.. Wiiliams-Do you think we have
that law?
Mr.. Garfield think we have not, and
never have had (applause), and never
ought to have until this country gets in q
worse condition in regard to its power OF
controlling itself than We have ever seen il
yet, except during the days of the war.
If my friends will remember, it was dis.
tinctly provided in the law of last year
that the army should not be used as a posse
in any case, except where the law expressly
provided that it should, and therefore in
the presence OF that legislation, passed
unanimously by a Republican Senate
there is no clause in all the statutes @!
the United States to which this 9th sec
ton can attach itself as a repeating clause
or as a modifying clause, and it will be il
the minds of the public precisely wha
each man pleases to make II, But in tht
minds of the courts and ex ,cutive oficer
of the government it will be just what i
reads on its face, mere stump speech
having no legislative effect whatever. IAp
plause on the Republican side.
Mr. Clymer took the foor, but yielde,
his remarks in the midst of impatien
shouts Of 'vote,vote" from the Democrati
side, Cox taunted the Republican sid
f with rot retreating N good order, bu
! that there was q route in their camp
Mr.. Price-I think we have advances
! considera bly,.
/ Mr. Cox Ito Mr.. PRICE, I did not as
: you, my reverend brother, to speak
f Laughter. would like to hear 70
Y on temperance or on the Moline wate
: power.
Q Mr.. Price-I presume that on the sui
ject Of temperance could benefit N
. friend considerably. Laughter
e Mr.. Cox-lf | could only infuse a lit
IS Of the old Bourbon element into my frier
n from Iowa he would be wiser and bettt
;. man. Laughter. am not myself
) favor OF this bill. As to $4,000 men
do not think we need SO large An arm
+ either for red mcn, black men or viii
e men. The other side Of the House kno1
t. that the army cannot be used now.
the solid South they are willing to give I
J. all they have said and retreat ingIorious
under the shield of the gallant soldi
from Ohio. He asserted they meant
,e carry the election il 1880 and wapted t,
troops, supervisors, etc, by force or frat
T. to strike down the right If citizens to vol
le He declared Garfold's talks as insince
lr as the talk Of mad man, 4 special Sc
n, sion was called TO brush away these obno
at ions provisions.
H. MI DdkCl' oi lQQidha eu nave
rs done it.
Mr.. Cox-We can't do it while you ha
i a fraud in the White House. [Sneers
ii the Republicans
he Mr.. Clymer made speech showing Il
os Mr.. Garfield had systematically tried
as excite the country and prejudice all kiI
Of men against the Democratic party,
on being hostile to the army and waiting
lis destroyit He was gratiied that G
fields reason had returned in the clos
as hours of this session, and that be now s
,v the President never had the power to
he troops for such purposes. Then why |
ID. bis whole party resisted the repeal Of
IN act of 1866, and extorted veto from
President? The Democrats had alw
be- been ready to vote. If the Presid
art hereafter did his duty an armed sole