National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-25


Mr. LOGAN gave notice that he would hereafter |
submit some remarks upon that section of the
pending bill relating to promotion in the army. |
"A discussion arose upon the time TO be liked ior |
closing the debate on the sixth section. II was |
finally agreed that vote on the section and pend
ing amendment should be taken Mt three p. III. to. |
morrow. and with that UNDERSTANDING at six p. M,
the Senate adjourned, Mr.. Paddock being entitled |
to the hoor tomorrow on his amendment |
HOUSE or REPREs ENTATIvES.
The House met at ten o'clock, in continuance |
OF Wednesdays session, and Immediately WENT into |
committee on the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr. SCALES supported the proposed repeal, on the |
ground that the laws ns they now stood were UNI |
constitutional and dangerous to the liberties Of the
people.
Mr.. COBB argued that there was no constitutional
power upon which the election laws could rest.
Mr.. GILLETTE said that he did not consider that
there was any pressing necessity for placing the
proposed legislation OH appropriation bills and he
should therefore vote to strike it OUT but If it was
retained he would vote for the passage of the bill
not with view, however, of forcing Executive up.
prevail Abiding to Republican rule in Louisiana,
he said that according to what he heard he thought
that Hell must be better governed than Louisiana.
At this point the committee rose the session
of Wednesday closed and that of Thursday began.
Mr.. KELLEY said that he had been absent from the
House yesterday on leave and had only.lenrned this
morning that the gentleman from New York tMr.
| f. Wood had offered a resolution requesting the
| President to consider the eXpediency of entering
| into convention with the government OF France
| for the negotiation OF treaty between the two
countries. That resolution had been adopted, and
| the motion to reconsider laid upon the table. 1t
| seemed to him that that action was nconsderate
because 1t invited the Executive TO assume the high
peIogatye Of regulating the tariff, and ho wished
| 10 know II he could make motion 70 reconsider
| the vote by which the motion 10 reconsider was
| laid upon the table.
Tho Speaker replied that It vans ct In order.
The Speaker appointed Mr.. Reagan and Mr.,
Price as directors Of the Columbia Hospital
| The House then lat 1920 went into Committee of
the Whole tMr. Blackburn in the CHAIR on the lcgs.
| lative appropriation BILL
Mr.. JOYCE said that he had heard in this debate
about the Constitution and lecture the Republican
party about the freedom of elections. He had seen
the whole country rise up and howl about soldiers
| at the polls, when bands of armed men in the
South took possession of the balotbox, stuffed 1t
with tissue ballots, and killed men who would not
vote the Democratic ticket. DeliCacy should be
| laid aside and the men of the North should resent
| the insult and again bid defiance to treason and
modified rebellion, The people of the North had
no further concessions 10 make, but were deter
mined that the great principle settled by the war
should be preserved and enforced nj all hazards and
their breasts to the bayonet Mere ready in 1879 to
again stand in the breach and protect the Constltu
ton from the treason of those who We're now seek
| ing to dcstroy the Government under form of law
| Mr.. O'NEILL denied that in the execution of the
election laws in Philadelphia a single, Democrat
who had the right TO vote had been deprived of
that right During the last ten years violence at
elections in Philadelphia had almost entirely dis
Ali dinicnltics and troubles which had arisen in
Philadelphia on election days had been brought
about by the violence of the Democrats; When the
city had been under Democratic rule hundreds of
Republicans were deprived of their right TO vote,
and there had been noremedy. Extracts had been
read from the testimony taken by the Wallace
committee to show that Democrats had been forced
from the polls, but the cross examnaton had not
been read and If that committee over had the man
hood TO return TO Philadelphia II would have be-
fore IL witnesses who would testify to the respecta-
bility of the deputy marshals who had been up
pointed In that city.
Since the administration of the present mayor
there Ind not been murder in Philadelphia on
election lays The election in 1875 had been with
ont any disturbance, and It's result had been acqui.
eSced IN by everybody.
MIR. RANpALL asked why, in view of the fact that
tho railroad riots OF 1877 had been queledby Mayor
mNlshals had been brought into Philadelphia at an
election which gave promise of being conducted,
and which was conducted, as peacefully as pos
Mr.. o'NEIL admitted that Mayor stokley had
qucllcd the riot with 1000 Republican policemen,
, without the aid OF United States marshals; but
, troops had been sent to Philadelphia.
Mr. RASDALI. ] nsk tho gentlemen whether he
believes in view Of experience and the p9wer, Of
. bringing $50 deputy marshals into Philadelphia?
Mr.. O'NEILL. Some of them We're appointed at
7 had been appointed at the request of Democrats.
> Mr.. DUNNELL argued as to the constitutional
power and duty of The President to veto measure
Of which he did not approve.
| Mr.. THOMAS TURNER made q speech In defense of
Q the Democratic side OF the question.
D Mr.. DE la MATYR Obtained the floor flor the re-
mainder of Mr.. Turner's hour and concluded the
speech which he had commenced in the morning
session charging that legislation since the war had
! been altogether i'll the interest OF the wealthy
classes and to the prejudice of the poor classes
whose slavery, he said was, far more intol.
1 South before the war. There were ominous indi-
cations he said, that efforts in the direction of en-
e Shaving, the people had been carried to the very
. verge Of the line of safety. 1t was the purpose OF
. the NalouOl party to avert the danger.
n Mr. HAzLEroN denounced the Grcenback Repre-.
y scntatives for the "fol'de-rop in which they had
been INDUCING, lie said that they appeared 10
# him to be prepared 10 stab the national credit and
. honor, and that their speeches were like the chat
a tcrng of some maudlln individual ut n funeral
one Of them Mr. Gilcttc) had told the House that
. the, country was going to the dog, because two
/ said, that what was needed was not the issue Of
. more greenbacks but Of less hciiers. Laughter.
He then proceeded 10 argue In favor oTthe consti
q tutonal power of the Government to use the army
n IL necessary at the polls
r In South Carolina, as testimony taken by Sen.
ate committee showed, forty American citizens had
n been murdered during the Inst election. Was that
i the condition In which the ballot.boX was TO be
y honest-the condition in which the citizen dare
exercise his will as he desired TO exercise It? In
i the city ofNew York, in some of the districts, the
5 ballot.boX was put into the hands OF thugs shout
L ruled supreme and held the socptre of power.
Mr. DEuSTER Inquired II the men who had been
arrested In New York by Davenport belonged to the
class to which his colleague referred.
Mr. HAZLEroN replied that he had no doubt some
}. Of them did.
r A controversy then arose between Messrs. Deus
| ter and llazeton, the former denOunCng and tho
' latter defending the action of Mr., Davenport il
New York.
Is MIR. BRAGG said that the attempt of tho Repub
/. llCan party 10 arouse feeling Of alarm IN tho
4 North had failed The people of tho North knew
!. that the men OF the SOUTH who had been brave
q enough TO fight the battle when they had laid down
their arms, had laid them down as brave mer
!. always did, accepting the consequence of theil
= defeat, When the boys In blue and the boys IN
"a gray had Rnet together ut the feet of the Goddess
ii of liberty the boys in blue had stood sponsor fol
Il the boys In gray as they would always stand
,f against any party set of men who attempted L
- Dreai down the bulwarks of ciYil liberty Zap
I. nlRusc on the Democratic side
The attempt Of the Republican party was TO stlitel
the backbone of the President and force him L
starve the army to death. IL would be fitting closI
~ to the Republican power in the executive branch
a of the Government for their President to slgnaiZt
M his last term by attempting to defeat the viii Of the
people for the purpose of doing the Will Of his party
y The result of the adrolt knayery Of that party wal
to cheat the ballotbOx of the fruits Of us victory
d about the purity of elections
N The hour of h0lfpast four having arrived, TIT
NJ committee rose.
d On motion of Mr., sTEPHESs, the time for the ter
minOll0n Of the debate was fixed nj i've o'clock to
|. morrow instead OF two o'clock, as previously or
deredi AID the House then took recess until half
Il past seYeI,
d EVENING SESSION.
1t When the House went into Committee of tht
II Whole after the recess there We're about half
u dozen members present