Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-20
HOUSE.
Legislative Appropriation Ban.

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The Legislative Appropriation hill
was considered in Committee oi the
Whole. The point ul order made last
night against the amendment offered lay
Mr. Herbert, repeating the jurors test
oath and regulating the mode "l draw,
ing aud the paw ul jurors, Was over
ruled. Chairman blackburn deciding the
amendment M order
Nit IlcrhcrtS amendment Mas soon
Afterwards adopted hy u vote uI H.,
tu ~.
4 point at urdcr, made uu Nh south
aId's amendment, which rcpv.,ls the law
creating Supervisors ot vlrCtluuS, Mas
discussed and Ncrrulcd. la thv dls-
cu,siuu Mr.. Halo said lac would use
every parliamentary device Ia defeat It.
The amendment WAS then discussed,
Mr. Snuthad made au argument ia
advocacy ut the auvumcut. tie was
followed on the same side hy Mr Dur
hIm, who argued that all thv machn.
crv ui elections ought To- hr controlled
hy the State Governments, AMI not hv
the Federal GuyvrumCut
NIr Hale argued against the amend
mcut. uud wound up his speech hy SAY.
iuv. ia what hc called q sober aud waru.
Iup way, that this side uI the House
hrhcyrs sincerely that II thus body ut
law il struck from the statutes, the laws
at several States offered nu protection
To- the citizen when hv seek, tu cNvr-
else the right at suffrage that Il these
laws are repealed. the safeguard
at the voter IN u large purlluu ul the
uuiun il MrcuChrd from him, and hC I,
lett exposed tu his prosecutors. THIS
SIir has thus tar simply CuntCntCd ltorl
with ilS minority vote, and 81 Tar a. that
gurs has welded to the revolution ul the
Jury box aud repeal oi the test oath.
But 1t this thing Toe further insisted ON,
| want the grntlrucu uu the other SIdc
To- understand that We arr here IN the
hast DAYS ui this session, aud this meas
urr il sought tu hc projected ou au AZ
preparation Till, with hcllci that this side
willcuusrut tuit. Wchavc sat here night
and day aud have aided the other side
Ia pas, the appropriation hill After
the appropriation hill, last Monday, W.
voted almost sulllly tu suspend the
rules and pass the deficiency hill, So =,
tu avoid what no sane uan IN the
country wants au extra session. We
did the samr thing with tho hill max.
INK appropriations Tor pension arrears,
aud the river and harhor hill. Tres
passing wantuuN On our guud nature
and believing that there Is nothing here
hut yielding spirit, the other side at thc
House now seeks, at the expense at Rn
extra session, t. crowd this legislation
uu us. We cannot aud will not en-
duTr Il.
Mr.. Eden llas not Il majority tho
right tu pass 1T
Mr Fryc II YOU can.
Mir Bragg was surprised that the Er-
publican party, which hai just robbed
the Amurirau people uI thv fruits IT thv
ballot box, should stand up to-day amt
talk about iurthcring the Law to pre-
serve the purity ot thc election law,
which II Mas sought tu repeal. Instead
ut preserving the purity ul the ballot
huX II furnished uut ui the National
Treasury campaign mnd lot the other
party which might hu IA power tu cor
wpt the election.
Mr Chittendcu said he had voted tor
the repeal at the Iur"rN' test oath hc-
cause IL was absurd tu admit southern
men tu Congress aud exclude them iIuW
the Jury. tie warned thr other side,
however, that "a Sohd south would hv
met hy "a solid North Ii MAS ton
snau Ion the g,utlrmcu Who
had sarrihc,d their all, save honor,
to destroy the Union tlltcen years agn
lu appear uuw tp resume It's control
. that seemed tu the North au expression
, ui audaclty which could not hc tolerated.
! tie regarded the pending mcasuUas thc
i highest hluud"r that the Democratic
party could commit AZ lhiN particular
/ luu,lurr
Mr.. kimmvl argued ia iaNur ut tHr
amendment, aud cltrd recent events IA
, MarN land a. shown the evil ul the vI-
istlug legislation on the subject
Mir. fryc argUvd against the amcui-
mrnt. lie declared that It's object Mas
iur effect, not ia thr South, hu' IN the
I state ut New York Ia thC South, NOT
uith>laudlug the clcytiuu Laws, the l.,
i publican party had disappeared as tho
dcN bcioro the rising sun, The Svuti,
: would he snlid boz the Dcm"cratic ,uu-
I diiatr IN lN>O law ~ ~ law, Supcryis' 'T
I or no supervisor, United states Marshal
+ ur no Duitcd states Marshal
Mr. Garicld said hc hal not spokcn
/ uu the paints ut uuicr h,cauac hv lii
! uut rcgari the question a. one that Wa-
| being considered deliberately, a. Opii
, uaTily this Was hall ui dyiiitratiun
/ but now they we're Calle,i uU merely 90
/ register the tVijtt ui party caucus
7 under the rulc ui a person Nho MAS uu-
der upicn td deVide that the amcut.
mcnI rame IN under the rule.
This remark rausgSl an explosion Of
aul,r on the Democratic side, and
there NCre calls to upicr and a de
I mAnd that the ohnONious sentence bc
. r,duocd To- writing and real az the
clerk > desk, but Chairman blackburn
expressed the wish that no point oi
! orler should he made hut that he
| blackburn should he permitted to
respond. and that wish ~aS acceded 10.
Mr.. Garfield proceeded with his
speech, exhibiting in its delivery much
feeling and determination. lie said
The chair will perfectly understand tina;