Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-18
THE VEToES ANSWERED.
The Harrisburg Patriot, in alluding
IN hia last snaech sava.

The Harrisburg Patriot, in alluding
to his last speech, says
"Mr. Wallace moved TO amend by
inserting all that part of the late leg.
islaiivo appropriation bill, which is
known rs the political clause. Mr.
Wallace spoke to this amendment. He
quoted from Hayes veto message sent
to the House. Hayes, he said, had
spoken of national elections. lie
would take issue with the Executive
on that term. There was no such
thing as a national election. He thon
read from he Teeords 0fiso early Sen.
crosses TO define the character OF the
Congressional elections and also to
show IN what adherence military in
reference with such elections was held
at that period. He read the bill OF 1900
which passed the House but which
was defeated in the Senate. This bill
was TO permit military interference at
elections. The men who defeated II
were the Federalists of the John Ad.
ans school and in that same year they
went out of power. History repeats
itself. The Republican party of to-
dav continues 10 assert the principles
of centralism as their predecessors did
eighty wears ago. They continue to
override liberty. prescribed foreigners
and set up despotism. Mr.. Hayes
Ind the stalwarts of his party are for.
gett,ng that the States were in the
beginning invested with certain au.
tboritv and RIGHTS which were never
delegated TO anv central government
This stalwart doctrine is fully as dan.
oeroos as ia opnosite the doctrine Of
secession. Mr.. Wallace read a large
number of extracts from the lending
statesmen of the period of the adoption
of the Constitution TO show what the
prevailing views were at that time in
regard to respectiye mowers of the
States and the Federal government.
The States existed lono before the Fed.
e,al government. and il was never
CONTEMPLATED that the latter could
usurp the preroratiyes OF the former.
No one had dreamed that such an
usurpation was possiblo until recently.
The election laws now on the statute
book constitute plain and unwarrant.
ed usurpation of State rights and il
was a,,ainst these laws that the pres.
ent bill was lcyoled. The Federal gov.
ernment itself was based upon the
States, and its existence is DESTROYED
when they are DESTROYED. Why. the
qualifications of electors. as described
in the Constitution, are conferred by
the States or the people of the States.
The States are above all and behind
all. and IN them resides all mower. and
Federal authority is only what the
States voluntarily confer upon tho
general government. Mr.. Wallace do.
voted a good deal of time TO discus.
sion of what constitutes voter in the
different States. If, said he. as the
President three times assumes in his
message, there are such things as ma.
tional elections. then they lack an i'm.
portant Ingredient. namely. A national
voter. for there is no such thing. The
Senator from Ohio, (Mr. Thurman)
had, in his speech OF last week made
a valuable contribution to political his.
tory in saving that the existing cleo.
ton laws effect Northern more than
Southern cities. In nineteen Northern
States there are sixty-four cities of
more than 10000 population each or
with total of about Z 500 900 which
are made subject to the infamous rule
of these supervisors OF elections and
Deputy Marshals. Ten Southern cities,
representing population of 539 900
are similarly affected. IL is thus seen
that the North suffers far more than
the South in this respect. Mr. Wal.
lace read from the testimony taken nv
the Cox committee in the case of the
| New York elections and from the tes.
timony taken by the Wallace commit.
tee in the case of the Pb,ladelpbia
elections, In which the number char.
actcr and duties of Deputy MarshaIs
employed were set forth in tho Ian,
guaee Of the witnesses examined He
also quoted from the testimony In re.
gard 10 the conduct of Deputy Marsh.
ais in st. Louis, Little Rock and New
Orleans. He introduced extracts from
a large number of speeches which
have already been made in the Senate