The daily gazette., 1879-07-05

WHAT CONGRESS VOTED TO PAY
HAYES MARsHALs AND WHAT 1T RE-
FUSED To VorE.-As the Republican
press has endeavored to falsify the re-
cord, and make il appear that there was
not money voted to run the u. S. Courts,
it is necessary TO furnish the facts In the
case. We have these at hand in the
Congressional Record, and will give
them as briefly as possible, summed up
in rejoinder to Senator Window, by
Senator Hereford. lie said:
ssWhat have we done? We have pass
ed bill making provision for the sala-
ries OF all the Judges. That has been
signed, and it is law. Again, In an
other bill we have provided appropria-
lions to pay the district attorneys and
their assistants $500, 600; clerks, $780,
600; fees OF United States commission
ers, $4,000; fees of jurors, $400, 900 ;
fees of witnesses, $3.50, 900; for the sup
port OF United States prisoners, $193, 900;
for the rent of United States court-rooms,
$4,000; and then we go further and
provide for the expenses of bailifis,
| >,
watchmen, janitors, cleaners, swcepers,
extra meals for grand Jurors, the trans
portation of prisoners, removing OF re-
cords, saIaried officers Of the Govern
ment summoned as witnesses, &c, a nd
so on, going down to the minutest de-
tail. We have made all these provisions,
and it is now a law, and yet we in ad-
dition passed bill TO pay the fees OF
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ties.
In addition to that, we passed bill
appropriating 100000 for the fees OF
the marshals, but the President said te
them, ''Y ou shall not have that money
He said to the marshals, "iou shall moi
have that money, because Congress de
clared in the bill that no part of i
should be used for the pay Of politca
marshals in arresting people at The
polls on election day" That is the Is
sue; that is the only issue; that is tn
sole issue upon which we go to the peo
pie.
cannot comprehend where thi
$600,OO0 is to go anyway, because W
only have forty-nine United States mar
shals, and the law says their salarie
shall not be over $4,000 which would b.
less than $30O,0O0 In the States, th
: sherifis in criminal cases perform thei
f duty without being paid in advance
they render their accounts, and, whel
, approved, they are paid. That is al
the marshals will have TO do in this case
Let them perform their duties and al
+ legitimate fees will be paid.
q The simple, naked issue, then, Is this
We have made provision, We have pass
ed bill, and it is law, to pay the saia
r res of all the judges, district attorney:
/ the clerks, the jurors, the witness fee'
rents, fuel, lights, everything of tn
: kind is provided for, and that is to-day
II law, having received the signature of tn
h President. We appropriated 100000
= for the marshals, for their fees, and onl
coupled with it restriction that TIL
V money tins appropriated by us shoul
= not be used by the Attorney General, I
m the Administration, To. pay polite;
lnarshals on the day of election to ARE
the freemen offering to vote. That
lS the simple issue. The Presi dent said
he should be used for that. lie said, g
IS you do not give me the money witho
"A that restriction you shall not have 1t
- all" He vetoed the bill. That is u
D. issue upon which we go before the pc
y pie, and we go before them confident
at being triumphantly sustained by
-, people in all countries who are i'll faH
~ of liberty and free elections.