Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-06-26

House then took up the Senate bill relating
to juries, but the Republican members, who
maintained that it should not be acted upon
until the judicial expenses bill had been dis
posed of, resorted to fllisbustering, and after
two hours struggle an attempt to get a
vote on it was abandoned, and the House
adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, the Mississippi
river Improvement commission bill was passed
with amendments providing that the COM
mission shall consist of seven members-three
from the engineer corps, one from the coast
and geodetic survey, and three from civil life,
two of the latter to be civil engineers. Chan
dler, Platt, Morrill, and Salisbury were the
only Senators who voted nay. The army ap-
preparation bill was taken up, the pending
question being on Blaine's amendment pro-
hibiting all carrying of arms to the polls at
Congressional elections. Beck resumed the
reading of documents to show that there was
military interference at the polls in Ken
lucky in 1865, and went on to denounce the
laws under which such outrages were posi-
bic. A long, desultory and unimportant de-
bate followed, in which subjects were discuss
ed as remote from the pending bill, as South
ern school books, the behavior of Indiana
troops in the Mexican war, and the attitude
of New England with reference to the ad-
mission of Texas. The Republicans absent
ed themselves all of the day in order to pre-.
vent quorum.
In the House, the bill preventing political
assessments went over without action. Nc.
Mahon, from the appropriations committee,
reported back the judicial expenses bill with
the Senate amendments. On his motion
amendments and (verbaD were concurred
in, and amendments No. l, excepting from
the provisions of the bill section 1892 of the
Revised Statutes, was non-concsrred it. At
kins, of Tennessee, submitted the conference
report on the legislative bill, which was
agreed to. A debate ensued on the bill re-
ported by Stephens, from the coinage COM
mittee, Morton, of New York, making long
speech in opposition thereto. Fort, Of IL
linois, the original introducer Of the bill,
spoke in favor of it.
On the 18th, the Senate remained in session
until 2 o'clock next morning, the Republi-
cans having resorted to parliamentary tactics
in order to prevent action on the army bill.
During the session a spat occurred between
Lamar and Conkling, an account of which is
given in another column.
In the House, Mcmahon, of Ohio, submit
ted conference report upon the judicial ex,
penses bill. Under the report, section 2 OF
the bill will prohibit the making of any con,
tract or the incurment Of any liability under
any of the provisions of title 26 of the Re-
vised Statutes authorizing the appointment or
payment of general or special deputy mar
shals for service in connection with elections,
or on election day.] Monroe of Ohio, one of
the conferees on the part of the House, ex'
planned the reason Of his opposition to the re-
port, and, in answer to Cox, expressed his in
tention to vote against it, Cox himself intima'
ting that he would do the same, but for diff
ferent reason. Garfield then made strong
speech, laying down the Republican policy
on the question, arguing that the bill was
a notification of the law; that it placed the
President in an attitude where he must either
observe his oath and execute the laws, and
thereby subject himself to impeachment, or
must violate his oath and his conscience.
No President would allow himself to be put
in such an attitude, and, therefore" he said,
in conclusion, farewell to all prospects OF
home. We stay" This declaration was
greeted with applause on the Republican
side. Springer replied to Garfield, and de-
clared that if the President altered this bill,
he put himself in an attitude of defying the
majority to do what was wrong. They would
not do it-never. [Jeering remarks on the
Republican side of "what, never"] McMa'
hon sustained the report against the argument
of Garfield, and provoked the derisive jeers
of the Republicans by an allusion to the
President as "His Fraudulency." The dis
cussson was closed by the speech from Nc
Mahon, after which the vote was taken and
the conference report adopted by strict
party vote of 1O5 to 70. The House then
took up the bill to provide for the exchange
of trade dollars for legal tender silver dol
lars, and after speeches by Cox and Stephens
adopted an amendment providing that the
trade dollars recoined under this act shall not
be counted as a part Of the coinage OF silver
authorized by the act of February %, 1873
The bill was then passed without division and
the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 2Oth, Wallace rose to
privileged question and presented the re-
port of the conference committee on the ju'
dicial expenses bill and asked its present con-
sideration. Conkling said he did not know
how far the committee had confined them
selves to adjusting the disagreeing vote, and
objected to considering the report in view OF
the understanding on the army bill. If an
other misunderstanding arose by reason OF
the crowding out of debate, the Republicans
would not be to blame. After an animated
discussion, Wallace withdrew the report and
Carpenter proceeded to speak on the army
bill. He argued that the fifth section Of the
present bill would prevent the President from
using troops at the polls even when called for
by States, since the army, if used at all, must
necessarily be used as a police force. He
also criticised the language of this section as
ambiguous and indefinite, and denied that