National Republican., 1879-04-03

that gentleman talked about revolutonists his
malediction would fall on the heads OF wilson
and Summer and other Republican leaders In the
To como down to later precedents, he (Mr, Town.
shend) found that in 1872 the very laws which 1t
b sSf nd be the SsSe Gentleman ssea @ Ohio
IMr Garfeld) had arrogantly stated that was feyo
lutl0nary for the minority to oppose the will OF the
majority. In 1872 that gentleman had blown not,
in 1879, cold. Had such inconsistency ever been
seen In Congress The trouble was that that gen
leman had been In the majority for eighteen years
and IL was bitter pill for him to swallow to be i'll
the minority, aud he regarded II rs treason that
his party should be placed out of power. That was
sbem Senon S fSe a. e ee
ton In Chicago yesterday the question OF the re-
peal of this law had been made an ISSUE and, Tor
the first time In twenty years. Democrat had been
elected mayor Of Chicago on this revolutionary
issue.
Mr.. wEAvEE. He was greenback man.
In conclusion. Mr.. TowNsHEND said that he be.
lieyed, with Cardinal Richlieu, Take away the
sword States can be saved without IT,
Mr. LouSsBERY spoke In favor OF the repeal OF
the law permitting the use of troops at the polls IL
the President yielded TO the desires Of his party
friends and vetoed the bill the people would assert
their Will, not by revolution, but by volume OF
expression atthe pollswhch would rendered.
tir. CALKiss promised his speech by remerking
that to rule 100, which allowed general Legislation
upon appropriation bills, the country was indebted
for the extra session and for the present debate AS
Republican, and looking at the mere question OF
seeon the iii Yi wss Sse Or no. as an depend
ent measure. but he did object to the manner in
which II was proposed TO- pass L. But. speaking
Tor himself alone he took the position that in every
case where State refused. or failed, or neglected
10 fully protect the citizen II was the right Of that
citizen TO call on the Government for protection.
He did not know what the President would do in
regard 10 the bill. Nobody knew; for II there was
anything the President was celebrated for Il was
for keeping his own Sounses No % man , could hnd id
know--that If the bill were vetoed the country
would find out in short time that, IT contraction
had taken m place before wonia Ge S mup,ea poy oy
would continue to dow into the Treasury and none
could be paid out
by Mr.. Garfield Saturday, inquired where that gen.
ueman had obtained his authority to threaten the
majority. He may have obtained " from the Re-
publican caucus. but where had the caucus OBJ
Had the President authorized the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. Garfield) to make that threat? lie
tNr. Herbert) knew President Hayes, aud did not
bslicve that he would so far outstep the limits of
official propriey and duty as to lend himself TO be
used IN any such manner He was not surprised pd "a
make this sectional issue. They ran away from
The point, Haunting the red flag, hoping that the
Democratic Party would 4 foilow @ & Ike +, MAD 40 pI,s
question, ""Shail United States troops be used at
the pollsT' lie reminded his Republican friends
that as much as they might regret It, the war was
over, and secession was dead.
Mr.. PMIsrER spoke in favor Of the proposed re-
peal. The Democrats were willing TO meet the OPP
ponents on that ISSUE Tho contest on the one side
would be for fair and free elections; on the other
for elections controlled by the bayonet.
Mr.. BucKNER spoke in the same vein and denied
that II was revolutionary for the Democrats to- re-
peal laws by the same method In which they had
been enacted The charge made by the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr Gnrteld) that the Democracy was
about to the of 1861 he characterized
as political claptrap. There was no basis for the
hue and cry Of revolution. He deprecated the at
tempt which the gentleman from Ohio had made
TO coercc the President into a veto.
Mr.. WHITE said that he knew nothing about what
would occur II the bill should pass In its present
shape. He had not the confidential car OF the Ex-
ecutive, and did not know whether II would be
vetoed not; but that the President had the con-
stitutonal right TO veto 1t, nobody could question.
He gave history of the passage Of the act which II
was now proposed to repeal and called attention to
the fact that Senator Powell voted for the bill.
He denied that his side of the House was in favor
Of force at the polls II only desired that the c-
zen should be protected In his right to cast his
ballot He quoted Abraham Lincoln as stating the
necessity occasionly of United States troops being
present at the polls.
The gentlemen who had spoken yesterday had
seen fit TO charge the Republican party with usurp.
alton and despotism; and vel it was expected that
that party should take the lecture aud spoon.feed
the other side Of the House. He denied the parla
mentary prOpriely of gentlemen indulging In such
recrimination. He pointed with pride to the glor-
GUS achievements of the Republican party IN the
past and concluded by saying that he felt himself
bound to resist In every constitutional way the pro-
| posed legislation.
The committee then rose and the House, at AS.
adjourned.