New-York tribune., 1879-05-10
him to decide whether Senators had been elected
by fraud and violence, and that the Senator from
Michigan was not ont of order.
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my belief that those seats were obtained by fraud
ana violence That is what INTENDED 70 say ANA aTose s
to say TO the gentlemen on the other side you nave
short The people of the North have taken this question
in hand and from the Atlantic 10 the Paclhc,
from end OF this land to the other, ihe
people aroused, and they alarmed at the action
that has been aiken in this Senate chamber and IN me
gentlemen on the other side of the chamber that Meme,
meme tekel upharsn is written all over your brow.
The bill was put upon its final passage immedi-
ately on the conclusion of Mr.. Chambers speech.
1t was carried by strict party vote OF 80 10 %3
THE PROSPECT OF A SECOND VETO.
BELIEF NOW PREVALENT IN WASHINGTON THAT
THE SECOND CAUCUS BILL WILL FAIL AS DID
THE FIRsT-THE EFFECT OF Mr.. EDMUNDSs
BILL
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, May ct goes without saying that
the President has not told any one whether he Will
approve or veto the military interference bill. Inc
most that he has done Is to discuss It's provisions
with those who have called upon him, and to give
tine bill such careful study as will enable nm 10 act
intelgently upon it when he receives II.
From this conversation it is learned that his esti-
mate of the bill has changed some since II first
came out of the Democratic caucus. Before he had
seen the text of the BILL the President said to sew
eral friends that if the Democratic bill should
simply forbid the use OF troops at the polls he could
sec no reason why 1t should not become law.
After the bill was printed and the President began
n careful examination of it in connection
with ITS effect on existing laws and the Consttu-
tion of the United States it is understood that he
very soon came to the conclusion that the charac-
fer Of the measure was not fairly represented oy It's
t,tle and that while it was Ostensibly bill to pre-
vent military interference at elections it was in
fact a bill which would tend to cripple the
Fxecutive in the exercise Of his COnstitu-
tional power in many directions, and lay
restraints upon him in the execution OF the laws.
1t had been known that the Democrats carefully
studied the Presidents veto message in ther prepa-
ration of this bil and it was this fact, perhaps,
! that led the Presidents friends to think that lie
vond not hesitate to sign it, But the study of the
Democrats seems to have borne result only III the
! title Of their bill. which, as Senator Edmunds IN
| his remarkable exposition of the measure and lts
purposes to-day showed. lays the axe at the very
root of Executive power.
When the debate began in the Senate this morn
| ing. il was well understood among the Presidents
friends that his final conclusion as to his duty with
regard to the bill would be determined in great
measure by the light he might receive as TO the eff
| feet of the bill from Senator Edmunds, for whose
opinions upon legal questions the President has the
! greatest respect. 1t was noticed that Secretary
Evarts, notwithstanding that it was the regular
dav for the Cabinet meeting sat in the diplomatic
! gallery more than three hours while Senator "a,
munds spoke, and seemed to be an absorbed
| listener.
II is also noticed that Democratic Senators TO,
| night who have believed that the President would
approve the bill say that they now incline to the
| opinion that he will veto it. This change III the
Democratic view undoubtedly arises from a convic-
ton, which is not avowed. of the great weight of
Senator Edmundss argument. IL is known that
the President has broad views of the Constitutional
prpT Executive, "a
observer of the attempted encroachments OF
State Sovereignty, and many, OF bis friends
think tonight that he will not give his
approval to bill which, as'Senators Edmunds and
Blaine put it to-day is only another stepping stone
for the restored dogma of state rights the ultimate
tablish the doctrine of nullfcatiOn.
Representative Robeson, whose speeches had
ceat weight with the President IN the framing OF
his last veto message says tonight with confidence
that he does not believe that the President VIII APP
M The hill