The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-05-02
SENATOR Combines SPEECH.

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SENATOR Combines SPEECH.
A Withering Exposition Of the Revolution.
arg and Treasonable Designs Of the Dem.
ocrats in Congress.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-After the morn.
Ing in the S
speech, the door and gallery being crowded
Mr.. Conkling began bis remarks by saying
na st ts! ses paid into the treasury was
Ss4,S3l ,l61. OF this sum, $3.50. 600 coo and a
fraction were collected under the tariff laws
100000 and q fraction on American pro.
auctions. OF this total-s2S5, O00, 200 In round
numbers-the q States VINO adhered to the
tssSns cas fse gsases Aa
bama. Arkansas. Georgia, Fiorida, louisiana,
Mississippi. North Carolina. South Carolina,
States paid SIS, a.. iss. Of this sum more than
$500 900 came from the tobacco Of Virginia.
Deducting the latter sum from the former.
sum was collected under law. The Constitu.
ton requires all bills for raising revenue TO
originate in the House of Representatives.
approved and siiirmed by succeeded houses,
and the last two houses were ruled
over by a Democratic Speaker. The bills
and passed by a Democratic majority. Both
houses are now Democratic, and we hear of
no purpose to repeal or suspend the existing
tinne to operate and take the tribute OF the
people. If the sum stated is to be less than 1t
was last year It will be only because the to-
nue. is paid for three uses. It is supplied in a
time of great depression and distress to paw
the debt in which we have been involved by
snd Orphans and p 81 cr rh made BY the re-
bellon, and to maintain the Government
preserved at an expense not to be estimated
then forbid the use for which the people paid
II, would indeed be perfdious and abomina-
BILE. There was only one mode in which 1t
ton by law. The Constitution SO ordains.
The Constitution permits no discretion to
majority or to Congress whether 1t make
ton, however, does commit to Congress the
discretion to ascertain how much money is
needed, but that done, the command to aD-
mand to make the approximation is plain and
peremptory. and q refusal to do so Is
REVOLUTIONARY AND REASONABLE.
Mr.. Conkling, in the course of his speech,
said the effect of this bill is TO prevent the
suppression of any violence by any armed
men acting under national authority, upon
election day. In New York every thug, shoul
der hitter, carrier of dirk or bowie knife;
every graduate of t-pits. bucket shops and
slums, the nurseries of what Is nowadays
called Democracy, and every man from
Kings Bridge to the Battery is advised before
hand that no enormity of his will be checked
by law or officers of the Government. tSen-
satfon. Another bill, to be brought forward,
provides that even If the elections are turned
into bloody burlesQues, national authority
must keep away. though White .leagures may
take an active part, armed, perhaps, with
muskets furnished by the Government. If
there ever was time when such law would
be safe, that time is not now.
They had been told that If the President re-
fused to accept these bills with all theft po-
n 0vrdv- Snld 90 0SS.y-sfS
they will vacate their seats and leave the
Government moneyless. If the majority
should make such an attempt he Conkling)
hoped and trusted they would be called back
as soon as need be, until they relinquished
their
INDUSTRIOUS PRETENsION,
and abandoned their reasonable position.
The Army bill was not the same bill in some
OF its features that was presented as the ulti-
matum OF the Democratic party few days
ago. The pending bill condemned its prede-
cessor. 1t had been found that the bill need
ed alteration. 1t did need It badly. The bill
OF the last session lacked q proviso. A pro-
yiso now came to save the right of the Presi-
dent to aid State in the contingency con
templateu by the Constitution. Without this
proviso, as the bill was previously, it would
punish the President and General of the
Army and Others whom 1t might concern for
obeyfng the Constitution of the United States
and two acts OF Congress, one of which was |
signed BY George Washington. Shorn of its
absurdify, the bill became q law, it would |
be the first statute of the kind found on the |
statute books of the United States. A cent |
ury. with all its action and party strife and |
Presidential dfscOrd and wisdom and folly, |
with all its patriotism and treason, had new |
er yet produced maj 'rity who believed |
tnat such statute was fit to be enacted.
THE CONSTITUTION
for calling forth the militia to execute tine
laws OF the Union. Speaking to lawyers he |
wished to emphasize the word execute"
ed the Of Mr. GcnEifnU %
friend from Kansas Qngalls) to read for him
the section of the Revised Statutes passed in
stitutionsl provision. [While this was being
done he took his seat for q moment. Cen
Sherman came in, was greeted by ConklinR
Mr. Cookin ms resnmed IS Sis OF me
gument to show The authority of the United
states to use troops to preserve the peace.
not contain any authority for a single soldier
or armed man to appear at the polls. Its
provisions were directed to the use of troops
The power Of the President in this matter
rested in the Constitution and act OF l7a5,
an until 1876 this had been deemed suffi-
cie0 authority.
Mr.. Conkiipg went on to analyze provisions
of law to support his assertion that under
the law troops could no more act without
definite authority than Sheriff could hang
a cuIprit without q warrant of law. 1t also
provided for the very subordination of the
military to the civil power, now so earnestly
II also provinces LQ6t trOODS shall |
not be used save when necessary.
Mr.. Conkling referred to the Democratic
frauds by false naturalization papers in New
e ork elections. In some districts he said the
number of men, women, children, horses,
logs and cats in the district. Laughter
stration was but small part Of the frreg1-
arity on that election. The election of 1870
vas the first in which the national election
aw was enforced and bloodsbed was feared.
Nl0 terrible scenes Of rha draft rinto |
resh in the minds of all Fearing a repeti- |
ion of them, good citizens asked the Presi- |
lent for protection; and, in spite of the i'm |
precautions and threats of the Democracy, 8
GRANT PROTECTED THEM.
That election was orderly, and when New
fOrkefs next have occasion to show their ap- |
,reciation of Grants services his action in |
SO touching this matter will not be hidden ,
way by those who espoused him wisely.
Applause.l If this bill becomes a law, Su-
'ervisors OF Election will be merely lockers
IN. unable to deter bullies from intimidating !
-oters. Many men have been prosecuted and
under this law. The courts uphold I,
IS constitutionality. But the theory Of nm ,
has been abandoned. The ,
Democratic Caucus itself has acknowledged
he wortblessness of that theory. We were
old it G st money to carry out this law. Ger; :
undreds of millions to preserve its Consti- 8
utfon would not stick at the payment of =
s.0. 900 to preserve free elections; tApplause.l
tition of the applause would lead to clear
ng of galleries.
Mr.. Conkling said the remarks of the pre- =
iding officer led him to remember to say
that the gentlemen would be in 3
crested in-that the money squandered use !
essly in the last River and Harbor Appropri- q
ion bill alone, or even in, crest on it, would
nforce the election laws to the end of time. \
ct the
RUFFIANIsN AT THE POLLS I
. the interest of either party cease and there c
Tould be no need of further expenses in exc 4
utfng the election laws. Mr.. President" !:
aid Mr.. Conkling, has the present Execu Il