The daily gazette., 1879-04-22
SENATOR BAYARD ON THE AR
MY BILL.
Special to the New York World.

special to the New Urk world.
WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The debate
on the Army bill in the Senate was con
tinued to-day by Senators Bayard and
Maxey. Senator Bayard's speech was an
argument based upon English constitu-
tional aud common law, and was so full
Of force, interesting illustrations and
learning that it attracted even more al
tention than is usually given to Mr.. Bay
ard. In answer to the assertion that Re-
publican administrations have not abused
the power which the statute allowing the
use of the army to keep the peace at the
polls had given the Executive, he an
sweled that the Republican party was
continually violating the spirit of the
Constitution, which forbade officers to
use their position and patronage in aid ol
their political party. He looked over at
Mr. Chandler, who sat opposite to him.
and spoke with great force of ths part
that gentleman took when Cabinet of.
ficer In the campaign Of 1873.
Mr.. Chandl-r's manner and face indi-
Gated ths' he did not like the aluson
especially when Mr.. Bayard spoke of his
action as corrupt use of power against
which the fathers attempted to make a
safeguard not only in the Federal Con-
sti ution but in the charter of every
colony and the constitution of every
State. A very decid d impression was
made by letter which MI. Geo. Tickuor
Curtis had written to Mr.. Bayard, and
which the Senator read. In this letter 1t
was asserted that had the trainers of the
Constitution apprehended that the clause
giving Congress the powerto regulate the
manner of holding Congressional cleo
tions would ever be construed to warrant
such a use of the army as the Republi-
cans are now contending for, it never
would have formed part of the funda-
mental law of the country. Mr.. Bay ard
was very happy in answering Mr.. Bla ne's
chaliange to name time since the war
when troops were used at the polls. He
read the orders from headquarters direct
ing the massing of troops in New York
In anticipation of the election of 1870
and the report showing the disposition OF
the different squads in the neighborhood
of voting places.
Mr.. Blaine was completely astonished
and could only answer by ailuding to
the use of United States marine at WASH
ington municipal election in 1857, an al
lusion which Mr.. Bayard dismissed by
laying it had nothing to do wi h his an
swer to Blaine's challenge, but that
whether pertinent or not he would say
that every attack on the liberties of the
people, by wbomsoever made, woald al
ways meet with his (Bayard's) condem-
nation. Mr.. Blaine stood with the daz-
ed air which he always wears when an
opponent rises above him and answers
him In nOn-partisan spirit, but recol-
lecting that Mr.. Bayard had said some
thing about his lack of wisdom lie re-
marked that he would take care of that.
Upon thisAlr. .Bayard told him that he had
intention of repairing any such lack for
him, and the MaineSenator took his seat in
confusion. Mr.. Bayard's speech closed
with an eloquent defense Of the South
ern Senators against them the attacks
upon them by Messrs. Logan and Dawes,
and the reading of General w. F. Bart
let's Lexington speech which Mr.. Bay
ard incorporated in his peroration was
received by the floor and galleries with
applause.