The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-22

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Mr.. Voorhees, said that he this morning
saw the secretary of the treasury circulat-
ing in this chamber; if this cloak-roOm
and back-door influence was to pre-
vail, the sooner the bill of the sena-
tor from Ohio was passed, the better
The surreptitious way of coming in was be-
meath contempt. If member of the cabi-
net was not willing to take the full meas
ure of responsibility, let him keep aw ~,
they did not want him to come and go in
this manner. When he (Voorhees) was a
member of the house he saw the secretary
of the treasury, Fessenden, conversing
with members on public business, but
who left the hall when it was proposed
that he give to the house what he was
peddling over the floor. and now the SEN
ate should resent the offences of the secre-
tary of the treasury who sought to
excite back door influence. Yesterday
the senator had voted to apply the idle
money to the payment of pensions, and
to-day the soft, velvety step of the secreta-
ry was heard while he passed drumming
up recruits. Let not the senator from
Vermont jeer at the bill of the senator
from Ohio.
Mr.. Edmunds said the senator from
Indiana misunderstood him. he did not
jeer at the senator's bill. He had called
attention TO il as a measure of reform,
md suggested if it was as great as the
cnator thought it was, it should be put
anon this bill in order to secure its pass
age, and then the house should be told
that if it did not think that way, no ap-
preparations TO carry on the government
should be made until it was passed,
the wheel would revolve faster, if outside
you attach further reforms to il, so that
president and others could not fail to be
swept into the current.
Mr. VOORHEES, replied that there was not
single side to the bill but what called for
an appropriation of money to carry it out.
The democrats said to the republicans, if
you want to use the army to interfere with
elections, we do not want to appropriate
money for its support. If you say you
want the army to disarn at the polls, we
don't want to tax the people for that pur-
pose. nor do we want to tax the people for
supporting supervisors to act as spies and
detectives On honest voters. Mr.. Voorhees,
repeated the suggestion that Pendleton' s
bill should be attached to the appropria-
tion bill was jeer.
Mr. Edmunds said he agreed with the
senator in not wanting the army employed
10 prevent honest men from voting, but he
did not go with the senator in not using
the army when other measures had failed
to protect honest men and election officers
against frauds, assassIns and red-shirted
bands, who would again undertake to
overthrow the people at the polls.
Mr.. Voorhees-Who is to be judges
Mr. Edmunds-So far as my vote is
concerned, I am the judge.
Mr.. Voorhees,, $50 am ;" the senator in
timated that was in favor of free rights
at the polls. hope he will say that he
did not mean to say -.
Mr.. Edmunds, accept with due humil.
ity the rebuke of my friend from Indiana,
who intimated that we favored interfer.
ence at the polls at the point of bayonets.
Mr.. Ingalls, amendment was then re-
jected and Mr.. Beck's agreed to.
After the executive session the senate
adjourned.
Washington, Nav 15.-Mr Cockrell in
troduced a joint resolution authorizing
and requesting the president of the United
States to open a correspondence with the
republic of France, with n view and for
the purpose of negotiating proper treaty
of reciprocity and commerce with that
government on terms alike honorable and
just. Three commissioners are To be ap-
pointed on behalf of the United States,
preliminary to making such treaty, their
compensation to be fixed by the secretary
of state. Referred.
Mr. Farley introduced a bill for the re-
lief of John A. Sutter on account of lands
taken from and services rendered by him
to the United States.
Consideration was then resumed of the
Legislative, executive and judicial appro
priatIon bill.
Mr.. Beck explained the provisions of
the bill as it had been amended, stating
that the increase by the senate was $94, 500,
making the. entire sum 1854 600 Among
the amendments were 5000 for mints,
and $27 900 for the interior department..
In addition To the appropriations in the
bill for the purpose he suggested that re-
forms should be made. BY the reduction
of the number Of store keepers and gaugers
under the commissioner of internal reve-
nue. 10000 annually could be saved. He
thought hundreds of thousands of dollars
might also be saved by readjusting the
machinery of the custom department, as
in numerous cases the expenses of collect
ing the revenue far exceeded the receipts.
He hoped the committee ON appropriations
would consult with the proper committee
of the house, so that ut the next session
congress should have data on which to
act intelligently. He would prefer to have
reforms made now instead of waiting till
the democrats come into power which they
expected to do. r---
Mr.. Thurman said that they had before
them an appropriation bill for the support
of the legislative, executive and judicial
branches of the government. Nobody
said that the amount was sufficient, and
opposition had been made to the bill be-
cause Of proposition relating to trial by
jury and to elections.
Rather than agree to these the minority
say, in effect, that they will stop the ap-
preparations and defeat the bill. Scarcely
any word had been uttered by the minor
ity on the merits of this question. 1t was
said that these expressions had not the
proper place in the appropriation bill and
that they were dictated by the south, be-
cause the gentlemen, in their Imagination,
supposed there was huge conspiracy to
produce anarchy, as if the majority here
and the democratic people of the United
States have not as much interest in order,
peace and prosperity in the country, end
the popularity of the government, as any
men belonging to the republican or any
other party.
The most inflammatory, unfounded and
unjustifiable attempt had been made to
array one portion of people against the
other; thus favoring to make sectionalism
permanent Why don't these gentlemen
| point out the defects of the provisions if
they believe they exist. They were told
these provisions were inserted at the CON-
mand Of southern denominations but there
was not a mite Of truth in it. They were
not in the interest of southern men or OF
northern men particularly, but the inter
est OF all people of the country. The laws
which these provisions intended to repeal
were passed originally to oppress the peo-
pie the south and to disfranchise, imprIs-
on and persecute naturalized citizens ofthe
north. He proposed to speak on the
subject Of the constitution, if that instru-
ment may be remembered without irrev-
erence. He then argued that the trial by
jury was the shield of the people and u
safeguard to liberty. and that the laws pro-
posed TO be repealed were enacted in the
interest of the republican party, though
no Jeffries may hold his bloody assizes in
this country; yet i'm miner degree, if not
IN the full eytept if thoca annrn iticS