Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-10
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Brigadiers Backing Down
Handsomely.
The Legislative Bill, Shorn of Its
Riders, Passed. =
They Take a Bread and Meat
View of the Case.
The Army Bill also Barely Es-
capes Passage.
King Isham G.. Heard from on
the Pending Issues.
XLYI CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 1879.
Mr.. Coke's resolution to dis
charge the Finance Committee from
further consideration on the
Warner Silver bill, to declare it
before the Senate for action. Laid
before the Senate, but postponed
till tomorrow on motion of Mr..
Voorhees,.
A motion by Mr.. Burnside for
an executive session was rejected
by a vote of 10 to q.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the
Mcdonald bill authorizing the en-
ployment of militia and land and
naval forces of the United States in
certain cases was taken up. Mr..
Harris began at 12:40 to read a
speech in support of the bill.
Mr.. Harris DEPRECATED the line of
argument pursued by the other
side, which inevitably must revive
sectional bitterness, and tends to
obscure the real issue. He argued
that the Constitution gives States
exclusive authority over the quail
fcations of voters, leaving Congress
only power to cause elections to
be held should the States refuse to
do so, this being intended as
means of self-preserVation, and not
to be used in ordinary cases. There
is no Constitutional authority
for the appointment of Supervisore
and Marshals of Elections who
were thought to be acting to pre-
vent frad really engage in it, in the
interest Of their party, their devo-
ton to which is the chief ground
for their selection. 1t is useless, he
added, for the States to prescribe
qualifications for voters as their
duty is, if these officers can over
ride the State laws and dictate ac-
cording their pleasure who may or
may not vote. No State is
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so corrupt as not to be trusted with
conducting its own elections. After
quoting from the testimony, show
ing the corrupt practices which
have grown up under these laws,
MIR. Harris closed by earnestly ex>
pressing q desire for the return to
simple and safer constitutional
methods.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the House the following were
among the bills introduced and re-
ferred: By Mr.. Upson, of Texas,
for the erection of a post for the
protection of the Rio Grande
frontier.
Mr.. Hankle, Maryland, amend
ing the laws relating to internal
revenue stamps for cigars.
Mr.. Atkins, of Tennessee, Chair
man of the Committee on Appro-
priations, reported substitute for
the Legislative, Judicial and Execu-
tive Appropriation bill, stating that
1t was an unanimous report, and
moved to suspend the rules and put
the bill on its passage. The bill
appropriates the same amount as
was appropriated last year, and for
the same purposes, with a few ex-
ceptions, and makes many indie
pendent appropriations.
The salaries of Southern Claims
Commission are continued to Nav,
1880; it appriates $4,000 for the 1
expenses of a delegate to the Inter-
national Silver Convention; $780, }
JOO for the payment of the sala- '
rles of store>keepers and gaugers
made necessary by the increased
number of distilleries; it does not
the appropriation for the
contingent expenses of courts, i.
Yhlch are provided for in a sepa- =
ate bill. Mr.. Hawley said that '
While there were Objectionable n
eatures in the bill the Government =
ould live uuder it, and that the F
rather consented to its c
assage than approved of it. h h
The bill was then passed under Ii
of the rules, by a vote b
f 1873 to 21. The negative votes
ere given by Messrs. Cabell, Cald- F
ell, Clark of Missouri, Cox, Dunn, n
liam, Finley, Erost, Gunter, Hen h
lie, Hurd, Knott, Manning, Nc A
lillian, Nichols, Robertson, of h
ouisiana Slemons Smith of New T.,