Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-16
THE ARMY BILL IN THE
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE House
IF Representatives was in an industrious
though noisy mood again to-day. The
Democrats, being tired of trying to force
through the Ubiquitous bill relating to
the transfer of causes from State to Fed
eral Courts, agreed to Mr.. Tyres motion
to postpone the further consideration of
it until next December.
The Army bill was then taken up.
When the ninth section of the bill was
reached General Joseph E. johnson NOV.
ed to strike out the provision forbidding
the promotion of any officer above the
rank of captain. After some discussion
the whole section was stricken out on
motion of Mr.. Clymer himself This
section, it is understood, would have ex-
cited very strong opposition in the
Senate.
An hour was allowed for general de-
bate on the sixth section, relating to the
use of troops as police force to keep
the peace lat the polls. Mr.. Baker. of
Indiana, said that he had no objection
to the section, save as he considered it
mere idle thunder.
General Hawley in brief speech said
he had come to the conclusion that there
was nothing in the section which would
prevent the Luse of organized military
force to execute any law when the ordi-
nary civil police was unable to do SO,
He insisted that there is no place, no
place, no second of time, where the Gov
eminent has not the power to execute
every law, and is not bound to exercise
it.
Gen. Garfield recalled the history of
the Democratic attempts to repeal the
laws which are obnoxious to them, and
contrasted the programme at the begin
ming with the present position of the
party.
He declared that he knew no man
anywhere in favor of running elections
by the bayonets. He made strong
point and one which reused the Repub.
licans to great applause when. after de
claring that the only military interior
ence with elections he had ever known
was by armed enemies of the United
States, he described in graphic Language
the scene in Chattanooga in the Au
tumn of 1862, when he and 5000 Obi,
soldiers cast their votes for Governor o
Ohio under the fire of rebel batteries
and amidst shrieks of rebel shells, whicl
killed some men as they were going t
and from the polls.
Mr.. S. S. Cox then essayed to speak
The Democrats were impatient, an
: drowned his voice with cries of "vote
VOTE" and for some time the Democrat
! side of the House was a mob. The re
mainder of his speech was in simila
vein.
Mr.. Clymer spoke for some tim
: amidst great confusion, and hastily su.
: spended his remarks, intlmating that i
!, would print the speech in The Recor,
e an announcement which was relief |
eVfffHSefe We're few Republicans wi
II opposed the bill, not because they d
e sired that troops should be used as p
: lice force, but because they wished tn;
e the section should be placed in mo-
: explicit form.
s For two or three days the Democra
J. have industriously circulated stories
i discussions in the Republican ranks, al
e they expected to-day that u majority
0 the Republicans would vote against Il
: bill. In all this they rockoned witho1
$ their host. On the final vote only twel'
e Republicans voted no, and not one
j. these so voted because he is in favor
using soldiers as police force at Il
'e polls.
l. Interest was felt in Mr.. Blackburn
q vote by those who recalled his declar
III tion in the famous speech of April
u when he said : "We do not intend
s. stop until we have stricken the last We
u tige of your war measures from the sta
Il ue books )" and also that "this side
$ the Chamber, which has demonstrat,
81 its power, never means to yield or su
Sc render until Congress shall have di,
ID by virtue of its limitation" Mr.. Blac
T. burn appears to have experienced
lie great change, for without even a word
p personal explanation he meekly vot
re for the bill.
y The stalwart Democrats did not {
d. surrender. Nineteen of them, und
the lead of Mr. Cox and Mr.. Bliss,
he New York, Mr.. Hurd, of Ohio, and N
IN Knott, of Kentucky manfully stuck
Sc the principles of the party to viii
le they belong. and voted in favor of t
IS "rale or ruin" policy. The bill W
passed by vote of l72 yeas to 81 NAY
lie