The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-15

or with both fine and Imprisonment. at tho dis. |
Mr.. Blaire said tho method adopted In tho
p"h9ng section TO Vet rid OF the eight closing /
words OF tho section of the Revised Statutes /
the peace at the not + " was an unusual and eN-
trnordlnnry method. Tho ordinary way to re-
tirular words objected to. hut the mode now
proposed is TO strike ont the whole section. lie
WIS persuaded that this unusual course was
noi taken accidentally but dcsigncdly. II he
might 50 speak, 1t came OF cunning tho intent
BEING To cr.ute th" impress ion that the Repuhti-
cans in the administration of the general
government had used troops right and
lett. in every direction, and that MS soon
~ w. democrats got into power they
s'ct un, and Democratic stump speakers would
doubt 81 make good political capital out NJ
To- lg-t. Was iha enactment OF tho Republican
Whether Intentionally or not the issue thus
presented WIS n dishonest one. The law WAS
passed. 10y q Republican Congress. There were
inr'y-s six Senators sitting in the senate
Chamber at tho time. of whom only ten. or mt
most eleven. were Democrats aud the House II
Rrprcs MtatiNcs WIS OVERWHELMINGLY Repub.
icnn.. We wrrr. in th" midst Of war. The
Republican Administration hal a mil
lion. or possibly ono million two hundred
thousand ~, hayoncts at It's, command.
and. under the circumstances. with the amplest
power to Interfere with the elections HAD they
So chosen. with soldiers in every hamlet nnl
county OF the United states. the Republican
party themselves piHe"d that on the statute
book, AMI Abraham Lincoln signed IT, Hn
asked attention Co the fact that this WIS tho first
instance In the legs Htion of thu United States
in which any restrictive clause Whatever was
put upon the statute books i'm regard 90 the Use
Of iroots nj the polls and THAT ID WIS pusscd 10y
the Republican party aud signed by Abraham
Lincoln. when he had more troops under his
control than NAPOLEON HonauNrie over hal
But the point is. said MIR. Blaine. IT, strike ont
the few words saving that troops shall not ho
used to keep the pence az the polls. And the
country has been alrmel-or b. would rather
say. umus"d-at the effort mHdn to crcnt" the
impress that the Republican party relied Tor
iis populnr strength upon the uScof onyonois.
THIS pcmoetniic congress has aurmttcd hy
/ raising an issue false m every detail. tO crcnte
tho impress ion. not only in America hut Ia Eu-
rope and throughout the civilized world. that
elections IN this country are attempted To- ho
controlled by the hnyon"t Hn denounced tho
issue US false. and though uo' m liberty to -uy
that any gentleman making It knew lis ialsity.
+ and though h" hoped they did not. ne prop -"d
I 10 prove i;s utter la'S OF foundation. He held
United States east ~ Omaha. INCLUDING the
States bordering the Mississippi River on the
6o 6 gm'T n, a. out ,rr II ,Gs 9HGSi .np
posed to be- In this country tO-duy. Iy this
statement ne nude il APPEAR that in nil ingt
Within this domain foriy-nyr for,ih,utions are
/ manned and eleven arsrua.s protcrtrd. To every
million people there are about siNly s1iii"ts.
/ The honorable senator from De,awnr" Mr..
! Bayardl was alarmed about tho oyrrrld ne ~
/ thr popular ballot hy the trool : oi the United
Sttl'S hut there - MT % single Federal 81 lIor
/ IN Delaware The honorable senator from West
/ NrauiH M li"rsfog,l ma. sppscn of his stat"
Q
I pou~m, by, there r. not @ solitary m.n 800 United
States uniform on ID" soil az West Viz. IulF. In
/ guard tue entrance 10 Bultimorrs beauti al
] hurhor. In Virginia. there ls % school of prae-
/ tc" NJ Forrcs. Monroe; ouisid" ~ tnn' School
/ there IL f'l.ral sold i"r ~ IN" - 10. There
! are hut thirty soldiers n North Carolina. guard
/ iug 70 Tort ~ ihe mouth OF CAPE t"r RIVER. In
I o. quart IN. enirnnra to Charleston llrtor.
There ARE p soldiers in Georgia., AMI - IN
FLORIDA. ,lirrr L. not one IN Iennr---". Ken
. fUHk 4. Missouri. n ArkllI- H..
/ 81 IN Alabama. and 239 IN louisiana. Inc
! great state o! Mis-lSsipp1 mas not ON On llS
/ soil. nor has GrSas, rN .eit those guarding me
/ f. inter on the hlo Grandr. In the crtir" south
therr nrr ll55 soldiers 10 intimidni', eygrrnn.
/ OF prop' 10 1908 counties, or not quite ono
| soldier 70 each county-one soldier % about 700
squire niles 81 terr 'ory, inere Mas an ".u
| saw nE. ~ Continued, ihat there We're So. "a
| say,rs Ia Rome who could not look each other
m t'ie fac" without smiling and no Two Demo
cloak room and look enrh other ia tn" face with
/ ott smiling. mp rather hlushirc. over tlIs ialG.
/ u" Wto.- Using Was -u'n j. ii- "a DO ur'i"n'e,
/ and misrratly manufactured 't $50 ISSUE.
! IN Now Ensnnt ih"y nsi $50 soldiers or Anopt
/ l2I to ry-vc million prlii whereas no" rtti.
| uow,r. 'irr t.i.!cncy ~ THIS talk. ns he ha /
said was To ml-rrprrs"nt US aurond ana tina
/ Demo rdfl' iutfY stpli indicted, hht N' hereby
charged them with public sHnder y tn'ir c9nn;
! try. creating the IMPRESS Ion In the civilized
word taut we We're under military i"-lo m.
What would any Eur'uean. familiar VITA large
Icarurd that 1855 soldiers were spreal over q
] territory larger than Franc. Spain, Portugal,
Great Britain. Belgium. Holland and the Ger
BIZ. c5utnucd Mr. Blaine. the real motive OF
the nruo-ruts must be- lOoked ior elsewhere
i is simply - get rid OF the Federal super
vision at tle Federal elections, TO get rid 81 the
civil power OF the United States IN he rl"cti IN
| ot ksprpsentatIv.s o. CONGRESS and therefore
this hiA connects itself d.re'ty with the tiI
WHICH WINS teior- CnnErrss at the last sess ion,
snown ~ the Legislative. Executive. and Ju.
|atN HHHHH.
parliamentary rules forbade him . discuss a
bin pending before the House Of k~presrnta-
tives but he also knew that nothing forbade
him 10 speak - what was not done in ne
House. hut IN Democratic caucus where this
lesl-lg,lan was Eerir,,,vrd. ~, .,o.,oa ~. ,h,
| Committee OF the Whole OF the House OF Repre-
sentntyes. and referred in this body 10 Com
Mr.. Bane-Now You are asking me TO sa,
what the House did. would not do that; II Is
against parliamentary law. As 10 what passed
in the Committee OF the Senate can be inferred
from what occurred IN this body on Friday last
wnen you sat IN solid phalanX. and would not
nloW even grammatical error 10 b" directed
! ! was allowed 90 Otl"r an"udm"nis IN the com
| uitfst : hut only 20 See them voted down.
Weatetlld. sad Mr. Blaine. amt % II rather
novel ~ lns, that % we 30 MT agree 20 the nll'
n offered We are not 20 have the APPROPRIATION
/ Tint has been announced IN both branrhts o.
| Congress. lie supposed on the huihorif OF ln'
! Democratic caucus: not merely the army ap
! preparation, they ala not stop thrre. nut IN lh'
| Log slutlNe bill. A. II came from tho CAUCUS
therr was an apniopriaton for de;raying th'
/ expenses of tie supreme court, circuit tuuTts
and District Courts of the United Snles. pro
VIded that certain SECTIONS OF the Revised stat
utrs he repeal-d. lie hHd always und"rstoo,
That tho Government was divided INTO thre'
judi'iaL But now the eelsiatiyr branch steps
forward and Saws II the Executive do"7 no
sign 'he Ms II Offers II will sturve the lud'iar
Continuing, Mr. Biain" SAD a lea lln- Demo
crat. an eloquent man who has courage, frank
ness. ana many good qualities, oonSis lU'ii-n
mat the u mo rats are In power Tor inn mrs
time IN ei-htrt years and thHt tN'} Geo Nnt lu