The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
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DOIN9s IN CONGRESS.

The Army bill was further debated in the Sem
Mr.. Garland, of Arkansas. After discussing at
length the legal aspect of the questions at issue he
passed to the question of he proptiety of attach
ing the proposed repeal to an Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Garland said the practice was an old one and,
whatever its faults, it could not be uprooted save
by constitutional amendment. He reviewed some
OF the notable instances of similar action
by Republican majorities, and said the cry
of revolution WAS raised too late . be sincere.
He alluded to Mr.. Blaine's enumeration
or the consequences of failure to provide for the
expenses of the Government and declared rather
than see the liberties of the humbles citizen longer
+ abridged by law, which it in the power of
Congress to repeal, he would see the Capitol
BILE to pieces, the ships rot a. their mornings and
the Supreme Court unfrocked. MIR. Davis, of
Illinois, spoke next. He said the sixth sec
ton of the Appropriation bill proposes to strike
from both sections the words "or to keep peace
at the polls" and nothing more, that the
army cannot be used hereafter at elections for any
purpose. AS all abstract proposition, could there
be any rational objection to this? Ought the army
to be used at the polls wheu there has been pro-
found peace for more than decade? Does any one
believe that such law would ever have received
the approval of the American Congress if it bad been
brought forward in time of peace The charge that
this is revolutionary legislation has force. Itmight
be called partisan device Congress has power un-
der the constitution to raiseand equip armies and
the House of Representatives hold the purse strings
The amendments germane to the bill, and is sim
ply condis.Snt to the use of the army which
the peoples representatives had perfect right to
impose. II jig not i'll any proper sense general leg
islation and if it the statute books are full of
precedents that the friends OF the present
| might cite against their opponents. Mr.
Allison, of Iowa, followed Mr.. Davis He
believed It was revolutionary to force an amend
ment of the constitution without ordinary pro-
cesses. The constitution says that bills shall be
Ir%h
the President In order to become law. yet IT was
now proposed to make the Presidents signature
condition to the appropriation of money to defray
the Government expenses. Gen. Jackson would
have been amazed at such presumption
He read from Jackson,s message to- the
Senate in 1854 protesting against resolu-
ton passed by that body to the effect
that the President had acted outside of his con-
stitutional perogatiyes, and saying that if such
interference with the independence of the Ex-
ecu i've was allowed to pass unnoticed and
in destroying liberty of action in the indie
pendent departments OF the Government as
If constitutional amendment were adopted
the INTO les hands Of the
he House passed Mr. Stephens, bill to provide for
Interchange OF subsidiary coins for IL Qal tender
money, and to make such coins legal tender in all
sums not exceeding $40 There was sharp de-
bate over the political amendments to the Legis-
lative bill but the guns were of snail caliDer and
made little noise. s- ,.
4 There was sharp discussion in the Senate,
on the 3d. over the resolution to rescind the rule
regarding the rem oval OF Senate employees. An
amendment proposed by Mr.. Pendleton, that the
employees shall be only retained long as accept
able to majority of the Senate, was adopted by
! vote OF 81 to - The debate ON the Army bill was
then resumed, and Messrs. Williams, OF Kentucky,
and Jones. OF Florida. spoke favor of the repeal
of the Election laws, after which there was SHARP
colloquy between Messrs. blaine and Butter i'll re-
gard 10 alleged charges of buldozlag am election
frauds in the South Mr. Blame, in closing the de-
bate paid his respects to MIR. Davis. of Illinois, He
denied to that senator tie right carry tile tradi
the Democratic camp. He might go there himself,
and he might sit on that side of the senate. wher
he was the only man that gave Lincoln a sup
port. Had Lincoln lived, the senator said. some
things might ana others n.lght not have happened