Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-25
L0SANGELES WEEKLY HERALD
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Passengers Gui"g s"u.h.
MoJAvE, June "a &C G Bemis
and daughter, Stone, q F Coulter,
r Mcdonald, M Hutchinson, J w
Thompson, Geo Sisson, @ Meyer.
stein, Paul Breon, Frank X Zook,
X Sheridan, & Griswold.
Ranr.~d Neun from Mexico.
PHOENIX, A. T., June 23d.-A
Herald Tucson special says: A
letter from a we'll informed person
at Guaymas, dated the 18th, says:
The concession for building the
Guaymas Railroad by the Atchis.
on, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
awaits approval. There are certain
notifications in the concession
heretofore made, and the Mexican
Congress Is opposed to railways on
the frontier States, hence an early
building of road to Ell Pasco or
elsewhere Is unlikely.
rhe Judics.i Expenses Approaria-
Hon Diii:vesos1.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-The
Presidents veto contains few points
not already given. He refers to
the failure Of Legislative Approprl-
alton bill, as originally passed by
the House, to secure the twothirds
majority necessary to pass it over
the veto, and says: ''rhe election
laws therefore remain valid enact
ments and the supreme law of the
land, binding not only upon private
citizens, but also alike and equally
binding upon all who are charged
with the duties and responsibilities
Of the Leg islative, Executive and
judicial Departments Of the Gov
eminent. 1t is not sought by the
bill before me to repeal the cleo
ton laws. Its object is to defeat
their enforcement" He quotes
the sections of the Revised Stat
utes bearing on matter contained
In The second section Of the Judicial
bill and says: "Their plain Object
Is to prevent any money being ex-
peuded unless an appropriation has
been made; therefore, under the ex-
isting laws the failure of Congress
TO make the appropriations required
for the execution of the provisions
of the elsction laws, would not pre-
vent their enforcement. The right
and duty to appoint general and
special Marshals, which they pro-
vide for, would still remain aud the
Executive Department of the Gov
ernmeDt would also be empowered
to incur the requisite liability for
their compensation. But the second
~ hi 10 nn.faf,a
sitions designed to render the laws
Imperative the next fiscal year."
II the President signs the bill he
assists in curtailing his constitu-
tional rights aud obligations en-.
tailed by u law which still remains
on the statute books. He says his
views OIL the wisdom and necessity
of the Election laws are 30 well
known that it Is not necessary to
reiterate them. The bill simply
removes the power of the National
Government to protect Supervisors
of elections In the exercise of their
duty at the polls. The
States may employ civil
and and military power at elections,
but by this bill even the
civil authority to protect Congress-
ional elections Is denied TO the Gov
ernment. He would consent to
suitable amendments to and i'm.
provements of the election laws,
but not to their entire repeal or to
legislation which nullifies them.
Army Appropriation Rili Az
WASHINGTON, June %. - The
President has approved the Army
Appropriation bill.
The Heal sirussir.
NEW YORK, June 81 The 7ri-
bune to-day Gays: The final russell
ut Washington will come on the
question, which has been the real
one all the time, namely, whether
there shall be a pure election in
this city, or fraudulent one. With
Supervisors of Election in power,
there can be no balIot-box stuffing,
and consequently no Democratic
majority piled up high enough to
overshsdow the Republican major
ity in the rest of the State. With
an unprotected ballot-bnx in the
city IN 1880 the Democrats may
possibly carry the State and elect
President. With u ballot-box pro-
tected by honest laws there is sure
to be n Republican victory here
and in the country. That is what
this fight meuns, and Democrats
may well argue to themselves that
no amount of laundering can harm
them so long as they are ruined
anyway, if the laws are neither
nullitied nor repealed. The fact is
the sacred cause of cipher and It's
sue ballot reform is in a tight
place, and desperate measures are
necessary for relief.
Rumoved Retirement Of Generals
Townsend, heigxs and Chici
Engineer Humphreys.
New YORK, June ga special
from Washington reasserts the re-
port Of the impending retirement
of General Townsend, Inspector
General Marcy, Judge Advocate
Dunn, Quatermaster : General
Meiggs aud Chief Engineer
Humphreys, and says that great
competition exists among eligible
officers Of the army to obtain tn se
places. The present law provides
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