The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-06-12
QUE REPRESENTATIVES,
Their Individual Views as to what Con-
gress should DO.
Special to the Metp York Herald.
WASHING ron, June |

The political views and opinions of
Senator Butler, Of South Carolina, which
were published a few days ago, have at
tracted 80 much attention here and else
where that curiosity has been expressed
to know what were the opinions Of the
remainder of the South Carolil.a delepa-
ton in Congress.
Senator Hampton has been absent in
New York all the week; but his opin-
ions are very well known he holds that
the army bill ought not to be allowed to
fail, but that both the appropriation bills
ought. to be passed, pure and simple,
though if majority of his party pre-.
1erred, he would agree to pass joint res
olution continuing last years appropria-
tons until next February. He believes
that the army ought to be supported and
It's supplies given, and that the session
ought not to be prolonged
VIEWS OF MIR. EvINs.
OF the South Carolina representatives
MIR. Evins said to reporter that his
views, as already and recently published,
had not changed. He is more convinced.
If possible, than before of the propriety
of passing the army bill and then adj
journing. The issue is narrowed down
to this point, that we have to vote sup
plies or abolish the army--that is the
naked question now, and prefer to vote
the supplies. IF the Northern Demo.
Gratis desire to put themselves on the re-
cord as opposing the army appropriation
bill they have only to vote against it.
We are perfectly willing for them to do
SO, but we cannot afford to take any such
steps as that or to be made responsible
tor such action. II for one," said he,
am perfectly willing to take my share
OF the responsibility for voting the sup.
plies, The proper plan, it seems to me,
would be to take vote on these ques-
tions and let each section and every man
vote as they severally think they ought
to vote"
WHAT Mr.. RICHARDSON THOUGHT.
Mr.. Richardson, being asked what he
thought should be the course of the
Democrats in reference to the appropria-
ton bills, said: 81 believe the issues be.
tween the two parties have been made as
sharp AID pointed as they can we'll be
made. If the Northern Democrats can
not carry the country on the ;semes as
they stand, they cannot carry it at all on
any issue involving the use Of troops and
deputy United States marshals at the
polls. The South has so lar only fol-
lowed the lead of the Northern Democ-
racy, and she is satisfied with the result.
so far as she is concerned. I am unwil-
ling to be put in wrong or false light
before the country, as we would be were
we to refuse to grant the necessary sup
plies to sustain the Government. We
have done all that the Constitution and
laws OF the United States invests us with
the power to do. To do more, or to at
tempt to do more, would lay the party
open to the charge of being willing to
inJure or destroy one of the branches of
the government. to effect, in an irregular
way, that which the Constitution seems
to recognize as the right of the people,
and only of the people, to do. | am
therefore, for leaving it to the people to
say whether they will now enable the
Democratic party to effect the abolition
OF the use of troops and United States
marshals at elections. 1t is clearly now
their time to act We have exhausted
our clearly defined constitutional rene.
dies, and to do more is to invade the
province of the people themselves. l
think, therefore, we should not leave
here without passing the appropriation
bills pure and simple.
Il am inclined to think we should pass
separate bill abolishing the use of dep
uty United States marshals in elections,
and one to abolish the jurors test oath,
and let the President pass on these, as he
has already passed on the question of the
use of troops at the polls. I think he
will likely approve the latter and veto
the former. This will but strengthen us
before the country"
Correspondent "What about the
Democratic party backing DOWN."
Mr.. Richardson: ~ know that it is
said by some that this course would be
back down. The Republicans taunt us
with backing down, and they do it to
keep us fro... pursuing the course have
indicated. But do not regard it as
back down. l am not aware when or
whero the party have pledged themselves
to Go more than we have done. know
that individuals have asserted we would
10 more. know that the press in some
instances assumed and perhaps asserted
we would do more. know that the Re.
pubiicans have charged it upon us that
we intended 70 do more, but so far as
know the Democrats in the Forty-sixth
Congress, neither in caucus CT elsewhere.
stand pledged to anything moro than
they have done. But if this could be
called back down for ono would back
down hundred times before l would
once do anything to injure or endanger
the security, the efficiency or the we'll
being of our government in any of its
branches
WHAT MR.. TILLsIAN FAvoRs.
Mr.. Tillman said: ~ am unqualifiedly
in favor nf voting all the appropriation
bills in co3d time before the Both of
June, when the fiscal year expires. But
before voting those bills 1 wonld prefer
to pass an income tax in order to make
property bear its just share of the bur-
dens OF the Government, and not TO per-
NIT mere consumption to have to bear it
all. 1t is shame that Ianderbilt's car.
ringe driver should hayt to pay as much
tax as Vanderbilt himself; for the tobac-
co and whiskey and other articles his
family consume pay quite rs much or
more than what his employers family
consume. Before voting the appropria-
tion bills would also prefer to pass an
act defining with more precision the rel
ative Jurisdictions of the State and Fed
eral courts. believe such an act is alb
solutely necessary in order to restore the
State and Federal Governments to their
proper equilibrium after their violent
departure from the old landmarks, which
was caused by passionate and ill-consid-
cred legislation during and since the war.
believe the President would veto both
these measures, as he has done the other
measures for restoring constitutional gov
ment passed by the present Congress, and
Is also likely to do for the silver hill for