The daily gazette., 1879-06-28
CLOSING THE HOUSE DEBATEs.


CLOSING THE HOUSE DEBATEs.
SPEECHES BY MESsRS. GARFIELD AND
HURD ON THE BILL TO PROVIDE FOR
UNITED STATES MARsHALs.
Especial to the Worldly
WARRINGTON, June 27.-The political
debat, thai have been going on In Con-
gress for the past three mon hs were
brought to close to-day, so tar As the
House Is concerned. Mr. Garfield closed
for the Republicans and MIR. Hurd for the
Democrats. Mr.. Garfield's speech was
a formulation Of the Republican doctrine
Of the relations Of the Federal Govern
ment to the State, while Mr.. hurd con-
fined himself to the bill under considera-
tion, that providing for the pay OF mar
shals and their general deputies and pro-
hbiting the payment of..deputies employ
cd to enforce tn, electi n law. Mr.. Gar
lie Id has several times duIing the present
session raised above his party and given
utterance to what has proved distasteful
to his political associates. The result
has been that he has been compelle,
either al the dictation Of the caucus or
by other outside pressure, TO abondon
his ground aud take other and lower
positions.
lhis was notably the ca'e In the de-
, Ds.s , =, - he + first Army Appropriation b,ll
t would vote for the rider should 1t be
presented in the form Of q separate
measure, ard then when his party friends
D objected surrendered his principles and
r weakly explained himself out Of his d.
e lemma.
Mr.. Hurd's speech was one Of the orat
ical events of he session. He speaks &c
y rarely that the pleasure Of hearing hin
e when he does spe; K is & eatly enhancet
J. To-day he laid down the principles il
behalf of which the Democrats, as he pu
u il. have enlisted not for session, bu
l. TOR the war.
II Speaking of the army, he said it va
10 the creature of Congress, and that 1t wa
for Congress and not for the President I
N say whether it should or should not b
at used to execute the laws. The Pres
,e dent and his advisors and the Republ
:, can side OF the House seemed to hav
y los, sight of the Constitutional provisi,
ne which gave the President the right I
ad cali, not only upon the army, but on Il
a. militia of the several States TO aid in Il
execution Of the laws. Il lad bccn sal
in some quarters that the Democrat
'p- party had backed down had surresde
he ed. That was not so. When they el
no tered Into the fight they did not expe
" to gain the victory IN day. They hi
- enlisted for the war. [Applause on II
nes d, mocratic side.l In the Forty-f1f
i'm Congress they had said that the army
O a their army-should not be used as a pos
q, comitdtus. In the Furty-sixth Congre
e'n they had said that the Army-their
md my-should not be used as police for
inns aud before the Forty sixth Congress b
10 adj urned they should have taken fr6
the statute book every law that propos
oi to use this creature of theirs at the pc
and to intimdate American citizens in /
nan exercise of their rights. [Applause
mid the Democratic side. There had be
no surrender of the great principle Il
'e'- the representatives OF the people by !,
the tue OF their power to originate appropl
nave tions bills can IT DIRE s Il evances and
that stop the supplies of the Government,
IN less their views are carried out on
.eii SUBJECT to which appropriations apply.
ided He would say to the gentlemen on
other side, and to the country, that
wac long as the Democratic party was II
majority in the House, it would ne
SUCH surrender the grand, healthful, VIII,
man some doctrine which (more than
ever other) made England free nation,
.s which had been put into the Const
tion In order that the legi lative auth
not ty might have a wholesome methoC
lown controlling executive power. Tbise,
do session had made up the issue betw
III two parties. The Democratic party
a,i' declared that the army should be !
u De from the polls; that juries should be
part partial that the test GA h should be
repealed, and that the Federal autho
should not intervene in elections in
are States. On those questions the Repu
olice can party took issue with the Democl
;oh,r party. Confidently appealing to
81 patriotism OF the country, the De
arac- cratic marty went into the contest. n
than had more important questions been
con- mitted for determination to the An
"a T., can people. If on these issues the
publican party should be successful,
al the power of elections in the st
mere would be taken from the State gov
nany ments by the general Government,
- ~ the question whether the army shoul
~ stationed at the polls would b.
Id IN question not of of right of constitute
New law, but of Executive discretion.
IL in Such result meant the end of tn,
e,;od public and the uplifting Of the em]
eNeu Could there be any doubt as to . col
from versy Ike this In Russia, In Germ
how in France, 1t might be doubtful, bu
when free America, with the traditions O.