New-York tribune., 1879-02-26

..-,.;o,ors which has resulted in the sUSpcn-
=, of many claim agents.
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RrPrAI OF THE ELECTION LAWS.
,rp nrvocr,rs CARRY THEIR POINT N THr
uor.,.-AN IxADvrETENr VOTE WHICH HELPED
THEM.
tHr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRinrNrI
WAsHING-oN, Feb. 2j.-As soon ~ the HOUSE
went into Committee Of the Whole today on the
legislative Appropriation bill, General banning ~
Ohio. took the A1or 20 speak, ,t supposed I'D IA
vor Of the repeal Of tho election laws As IL turned
out. Lis object was TO show that the Democratic
majority Ia his district have Tot 2l been sent 10 the
peutentiarv for violation of the election laws ana
that "Fph" Holland was never sent TO the IcAl-
tcntjary AT all. lie succecdedin raslrg some c"ND's
on the first subj and in showlnEthat bis stanncH
and ubiquitous constituent hoI'''' was I,"NS
confined IN a jail lnSteaH OF a p'h"e"'''I3' -N'I
over, Nh Mcmahon assured the country '"'-' 'N's
particular jail Is the most resicctAOIc INSTITUTION Vi
that kind IN ONO.
MT. Davis. of North Carolina deScr'peo WIN
great fcrvor the peaceful condition oi po.Iucai al
fairs in the Southern States, where The political
r,rits of everybody are protected. and In equally
fc-v,d terms he lamentod the intimidation and dis
fauchisement of voters in Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island T. produced deposit book Of the Freed
mems Bank and asked TO have 1t printed IN the
Record as lis prJtes; against the nlquloU7 election
laws.
NJ. Hewitt. ofNcw-York, announced the fixed de-
Termination Of the Democratic party to wipe from
the statute books the laws that deprive the citizen
Of personal liberty to vote. He described the arrest
Of 1900 New-York repeaters n the last election,
and Just as his time expired, began to read from
printed document. which he asked to have printed
in the Record To this Mr. Butler objected, and
II. l. I;r
Permission was however given him and others to
print the remarks they were unable to deliver
When Mr.. Hale took the floor to close the debate
nm tbe Pnrbliean side he began bv saving that the
rare OF battle had been thrown down by the Demo-
Gratis. that for week the Republicans had been
yotiur ,oldlv 10 90 on with this appropriation bill
and dispose Of the public business, but had been
defeated bv the Democrats. 1t now seemed ume
ba said for the Renubicans 10 announce their de-
termination 10 oppoee bv all means In their power
tins attenpt of the Democrats to strike down the
last safeguard that was left 10 protect the purity of
the ballot-box "Th-se laws must rot and shall
rot be repealed He concluded by saying that if
the Democrats persisted in their course, and made
an extra session Of Congress necessary, the country
vould hold them and not the Republicans respon-
siNe. As he concluded there were many express
sioDs of derision on the Democratic side of the
chamber
Mr.. Southard rose 10 reply. He said that the
Democrats had decided to pass this measure and
sweep from the statute books the last yestige OF
these odious laws, with much more to the same
effect. There was repeated applause among the
Democrats on the floor and IN the galleries during
and after the conclusion Of his remarks.
The vote on the amendment by tellers was 49,
for 10 10 against.
After the committee rose the bill was proceeded
with in the House, and I'll the amendments made IN
committee were agreed to with one exception, that
Increasing the pay Of principal examiners in the
Patent Oice to $500 year. Their pay Is now
200 year, and the bill as reported tiXei their
salaries at $1,000, the amount agreed 10. The
amendment repeating the test oath for jurors
was agreed 10 without a division, many of the Re
pu5Hcdns voting fort
AS soon as the amendment repeating the election
laws was reached, the Republicans, under the lead
Of NJ. Hale refraiued from voting hoping that this
would prevent i quorum. Three Republicans, how
ever Chittcuden Fort and kliirgcr, east their
rotos o,5 +l.go y;th tbat NJ tho >roolor mod. mn
80 --'N '"'''' "' W ~, - - ~ ''
tne I4' votes necessary lH'Se 'a'''9 were r.
peated Oh motion by Mr.. Hale 10 lay the bill on
the table but again proved unsncctSstn'' tAfee he
pubhcans, ,Erentano DunneH ana - W. Patterson
voting ID the negative. MT. Duhh'h NoIeu iuau-
yerteutlv Tie vote on the passage Of the bill was
1tQ,o,1-
lie failure Of the Republicans 10 carry OIt tAc
proqramrne o forcing tbe Democrats 10 pass the re-
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own quorum, should not be understood 70 prove me
inability Of the Republicans 10 stop this legislation
AZ subss,r,,,, 81 o ~ tl,. rr,c., diugs II ,ya.
,o,.ha.l l.. - 49,, ,7,,.t, l.Ia,
hot The purpose ot the leaders To cause mNcA d,IdN
very well that there was a quorum Of Democrats il
the city to-day and that after a few IO calls these
men would be brought into the House aud
W0uld uos- +h, tl,a Rnrublipaug vofcI