The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-01
TELEGRAPHIC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

SENATE.
Washington, April 25.-Consideration
was resumed OF the resolution relating tc
appointments by the secretary and ser
geantat-arms. -=-.i .iffrtas
diers shall be removed except for cause
and no confederate soldiers shall take the
place of any dismissed union soldiers
were defeated by q strict party vote, 26 tC
81. The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr.. Harris, from the committee on cpl
demic diseases, reported his bill clothing
the national board Of health with certain
powers, and looking to national quaran'
tine to prevent the introduction of con.
tagious diseases -...
Mr.. Easton then denied that the com.
mittee on foreign relations, was investigat-
| ing the amount of public money spent in
| abroad.
Consideration of army bill was then re-
sumed
Mr.. Paddock addressed the senate on
| the subject of his amendment to modify
the existing law, which fOrbids any part
of the army from being used rs posse
comitutus so that troops may be SO used
fer such purpose in Nebraska, Colorado,
| Oregon and other states and territories,
and in the Indian country generally.
Mr. Eaton moved that the amendment
of Paddock be laid on the table and the
motion was agreed to by party vote of
yeas 40 nays %. The sixth section Of the
bill was read as follows: mo military or
naval officers or other persons, engaged in
the civil, military or naval service of the
United States shall order, bring or have
under his authority or control any troops
or armed men at the place where any gen.
eral or special election is held in any state
unless it be necessary to repel or rule enc
mics Of the United States, provided that
nothing contained in this section as now
amended shall be held to abridge or affect
the duties or powers of the president of
the United States under section 5297, of
the revised statutes, enacted under and to
enable the United States to comply with
section of article 4 of the constitution of
the United States, on application of the
legislature or executive, as provided for in
said section" ~ v.-.- :
Mr. Edmunds proposed an amendment
that nothing in this section contained shall
be held to abridge or affect the power of
the president of the United States under
sections 8, ,296 and :, 800 of the revised stat
utes.
His amendment only carried out the
Law of 179S which provided for the Use of
military force to suppress forcible and
violent opposition to the laws of the
United States, applying TO federal or state
elections On motion of Mr.. Eaton, the
motion was laid on the table. Yeas, 40,
nays %. -.
Mr.. Edmonds submitted an amend
mentto the clause providing for fine of
not more than 5000 and imprisonment
at hard labor not less than three months
or more than five years, for any person
who will bring armed men to the polls.
Mr. Edmunds moved To insert the words
unless such force shall be deemed neces-
sary 70 execute the laws of the United
States. rs
/, On motion, Mr.. Eaton's amendment was
laid on the table, yeas 40, nays 30. No
further amendments were offered to this
section. The two last votes taken were
party votes with the exception of
Mr. Davis, of Illinois who voted with
the democrats.
Other amendments were proposed TO the
ninth, being the last section of the bill, {,
but all were laid on the table. -lti
The president pro TEN announced that
the bill was now on its passage as It came
from the house, no amendments having
been added.
Mr.. Edmunds made another effort to
amend the sixth section, but his amend
ment was laid on the table by strict party
vote.
The bill was then passed-ycas, Al /;
NAYS, sO-as follows: -
Yeas-Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Butler,
Call, Cockrell, Coke and Davis, of Illinois !;
Eaton, Farley, Garland, Gordon, Groome,
Grover, Hampton, Harris, Hereford and
Hill, Of Georgia, Houston, Johnston,
Jonas JoEes, of Florida, Ker-
nan, Lamar, Mcdonald, Maxey,
Morgan, Pendleton, Randolph, Ransom,
Saulsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vance, Vest,
voorhees,, Walker, Wallace, White, Will
llama and Withers-41. -.
Nays-Allison. Anthony, Bell, Blaine,
Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron of Penn
sylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin. Carpen-
Ter, Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Edmunds.
Ferry, Hamlin, Hill of California, Ingalls,,
Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, Lo-
gan, McMillaa, Morrill,, Paddock, Plat,
Plumb, Rollins, Saunders and Teller-3O.
The only pairs announced were the
following: Davis CIV. Va.) with Window
and Hoar with McPherson- Mr.. Sharon
was the only absentee not paired. J
1t was resolved that when the senate ad-
j6urned, il be to Monday next, yeas Al
nays 26. 1t was the only question decided
to-day without reference to party.
The senate went into executive session
after confirming two nominations, and re-
mained in session nearly two hours doing
nothing except to await for the re-
turn Of the army appropriation bill
which although enrolled in advance by
the clerks, the record of the house OF
| representative had still to be examined
by the committee on enrolled bills of that
body and signed by the speaker in pres
ence of the house before 1t could under the
rules be signed by the presiding officer o
the senate and sent to the president TO
| his action. The ensolled bill wa
brought to the senate door by
Clerk Adams of the house a
few minutes after o'clock wherein the
senate resumed its session and Thurman
as president, offered his atfesting signature
below that of speaker Randall, and the
bill was immediately placed in the hands
of representative Kenna, chairman of the
house committee on enrolled bills who
forthwith conveyed it to the executive
dents approval or veto.
| HOUSE.
Washington, April, 25.-Immediately
upon assembling, the house went into com
mittee of the whole on the Legislative ap
preparation bill under the five-minute rule
the discussion under that rule to close a
2 O'Clock. s-I
Mr.. Ewing first got the floor and con
tinued his speech oflast evening. He wa
much applauded on the democratic side.
/ He declared the men who were insulting
i the president were not men on the demOcat
ic side, but the stalwarts of the republican
party, who now hold the lash over the pres
ident, threatening him with party expul
sion, If he dared be governed by his owl
| judgement only, instead of by the neces
sites of sectional issues at the north. II,
lc1s.uiAod am0ur the sfalWarfa Garfield