The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-03-29
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Senator Beck, whom the Tribune
calls a & onied erate,n and who has
becna Union man all his life, very
clearly; expressed the Democratic
position, when he made, his report
iastone o.. the conference committee
to the last Senate. he said )
Not desiring to revive any po-
{ litical animosities or any discussion
at this late hour, / will only state
very briefly what seemed to be the
condition Of things. The House
insisted that the, armed soldiers. Of
the United States should not be al;
lowed to approach tho polls for the
mere purpose Of! keepingthe; peace;
that there should be honest jury
obtained in the courts Of the Uni
ted { States in all cases where the
rights, and liberties Of citizens were
involved !; that tho States should
be allowed to conduct their oTn
elections in their own way, free
from all Federal interference; and
! the Democratic conferees on the
part of the House seemed deter.
mined that unless those rights were
secured to the people in the bills
sent to the Senate, they would re-
fuse under their constitutional
right to { make q appropriations to
carry on the government if the
dominant majority in the Senate
insisted upon the maintenance Of
these laws, and refused to consent
to their repeal. They seemed fur
Their to agree, and i agreed with
them, that if an extra session must
be called, much as it is to, be re;
GREETED the very moment IL is
called the committee of both
! Houses would be organized, and
separate bills will DO framed aud
passed as soon as possible, asking
the President Of the United States
to agree with the Representatives Of
the States and people in repeating
all laws that authorize the soldiers
Of the Republicto DO sent BY any
authority whatever to the polls at
State elections under the pretenee
of keeping the peace, and in1repeal--
ing all laws, thatsprevent men who
are by.intelligence and interest lin
. the public welfare fit and compe;
tent to justice between citizens
and between!th the United States and
citizens I'M the y.box! from exer-
scising that right! thus depriying.t The
courts of.thel benefit zoffairEjurors;
and they will mptlyapasssan.
/ other bill declaring that the United
States shall moi, either through su-
=pervisors, Nlarshals = or Deputy
Marshals, interfere with tho States
in conducting the elections held
within the States. We Insist that
those matters pertain solely to the
States, and are d part of their alb
solute right, and that they are per.
fectly competent to attend to them
fairly and honestly. When these
three laws are submitted to the
President for his.approval, as they
will be and are approved by him as
they. ought to be, the next Congress
will, in my opinion, be ready to
pass every; appropriation bill just
as it is now, adjourn and go home
without attempting before ! next
December to perfect any further
legislation, IT. however, the Prcsi-
dent iof tho United States, in the
exercise of the power yyestcdiin him
should see Git 10 veto the bills thus
presented to him; which, i repeat,
simply are to keep soldiers from
the polls, and to allow proper jur-
ors to serve who will try cases
honestly and allowsthe States to
control their own elections, then I
have no doubt these same amend
ments will be again made part Of
the appropriation bills; rand twill
be for tho President to determine
whether he will block the wheels Of
the Government and refuse 10 ac-
cept necessary appropriations
rathor than allow the represents
tiyes Of the people to repeal odious
laws which they regard as subver-
siye Of their rights and privileges,
We have the undoubtcd right TO re-
peal them in any. form and on any