The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-24
xLYITH CONGRESS.

addressed the Senate ut great length.
In the House the morning hour on the 18th
was consumed in discussing the introduction
of bill to put the coinage of gold and silver
on the same footing. A point of order was
raised and the bill was tabled. II was moved
to suspend the rules and adopt the following
resolution:
Resolved, That in the judgement of this House
the business interests of the country require
that no legislation changing the law in regard
to the currency or tariff shall be undertaken st
the present session of Congress.
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The Senate on the 18th elected Mr..
Thurman president pro TEN of that body.
Bills were introduced by Mr.. Plumb to pro-
vide for an increase of the army in An emer-
gency; by Mr.. Jones for building railroads be-
tween the lower Mississippi and the West. Mr..
Logan addressed the Senate at length ON the
army appropriation bill. He thought the
question at issue was the most important dis
cussion in the Senate since 1861. he said:
The Republican party wants peace, and have
always desired it. They not only desire peace,
but have showed it by every concession which
honor and dignity would permit; and they
would still make sacrifices and secure perma-
nent peace, but the Democracy may - well
lean, now as later, that Republicans will do
nothing to give peace, that is dishonorable to
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their knees for reconciliation. They will not
relinquish principles which have been insured
to the people, gained by the 18th, 14th and
18th amendments to the constitution" Fol-
lowing Mr.. Logan, Mr.. Beck took the floor, but
postponed his speech until the following day.
In the House, Mr.. Chalmern referred to
charges made against him in the newspapers,
connecting him with the Fort Pillow massacre,
and moved for q committee of investigation to
be composed of ex-union soldiers. majority
of whom shall not be Democrats, to investi-
gate into and report upon the charges. After
. debate the resolution Was laid over for the
present. The report of the Southern claims
commission was discussed. Mr.. Bragg sand:
Nv purpose in Offering this amendment il to
prevent this government from paying any debt
which it is not legally liable to pay. That Ii
my first purpose. My second purpose is to
prevent the gentlemen on the other side from
publishing campaign documents, in which
they call us "Confederates," and accuse us of
an attempt to rob the governernment, and In
which they announce me as . coadiutor dis
tributing taffy. want these gentlemen to
face the music. The amendment was rejected
by decisive vote.
Mr.. Beck continued his arguments on
the army appropriation bill in the Senate on
the 10th. He said that the Democrats were
not proposing either to coerce the President or
prevent the President from coercing them
nor were they setting up revolutionary meas
ures or endeavoring to pass acts which would
deprive the President from using the army for
constitutional purposes. All they proposed to
do. as would be seen by the sixth section of the
bill, was to say to the President he should not
recall troops from the frontier, or where they
were placed to prevent invasion from abroad.
to be used merely for political purposes, and
that while the courts were open and all JUDI
ciary machinery working in harmony with
them he would use troops. except on the call of
q governor or legislature of State in an emer-
gency contemplated by the constitution; nor
should he use troops against tie public will.
The Democrats further said the money Of tax
payers should not be SO expended As to enable
the President to use troops for political purpO-
SEES. If this, Mr.. Beck said, was revolution,
let the Senators make the most of it. The ad-
dress was very closely listened to throughout.
The House had under consideration the leg
islati 5e and judicial appropriation bills. Mr..
White raised point of order against the pro
vision which repeals the test oath and pre-
scribes the manner of drawing jurors. This
provision is included in a paragraph which ap-
propriates money for the supreme court and
U. y. district and circuit courts, and reduces
the per diem of jurors; but it was held by Mr..
White that it was competent for him to raise
the point of order which he had, inasmuch as
the proposition against which il had been
raised was a separate proposition, although not
in a separate paragraph. After debate the
chairman overruled the point of order. The
chairman announced that there were sc names
on the rolls of those who wished to speak on
the bill. Under the call of the committees,
Mr.. Stephens, chairman of the committee on
coinage, weights and measures, reported q bill
for the interchange of subsidiary coin for legal
tender money, in sums of ten dollars and null
tiples thereof, and making such coin legal
tender in all sums not exceeding twenty dol
lars. The report of the committee states that
the bill is has I'd upon the petitions referred to
the committee.
In the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. Morgan
continued the discussion of the Southern ques-
| ton. He said the South was not responsible
| for the existence of the question now agita-
ting the public. The protection Of the ballot
| box had been rested from the proper local
officers and given to corrupt Federal officials
The spirit that dictated this law was distrust
of the people and their capacity of self-gov.
eminent under free elections. The whole
mower of the constitution was thus perverted
The people would resent this insulting tyran.
ny when the facts should be clearly presented
| to them, and q righteous sense of resistance
would spring up in their breast. Mr.. VOORHEES,
next took the floor and Mr.. Teller followed
Mr.. Teller said the Democratic cry seemed Il
be for a free ballot. All frauds on the ballo,
for the last thirty years, he said, emanated
from, or had been to the advantage of thu
Democratic party. He cited frauds in Ka1sa,
in 1852 and 1854, in Louisiana in 1874, and II
New York city in 1865, He did not desire t.
mi,represert the south. but could only stat,
the facts in regard to that section which, in hi
opinion. made federal supervision necessary Il
fair election.
The House agreed to close the debate on tn,
Legislative appropriation bill on Friday, tn
25th. Mr.. Kelley then addressed the House a
length on the bill. If the President disap
nroyed of either of those bills it was his dut,
warned the gentlemen that the party who at
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