The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-27
THE DEMOCRATS GIVE THEIP, ,.r onun
COUNTRY. .SAsE TO THE
Report Of fMe Judiciary Conf>,;,,es on ne
Veto Of the Military Lntcfc",,.o'.. ' pW '

system OF weights, measures III -
Ordered printed and recommi;,,, "1
Mr.. Carlisle also reported ,,es.u:;, H.:
ing the attorney general to aGytS. an o, ~,
promise the Claim Of the United vi
the will of Joseph l. Lewis >G!Ri' 0T nv
is the case ia, >~h iels Lewis, -
boken, N. j., left IN estate of 10y OF IL
lion dollars to be applied to the ~ Q I'm m
the national debt. IAA'on
Mr.. Proctor Kuott. of the Ia
airy committee. submitted to the - Juuic
day, the committees report uptAt ""Sc, I
idcntial message, vctoing the uac fre
No. 1882, known as the MiltarAssc oi
cncc bill. The document is froGEi ntcrie
1000 words in length, and takc1v,ooo
examines in dctail.ill the ohicc{ up al
by the President to the bill in ls maj
! 1t begins by stating that the darFNstlon.
apprchcndcd from the presence { ,y.r to
the polls is sufficiently apparcu troops
been repeatedly pointed out. ~, ed p
as 1868 Congress found it necesE NJ
Il bill to obviate it, by strict - -
military interference with clcctioms
upon the call of State or to kcev
the polls. That bill was approvcht
coin, and is now in force as SccticNS
aud 5,52S Of the Revised Sta,uA,S.
words "or keep the peac, at the
MT in the original draft ofthc brS, ~ r.
added in the Senate against the %u %u
stranccs of Il majority of its suppor ,er
feared that they would be miSro sssSi
and used us prct;Xt to cvade tho.
impunity, and escape the l,sa,
scrhcd. TO remove that pHesI9I
Vent the recurrence of prac II
shown to be dangerous, the p~ot, 70 Is
in making appropriate US tor:thc A,y
the army struck our the words me, ~
The President theteupon return pnref ITO
without his signature, because army j.
ion, first, it wa unpcccssary Heco itspii
would prevcntlci'il officers from eas,al.
fqye4 t. L"or be, cGp3e at ~ ysa.;.
third, the method o. repealis2- tka I.y
in question was not in harmony witl,hc
executive taste. The first two objc, ms
the committee for the present passes itb.
""e remark, With regard to the thi, the
report says that the manner of the peal
was in strict conformity to the CONSTR t2n
and to the rules Of the House, and jI hd
by numerous prccedcnts in the I1tSE1o y,
Fcder'i legislation. Th, latest of hcsc
precedents was contained in the armyppro.
priation bill for the present fiscal year Ehich
the President signed without ohjccti, not.
wlthstanding provision contained ,crcin
prohibiting the use Of the army rs ;possc
comitatus. night not ,c impropcr,hcre
fore, for the President to devote sounattcn
ton to the consistency of his own re>rd, il
not to the ordinary proprictics hithdo OBJ
served by the Chief Magistrate in pmmu
nicating with the supreme Legislature of til,
country.
The report then rccitcs the prSarat 10,
and passage Of the separate measuls Of tht
srmc nature, with view to 0bvI &c tn,
Presidents objections to the mcthll Of re
peal, and says that it, too, was fGturnc,
without approval. it then takcsup ant
examines in course the President reason
for vctoing the measure in question, Witt
regard to the first Of them, that tA bill i
unnecessary, the report says: Ehcthe
the opinion of Il majority of representative
of the people is entitled to any bnsidcra
ton at the hands of the Chief Executive
of cours, Il matter to be determined by hin
self; but it is impossible to "cao the tw
veto messages together without beng struc
by their marked difference in the as rc
CARDS this objection. The inevitable col
cluSion to be drawn from the Erlt mcssag
was that all authority to use tln army ;
the polls, even in aid of civil officers, WI
tacitly if not expressly abjurc% In til
second message, however, there y no sue
disclaimer. 1t is admitted thu election
ought to be free from military iitcrlcrcnc
but no intimation that such htcricrcnC
would be unlawful. On the c)ntrary ii
inference from the second message is tn;
under certain circumstances would
cmincntly proper. The cItir: argumcl
against the necessity of the bill is thereto
left to rest upon the Presidents asscrtio
that troops have not been and will not
used to interfere with elections during h
administration. But his term of Office W
soon end and his opinions may change
The subjects of a dcspot must depend f
security upon the grace ofthe ir master, b
free people will insist upon abe guaranti
Of positive law.
The second objection Of tn y President
the measure under considerakio ion is that
would abrogate at certain tinhes and paC
number of existing laws. Especially s,
tiou ! 20S Revised States (which hn :.