Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27

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bill to protect The constitutional rights OF ali !
! citizens. and TO punish any violation OF the |
| earra. Placed on the calendar.
! Senator Sargent, from the cCmmitt5e on |
! naval affairs, reported back the petition or !
| Parine Sacor and others, asking. TO be com |
! peusated for losses sustained IN CONSTRUCTING |
| lr0n.clads for the United States, together !
with a bill for the relief of builders OF lron-
| clad vessels for the United States. Placed !
| on the calendar.
| Indian affairs, reported DILL for the reIet OF
! settlers upon the absentee Shawnee lands IN
Kansas. Placed on the ca enoar.
| Senator Morgan, from the CominiJtea on
! foreign relations, reported back the house
resolution providing for treaty WITH me re-
! public Of Mexico.
A message was received from the Presi-
! dent Of The United States Ia answer to the
resolution OF the senate II relation 10 the res
! cue Of prisoners in the jail at ho Grand5,
/ Texas. by On armed band from Mexico, and
/ d message ircm the President IN answer 10
/ the senate resolution reSpectlng the Terms
! and conditions under which the surrender CT 1
the Cuban Insurgents was made, ana N re-
! ation to the future policy OF SPAN IN tho
Government OF Cuba, and the committee was
! dIschara ed from their further consideration
Senator Coaover introduced bill amenda-
tory Of and supplementary to the act TO In
corporate the Texas Pacific railroad company
Referred.
Senator BayarG, from the conference COM
n1ttee on the bill to amend the internal rev
enue laws, submitted a report, which was
agreed 10, and the bIil passed.
Senator Burnside submitted q resolution
providing for the appointment OF commit
tee 10 examine into and report upon the
whole subject OF ordnance as 1t relates to tue
army. navy and militia, that committee TO
have authority TO examine the books OF the
{ deuartmeuts Of She secretary OF war and the
. secretary @. the navy, each to detail oIhcef5
, to act as secretaries to said committee.
! Senator Salisbury objected, ana the leso-
, luton was laid aside.
lac committee on public Buildings and
grounds reported back the resolution direct
ing the committee 10 inquire III regard to
buildings rented by the government IN the
District Of Columbia, together with q letter
: from the secretary Of the treasury on the SUB
j jeot. Ordered printed.
Senator Dawes said he desired to cali he
% attention OF the senate to the fact that the
government was paying $4,000 annually
Tor rent Of buildings II Washington.
> The bill making al Appropriation 10 pay
/. the C.alus allowed by the southern CLAIMS
d commission was discussed until TIE expiration
p, OF the morning hour, when 1t was LAID aside
u without action. and consideration was re-
! sumed Of the deficiency appropriation bill.
7 4 long discussion ensued upon the amend
8 nent appropriatiug two hundred and nifty
{ thousand dollars to supply deficiencies OF the
{ department of justice for the payment OF
deputy m3rshals.
e Senate Beck said this appropriation was to
d pay men Illegally appointed 10 conduct eiec-
: | lions for the worst Of party purposes.
e Senator Allison sent to the clerk desk ano
had read a letter from the attorney general
4 to the effect that the deficiency Ill his depart
ueat would have been bat $1,000, but tCl
: two clauses ia tne election bill, under Whlct
d SIS coo was required for deputy -marsAals &
! ! attend elections and 1925, 900 for the prose
a. cutiou of persons charged with crime.
AZ ! GREAT part OF the expense under the latte
a. Clause WIS incurred IN the States OF Louis
20 Iana, Alabama and South Carolina.
IA Senator Thurman asked what new circum
n stance had arisen that the department OF Jus
tlce had expended a quarter OF a million dol
lars of the peoples money without authort
- of Law. This department, which should
y above all others, obey the law, had dIsooeye
- it. This money was 10 pay set OF men EN-
L. Moved OstensiOly 10 preserve the pucIty
VI elections. bat really in CorruptIng them
IS | neutrality-suspicious. and deputy marshal
g were as plentiful as backberrles last yea
H., and more corrupt than any buldozarS Wh
y ! ever put foot on this land. Where was u
ii. money spent? 1t mad been herhoea thi
y money was needed to protect the poor negt
&c OF the south, but it had been expended
io New YORK and elsewhere. OF the $1,000 ,OC
u heretofore appropriated for the attOrneY-g3I
- eral Office, $4,000 of It had been spent !
y, New York, $40 900 in Pennsylvania, $50
/ IN New jersey, ana SSOOOO VI TOOOO OI q ca
Gle county IL Ohio, on account or Whic
fourteen or fifteen members
AN the house Of representatives, we
elected. In view OF the reign
terror instituted in New York by DaVenFor
at there was no difficulty in showing, with tn
machinery, how elections were CARRIE
are Over twelve hundred deputy marshaIs we
II appointed il the city Of St. Louis alone, az
td8 Democratic majority n three dlstrc
hal was overcome by TINS means. Inc money
the people OF the United States was oeir
ma exoe1ded by the hundreds Of thousands
dollars to corrupt voters. Come VII
uight. he hoped the sections under VIII
!. these ceputy- were appointed Wou
oec be stricken from the statute books. he, I
Of ore, was wiling to to stay here until u
y; time next year to repeal these sections.
vi Senator Allison argued that the attofne
general had merely discharged his duty u
der the lay. He was prosecuting frauds, az
hi all Le ashd was money to AID him 10 doit
lty- / so. Should the senate refuse to give n
ant: money, he would still pay the expenses,
7s5- all tue funds OF his department were app
ma cable TO the execution or the election law
ard well as aoy other law.
ing Senator Be k commented On the letter
? IN The attorney. general. and said he admit
sed. mat he nzeGej only Fifty thousand dollars
the for the election law. Two hundred thopai
re- | dollars Of this money was Tor pOAucai p'
sem noses. seventy-fVe thousand dollars to ?
ncer deputy marshals, and one hundred q
was twenty-five thousand dollars to pay for pro
aud cutioBs iuaugurated by these very depu
a 10 narsaals, employed TO elect Rapu6hcans
hat office. Was tie great State OF New u
atOr | unable TO protect hsf voters al the POI
aim, Was the great State Of PenDsy wanna, IN,
sit Republican rule, unable TO protect R9pul
,sal. can voters! He argued that this money 1
tEst Ier., s.seA as a corruption fund. The rig
that of The people had i.sCr overthrown oy fede
.ator Interference He w0gld lei ,aa dehcle
"a I'm % before he would vote dollar Tor
from senator lta,,~ad opposed the approp
re- 10 ton.
had Senator voorhees, denounced the elect
alse- | laws, and said that he had been tad
been fortv or fifty Of the respectable citizens
The ! Baltimore now languished II prison, WI
last thev had been put By Judge Bond, tor dc
s ce- something which these supervisors constr
most | as q menace He would no. vote the sm
hat ! est fraction Of dollar for the enforcement
eyi- SUCH a law Il was the worst law ever pia
inside upon our 5tss.-te books; it was the tore.
than ] Ger Of desDo.lsm, ana whether an extra
ror.f / sicc came or mol ne would co wat ria
sti6a- lieva3 u o. right. Il referred to the
oath clause II the revised statutes, and
that it ostrecised virtue and integrity
1ol,hr' ihe lury box 10 the south.
NJ, Senator Krkwood read from Mlssss
,or1b oaDgr 20 regard to the high integrity OF
.sotIis Se4aral Judge HI in that State.
! md Senators EoC.s.,2"s. Lamar and others