Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-16
cancy in the committee on education and
labor it was filled by the appointment of
Senator Lamar
BLACK JACK LOGAN,

Inc army appropriation Dill was taken up
and Senator Logan addressed the Senate.
He thought the question now before the
body more important than any other that
had arisen since 1861, when the same senti-
ments which prompted the recent legislation
expressed by many of the same men now
uttering them, led to war. He denounced
the proposed legislation as bad in itself, and
as being attempted by unparliamentary
practice.
Senator Beck took the floor at tho close of
Logan's remarks, and said the last sentence
of that gentleman's speech describing the
state of affairs longed for by him was syn
opsis of the Democratic policy. All the in
dictments and arrangements they had heard
seemed very unnecessary in view of the fact
that there was but the simple proposition
under discussion, whether the people, by
their representatives tn Congress, have the
right peaceably to pass laws saying that the
States shall conduct their own elections,
uncontrolled by military interference, that
juries shall be free from test oaths and State
affairs be managed without the interference
of federal bayonets. He could understand,
however, why these anthemas were pro-
nounced. 1t was because the sceptre was
departing from Judah. There was no
longer united South, as ten years ago,
when the peoples money was squandered
and the radical South sanctioned the
waste In those days carpet baggers were
sent down South to be returned as represen-
| tatives of the people there, but although the
Republicans were controlling the South, only
one negro (Revels) represented the colored
race in the Senate, and yet the Senator from
Illinois complained that the colored people
were not represented here. Now, no man,
white or black, would think of comparing
the men who represented the South under
the Republicans with those now sitting
around him. The South to-day was repre-
scented by men who were peers of any of the
gentlemen on the other side. The
Democracy was warned of an appeal
to Caesar. They intend to appeal to
the PEOPLE BEFORE CAESAR COMES.
The Rubicon is crossed and the cry is aba
jactata est. It is to prevent Caesar from
coming that they desire the soldiers to be
taken from the polls.
He repelled the charge that he was a
revolutionist, or had used language warrant
ing such accusation. He had thought after
the expose made of the practices of the mar
shals and deputy marshals in
elections in various cities, every
honorable man of both sides ought to
agree to abolish these offices, and he had
so stated in the short speech of which so
much had been said. His party had not pre-
sented separate bills for the reason the law
authorizes military supervisors of elections,
as he hoped they would, but nobody could
question their rights to present legislation in
its present form. He had never said more
than that if the President refused to sign
bills he would consult the good men in his
party as to the proper course to be
pursued, but he would not assume
that the President would veto a bill contain
ing no unconstitutional provision. He be-
lieved the President would sign the bill be-
cause he ought to do SO, and all his past con.
duct indicated he would consider it as his
duty. All this cry out about revolution is
raised to SEQ it the Republicans cannot make
him act as party President and prevent
repeal of laws passed by them while in
power and by which they now hope to over
throw the people at the polls.
Senator Beck went on to state that Presi-
dent Lincoln himself had on one occasion
been obliged to interfere and partly rescind
orders given to Gen. Schenck in Maryland
because of the abuse made of the military.
Reverting to Senator Blaine's statement that
the cry against the military despotism was
likely to injure the country, Senator Beck
said the Democrats were not alone in de-
nouL cling the administration of affairs by
the Republicans. He quoted from the re-
marks of Stanley Matthews in the Liberal
convention of 1872, composed Of
men who had been Republicans
in which Matthews denounced
the action of the government, especially il
its use of the military power. An address
was issued by that convention which was. NJ
doubt, read all over the world, and nothing
that the Democrats had ever said could sur
pass that denunciation by former Republi
can of the party, which they had been obliged
on account of its bad actions, to leave.
Mr.. Beck here yielded to a motion to ad
journ, and will conclude his speech to
morrow. Adjourned.