The sun., 1879-02-26

u Dat MS To- whether Eph Holland is y D,o,.oo
Hayes had pnrdoned him out of prison ai,d
thht II" was Republican. Mr. Foster Eail ihnt
" lOthnI was II delegate to tho last Demomatie
=. Mr. Banning protested tomld loud shou,s n,
Ordrt thgt his colleague Dir Garfield ind
!Mr. M bSnn,ngl had quoted from his speech. and
"N,ch =" declared Was not true.
amendment, said that ia 1916 hy irand. by nor' e
Jury, ny iorgrrtcs, by tho Improper use of Fed
H' m V'srs n ihe yosG 9f H'e people had been OF
pending Hmcndmcnt wds a protest against
tnud uni Tue imprupr use Of fedrrul officers.
proved ~ fraud in elections while known per
1nrers nad bcen ruwSS ded in Louisiana by the
Mr. Hewitt Dem. N. w. said that tho on
POSITION expressed by gentlemen ON the other
slde showed how impossible il was for them ~
Dru'ocrntic party in their desire and fixed de-
termination to ea,nse from the statute books
every provision which iniringcd upon tho per-
s"hai liberty ot the citizen. All such provisions
hHd been placed upon the statute books during
Or since the close pf the war. Once only had ain
upon which Mason. and Jefferson, and Mali-
son, "nd Hamilton had planted free govern
ncht, ana thHt obnoxious law had been swept
from tho statute book. 10 democrats planted
themselves ON the old stronghold that there was
security for liberty was in the people them
selves. II abuses occurred, they could be much
more readily and cflefually remedipd by tho
people than by u centralized power. When tho
geutenau from Maine tMr Frye, "a few days
ago. alluded to corrupt Judges In New York he
seems To have overlooked the fact that Judges
McCunn and Barnard had been driven from ths
bench. not by the Federal power. but by the in
ulsnuut voice oi the people OF New York. The
gentleman from Maine had also said that these
laws must he repealed in order to enable the
D"inoerats TO carry New York in the next election.
Did not that gentleman know that the election
oi 1876 had been au honest election in the State
of New York. ana had not Gov. Tillen received
q majority in thar State OF over 10000? The
Democrats had carried that State with con
stahily increasing niajgrties ever since those
laws nad been enacted. aud would have con
tnu"d To do 80 To- the end of time hut for the
invention OF Mr. Davenport. by which free
citz.'ns were prevented IRON voting. MIR. DaV-
cnpprt, follow lng an example which had been
SET hsm in New Orleans. had. on afii,Livits OF
whlch had resulted IN the arrest oi 1000 Tree
ciiH of New York.
Mr. wha;horne Dom. TennJ said that
greater than his love uf s,StiOn or OF party was
his affection for "A republican form Of govern.
ment. und Hs this Supervisor law interfered
with and usurped the right of popular sOver-
centy, hc was ia favor 81 its repeal.
Mr.. Davidson iDrin.. Fia.l said that the South
ernment. but II did desire thni laws passed in
| the heat OF the late struggle should no longer
| prevail. and that laws used as political ma
Nr Hale tlicp. Mninrl said that the House
might us well understand exactly how this mat
| ter stood. Tho gentleman from Ohio tMr
Southardl in pressing the amendmcnt had
! thrown down to the Republican side Of the
New YORK S tIr. Hewitl had taken " The positon tH
| this morning tuat tho Democratic party stood
! here to-day aud would stand, in favor Of swe"p-
! which, he said. intcrlprcd with the operation OF
! state Governments ami state laws In the mat
! ter Of elrciious. There was a plain and dis
unt challenge. As strong as the feeling was
| on that side ot the iluusg, equally strong WAS It
90 the Republican sid. These lave for th" pro-
! trctipn OF the ballot would not and should not
! be- repealed In an appropriation bill His side
| ol the House would never consent to the project
being pushed forward aud carried through To
! repeal. In conclusion he said: We have done
| everything IN our power 20 push this hill. and
at some stage OF the proceedings between now
aud the nnal Adjournment of Congress the
| other side ~ tho House might yield It's position.
| peal"d iAppiause on the Republican side. and
| dgrisiye laughter on the Delno 'raiic sidrl
| -, Mr.. Souihard dem. Ohiol declared 1t 10 be
| the sentiment ot his side Of the House that
those laws which had bcen enacted tn corrupt
the ballot box and secure the election ~ ono
| must be swept from tue statute hooks. ZAP.
! piause on the Democratic sidel LIT It be. said
~. distinctly understood that on th - sidr o the
/ House aud with the Democratic party rests the
responsibility. and that when II Is a question Of
%S Yields the a issne dsrry.s ,sn condcn,nn Ig n%n
| ton ot u free and independent people. loud
! applause on the Demo 'rWic sid"J II the ha.
! publican party can beat the Democratic party NJ
| In rolls in a fair Election we will submit will
| hnEy. but We intend To contend rs frecnen to
| make the ballot box free. and we are wiiiins to
! let the issue come here and now. lhcncwed ap-
| llausc on the Democratic side.l
| The amendment was adopted l35 10 ll0
mrnts we're reported To- the House. All the
| amendments were concurred In in gross, eN-
| crpt few ON which separate votes were de-
| mHndrd.
The amendment fixing the pay Of jurors at 81
! day prescribing the method Of drawing them,
| and rrIFaling the jurors test oath. was agreed
| to without division.
| INK the laws in regard 10 United states super
| vizors Of election. On a division there were
| lOl votes IN the affirmative but the tepubicans
refused TO vote. and raised the point OF no
The vote was then taken by yeas and nays.
| and again the Rruuhllcnns declined voting. the
| only exceptions being Messrs Chittenden IN.
~. Fort tllJ. and Kilinger tPal. whn, voted ln
| the negative. The vote stood-ycas l43. nays 3
| one l,sas than quorum. The Speaker there
| upon voted aye" making quorum, and de-
| cIared the Amendment agreed 10. amid great
side.
Then Mr. Hale tRep.. Me-, rosortlng to dila-
| tory tactics. moved that when the House ad-
| journ II be until Thursday. Tho motion WIS
greeted with dserisiyes laughter on the Demo
| cratic side. and Mr.. Hale was asked, Jeeringly.
whether he did not want to have the ADpropria-
| tion bill passed.
The motion having been voted down Ionly one
vote being east in the aillrmatiyel. Mr. Hale
| moved TO lay the bill on the table. remarking
that he wished to SOC whether the Dcmocrqts
| could without any RepIblican votrsl pass the
bill, and that he hoped no Republican would
The only Republicans who voted were Mr..
| Broglen IN. O. In the negative, and Messrs;
| Brrntano tIll) Patterson IN. ". and Dunnell
MIMI lthe latter having voted by mistake.
| tiiyl In the Affirmative.
The vote WIS then announced as yeas 3. nays
| l43-one less than a quorum. The Speaker
| again made a quorum by voting IN the mega
tive. and declared the motion to lay the bill on
| the table defeated.
The bin as amended was then passed. 143 to
| III.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
William A. Wheeler this morning laid
before the Senate a telegram from the Cali
fornia Constitutional Convention. thankinR
| Congress for passing the Chinese bill Mr. Sar-
gent tRep. Call said that ths IS WAS the highest
expression Of the will q the people OF that
State. Mr.. Hoar tltep.. Mass.l objected to re-
ceiving the paper. as II was "a telegram not
signed by tho persons presenting II. conse-
quently could not be received under the rules,
William A. Wheeler decided the point we'll
taken. Mr. Sargent said that he had telegram
from a we'll known editor OF the Pacific coast In
regard to the qualification OF the inhabitants
over the bills passage. Strangers meeting IN
the streets had embraced. so great was their
JOY. Mr. Edmunds tRep VI objected TO re-
ceivng the telegram. Ii was breach OF priv,
lage to thank either minority or minority oi
the Senate for it's action. Mr.. Blaine tRep.. Me-
favored receiving H. Objection was made u
further debate and the subject was laid aside.
Mr.. Cameron tRep Wis., moved e. take ~
the resolution declaring David T; Corbin tRep.l
duly elected Senator from South Carolina IN
stead OF NJ @. Butler tDcm.. the sitting memberl
Rejected, rs to SO. ~