Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-10

the army legislation on tho statute book had
been brought in rs riders to appropriation
bills, and mentioned number Of cases where
Republicans had done this; pointed out that
General Garfield had voted to impeach Pres
ident johnson for his uso of tho voto power,
which now ho was urging President Hayes to
use, in both cases to thwart tho will Of Com
grcss. lilo wont protty thoroughly over tho
legislation in which Mr.. Garfield in former
times had share to show that he had often
done what he now denounced. Some parts
of Mr.. Buckburn's speech was very bitter in
language, but he stuck pretty closely to his
subject.
Mr. Gibson, Of Louisiana, followed in an
able and temperate speech, making the point
that as Congress is to judge Of the election Of
its members it has right to mako tho laws
regulating the elections, with which, he
thought. the President ough, to interfere by
veto. The President had no right to veto n
bill, he thought, merely because it did not
please him.
Finally Mr.. Turner. Of Kentucky began
to read speech. whcrcupan The House I'D
journcd until this evening. when McSsrs.
Reagan, Of Texas; Bright of Tennessee, aud
| Barber, Of Illinois. made speeches.
Tomorrow General IIawlcy, Republican;
Weaver, of Ohio, Grcenbackcr, sud Tucker
of Virginia. are to speak, and General Gar,
field may reply to some Of the speakers who
have alluded to his opening speech.
General Sherman to-day snt in the House
near Gcncral Garfield, and Mr.. Black burn
created sensation by addressing him, saying
that The Representatives now in mower would
not permit the military arm to interfere with
the liberties of tho people.
WASHINGTON, April L. To-day's de-
bate was worthy of tho best days Of the
House Mr. Singleton, Of Mississippi,
opened Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa Green
backer), made an amusing speech, dcclar-
ing that the Grccnback party wanted no
marshals to help them carry elections
They wanted to get done with this useless
discussion and so to work helping the
starving people by new currency legislation
Mr.. Jones, Of Texas, aud Mr.. Wright, Of
Pcnns, lvania, followed and then came Gen.
era llaw!cy, who made forcible speech,
made up in part Of an argument on The
question aud in part Of horlatory remarks
to tho Democrats. lie followed the gen
cral Republican fashion of denouncing the
| riders on the Appropriation bills as "revo-
lutionGry," not guessing that General Gar
field would, before the session closed, sweep
all that rubbish away aud bring up the real
question at issue.
After General lIawley camc Mr. Ran
do!ph Tucker. Mr.. Tucker is an able
lawyer, au eloquent aud polished speaker,
aud man who, as General Garfield later
said Of him, always gallan,ly and openly
says precisely what, he thiuks. To- daY
Mr.. Tucker, with grace of manucr and
expression which delighted both sides, and
with an ccqucncc which corried away his
own side, delivered lis mind and declared
what, If the Democratic applause lie re-
ccived is evidence, must be regarded 9s the
mind Of a large part Of the Democratic
Representatives. What he said, n brief,
was that Congress has the constitutional
power over the appropriations; that there
| is nothing in the constitution or the rules
to prevent the houses passing The Army
bill with its rider; That the legislation It
vas proposed to repeal was grievance:
that when vicious Legislation has passed the
House is bound to say "No more money"
until such legislation is repc,lcd "lfI
there is no money appropriated for the army
by the 3Otb of June the army dies There
vi! - no mchcy to support it, and it shall
dic before wo give money for it to prtsia~
at our ballot boxes"
General Garfield replied to Mr.. Ticker ia
brief and statcsmnnikc speech, and really
broke tho Democratic line. lie evidently
felt that the time had come to stop the
nero stump speaking Of the Republicans
aud take up the real qucs ion, ard be knew
that Mr.. Tucker hld given Ain good oppor
tunlty. lie began, therefore, By swccpinr
away the Republican rubbish about the
wrong of placing riders on az appropra-
ton bill. lie said: "rhc House has Tie
constitutional light to put rider on tho
Army bill; it has the constitutional ruht
to pass the bill so loaded and send ;t to The
Seuatc; the Senate has the constitutional
rigst to pass it also with the rider; il can
bc constltnllonnliy sent TO the President
and he may in accordance with the consii
tuition, sign 1t, or he may veto it, aud when
ne does that the constitution provides that
unless two-thirds Of both houses pass il
over his veto it shall not be law Mfr. !
TacEcr's grievance, he reminded him, was
Il law now on the statute book, not un act
OF tho Prcsdcnt, but an act of Congress
and said he: 81 say that it can be cot rid
OF only in tho manner prescribed by the
constitution. In Il FREQ government the
powers of all branches are limited by the
constitution and whom tho r,ntl,m,n