Daily globe., 1879-05-16


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about one-sixth of the money went to the
South and five sixth to the North. That is tho
N way freshmen were protected: They made the
south give the negro right to vote. bqt when
It came to using the money of the United
States, for every dollar they gave to protect
him, t they spent five dollars to i 4.tt,,a oriY
=, CORRUPT ELEcr1oNs AT THE NORTH , .,44
and to deprive men of their right to vote there,
The Senator from New York (Conkling) had
carefully enumerated the different varieties of
things, shoulder hitters and roughs, "a which
had formed part of his constituency. If New!
York city were raked from Harlem to the bat
terry. there could not be found init WORSE set
Of men than the deputy marshals seleoted in
1876 and 1878 to- execute those laws. Of $685.
more than one-half, was sent to New York
State. The roughs of the adjacent States did
not like to see their brethren in New York get
ting all the money, so, to pacify them some
Was sent out of that State. Thirty seven thou
sand dollars went to Pennsylyania. That was.
enough, because the local managers of the
machine in Philadelphia knew how to manage
elections perfectly, and did not need any help
from federal supervisors to secure the election
of Republicans. But $37 900 was spent in
Pennsylvania to satisfy the @ 's1 '1.'..
CLAMOR OF THE ROUGHs. i"7' t< 3tg
Then they, paid some attention to Baltimore
and sent, $4,000 to Maryland. jersey City was 3
pretty important town and got $l2,275, not
much, but it helped to pacify the brethren;
So those four States, New York, Pennsyluania,
New Jersey and Marylan absorbed $217 900 of
thirty States. i In 1878 there we're 4, 86l suspen-
sions, of which 1,453 were in New York, and
1852 in Pennsylvania, leaving only 1906 for all
the other States. i iOf the s4,786 marahals more
than <one-half were in New wHfork. The zex-
penditures were $222,714, of which only
S1g2 went South Nth va1 The gains 9f the Re-
Pennsylvania will show why this money was
spent in the North. In one single election IA
Republicans were gained, an! singulary
enough the" greatest gain was where the
most money was spent. 'tjfit 80 2ft'Fis5tiz -'!'
Senator Thurman said there was evidence this
MONEY WAS SPENT ConRUPTLY ~ s'5is1"
in collecting deputy marshals. Persons thought
to be purchasable were sent for and asked if
they would work for the Republican candidate
and upon promising to do SO they were ap-
pointed deputies. In this manner large Demo-
cratic majorities were destroyed IN certain dis
tricts. If the Democrats were to obtain pow
er March 4th, 1884, and there was such a. bless
publicans would clamor for repeal Of these
laws more loudly than they cry now against it.
They would not trust such power over the pub
lie purse and offices with . Democratic Presi-
dent. Another OK would be gored then. l., a,se:
Senator Thurman said it. would surprise
some to know l,' how Davenport had featheIed
his own nest. Without speaking of the 5000
afidavits at ten cents each which he made out
against people for false registration six months
before they Appeared to register he would refer
to other evidences of his corruption, because it
was right this man should A 's"''1'''''' - 20
5.s BE HELD Up TO ETERNAL 1NFAMY.s ,7.'i, ~
He'showed how 900 of the secret service
money got into Davenport'sa hands, and was
never accounted for to the government. He
hated to deal with such fellow but he was
the most potential man in the country A
former door keeper had jokingly said of him-
self that he was q ''Biger man than old
Grant, but this man. a bigger man than
half 2 dozen such ,Presidents as We have now
in controlling elections. He meant no disre-
spect to the President. He could not
TURN UP HIS NOSE WITH SENATORIAL DIGNITY
and ignsre this man. It was not pismire un-
der his foot, but an elephant he read testi-
smony showing Davenport,s acquisition of
wealth since his appointment to office, and said
Johnnie prospers and is fruitful tree, though
the fruit ia of very bad kind.
He had intended to say something about the
army bill and veto, though he preferred to
stick to his text. In his Judgment there was
never so
| 1NEXCUsABLE AN EXERCISE OF THE VETO POWER
as in the vetoes lately sent them. 1t is the
first time the President has vetoed an appro-
priation bill and the first time bill has been
vetoed because it repealed existing laws. The
veto power was intended check upon un-
-, s,lo-1 1~ks
and to enable the executive department to de-
fend itself from encroachment by the lcgislar
! tive department.. 1t is also the first time q
President in message has quoted the remarks
of Senators and Representatives in Congress
to impute to them improper mo-
| tives. He enlarged on the impro
| priety of such allusions. There were
the first message the President was understood
to say troops could not be used at elections un
| der the laws but in the second he tells us the
government might be overthrown if the military
could not be used election days. Was there ev.
er an argument so thoroughly shallow, he would
not say contem ptible, but SO
| TRANSPARENT soPHIsTRY AS THIS. -
In conclusion, Senator Thurman said he hai
never been more panied than by the course ot
the debate in opposition to this bill. 1t had
been made the occasion of reviving sectiona
hatred. He appealed to every candid man t.
say if the course of the Democratic party, anC
especially Of the Southern members, warranted
such course. The Southern States are an in
tegral part of the Union, and its citizens are a,
much interested as any in its welfare, and Al
fully entitled as any to try to promot,
that welfare according to their convic
tions.s If such appeals resulted
in making the North solid to rule forever owe
the other section, he would despair of .ther
ever being a real union in this country. H
warned those engaged in this attempt to Great
sectionalism, that sectionalism might in tn
future be drawn by other lines than Mason an,
Dixon's. 1t might take other shapes, and the
who now were most anxious to promote it an
to govern by sold North may find that ther
is another solidarity that will govern them
(Applause.) Adjourned. grf