Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-21


down by the senator from Georgia Hill, and
repeated pIecemeal since by the senator from
Ohio Thurman, they were going to vote
down IN the senate every amendment that
was adopted in the committee of the whole.
The Democratic appropriation committee
Democratic disapprJbation. There was to
be hedge. Why do they hedge? He
must be tyro in party politics
who fails to discover what this meant. He
went on to intimate that the bill was gotten
through the house without serious opposition
on the idea that there was nothing in it but
prohibition to use the army as police. 1t
was thought the four words, "as police
force, F" would make place large enough for
the President to stand on to approve the bill.
How much OF a compliment 10 the intelli-
gence of the Executive and his constitutional
advisers this expression was he would not
venture to say. When it was known that
the amendments would be opposed in the
senate it became evident nobody could go to
the President and say, ''This language does
not mean to nullify the existing laws, because
it was only to prevent the use of the army as
police force. This hedging WIS resorted to
by Senator Thurman in the hope that he
might convince the executive that, although
the amendments intended to define the
meaning of the bills they rejected; still they
were rejected On account of chronic and in
discriminate hatred of the amendments, no
matter what their merits. That was why the
committee was to be sacrificed" But there
was another argument. It was inferred
that, should this innocent little pro-
vision ever so back to the house,
although the previous question might be APP
piled, it had come to the knowledge of the
house that a good many members of the
house who relied on Democratic assertions as
to the meaning of the words might now be
recorded IN disapproEal OF it, and thus any
advantage which had been obtained in the
ranks of the political party with which the
Executive Is supposed to sympathize would
be thrown away.
amendment, offered some days ago, in order
to allow a vote 10 be taken on Senator Conk-
ling's pressing amendment lamely-attend-
ing section 5, the prohibitoTy clause, adding
the words: Except in aid of the evil au-
thorities." Rejected; yeas, 10; nays, %.
Senator Conkling also offered the following
amendment: To strike out the words "as a."
AID insert the words cot an ordinary eivil, +"
SO shat the clause would read: 10 be used
instead of an ordinary police force to keep
the peace" etc. Rejected; yeas, 16; nays,
%.
Senator Conkling offered the following
amendment: At the end cf section insert
the words provided thas 1othiag herein
shall be constfued to affect the right to en-
ploy any part of the army to execute the
laws in such cases and under such circum-
stances as such employment of said force
may be expressly authorized By the constitus
ton or by act Of congress-"
This is the language of the posse eontitattss
clause of the act of 1873. Rejected; yeas,
ID; nays, q.
Senator Conkling moved to amend by add
ing to section 5 the following words: "Pro-
vlded that nothing in this section shall De
construed to affect the power Of the Fresi-
dent to employ such parts of the land and
naval fe-ces OF the United States as he may
deem necessary to enforce a faithful execu-
ton Of the laws of the United States, or to
suppress such rebellion In whatever State CIR
Territory thereof where the laws of the
United States may be forciby opposed or the
execution thereof forciby INSTRUCTED II
This is the acts of congress of 1892, 1895
and 1907, standing In 1898 of the revised
statutes. Rejected-yeas, 16; nays, 80.
He also moved to add to the section, "Ex-
cept when necessary or in aid OF the civil
authOritles, aaG then only On the application
2f tue civil authorities" Rejeoted-yeas,
Is; nays, %,
Senator Blaine offered his amendment TO
punish any person approaching the polls car
rylng deadly weapon, openly or concealed,
Rejected-yeas, Is; nays, %.
Senator Window offered the following
amendment: At the end of section add the
words .'excent as authorized by the constitu-
ton of the United States" Rejected by Is
TO 20.
Senator Coukling moved to strike out the
fifth section. Rejected by Is to 30.
All the above were strict party votes. The
| Dill was reported to the senate.
Senator Withers hoped the senate
would non concur in the amendments
! made in committee Of the whole.
The amendments made were humorous
! thEustS as sae Democrats for voting down
! their own amendments. The bill was read a
| thlrd tiaie AMI put on its final passage.
Senator Corklipg said: Suppose this
! used to enable the army to protect the men,
| women and children of the west from the
rel meD, the senator from Ohio
would still say that it was
merely a failure to appropriate, yet
| the constitution says the President shall
| cuted, Section 1919, Of the revised statutes,
declares that no department shall spend
money not appropriated, nor contract or In
| cur liabilities for future payment. This bill
says no other money shall be used for s
purpose. The hands of the executive are
tied, and he cannot, under h;s oath to up
hold the laws, enforce the laws. Tht
| election laws nave been pronounced consti
| tusienal by the courts, but Senator Thur
man suggests that because he thinks them un
constitutional, therefore it is right for him tt
| vote against sheir enforcement. If any law
are unconstitutional, this proposed one is b,
| which the President is TO be invited to violatt
his oath OF office.
Noticing the iateness Of the hour, Senator
Conkling said ne would conclude by alludIns
| 10 one Of the Presidents veto messages b.
held in Ais hand. No language could b.
moe apt than that contained Ia it. No ad
vice better than 1t gave, it the desiYs hat
| been not to do anything to lepRthen tn
| session since nothing could have been NOR
conducive to It's aD6reviation than to legis
late il conformity with the suggestion Q
| that measure.
The debate was continued by Senator
| Eaton, Blaine, Burnside and Bayard.
Senator Thurman denied that he had eve
said word that could be construed int
threat that his party would refuse supple
because his Views were not complied with
lie said In bis remarks during the last SEES
sion that ne had referred to the formation o
the senate. and warned the small States nc
to push their advantage IL equal repre-
| seGtGtion with the great States too far; abov
all not to push the one-nan power too fal
! While IN England and France an admins
| tration canuot stand an hour after an advers
vote by the people, it was not advisable
press the power OF the senate and the one
man power too far. For saying this, whic
| every statesman had thought, ne mad bee
denounced ever since. 1t was true that th
Democrats had not attempted to coerce th
executive, neither did they propose to allo'
the executive to dictate what their legisla
ton should be. These appropriations wer
| proper; if the President vetoed them becauS
they did not contain something else the II
sponsibility fell on him. The bills containe
all that congress saw fit to appropriate an
all that had been estimated as necessar,
Now, if the President refuses to sign then
because he thinks they ought to contai
something else, the blame is with him. 1t
not for the minority to dictate to the JUDI
ment of the majority.
Senator Blaine said that if the speech
the senator from Ohio had been explained
: the tune it was made, as it had now been e.
! planned, as theoretical essay, the extra sc
. sion would probably have been averted,
in his Blains'sl opinion, that speech was Il
, | very groundwork that caused the extra Sc
| sion.
Senator Thurman said there was nothir