Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-05
FORTY.SIXTH CONG r ESS.
SATURDAY, April 5.

EOh11.S1A1H CON6 H ESSs
SATURDAY, April 5.
THE SENATE was not In session to-day.
HOl SE.-The House met a. IL O'Clock In con-
tinuance Of Fridays session. and Immediately
went into committee OF the whole (Mr. Springer
in the chair on The army appropriation bill.
The pending amendment is as follows:
"Prorided, That nothing In this section as
amended shall be held or deemed 10 abrid ye or
affect the duty or power OF the President OF the
nted States under section 5, ,291 OF the Revised
STATES, enacted under, and TO enable the United
states TO comply with section 4, article T. OF ne
constitution. on application OF the legislature or
executive, as provided for In said section"
MT. Reagan opposed the amendment as being
entirely unnecessary,
MIR. Sparks denied that the proposed leylsla
ton was coercion OF .the action OF the Pres-
dent. He did rot say what Congress would d.
In case the President vetoed the BILL But he
believed that In this particular case Congress
should say to the President, ''if you do not
want this law we do not, we have the constI
tu'ional power to let 1t alone. and as you have
chosen to arrest it let the subject drop" Bur
the President would say. Gentlemen, this viii
take IT and make it effective?" because it had
some provisions in it Objectionable to me"
you 70 TO
Where was the coercion there? II the President
NAG me power TO prescribe the character OF
legislation that Congress should enact, was not
mat coercion of congress? If any attempts
had been made to coerce the President tney
haQ been made by the Stalwart members or fine
party that had elected him. He read from the
Chicago Inter Ocean an article to the effect thai
ppes1oent patsH Hayes was In sympathy with his
een DEMANDS out Of tha5 tie he yielded to the
no longer be looked upon as ~oq.a re
publican President. Was not that an effort
ro 80 aofee the piesldent into the extre ne mea-
sures or the extreme wing Of his party? He
also read from the Inter Ocean an extract to the
erect that the republicans were trying 20 stflfen
| me me. backbone OF the President. It was feared
hanHhnnn
was Were the coercion came in and not from
| the action OF Congress In attempting to pass
laws IN constitutional manner. He read from
me inter Ocean the heading I'm regard 10 the
late election In Chicago, which was Victory
| for the Democrats and the Howling Rebels"
IN Chicago! Laughter on the democratic
see They had said TO the President, 80 lrs
IS the stronghold OF repubIicani5m. We
EaVe no democratic Representative in the
popular branch; all our Representatives In that
body are stalwarr republicans" The election
lad come On and the victory had been gained
oy 1.-The democrats and howling rebels" Car
yer HarIlson.our own Carter-has obtained
the majority OF over 4, 900 in Chicago In thar
locality, where the republicans wanted to
stilien the back kbone OF his eXcelency the re-
sui had Indicated that instead Of putting ram
reds into his backbone it had taken all the
marrow and Stiffness out OF their own
Laughter on the democratic sldel Here
was The issue OF the democrats, and they
was whether or lot In this country.
THIS free country. this great republic. the
aIMe0 soiclers, the paid servants OF the SOW
eIelgn people, We're to come to the polls to
dliye the sovereign people away That was the
issue. The election In Chicago had been the
@ nrst popular response, and from a republican
city lt had been startling In its character
GentleInen, (he said, addressing the republican
side:) You make the issue, we go to tue coun-
that this sovereign power that stands behind us
STANDS hehind You and 10 IL President and gov
elnors and Congress must all yield, and the
sovereign people we know are with us
Wisconsin lad not shown an increased repub-
l1can majority OF eco votes.
Mr.. Sparks replied that Wisconsin was hard
" Important enough TO consider; he was talk
Ing about the republican city OF Chicago.
Mr.. CasWen inquired whether his friend did
not recognize that the greenbackerS had helped
me democrats carry the election at Chicago
Mr. Bragg, iD answer 70 the first Question of
his colleague, said that the judge OF the su-
pIeme court who had been elected In W1scon-
sin by lo,Ge0 majority, had not been the nomi-
nee or the republican party, but that every re-
publican newspaper ia the state had discarded
the IDEA that there should be any politics In the
election. and the members OF the bar belonging
70 tLe democratic party had supported hin.
ARD low he would like to ask his colleague
why II was that ne and his colleagues On the
republican side OF the House were sustaining
the right to MAINTAIN troops at the polls whe.
In republican Wisconsin where the people were
imIee, Ire they had law which prohibited the mili-
tia from being reviewed or called out or or ,an-
LED for two days prior to the holding OF an
election under penalty OF fine of $500. [Ap-
pIduSc On OcIuCcraClC SlOe.
MI. Caswell admitted that the Judge had not
been elected by a party caucus but would his
colleague deny that his opponent had been the
cnolce OF the democratic caucus OF the iegiSla-
ture OF that state: that the issue had been
made squarely between republicans and demo
c ats.
Mr. Chittenden said: Excepting only their
SO precious to the American people as the sane
tfty OF the ballot box. Now 1 ask what have
you heard In this great debate from the demo-
speech, sneer1ng at the greenbackers and tell
Ing the democrats that their present policy
was IN favor OF desperate and bull dozers and
The amendment offered yesterday by Mr..
New, that the repeal shall not abridge or affect
the right and duty OF the Executive to respond
was agreed tO-S5 to 4, the republicans refrain
ing from voting on either side
Mr.. Lowe moved to strike out section six
from the bill; and
Mr. Conger suggested to the other side OF the
House that IL that were done his side would
aid them in passing Immediately, without de-
called OBJECTIONABLE section Of the statutes.
ated the proposition.
| In the course OF the debate Mr.. Cox (N.YD
stated that he had in the democratic councils
| ,vored the repeal Of the obnoxious measures in
| an Independent bill, but that he had been over
r.or wisdom {but not the superior experience)
OF others. He expected that If the President
vetoed the bill, the Senate would send to
the House repeal bills pure and simple. and
tEen there would be a chance Of testing the
sincerity OF the republican side.
The .'border ruffian" history OF Kansas was
Haskell (kan)
Later:-The debate has closed upon the army
Oil, az the committee is now voting on amend-
menus. lt has rejected 122 to lS7 an amend
ment striking out the word .'civ1i" from sec
ton 6, so that 1t would read "no military or
naval officer or other person engaged In the
military or naval service OF the United States
shall order bring, &C."
IHE FIGHT BETWEEN THE PENNSYLVANIA
AND THE b AND U. RAILROADs.-The fight be-
tween the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad companies has at last deSeoDed
hn., ihIG lawsuit, the preliminary skirmishing
Ia thasiing commenced In Philadelphia yesterday
Sy Sy ane Ming OF bill in equity in the United
states CIRCUIT Court. The plaintiffs are Francis
s. Lathrop and Lewis II. Taylor citizens OF Jhe
state OF New York, for themselves and such
0ther stockholders OF the Junction railroad as
may become parties to the proceedings and the
defendants are the Junction railroad and the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad company. The lawyers
thus far aODPartnQ are ElV platf SaYn,al