Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-02


millsare rssuming operations. and lead-
inc manufactures and producers are IN
good spirits. -. .,
SHALL THE BALLOT BE FREEf
There are some facts in connection
with the struggle now going on in Con-
gress that the public should bear IN
mind. And the first OF these is that the
identical laws which tho Democrats now
seel 10 repeal by attaching them to the
appropriation bills, were passed by the
Republicans in 1872, by exactly the
SAME process, 1. e., making them q part
Of the appropriation bills. ... .
The second TACT is that the leader OF
the Republican obstructiOnists ROW IN
the House-the man, Gen. GARErELD-
whose speech the other day in opposi-
ton to the revolutionary policy otthe
DEMOCRATS in making these rePsals and
notifications part Of the appropriation
hills. is now being published for use as
a Republican campaign document is
the self same man who in 1872 lead the
Republican majority in the House IN
support OF the policy OF making these
laws a part OF the appropriation bills,
and by which policy they became laws
In speaking in support OF this meas
IRE in 1872, and when the Republicans
occupied exactly the same position as
the Democrats DO now, Gen. GARFIELD
said:
The question which had arisen was
f,r above the bill. II was whether the
minority had the right and could m
siSt upon their right To consider great
appropriation bill the moment that any
minority, however large, said no to that
proposition. Ii not, then they were IN
the midst Oi a parliamentary revolution
ont of which there was no legislation oil
any sort possible fOrevermOre until that
pr1position was abandoned. lie re-
t,arded il as most unwise and uniortu-
nate that the gentlemen on the other
sidp nf the House had seen ut 10 say
that unless this amendments were
struck out this great public measure,
without which the Government could
NOT 20 ON, could no. become Law. lie
would never give way in any form OF
rumprnmise until that assumption was
utterly abandoned. lie recognized the
RIGHT 0i dilatOry motions where a nit
uurity was being oppressed by any I'M
fundamentally proceedings, but where
m. rrpp0sitiou was to proceed accord
inylo parliamentary law, and where the
minority sud that should not be done,
then If the minority was 10 prevail there
was the end Of parliamentary govern,
Incnt. Ii was simple, plain denial oil
the n.ht Of the American. people To
make laws, speaking through the ma
iuritv Of their Representatives. lie pro-
ruscI for one 10 stay here till December
next. IL necessary, 20 insist that this APP
prnpriltion bill should be- considered.
II should be voted up or voted down,
but vote they must, or they would
abandon or surrender The right OF par
liamentary government in tine country.
And il We come a step further ON, We
find that at the last session OF Congress
when the repeal OF these odious laws
was first mooted, this same Gen. GAR
FIrLD, arose in his seat, and eloquently
sail:
Il am free 10 admit, Tor one, that
these enactmcntS were passed ut u
period SO different from the present
tuut probably We can, without serious
harm, muster them out now, as We
mustered cut Oi service the victorious
armies when the war was done, For
myself, rec no practical, serious OBJ
lection tO letting these sections 90;
although | dO not quite see how any
body can say, that, while State can
call out IT, own militia To keep the peace
"a; lbs own polls ,and nobody calls that
tyranny; Uobody calls that wickedness
.uud Injustice ami menace tO civil
liberty, 81 Il seems To Inc that nation,
when il has its own elections, which It's
own constitution SAYS il may regulate a.
10 the time, place and manner OF hold
iug them. may with great prOpriety use
its own iu-y.' To- keep the peace at it's
own national polls. That u all there Is
in these two sections that any gentle
nan has complained oL
Now only about month has passed
and thi, scli-Samc Gen. GAEFIELD de-
clarrs what az the LIST session was 'con-
sutulional, at the extra session Is "rev-
olu,ionary.' and "striNins a. the life OF
the republic" Wh'n II tie head of a
Republican majority, VIII BLAINE in
the Speakers chair and GRANT in the
White House to aid the passage OF these
Enforcement acts, he rcsorted to every
parliamentary dodge 20 carry through
the legislation which the Democrats
have now determined To repeal Then
il Vas constitutional and commendab!e
% tack offensive measur, to approprIa-
ton bills; now when the Democrats
propose 60 set rid OF them 10y the same
means, il IS revolutionary and subser-
sive.i .-.... ,...-...a
Nevertheless It will b. done. What il
pleased majority OF the House OF Rep
r,scn;atives TO enact 10 1872, il plcasesS
majority 81 the House Of Representa-
lives To repeal in 1879, and the Repub-
dean minority DO not yivid 10 the repeal,
or an obstinate Executive essays TO
block the wheels oi government in order
To prevent il, in the language Of Gen.
GNEFInD IN 1872, AZ is a simple, plain
denial Of the right OF the American PeO-
PIE. speaking through a majority Of their
representatives, 20 make the laws"
THE BOTTOM FACT.
Z Is a tact that the Republican lead.
cts who inspire the present excitement
are no; sincere. They are simply Presi-
,l.,a tnnlin-, Nrhnn they cry ont "reYn-