Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-03

Endorsement of the Revolutionary
Measures Of the Extra Session by
the Democratic State COnven-
ton.
The democratic State Convention held
at Bangor gave its full endorsement to the
revolutionary measures of the extra SEES
sion Of Congress.
II will be remembered that these meas
ures were adopted by the democrats in
Congress for the purpose of repeating
election laws necessary to the protection
of fair and free ballot and an honest
count and return of votes. These cleo
ton laws have proved their efficiency in
preventing frand in New York city, where
previous to the appointment OF supervisors
of elections democratic frauds were per-
petrsted of such gigantic proportions
that not only was the honest vote of the
city trampled under foot. but the honest
expression of the State which would
have elected by large majoritics the re-
publican candidates, was completely over
slaughed and reversed so that the result
gave the State to the democracy. IL was in
consequence of the frauds thus perpetrat-
ed in New York city in 1868, that the SUI
pervisor law was enacted as Il necessary
means to fair elections in that city, and no
man more strongly denounced the demo-
cratic frauds in the city or more earnestly
advocated the supervisor law than Horace
Greeley, the democratic candidate Tor Pres
ident in 1872.
The obtaining of a democratic majority
in New York is necessary to democratic
success in 1890. With u solid South and
New York secured for the democracy on
Nv few more electoral votes will he need
ed to elect democratic President in 1880
The repeal of the election laws, which
would allow repeating. bullying, ballot
box stufiing, and other frauds upon the
right Of suffrage, was the one thing
deemed needful to ensure the carrying of
New York by any desired democratic ma
jority. 1t was for this that the extra ses-
sion was forced by the democrats. Then the
repeal ofthe election laws was tackled to the
appropriation bills, and the democrats re-
solved in caucus that if the President
would not sign the bills when presented to
him with the obnoxious and unconstit,i-
tional Legislation annexed, they would vote
no appropriation for the government
and its wheels must stop. Revolution was
threatened if the President did not comply
with the demands of the ex-Confederate
Brigadiers, who had come back to Con-
gress to undo all that had been gained by
the rebellion and put things back as they
were before the war And this the Maine
democrats in State convention endorsed.
Fortunately the republicans in Congress
by their courage and tirmness, and the
President by his vetoes, succeeded in re-
sisting successfully the designs of the
democratic conspirators against the peace
and welfare of the country, so that all the
appropriations required have been secured
with the exception of that for the payment
of United States marshals and their depu-
ties.
But this appropriation is all-important.
Without it the marshals of the United
states can receive no pay and their func-
tons must be suspended Their relations
TO the United States courts are similar to
those of sheriffs to our State courts. The
courts OF States would have to suspend
were there no sheriffs. In like manner
the United States courts cannot 90 on with
business while there are no marshals or
deputies to enforce the process necessa-
ry to the discharge of the functions be-
longing to them. Says the President in
his veto message; 1.-THE execution of the
criminal laws of the United States.
1.-The service of all civil process in eases
lin which the United States is party. and
1.-The execution of the revenue laws, the
neutrality and many other laws OF large
importance depend on the maintenance
''of the marshals and their deputies. They
''are in effect he only police Of me
United States Government Officers with
corresponding powers and duties are
found in every State of the Union and in
".1ery country which has a Jurisprudence
- IN is worthy of the name. 10 de-
',prass Af nofionat government Of these Of
ssoati1 be az disastrous 10 society as
- ~ sheriff., constitutes and police
.sseyj1 States.
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