The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-05
rha n.moorario Programme.

The democratic members of the house
on Saturday decided upon q programme
of action in reference to the political legis-
lation, which will bring the fraudulent ex-
ecutive squarely up to the mark, where ne
will be obliged to say whether he is deter
mined to retain the power to use federal
troops at the polls. They have agreed up
on the exact terms of the measure to be
passed in place Of the famous sixth sec,
ton to which Hayes objects, and further
that ell consideration of the army bill
shall be deferred until the executive shall
sign or veto the independent political
measure. The amendments are to strike
out from sections 2,002 and 5,52S the
words "sivil" and "or armed men" in
such way as to avoid entirely the Presi-
dents objection as to interference with
the civil authorities. The sections will
therefore, read as follows:
SECTION 2,OO2.-No military or naval
officer or other person engaged in the mill
tary or naval service Of the united States
shall order, bring, keep or have under his
authority or control any United States
troops at the place where any general or
special election is held in any State, unless
it be necessary to repel the armed enemies
of the United States.
Sec. 5,52S.-Every officer of the army
or navy or other person in the military or
naval service of the United States who
orders. brings, keeps or has under his au-
thority or control any troops at any place
where general or special election is held
in any State, unless such force be neces-
sary to repel armed enemies of the United
States at the polls, shall be fined not
more than 5000 aud suffer Imprisonment
at hard labor, not less than three months
nor more than Eve years.
This is in no way receeding from the 20
sition taken by the majority aud will &C
complish the demands Of the people, in
that the bill agreed upon further prohib'
its, in very plain and positive terms, the
use of troops ct the polls. The bill con-
tanning the above sections will be reported
to the house to-day and viii probably bt
passed without debate in both houses anC
sent TO the acting president By Wednes
day or Thursday of this week.
The legislative bill has already beer
amended 10 the senate committee so tina
it will have to go back to the house, wher
the political legislation, consisting of tn
repeal of the test oath, the deputy mar
shals and the supervisors, will be take
from it and each placed in a separate BIZ
and passed without debate and sent to tn
president. 1t has further been agreed tina
whether these bills be signed by the presi
dent or vetoed the appropriation bills wi
be passed 10 regular order and an adjourn
ment of congress follow. This destroys a
the capital made by the republican cry {
revolution" and faces the republica
party up to the line on the political n
forms demanded by the people. If th
fraudulent president vetoes these bill
the democracy will go before the poop
with the issue of free elections and in
partial jnries" Hayes can do no mol
damaging thing to his party than
veto any or all of these bills. 10 view
the special pleadings of his message az
the admissions that the republicans wei
forced to cake in the debate in both hor
ses he will not in all probability dare
veto them. If be should it will concI
sively show the existence of n determine
ton on the part of the republican man
gers to prevent full and free expressic
of the popular will 10 1880, and a dete
minatiou on their part to repeat in SON
way the great fraud of 1876.