The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-18


selves and many ol them Democratic can
didates for office. In conclusion Mr.. Tel
leE said that he did notknow WHAT Presi
dentwould do, but he did not think an,
threat to deprive the army ot It's sustain
ance would affect the action Of any Repub
lican Seneator, nor OF the President.
Mr.. Conkling asked II vote could no
be taken onthe pendingl Blaine's) amend
ment, but Mr.. Butler thereupon moved X
go into executive session, which was
agreed 10 aud on the doors being reopeneC
the Senate adjourned,
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading OF III,
journal the bill reported yesterday from
the Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures, 10 provide the exchange OF cub
sidiary silver coins and legal tenders, in ali
sums not exceeding ten dollars, came up.
The question, on motion made by Buck.
ner, Chairman ofthe Committee on Bank.
ing and Currency, TO refer the bill To that
committee. Aftera long discussion the pre-.
vious question was moved, and the motion
to refer the bill to the Banking Committee
was rejected by SSto 97. \
The bill then was before the House, but
went over till tomorrow, the morning
hour having expired. r.-...- -,0.-g .
Mr.. Atkins moved that the debate on
the legislative appropriation bill close on
Saturday. This motion brought on a
pointed personal tilt between Atkins and
Conger The former then substituted
Tuesday next. Garfield moved Friday,
Agreed 10; yeas 1871, nays 9l. arm
Thn Hnn1a than Hyat int a Hn.n,..,kkna
on the Legislative Appropriation Bill, and
was addressed by Kelly. 'T
HELLY's WARNING TO THE DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. Kelly said: He proposed to state
his conclusions in commencement OF his
remarks. He would vote for the repeal OF
the test oath for jurors, should it come be-
fore the House as a separate measure.
During the last session he had advocated
the repeal of the provision requiring that
oath. He said now, as he had said then,
that 1t was au exasperating incongruity IN
law, and, therefore 1t should be repealed.
lie would also vote for the repeal OF the
section by which soldiers were sent to
the polls. as proposed by the gentleman
from Ohio, (Garfeld). TO vote for the
provision in the army bill which has
passed the House, which was al
provision in restraint OF the use
Of the military as it now stood,
would be an injustice to the Republican
party. which when it had two.thirds in
each House they had passed It and to the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln, who had
given to It his Presidential signatures. He
would also vote as q separate proposition
for the repeal ofthe provisions oflaw under
which thedeputy marshals were sent to the
polling places OF the country. He believed
that those provisions OF law had been
abusedSat any rate the sections had all |
been passed when the country was at war
or during the process OF reconstruction,
when the majority Of the votes of some OF
the border States lat least one of them)
had been franchised by the State Constitu-
tons. But he would not vote for the re. |
peal or essential modification OF the law
authorizing the appointment and fixing
the duty and power OF the supervisors of |
elections. As he understood the constitu.
ton 1t vested the ultimate con-
troll OF the elections in relation to
the national Offices in the Congress OF the
United States, but he would not vote for
any one Of these provisions as riders on
the appropriation bills, and dtsclaiming all
knowledge as to the purposes Of the Presi.
dent, he would say here and now that il
the bills were sent out TO the President in
this present form, and he should in his
wisdom see fit to veto them, he (Kelly)
would sustain the veto with all his power.
II the President disapproved Of either OF |
these bills it was his duty under the Con-
stitutiOn to veto them, and hc warned the
gentleman that the party who attempted |
to override veto by any other means
than those provided by the Constitution
would be trampled out OF existence.
Mr.. Kelly, after discussing at length the
measure OF burdening the appropriation
bills with political riders, said:
GARFIELD CALLS HIM TO TIME,