The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-03
HOUSE..

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Mr. ATKINS
| OF Tennessee, reported the legislative ap
preparation bill 1t appropriates between
| fit cen and sixteen million Of dollars anc
the bill contains provisions for repeating
| the last clause Of section 500 of the revised
at tures. which applies To Pennsy lvanis
and section sol, $40 aud sd, revised stat
utes, and providing that all jurors, grand
and petit, shall be publicly drawn from a
brx, containing names Of not less than 800
persoDs possessing the necessary qualitica-
tons which nam shall have been plac d
therein by the clerk of the court and com
missioner, to be a citizen rrsiding in the
distr c., and a well known member of the
party opposing that TO which The clerk be-
longs. 1t also repeals section 20l6, 29lS
and 2020, spd ali # succeeding sections
down ." and including 2027, and also sec
ton 1922 1t also strikes out of section
2l9, the words: ''For the purpose of en-
gsging in the work of canvassing the bal
lott" and strikes out of section 2020, the
word-: ''ora deputy msrsh'l," and the
words, "city, town, county, parish" 1t
also rrpesls SECTION 203l, except such part
of it as relates to the pay Of supervisors Of
elections Ii repeats all other sections OF
laws authorizing the appointment of chief
supervisors of elections and social or dep
uiy marshals OF elections.
The House went into a committee OF the
Whole
Mr.. BUFORD said, that having cap
tur.d hath bon.es Of ,onoress i, i, Uro.
nose 10 c,mnIe.e vonr cononest and IN
force Tilden into the White House in 1850
bv lacking him on an spnroprisriou bill To-
accomplish This obi-ct The amy Ek.
he Ind;sn !. 70 ba nI.cs5 on r.ss,v.-
,ion y m. side If the bouss only s.ksd
IN AZ The cov,rnm.,, sbould no armed With
n. p,w.r N ,r,,.c, a citizen IN the eyer
c;.s NJ hi. elective franchise. and snv ynv-
.,nu,e,, N. wss restrained in tho ex.cu-
,;on ~ tbs, mover was , DISGRACE 10 the
c;viIizsd world s,d upwor,bv 10 he r,nt.d
anon, the family NJ ma ;ons In The nre..
ont General s,rpc,la the P,ssidsn, niob,
Weld bnt the R.nublic,n marty never
The nation could no, endure II sectional
bitterness were p.r,eru,ted. He warned
IN. Sou,b that II had nothing TO hone
from the Democrats of the Norrb. that the
democracy Was coysrdlv-it would incite
it's Southern brethren ON To mischief and
abandon Them when the cri.i. came
During late y,ar.. IN. pendulnm Of pow.r
b,d been swinging toward the
south. and i, might be that
the statues of Lincoln aud
he GRAM would give place to those of
] .ckson and Lee: bnr il would swing back
agsin, and when 1880 came around aud
millions IN the North Who had fouybt FIR
the union b ad rallied under the leadership
of the great capta,,, the revolutionary pur
poses OF the Democratic party would retire
10 the rear a. thew h ad retired in the past.
Mr. HUMPHREY warned the Democrats
that the country would submit to their par
" whip onlv until it, voice could be heard
In. North wa. u, ,--ing, and would present
a solid phal anx. and ss sure as the DINO
cratic party CONTINUED in its pre-4n,
course. 40 sure would the election in 1880
Iesve tina, party overthrow.
Mr.. MULDRAw made . speech in reply
to Mr. Garfield. speech Of Saturday, as to