The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-20
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the labor committee, reprted reso-
luton requesting the President to
notify the Chinese government OF the
desire of the United States that the
in the treaties which allow
and permit emigration of subjects and
citizens Of the two countries be abrC-
gated and annulIed. Calendar.
A minority report was also ordered
printed.
Tucker gave notice that he would
offer resolutions In lieu Of those re-
ported by the select committee on
inter oceanic canal, declaring it the
duty OF Congress to affirm that
whether the canal be constructed by
foreign governments CT By corpora
tons deriving their being and
authority from foreign governments,
the United States will assert and
maintain their right to see that
nothing shall be done in the prem
ises which shall not fully secure a
free and unrestricted commerce and
intercourse by means OF such inter
oceanic highway between the states
of the Union, in time OF public war,
as we'll as OF peace, and the United
States cannot admit the night OF any
government, by treaty or otherwise,
to grant to any other foreign power,
or to any corporation created or
authorized by any foreign power,
any privilege. right or authority in
respect to such inter. oceanic highway,
az will be inconsistent with their
peace and security, with free com
merce, and With intercourse among
the states of the Union; and that the
President be requested to take neees-
sary and proper steps 10 carry into
effect the foregoing declarations OF
public policy.
The House went at once, into COM
mittee on the special deficiency bill.
Alter q epirited debate. Ewing ap-
pealed to democrats to accept Gar
fields compromise, and modify those
bad election laws, sc as to make them
not-partisian; otherwise the cry of
notification would go up all OTer the
north.
HawIey ezcitedly declared that the
republican party rendered no COM
promise. He execrated the word.
springer's amendment ID Gar
fields substitute, providing that gen.
eral deputy marshals shall be appoin'
ted by the Un;tsd Safes judges was
adopted; also an amendment that
deputy marenals shall not receive
over three daye pay.
Frye, IN GaIfield'a absence, dis
claimed that he offered a com pTomise.
Ewing said the Supreme Court
having declared constitutional the
election laws, they must be SO re
| garded at present; but only tempo
rarily, because the public mind never
accepted as final a Supreme CouTi
decision which was obtained by O
party division of the tribunal. They
| had learned tbs fire of partissnship
burned as fierceIy beneath the ermint
as beneath the jacket of the people
but it was not necessary fol
representatives to vote any sum o.
money which might be demanded fol
the execution of laws they believed
Isub7ersive Of the liberty of the PEG
pie. A majority of the north were
tired of the republican party. 1t held
its power by its clamor aboutsoulherr
brigadiers and a renewal by the peo-
pie of the south of the opposition Il
the constitutional government, b.
secession or notification.
Williams, of Wisconsin, would coz
sent TO no compromise until be Wat
prepared to vote for a repeal Of the
election law.
Randall said to days discussion
narrowed this issue to this: This law
was on the statute books. The demo
Gratis believed it unconstitutional, and
lSpringer's amendment was to take
from that act a partisan sduinistra-
ton OF its provisions by the republican
party. In the administration of its
provisions, the republicans would net
have the law changed.
Hawley, Randall and Robson had
an excited debate. in which Randall
declared the republicans administered
this law in an outrageous manner.
Garfield said, speaking for himself
alone, as ever, his first object in legis-
lation was to be right.