New-York tribune., 1880-01-01

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possessed. Late in April the President vetoed the
Army bs o. tho grounds that tho existtns statutes
provide again tho danger Of military interfafcnce
that political 1sgislation ought not to be SEATED
upon appropriation bills snd hat the Fodcral Gov.
ernment has tho right to control elections Ahe
veto Of the Military Interference bill early tn May
was founded upon the unanswerable argument that
1t would impair the efficiency of the Executive, and
that from the Foundation Of the Government the
power which the Caucus was seeking to abrogats
had been exercised. Early in June tho President
vetoed the Legislative. Executive aud judicial Ap-
preparation BILL with Its rider repeating the provis
ions Of the Enforcement act relating to the powers of
marshall d. ~ .marshais and supervisors OF cleo
i"tions. He distinctly reasserted the right OF tho
Federal Government to regulate Congressional
e,ections- In reply to these vetOes tho House
Judiciary Committee presented an offensive report
rebuking the President for presuming to call
Congress to task for attaching partisan
riders to appropriation bills. After the Presidents
course had been fully sustained by the Republi-
cans in each House, the Democratic Caucus, being
at lts Wits end ordered gnominious back down.
The Army bill was passed without material altera;
ton, and the p dent signed it on the ground that
IT deprived him Of no real power. The judicial Ap-
preparation bill was vetoed nasmuch II gave hlm
was then divided. and the section providing for GER
tain expenses was signed. The other section. by
which the payment of marshals and deputy marshals
was conditionally provided for. was vetoed. ses-
sion in which the repeal of the duty on the SALT
aud sulphae of quinine was almost the Only usc1ni
measure came to All end June %. After months OF
Caucus conspiracy, the Democrats had gained this
small point the appropriation for the expenses OF
marshals and deputy -narShals was Withheld. Zap
PLY. there no financial legislation, owing 10 MT
5ai. SiIA'0 's'u''A''' 70 'F'''' VIC ~
THE ELKCTIoSs
Tho mingled feelings of contempt and alarm
which the revolutionary course of the Democratic
leaders excited throughout the whole North found
expression IN the ate elections of the Autumn
In Maine, Ohio New-YJrk. Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska. Iowa.
Connecticut and Ncw-Jerscy the success of the Re
publican party was uneQuivocal. When Congress
reassembled IN December the majority were re-
luctant t. renew the struggle in which they had
sustained humil.at,nG defeat, and accordingly
the session has opened tamcly. In Name, howrVtr,
the caucus policy Cf promoting 1rnnd AT INC I"'Is
has been supplemented by conspiracy Whereby
minority Legislature Is to be conutcd ~ ana "a
uf1iccrs are 70 he elected by tue Fusion party.
The only change In the National Administration
has been the appointment of Alexander kamScy , as
transferred to tie bench. The R.rlin Mission VA,
accepted by President Andre White sftcr 1t had
beeu declined by " hltelaw keld
POLITICAL EPISODES
The adoptIon of Constitution IN California Is
one of the most slgniticau; oilsocs in American
politics Ii restricts citizenship to natives or f"I:
eigncrs not of Mongoian blood prohibits corpora
lions from employing Chinese labo~ regulates gas
and telegram charges stock speculation and stock
watering taxation of mortgages and legislative
corrupton and III many other rcSpcc,5 i the noS'
anomalous body of laws ever framed. The political
excitement in the State was increased bN the or
bates in Congress on the Anti-ChincSe hlh wm'h
WAS vetoed by the President on conStMtIonal
grounds, and by the attempt made DS ne l'E.,7
editor OF a San Francisco newspaper, 70 hll!
Mr. kalloch, the work ngmens candI'laie Tor
| Mayor. Another political episode was the i'ot
| Colonel Dixon and three oi!ere. who Lad annouc"n
their I'M eton OF participating in the local r"nVaSS
irrespec:vtly of the wishes OF Inc regular D'An
cratic organizations, were waited upon ~, MOB
and COMPELLED 10 Ienoun1c their pultlrdl aapiIi-
lons Before tho election Dixon rcs,inlcd b!s place
IN the canvass and was shot by one Of his rivals;
Two months aIIerwam Gully. who was charged
with compicity IN the murder "f CorncIi 4
Chisolm, was a quilted in Kcinpcr Comfy Dui,
.men arrived at -. LOUIS from thr ou.'n o.
western States on Their way 10 Kansas. MS lhtel-
State migration Of the col red race caused pane
among Southern planters and measures were at
once taken to counterfeit the moNcirtht III Inc
Autumn the exodus was refined, ana nii',a' g CAR M
rent was set in mJt,on !rol North Caro- MA I" ~"
and Indiana. MANY ot The It cmiVrait> were III
prepared for the undrrtakIn. and were utterly des-
t,tut, when they arrived at incr new h"i"rS. hlc
tins has been essentially g pduI"r ii"Ncrrhl ui
population its general ,f,c' h.o been bcnrhciai TO
both races in the South.
INDIAN RAIDS.
There have been three Indian ontbreak~. one Of
them quite scrous. n. c. Mcrhcr. the Agent at
White River on the western confines of Colorado.
appea ed to the Government for protection against
PORTION OF his charge, who were offering resistance
10 his agricultural OPERATIONS. MAJOR Th"rnbnrgh
with three companies of cavalry, while the match
to tic stxtion fell into an anhnscadc and III" COM
mander and eleven sOldicr' we've killed. The cav
alry were subsequently, reiLf"rc Il hya company of
col0rcd men, and the whole cotinland was rescued
by Colonel Merritt. af'cr ii !" I'd march, VIII II
the Agency was reached oI t"iohrr l. NeekcTs
body was found The buildings had been burned,
the white women carried into captivity and the
men Lutchcred III cold blood. The citations for
the surrender Of the mur,i-r"rs ha> MT VT been
crowned with success. aud grave apprehension are
entertained Of an alliance between the Sion. and
ties and tue outbreak Of new Indian war The
other raids were those of The Chrycnnes Of llu!l
Knfe's band. and Of Nittoria At the Mcsc"eio
Agency in New Mexico.