The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-05-22

statutes without negative words.
These two acts of the Legislature
must therefore be construed together
as one act. Although apparently
inconsistent, they may be reconclled
by constituting them as giving TO JUS
tees of the peace, as they really do.
power either to fine the party and
commit him to Jail for the non-pay-
ment of fine. or hold him to bail to
appear in the circuit court, as the
nature of each case may require. A
later statute which is general does
not abrogate former which is pars
ticular. There are number of
offences punishable by fine, &C.,
other than those mentioned in chap
ter "a, which NAV be tried and pun
ished under chapter oil. In accor-
ance with the decision the writ was
discharged and the relator remanded
to the custody of the sheriff.
CONG RESSIoNAL POLITICAL pEBAT-
ING CLUBS.
WASHINGTON, May 10. -During
the debate in the House to-day on
the joint resolution toadjourn Nav
81, GeE, Garfield, of Ohio, supported
the resolution. One point made by
the opponents of the resolution struck
him with great deal of force-that
was the Importance of settling some
law relative to the counting of the
presidential vote. If gentlemen on
the other side, he said. will set any
day or any week, and give US any
reasonable assurance that at the end
of that day or week or month we can
pass law to save and avoid contro-
versy on that question, will stay
far beyond the dog days to do it
Several Democrats-We will do it.
Gen, Garfeld-But you have had
four years since the awful, imminent
danger arising from that question
which threatened this country, and
you have waited until this last ses-
sion, and the last six weeks Of the
session, and all at once it is an i'm
portant topic. "Summer is past. and
the harvest ended, and that soul is
not saved" and there is no hope that
it can be saved by this Congress. l
know there are 1,700 bills pending.
and l am sure that many of them
ought to become laws, but | am equ-
ally sure that if we stay until Sep
TENDER there will be 200, with
larger proportion that ought to be-
come laws. Every argument used
to day can be used next September
with exactly the same force and effect.
This Congress has been here six
months, and we are outstaying the
welcome of the American people.
Mr.. Mcmillan, of Tennessee
Speak for yourself.
Gen. Garfield speak for myself
and everybody that thinks as do.
The Sd of June next the Presidential
cyclone strikes the people, and in the
course of few weeks it will involve
both political parties and f0rty.five
l.
side the scope of that cyclone we will
convert this body into a vast political
debating club, and I would not give
one days legislation now for two
months of such legislation as that
period would bring upon the coun-
try. 1 wish to ask gentlemen if they
are willing to stay here into that
cyclone and past it, and convert this
whole body, in the presence of the
whole country, into two political
camps making political speeches.
THE STRUGGLE IN VIRGINIA.
WINCHERTER, VA, May 16.-The
confidence, amounting almost to
certainty, with which the Democracy
has counted upon the electoral vote
of the solid South for the nominees
of the Cincinnati convention has
lately been greatly impaired by the
continuance of the bitter strife be-
tween the two factions Of the Demo-
cratic party in Virginia. In no part
of the State has this quarrel been
more dIsa strous to the Democracy
than in the Shenandoah Valley.
where it was least to be expected. In
the election last fall the Readjusters
and Republicans made very serious
inroads upon the regular Democratic
vote in this stronghold, and even the
hitherto invincibls "tenth legion" of
Virginia Democracy emerged from
the contest completely demOralized
by divisions in its own ranks. tire.
quires almost superhuman efforts and
the votes Of many Republicans to
save this county Of Frederick. Since
last fall matters appear to have been
growing worse rather than better.
Alarm has taken the place Of the dis
gust, and few weeks ago an actual
panic seized them at the prospect of