Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-05-27

treasury known as the Fourth OF July
claims
The pension appropriation bill was taken
up.
Mr.. Eaton moved an amendment for mis-.
eellaneous items. exclusive of labor. OF
$4,000. for the fiscal year ending June 3oth.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Window offered an amendment ap-
propriating 5000, 900 for payment of fees Of
United States marshals and deputies. earned
during the year ending June Soth, 1850. He
supposed this was omitted by oversight as
the committee knew the courts were being
stopped all over the country for want of this
appropriation.
| The amendment was rejected. yeas -,
nays 33, party vote, Brown casting his first
vote with the nays
The amendments of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations were agreed to.-appro-
priating $4,000 for propagation of food fish,
Sl2 500 for fish Matching steamer and ma
chinery, $4,000 for vessels for coast survey,
| and SIS, 900 for continuation of the coast sur
vey. The amount appropriated for pensions
is S9.24o.oco. The bill was read twice and
passed.
Mr.. Edmunds proceeded to oppose the mar
shals' bill. If the people of the United States
desire to sweep away every vestige of Ma
tional control over National elections, he said,
they have Il very easy way to accomplish that
object. They have only to give victory to the
democratic party in coming elections. 4 bill
recently passed took away from the executive
appointment of deputy marshals, and placed
it in the courts. Ii was argued that judicial
calmness wasrequisite in appointmentofexcc
tive officers and that they must be of differ
ent political parties. Now the argument is
that judicial officers shall be appointed practi-
cally by tie Senate, that is by majority of one
or another political complexion. In other
words, while the executive deputy marshal
must be judciallv appointed. judicial super
visors must tie politically appointed.
If they should be appointed by the Senate,
why should not receivers, registers in bank
ruptcy and all court officers be appointed by
the Senate: The effect of the bill was that
the Senate might appoint a chief Of Tam
many as chief supervisor in New York city
and then there could be no supervisors of
elections appointed in that district unless they
were agreeable to Tammany. The court
must appoint them, il at all, from those rec
commended by the chief supervisor. The
plannes> of design of the bill was something
admirable.
About an hour was occupied in discus
sion between Cameron, wisconsin, Hamp-
ton, Butler, Teller, Mcdonald and kirkwoo
rs 10 Whcthcr thc hohor Vi ihNchtihS anu Hrst
using tissue ballots III South Carolina be-
longed to the republican or democratic party,
and AS to the manner and effect OF their use
as shown by testimony before the Teller
committee.
Mr.. Cockrell (dem. of Mo-. introduced a
bill amending the act of 1878, regarding pen
sions of soldiers of the war of 1872, so as to
place on the pension rolls the names of sur
vlving ofhcers and enlisted and drafted men
without regard to color, including the militia
anu volunteers oil the several States who
served III the war with Ureat Brltian Tor IA
days beginning prior to date OF ratification OF
the treaty OF peace, or who were IN any en-
gagement anu were hohorapiy discharged,
ard the surviving widows OF such oihcers ana
entitled ana drafted men. Referred.
MIR. Teller (rep. made speech upon evil
dcncc as TO frauds IN eiectlons.
MT. thurman saio ti,at iortuhateiy 'here
was no RUE competing 'he senator REMARKS
10 DC germalhe 10 pehaihg DILL ior not sehs
tence OF MS remarks had oeen 10 the point
lie iau not SHOWN '''a' inc OH ~eakenea .he .
law III any respect, put ne hau started inc
campaign OF 1850 by haunting the bloody
shirt ana digging up MS nilseraDie oid report
on southern ou'rases' ihis oi'' vi" "ot Uhe
single power iro',i tne suPer'isors' IL si'h-
ply limited ''ie vi oiice' ~
Mr.. Edmunds saiu the senator rom oh'o
forgot one pom. IN t'e oll,-n TOOK the APP
pointmehts from the courts anu put 'he'h III
the hands OF the senate.
MT. lhurihan-h I" uoes not.t Pu's ',,e"
IN the hanns OF the man VINO hoios ms once
by the greatest Iraads IN american history.
Mr.. Edmuhds--is tI'at inc reason that you
vote lot IL:
MI. ihurh'ah-No' ST. Inc ho"oraoie
senator KNOWS very wen ]. Is "ot THAT WHICH
STOPS MIN from oojeU,'ne 10 IL.
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pom. '"ese '"e' ''"ou. eo"se"' o.n no"o'"
oie irienus anu HIS poii'. iva "ssooies' -.
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.'e rresiuen. sl'"li w '.is uuty anu senu .ne
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out not according 10 NINE bu. IS the[e any
CONSTITUTIONS Pro'isio" ny VINO" '''e I!esr
uent Ia" "uJo"ih ,''e "1""'e' Vi e%"s. "
st mere uh'il next Dece'"oer "i'er eiec'lon u
u chooses anu mus prevent any appointments
ou.ihs rne reeess
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