The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-04-15
HOUSE.
kPRECH oF MR.. RRING.

The House resumed consideration OF the Army
Appropriation Bill and was addressed by Mr..
Ewing He said the Democratic side had been
severely criticised for not having taken part in
the discussion He was surprised at that The
pending amendment was practically Repubn
can proposition, as at the extra session only l2
Republicans had voted against 1t, and the Re.
publican leaders had crOwed over the fact that
more Republicans than Democrats had voted for
it. 1t was practically their thunder and the Demo.
cratic side had not supposed that 1t was expect.
ed to answer their prepared TRADES against the
very amendment which they unanimously and
emphatically supported. Now their objections
come in babel Of cries. All were distressed at
this amendment from the vacant chair on the
Republican side (Garfeld's) which WEI an elo
quent protest against the sudden somersault of
his party, down to the gentleman from New Jer.
sey (Robeson) who, having been absent at the
time Of the previous adoption of the amendment
was uncOmmtted and free to dip his pencil in
the blacklist Of colors in attempting to paint the
effect of the amendment. In twelve years the
Republican party had placed in appropriation
bills three hundred and eighty-seVen riders. The
gentleman from Connecticut (HaWley) arraigned
the Democratic party for placing riders on appro.
priation bills, That gentleman had been mem.
Der Of the 43d Congress which had tackled Al po-
litical riders on appropriation bills, A rebellons
in one Congress. [Laughterl He Ewing was
not much Of an advocate of riders on approprla-
tion bills, but he did not tremble at the idea
that the Republican party would arragn the
Democracy before the people this fall for
putting riders on appropriation bills
What were the riders2 In whose interest
In the interest of the monopolies or tyranny
No. The Democracy had put on three riders-the
first had been the prohibition of the degrading
use TO which the army had been put, Of dispers.
ing 1t into little squads all over the country and
putting each squad at the beck and call OF Deputy
Marshals, The next rider had been proviso
that as long as Marshals were to be used to invest
polls, they should at least be chosen by United
States Judges, whose high character would give
the country assurance that the Ma rshRls would
not be used as mere instruments OF party triumph
Many Republicans had voted for that rider. Then
the most distinguished leader had framed II with
his own hand and declared he would vote for 1t
If ne was the only man to do so. But under the
pressure of party exigency when he felt that his
party must get up a little political Claptrap and
sectional agitation, that gentleman when the roll
had been called had been found voting against
the amendment which he had framed and swore
to stand by The third rider was contained In
the pending amendment He quoted from the
speech made by Robson 10 the effect that this
amendment "bOund our defenders hand and foot
and sawed the Flagstaff Of the country" There
was a law on the statute books in the very words
of this amendment The party Of gentlemen
f.cv hod nae et To-
than the Democrats had, Where had the gentle
man been when his party had been binding "our
defenders hand and ioOt2' He could not have
been off junketing, certainly, at such an hour OF
peril. (Laughter).
Mr.. Robeson-I was paired with the leader o
the opposition, F, Wood Of New York.
Mr. EWing-That pair did not save "the hag.
staff of our country" What spectacle, he con.
tinued, the Republican party binding "our de.
tenders hand and foot" 1t was case very much
like that of Whitaker at West Point. The suspi.
con was that the party complaining had bound
ITSELF Laughter Some gentlemen on the other
side had said that the Democratic party ought to
assume that Hayes would use the army unlaw.
fully. II George Washington were President he
(Mr. EWING would not be willing that he should
have the power to use troops at the polls Posi-.
bly, Hayes might not make bad use Of that power,
Another President might come In after him who
would not be quite 80 goody goody as Hayes. He
might be q man Of am billion and Willfulness It
might be Gen. Grant slight applause on the Re.
publican side and cries OF ut will"l who had said
In 1876, In his message to the House, that 1t was
well understood that the presence of United
States troops at polling places never interfered
with the franchises Of any citizen. Over one hun.
dred years after independence had been fought
Coid) had stated that American troops at Ameri.
can polls had no alarm for him. He Ewing
would be ashamed Of the other side OF the House
ifhe believed 1t could calmly utter and feel such
a sentiment as that Had the love Of liberty died
as arts and sciences progreBsed2 Had the won
derful advance in the country in arts and sci.
ences, this power which enabled the people 10 eX.
plore the hidden depths Of tAe universe and 10
use latent and invisible powers OF nature beeu
accompanied with the decay Of the love Of lib.
erty In the American hearth II he felt that II
had, he would pray 70 God that the people might
give up steam and lightning and 60 back to the
wooden plough and hewed log cabin Of their lib
erty'loving sires Applause on the Democratic
Hde.l he did not know but that the Republican
party might succeed In breaking down all the
safeguards Of our liberty and in handing over
term after term and term after term 10 gentle
man whom 1t was pleased to call ignoring mil
lion and half Of the soldiers who had done the
fghtng) the sovereign OF his country. But whether
1t could or could not succeed in that shose who
believed that the use Of troops at the polls shod
not be permitted could not excuse themselves for
falling to make this fight and he could tell the
gentlemen on the other side that II they proposed
to carry 1t before tie people on the stump and
put themselves In Ihe position Of opposing that
prohibition the Democratic party would meet
them upon It. and It might be that they would
not come of with quite as flying colors as they
had last fall.
Mr.. Murphy-If we do not succeed, we will not
turn the Government over TO you with q war and
rebellion on your hands, tLaughter.l
Mr., Ewing In conclusion, declared that on
whateN er side the the troops be at election pre-.
cinets, the bsyonets would become the base In
struments Of the petty despot who sent them TO