Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-14

tleman from Iowa, McCord, had stated
that American troops at American polls had no
alarm for him. He would be ashamed of the
other side of the house if he believed 1t could
calmly utter and feel such statement as that
HAD THE LOVE OF LIBERTY DIED?
Arts and sciences had progressed. Had this
wonderful advance of the country in the arts
and sciences, this power which enabled tbs poo-
pie to explore the hidden depths of the uni
verse and to use the latent and invisible pow
ers of nature, been accompanied with the de-
cay of love of liberty in America. If he felt
that he would pray to God that the people
might give up steam and lightning and 60
back to wooden plows and the hewed log cab
ins of their liberty loving scions. applause
on the Democratic side.) He did not know
but that the Republican party might succeed
in breaking down all the safeguards of our
liberty. But whether it could or could not
succeed in that he believed that the use of
troops at the polls should not be permitted.
The Republicans could not excuse themselv es
for waiting to make this fight, and he could
tell the gentlemen on the other side that II
they proposed to carry it before the people on
the stump and put themselves in the position
of opposing that prohibition, the Democratic
party would meet them upon it, and 1t might
be that they would not come OFF with quite as
flying colors as they had last fall.
Mr.. Humphrey-If we don't succeed we will
turn the government over toyOu without war
and without rebellion on your hand.
CLaughter.)
Mr.. Ewing, in conclusion, declared that on
whatever side the troops might be on at cleo
tion precincts bayonets would become the base
t. OILS of the
PETTY DESPOT WHO SENT THEM
to the polls. (Applause on the Democratic
side.)
Mr.. Robeson;asked leave to read some wise
lines from the liberty loving cries
Objection was made, and, amid good deal
of confusion, Mr.. Ewing advanced and de-
manded that the chair order the sergeant-at-
arms to take the gentleman from New Jersey
into custody.
The question then REQUIRED on the bill, and
the amendment and minor amendments we're
adopted without division, and that in relation
to troops at the polls by strictly party VOTE
yeas 1l6, nays 90.
The bill then passed, yeas llo, nays 30,
another strict party vote.
MIR. Thompson submitted the conference re-
port upon the census bill, and after some de-
bate upon point of order the report was
agreed to.
Mr.. Wells, from the appropriation commit
tee, reported the Indian appropriation bill,
and it was referred to the committee of the
whole.
Mr.. Carlisle, from the com Mittee on ways
and means, reported back the bill amending
the laws relating to internal revenve. Re-
ferred to committee of the whole.
Mr.. McCord asked the House to pass the bill
granting a pension of $50 month to the
widow of Mai. Gen. Curtis, of Iowa. He
stated that Gen Curtis had once represented
the district which he, McCord, now represents
and had been colonel of the regiment in which
he served, and it was therefore matter of Pc
culiar interest to him that the bill should be
passed. The bill was passed and the House
took recess until 1880, the evening session
being for consideration of the compensation
bill.