The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

of the general election law. The in.
tprests of the public were sacrificed
in a wrangle for Offices. 1t is known
that, had Coy. Hamilton made an.
different from those he
did make, and had he consulted the
leaders. there would not have been
witnessed that contest between the
and anti-administra.
ton forces which constituted the fea.
ture of the session. The Governor.
however, has succeeded in appointing
his friends to Office. 1t is stated by
a leading member on the managers,
wing of the Democratic party that.
had there been any prospect by which
the Adjutant General could have been
retained in Office, there would have
been no confirmation of any other
officer. But it was seen on the last
night of the session that there was an
impossibility, as the majority of the
senators would have voted to confirm
any ore named by the Governor and
who was unobiectiOnable.
The Governor has frequently CON-
planned at the action of the Senate in
confirming the registers of voters for
Baltimore city, after Ills earnest en-
treaties, privately and in an official
communication, to take no action
upon them until a new registration
law was passed. The Governor thinks
that many of those who had been
appointed, in order to enable him to
comply with the provision Of the
Constitution requiring him to send
the appointments within fifty days
after the opening of the session, were
not proper men to hold the position.
Charges, it is understood, have al
ready been filed with him against
some of the registers, and he pro-
poses to exercise his power, and make
removals and fill the vancancies in,
all such cases.
WARY DEMOCRATS.
WASHINGTON. April II. = The
House debated the political rider to
the Army Appropriation bill another
day and closed the general debate,
The Democrats still persisted in their
policy of silence, the most vehement
attack being unable to "draw" them.
They took themselves to the cloakM4
rooms, the committee rooms and the
corridors. The Republicans accord
ingly spoke to empty benches. A
speech at vacuum is.a'somewhat idle
defamation; and although the
speeches delivered by the RepubH.
cans to-day were full of sound logic,
constitutional argument and good
sense, it could scarcely be called a,
field day. Butterworth, of Ohio.
open d the debate, making the point
that the thing intended to be pr0hib
tied by the political rider does not in,
fact exist. He, too, ridiculed the
Democratic policy of silence, and said
that when the time came that they
would want to.speak they could not be-
heard. The real object of the Demo.
Gratis, he charged. to be to strike at
the liberties of the people, and there'
would never be need of troops att
the polls. he said, when the Demo
Gratis in the South are ready to give
what they are always asking of others
perfect liberty of speech and
thought. Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
made brief speech in support Of the
bill. reviewing for the most part the
arguments of the extra session!
Brown, of Indiana, read carefully
prepared speech, in which, he main.
tanned that the President has tho
right to use troops to prevent distur.
bance at the polls. Mr.. Dunnetb
urged that the Democrats were re-.
spensible for wasting the time of the
House by presenting political riders,
and pointed to the long list of import
tant bills ON the calendar which
might be considered but fOprthe per-
sistent efforts of the Democra to-
cucumber an appropriation bill with
political legislation. A number of
amendments were offered designed
to modify the effects of the bill, or to
commit the Democrats to contradic-
tory propositions, but they were all
voted down by partisan majority.
Roberson's amendment, providing
that the law shall not be construed to
prevent any citizen or person in the
service of the government from as
sisting civil officers in the execution
of the laws when properly, called up
on, was defeated by a vote of 81 to-
81. The Democrats, in fact. voted
down the Constitution of the United
States by refusing an. amendment
which provided that the Limitation
upon the President for the use OF
troops should be qualified by the
words, except as authorized by the
Constitution of the United States."'
Representative Field, of Massachu-
sets, made calm, judicial speech
against the amendment. in which he
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