Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-18

ences of the American people had been the ole
contract system, in which it had been develop
ed without controversy that in four years pre-
| ceding Abraham Lincoln's administration, out
of the profits of the public printing $1OO, O0(
had been contributed for political purposes.
But he wished to speak of q more important
matter than the public printing. His colleague
from Ohio (McMahon) made the statement, and
the statement remained uncOntradicted, that
the Democratic party had not in this bill, and
would not in any future bill, make any appro-
priation whatever for special deputy marshals,
to the future. He further declared that it
made no difference to him or to his party
whether the law was constitutional or not, and,
recognizing the fact, that the supreme court,
the only tribunal which could declare on the
constitutionality of a law, had declared that
that law was constitutional, he had undertaken
to throw contempt up it by referring to it as an
8 to decision, which was the sworn law maker
of the land, which, before it took its first step
in legislation, was sworn, before God and be-
fore the country, to support the supreme law
of the land, was invited by the gentleman from
Ohio, Mcmahon. to lead the law breakers of the
land.
Continuing Mr.. Garfield said civilized society
was becoming honeycombed through with dan
gerous elements. All these things were shak-
ing the foundations of the republic, breaking
up good order of society and in time like this,
more than any other, it was necessary for
body of law givers in their right mind to lay
their hands on the altar of law and become de-
Tenders and not destroyers of it, and yet now,
for some supposed party advantage, his
colleague, McMahon. announced, and no one
on the other side had said nay, that the Demo-
cratic party had not in the past obeyed and in
the future would not obey the law of the land
which the constitution had just crowned with
the dignity of assent and the sanction of au-
thority. If he chose to 60 before the country
with that plea in his mouth he (tiar6eld)
would regret it for thecountry's sake, but if he
looked only to his party's sake he would give
him Joy.
Mr.. Burroughs argued from the opening
speech of the gentleman from Ohio, Mcmahon,
on this bill, that it was the deliberate, deep
seated purpose of the Democratic par y to nui-
lily such laws as did not meet their approval.
The meaning of it was, he said, that it was
part of great scheme of the Democratic
party to get control of the government. It was
to seize the government at all hazards. He pre-
dicted that the effort would be made. They
could track that party from the South over
burning homes and bloody graves up to the
very steps of the capitol. As result that
party had got both branches of Congress, and
now the Presidency was to be seized. The
Democratic party expected, with. the aid of
one fraud and with the promise of all the su-
pervisors Of elections, to carry States enough
in the North to consummate its purpose. He
gave due notice to gentlemen on the other side
that if they adopted the policy of repudiating
and multiplying the laws they would neither
secure the Presidency or retain control OF Con-
gress.
Mr.. Springer-That is the way you succeeded
in stealing two or three States in the last Pres
idential election.
Mr. Humphreys endeavOred. in an excited
manner, to reply to Springer's remarks, but
the voices Of both gentlemen were drowned in
the continuous rattle of the chairman's gavel
and laughter and calls to order from both sides
of the House, in thu midst of which Mr..
Weaver rose and in the name of the third party
demanded place.
Mr.. Mcmahon replied to Garfield and Bur-
roughs, referring to the latter as the oily MEM
Der from Ohio.
Mr.. Garfield intimated that his colleague
was speaking autobiographicallY. -
Mr.. Mcmahon went on to say that Garfield
should have better schoo:ed the gentlemen who
had preceded and followed him, Hayes and
Burroughs. These gentlemen had offered CT
rect insult to individual members of the DEM
ocratic party and the party as party, and
these insults were base lies. (Derisive laugh
ter on the Republican side BE referred his
colleague to tho history of tho Republican
party IN Ohio and to its long record of nullifica
more laughter on the Republican side.) Did
this laughter mean plea that the Republican
party was then only in its infancy? He believed
that the impartial judgment of the public
would be in favor of the leaders of the Repub-
lican party fifteen or twenty years ago, as COM
pared with those of to-day. Did Republican
leaders look upon themselves as reformed
statesmen? Had they seen the error of their
ways? He warned them that it would do
them no good to undertake to flaunt the bloody
shirt before the American people. 1t was q
worn out, battered and faded garment. He
wished that there was statesman on the other
side. Derisive laughter.) He knew they all
imagined themselves statesmen, and therefore
they laughed, but he meant a statesman who
who could overlook the past for a
little while and let the country
prepare itself for the great trials and difficult
tics of the future. Among these he specified
the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine in
connection with the inter-oceanic canal The
resolutions which Congress would adopt on
those subjects might lead the country no one
could tell where, and yet gentlemen on the
other side were charging Representatives from
the South as being there only through fraud
and violance. Instead of that they should cul-
tivate good feeling between the sections, 30
that when trouble came it could be met by a
united country. These intestinal divisions
only invited attaCk, which WOulO COmO, bOOner
or later, from combined foreign powers.
Mr.. Mcmahon said that the mere fact of the
supervisor law having been declared constitu-
tlonal by the supreme court did not necessarily
make it incumbent upon Congress to make ap-
propriations to carry it out. He complained
that his colleague (Garfeld) had misquoted
him a. to his attitude on that point.
Mr.. Garfeld-Are you in favor of executing
the election laws?
MIR. McMahon-I have no hesitation in say
ing that 50 far as am concerned, while the
law remains in its present shape, 1 am not. but
before Congress ad journs the other side will be
met by proposition which will test their
sincerity, to have two deputy mar
shals appointed for each polling
place, one from each political party, and third
where the Greenbacker have any showing, the
appointments to be made by judges, not by
marshals.
Mr.. Congcr-Will you then vCte for an ap-
preparation to pay them.
Mr.. McMahon-I want first to have the men,
bers of the Republican party on record.
General debate here closed and the bill was
read by sections for amendment.
Mr. McMahon moved to reduce the appro-
priations for public printing to $500, 900. At
ter debate the amendment was rejected with
out division.
Mr.. Singleton, chairman of the committee
on printing, offered an amendment changing
the method of electing the Congressional
printer and regulating the management of tho
nrintinp office,