The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
tsummari1ed from the proceeding, Of the pms, week.

ekNATf.-The House bill to provide for pubic
bull iinss for United States rtofhee, reyenae offices
and courts, at Charlettoh,. W.. Va. was passed,.....
MI. Logan, from the Committee on Military a ffairs,
to lend flags to the Knights Templar e; ampment at
Ed1nSsS Hoar and INGALLS, on pp he ground tha.
government property should not be. lent o-private
Organizations. The RESOLUTION p~assed-yeas5 81. nays
20....The aiscussion OF the Ute bill was sumed
MR. caves Withdrew his amendment devotipg s25,-
coo payable to Utes under agreement OF 1874 for the
industrial educstion OF young Utes. and sub iituted
erection to appropriate $4,000 of the money appro-
priated in the bill for the estab ishrent Of schools
beyond the limits Of the land selectsd. Messfs. In<
gals and Allison opposed the Amendment. Mr..
Williams supported the blu as it came from the
committee.
committee, Messrs. SPARKS. johnson and Brown, to
inquire into The outage upon Cadet whitaker, at
West PAnt....The HOUSE went into Committee of
appropriation bill, the pending question being upon
the point OF order rNfsed against the amendment
iSe sussIssssn aey =e e iGs spps0 taaaspSlta u Ge o ose So ior
pessaiion of any portion of the army to be used rs
a police force to keep the peace ~ the polls ct any
election held within any State. No action WAS
reached. .gui
H~oUsE.-General d bate was begun on the Army
Appropriation Bill. and the amendment prohibiting
the use Of troops at the polls az q police fierce. Mr.
sparks opened the discussion. He ssid that the
vote upon t Q amendment had shown that but
twelve Reptbl carl had voted against it. He con-
le156Q IudE Lue Hi uulQtuL Qll nt I MEET Qls VIEWS
This tame, c%oTardly amendment did not come up
to tnat standard Of legisl ation on the subject that he
would have wished, and if he hal the power, he
wouli Insist on something much stronger than This,
and indignantly insist on its adoption. He would
wipe out this IN American, un-RepublieAn, unA
Democratic, v~.llainous statute which Owed its exc
istesos to n siiration Of fanstie;sm and to the e a
Of hate. Mr.. Hurd sarpasteally asked whether the
Democrats were afraid it would bring about the
nomination and eisttion q General Grant, or
whether the stentoiian tones of the whisperer of
Giamaicy Park hal prohibited discussion. The at
tempt to put this amendment on the Army Appro-
priaIion Bill was revolutionary. Mr.. Robson iol-
I1wed with a speech in opposition to the amend-
ment, centending it mea; t that military power
should not be subordinate to civil power. Mr.. Keifer
said he was opposed to interfering with election
officers, or with vote s, but he was in favor of the
use of troops Mt polls to interfere with bad men who
got up riots on election day. Mr.. McCord thought
the amendment was an extraordinary rider. Mr..
Hastell Was not sure but the Democratic side was
taking the wiser course in remaining silent. Mr.,
their eowaEdise, their paralysis, their dumbnsss,
their uuwfilirgness to debate the pending question.
SENATE.-The Ute bill was taken up, and aftel
some discussions, was read the third Time arc
passed by a vote of 81 TO I6. The principal amend
ments made to the bill during the debate were az
follows; Striking out reservation regarding the
giving up of the tuilty Indians, which permits to
go on to this effect, il a President .sshall bs C n.
WINGED that every possible effort to effect such sur
render has been made" thus making their absolute
surrender sSs mogsa a e sD6Io ion Precedent dsRe, to the s,d Payment ogo en- tS o.
industrial education OF youths increasing FROM
$500 to 5000 the annuities to Mrs. Meeker. Mis-
Meeker, and Mrs. Price, and from $500 to $500 Il
MIS-. Prost; providing the act shall cease to be o
effect, and the Indians he protected in their presen
rights IL this agreement is not ratified within fou
If any Indians on the Uintah Reservation If the!
wish to go there's and providing that no IIdiai
shall be compelled to remove from lands claimed ii
~severalty under former treaties.
HoUsR.-Aft r the introduction of a number o
new bills, tho discussion of the Army Appropria
ton BIZ was resumed. Me-. Butterworth, rep, O
ohio,) was severe in his condemnation of the pro
posed amendment to the bill. Messrs. BoyEe
Brown, Williams, Cowgirl, and Durnell spoke in op
position to the amendment, and the general debat
we're then offered and iI reiected. %r. s r@sa amend
ment was amended Oh mott n Of Mr.. Hurd, by ad
ding to it the proviso tsat it shall not be construe
nestle violence, on application Of the Legislator
iof any State, or the Executive, when the Legisla
turecan Lot, be convened. The amendment as thu
amended was adopted. and the Committee rose, an
reported the bill and amendments to the HOUSE
rbe main question was ordered and the Houss ad
SESATE-Mr.f Bayard, from the Committee O
Finance, reported with amendments the Senate BIZ
to provide for the appointment Of a Commission I
Linyestigate the question of tart The Commissio
s;nil G ifs hs q tba ai Pess % i : hy and 10 pc x aPpG TIM Cd ad iTiI
of the Senate. 1t will BE- the duty of the Com
mission to thoroughly ~investiga e all tae variou
manufacturing mining aud industrial interests
the United States so Jar as the same may be neces
Sary 10 the estaDIlShment OF q 1udlcl0uS tarin or II
vision of existing tariff upon q scale OF justice to q
interests. For this purpose the Commission will b
empowered 10 visit ifferent portions of the countr
as 1t may deem advisable, and report to Congress tn
results Of their Investigation nos later than the fir
Monday in December, 1881.
HousE.-The House resumed consideration of Ii
Army Appropriation Bin, and was addressed b
MIR. Ewing. To the charge that the Democrats ha
been putting riders on bills, Mr.. Ewing replie
that the Republicans had put on forty riders durin
one Congress, and that the Democrats had put O
but three. The first had been for the pTohibitio
put, of dispensing it 10 little squads ali over the cour
try, and putting each squad at the beck and call
deputy marshals. The n xt rider had been a pr
yiso that, as long as maIshals were to be used 10 IL
vest the polls, they shouli at least be chosen h
United StItes judges, whose high character woul
give the country assurance tSat the marshals woul
not be used as mere instruments of party triumph
Many Republic rs had voted for that rider. TT
third rider WIS contained in the pending amenC
ment. He quoted from the speech made by NJ
Robson. to the eff ct thar this amendment boun
our defenders hand and foot and sawed the fagsrs
OF the country. There was q law on the statuI
books in the very words of this amendment. NJ
Esing. in conclusion, declared that on whatev
SHE troops mightbe at election precincts, bayone
would become the base instruments of the peti
despots who sent them to the pills The questic
then REQUIRED on the bill md the amendment
vision, and that relative to troops at the polls by
strict party vote yeas 1l5, nays 95 The bill "
th,n passed-yeas 11S, nays IS, a. other strict par
vote, with the exception of Mr.. Nichols, who vote
in the negative.