The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-18
HOUSE
Washington, 1.-THE House went
into COMMITTEES of the whole on the
deficiency appropriation bill.

oehclency appropriation bill.
Hayes, from the committee. de-
Tended the public printer from attacks
made on him, charging that demo-
Gratis we're trying to gain possession
OF the printing Office by raising the
cry Of Ira ID.
GsTfel1 compared the present
printing arrangement with that pre-
vailing before the war. when in four
years 100000 had been contributed
out OF the printing iuud for political
purposes. McMsho1 had made an
uncontrolled statement that demo
Gratis would appropriate nothing for
special deputy marshals, and that
they cared nothing whether the law
was constitutional or not; thus the
contempt for the supreme court, which
had declared it constitutional.
McMahon said Hayes and Bur-
roughs bad insul,ed Individual mem
bers of the democratic party, and
these insults were baseless. He re-
ferred Garfield TO the notification
record Of the republican party of
Ohio on the fugitivs slave law. (De-
risiVe laughter on therepublican side. J
He warned republicans that it would
be useless for them to faunt the
bloody shirt before the American
people. He wished there was q states-
man on the other side willing to rise
above party strife, who could, Ike
tbes President, say there was some
thing else in the country
besides mere party, who could over
look the past for little while and let
the country prepare for the great
trials of the future. He alluded 10
the Monroe doctrine in connection
with the intsr-oceanic canal. No
one could tell where the resolution
which Congress would adopt on that
subject would lead the country, and
yet gentlemen on the other side were
charging representatives from the
south as being here only through
fraud and violence. Instead OF that
they should cultivate good feeling be-
tween the sections. so that when
trouble came it could be met by q
united country. These intestinal
divisions only invited an attack which
would come sooner or later from the
combined foreign powers, and n the
meantime the ports of Boston and
New York, and every other seaport
of the country, were open to attack
from the iron-cled fleets of any Euro
pean power. Coming back to the
immediate discussion of the bill. he
remarked that the mere fact of the
supervisor Law having been declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court
did not necessarily make it incum-
bent on Congress 10 make appropris-
tons to carry il out. Garfield had
misquoted him.
Gsrield-Are you in favor of exc
cuting the election llws2
McMshon said not in the present
shape of those laws, but republicans
would have q chance to prove their
sincerity this session by voting on a
bill for the appointment Of judges,
not marsha!s, OF one republican and
one democrat at each polling place,
and also a greenbacker where they
had showing.
Garfield said republicans had made
standing offer of that kind.
Warner defended the power OF Con-
gress 10 control legislation through
tne purse.
Burroughs depicted the dangerous
elements which were arising in all
parts of the country seeking to destroy
1t, and now more than ever law
makers should be law observers. II
Mcmahon chose TO go before the
people with the declaration that his
party had not obeyed and woul1 not
obey the laws, he regretted it for the
country's sake, but rejoiced in it tor
the party's sake. The freezing win
ter and thaWing summer had only
driven his colleague into deeper mad
ness. He appealed 20 others on
the democratic SIDE to prevent this dis
aster which their party leaders were
bringing, and hoped this chamber
by its vote would stop this miser bust.
ness. Burroughs declared that it was
the deep-seated purpose of the demo
cratic party ID nulIily the Laws they |
disapproved. 1t was part Of their
great scheme 10 get control OF govern
ment, to seize it at all hazards. That |
party could be tracked from the south |
over blazing homes and bloody graves,
up the very steps of the capitol. He
predicted that the presidency was to
be seized by free fraud. He notified
democrats that this course would lose
them both Congress and the presi,
dency next year.
Springer-That is the way you sue.
ceeded in stealing the last presiden-
tial election.
Humphreys repeatedly tried to
reply, and amid great confusion
Weaver, in the name of the third
party, demanded peace.
The general debate closed and the
bill was read by sections for amend
meut.
Singleton, chairman of the COM
mittee on printing, offered an amend
ment changing the method of eleciipg
the congressional printer.
MeMahon antagonized it by a point
OF order.
The speaker discussed thoroughly
the points of order involved, and de-
cided the amendment out of order.
This was the first decision under the