St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-28
OBNOXIOUS 70 THE PEOPLE.
The Election Bill Is Plainly I'm
constitutional.

WASHINGTON, June 27.-ln the house
to-day, by unanimous consent, Mr.. Dock
cry, of Missouri, was permitted to enter
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the postal clerks leave bill was passed.
The bill involves an expenditure of
$4,000. Consideration of the national
election bill was then resumed. Mr..
Haugen, OF Wisconsin, in support of the
bill. asserted that it was a measure look
ing to the supervision of national cleo
tlons only-a clear right of congress.
The bill was not local but general in its
application. Mr.. Covert. of New York.
said that the bill was an evidence Of
the distrust felt by the Republicans
OF government of and for the people.
The Republican party was used to meet
ing emergencies. They had met them
in Indiana when they sent in Dorsey
with his money and Dudley with his
fioaters in ''blocks of five," and Quay,
the archangel of the party. This bill
was Intended to undo the work of the
fathers of the constitution. This prop
OsItlon was to bring back the returning
boards of Florida and South Carolina,
the days of the electoral commission,
the days that every patriotic man would
forget if he could. MIR. Flower, of New
York, denounced the bill as un-Repub-
lican, un-democratic and un-American.
1t was measure constructed upon the
idea that the small Republican majority
now IN congress could better legislaIe
for the people than the people them
selves. Any court that would lend itself
TO the execution of
Its Corrupt Purposes
and become the unscrupulous servanl
of the political Oligarchy would richly
deserve the censure it was sure to re-
ceive. Mr.. VauX, of PENNSYLVANIA.
said that the bill virtually overturned
the constitution and destroyed our
form of government. The constitu-
tional meaning of the phrase s.time,
place and manner" was that the
power of congress was limited to pre-
scrlblng the form of choosing repre-
sentatives, and that when the election
itself began, its authority ceased The
manner of holding' and the .'hold-
ing" of the election we're entirely dis
tlnct and separate, and the power of
congress ceased with the former. Crit
fcising the language of the committees
report with reference to the words
s''make or alter'' in the constitution
Mr.. Vaux brought down the house
with the remark that there was
in surgery IAN alteration which
sometimes makes one thing, but
does not make the animal"
MIR. VauX said that this bill would drag
the circuit court judges into the dirt and
filth OF partisan politics. He assured
the Republicans that the Democrats of
the North would see that Maine was
one Of the first places where the law
ShnnI6 hQ Qarripd hot
the cost. He warned the other side that
as our forefatherS had separated from
Great Britain because they did not be-
lleve in taxation without representa-
tlon. so the time might come when leg
iSlation depriving the people of repre-
SentlOn would drive them to another re-
volt for the same principle. The re-
marks OF Mr.. VauX were listened to with
great attention. and at intervals and at
their conclusion they were loudly ap-
plauded. Mr.. Kennedy, of Ohio, said
that it was idle to say that the majority
had ruled in this country. All pretence
that
Grover Cleveland Was Elected
president by majority was subject to
the further statement that large num-
bers of qualified voters were not per-
III.
The conference report on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill was presented
and discussed. The house acceded to
the amendment increasing the salaries
of commissioner and assistant commits
sioner Of the land Office, and another
conference was ordered on the amend
ments relating to increases of salaries
of senate employees. The speaker an
nounced the appointment of Messrs.
Conger, of Iowa; Walker, of Massachu-
sets. and Bland, of Missouri, as confer
rees on the silver bill. Saturday and
Monday nights were set aside for de-
bate on the election BILL The house. at
$40 p. M, took recess until this even
ing, the evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
The house, at the evening session,
passed los private pension bills, and at
1880 p. IN. adjourned.