New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-21
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! honest statements made by opponents of the Elec-
tiops bill none more frequently appears in the
! columns of Democratic, Mugwump and so-callcd
| Independcnt" newspapers than the assertion that
| onc section of the bill authorizes the use of
! troops at the polls" Thus in leading editorial
! article to-day, the independent Washington
Post which apparently employs a Southern free
trade Democrat to write its political editorials
says:
one section of the Davenport force bill reads follows
1T shall he lawful for President Of the United
States or such person he empower for that pur
nose to employ such part Of land Of
the United States Of the militia bc necessary
aid in the execution judicial process issued under any
q the pr@ edng provisions shall BE- sary to pre-
vent violation and enforce the due execution of the pro-
visions OF this title"
In the Force bill the troops put ONonSivey the
from; to give notice to the people that though nom
nav at liberty they please. they nevertheless
ner this function under The irown OF battery and The
rl!teer of a ayonct
The Force bill presuproscs people neither
honest patriotic trustworthy and require military sur
ycanco. In this particular 1t in other, it Is
an insult and aar0nt to The loyalty ana intelligence OF the
Amerc can people.
Tie writer of the editorial from which the
above extracts are taken knew, il he ever read
tie pending bill, that il contains such section
as the one he quotes IL he ever read the debate
on the bill he also knew that the quoted section
is simply the realirnaton of section of the
Revised Statutes which is excepted from the pro
visions Of the bill which repeal certain other
sections Of the Revised Statutes The re-enact-
mcnt of that section simply confirms the right OF
the President TO continue 10 exercise authority
which has been lodged in the President of the
United States since the foundation of the Gov
ernment. In the debate tie Elections bill Mr..
Hemphill Of South Carolina, and Mr.. Crisp. of
Georgia either one of whom might have written
the editorial in to-day's d" Post " declared that
tie enactment Of the section would give a chief
supervisor Of elections the power 10 surround the
polls with bayonets, and tie former moved 10
expungc it, In opposing The Amendment Mr..
Rowell, who is one Of tie Oldest and most clear
headed lawyers in the House, who drafted tlc
section under review, and who therefore, may
be presumed tO have known what IT. meant, said
Tho section o. the involved IN this amendment
is that section wl ch authorizes :. Amy aad
Navy Of tie United states 20 cnfor" the judicial judi
nt. of the Unit@d Courts withoutwhch there could
t,. no mower on Ia, part u the United
The eject Of sn.ndueut II adopted. would be- that
any judicial process against ANYBODY indicted or convicted
unlcr the penal clauses of this statute could ne b"
enforced by all the power oi the United states
Adopt the anendmct M the gentleman from south Caro-
una and then. II indictment wore found against
hl!lot.hoy ,tuner or a b..ot.box thief. against ue
voter at the polls. and II the county wArr
this indicted person resided should re up In rel e"on
against the authority n the court when II undertook 70
bring justice, then the court would b' Win
ont armed power e. npt IT. arthodtY IT" ''t ''t'
Of the existing law changed The os!d mt % th'
United States the Army and Navy to falior''
judicial process Is the substance Of the provision
Major Mckinley is man vino, on many occa-
sions, has received warm praise from Democrats
in the House, not only for his candor, conScrv-
atism and fairness as a partisan, but for his abil-
ity as a lawyer, and the occasion mentioned
he said
In my judgment II VIII do 10 adopt the amend
ment proposed by gentleman from south Carolina Mi
Hcmphil Is the int Iprctation h. places upon H."
section justified by It's hnguaPc. If his amendment T.
passed by this It Will take from the President
the United all u,c power he would have, under
9o9 enforce Judicial proce-ses under the
Visions Of the bin no" bHg considered 10y th" House.
And il must Doe I"mcmbcr,l that IN tho bill We ar nos
considering the Judiciary has yc-y much to do with c
administration and Judicial processes VIII be- constantly
and recurring the Of tho administration OF
,hi. Therefore say should pa, this amend.
mcnt today deprive the President Of IN" Unird
states Of the power which he ha hcd the foundaaon
Of the Government The Army and Navy cAc,ut
judicial processes Of the Federal OF land
You might Just well destroy tll, bil II YOU
deprive the United States Government through Chief
Executive. Of the authority Tho entire Fei.raI
The Government to cNotc The Judicial processes
proposed measure w must not tak. from the ,o,
the power execute the judicial decree, and
bc voted down.
Mr. IIemphill who offered The amendment, is
the same man who declared that the Whit. Demo
Gratis of South Carolina mus continue 10 suppress
The Republican vote or leave the STATE, and that
" before God, they did not intend 10 leave the
state lie is the man whose false construction
Of the meaning OF the Elections bill j. adopted by
the so-callcd Independent" Washington Post
as well as by Democratic and Murwump news
papers in general IN the hope OF Influencing Ger
tain Republican Senators and creating a false i'm
preston among the people
Thus far 1ot one Of those newspapers has dared
20 publish far Synopsis of the bill which passed
tine House. although most Of them have spared
columns of space 10 ulsrcprcscnt IFS provisions.
They know That an Overwhelming majority Of the
voters in the Northern and border States favor
fair elections and honest election returns and
that the only hope of defeating the bill lies In de-
ccyng the people in regard 10 It's provisions.
To this end unusual amount OF lying and mis-
representation is being done, even for and
newspapers who are adopts