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Year: 1879

The substitute for the Democratic Army
bill, offered by the Republicans in the House,
aud rejected by the majority, was in these
words:


Whereas, the unnecessary presence of troops
at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our in
stitutions and the traditions of our people and
would tend to destroy the freedom of elections
and


Whereas, the presence of troops at the polls
has heretofore been, and may hereafter be,
necessary and proper for the suppression of
illegal and powerful combinations of armed
men ln military array, engaged in obstructng
by force, the due execution of the laws of the
United States, and in destroying the freedom
and peace of elections; and


Whereas, experience has shown that the ex-
lstence OF the Republic, the supremacy of its
laws, and tho liberties of it's people can only be
maintained against the military and other
powerful combinations of their enemies by the
exerti0n Of the military power of the govern
ment in sub0rdination to the civil power in
support of the law; and


Whereas, the ipjunctioDs of the constitution
that the President shall take care that the laws
bs faithfully executed are equally binding in
respect to laws relating to elections, the course
OF justice and all other laws of the United
States, without distinction of day, places or
reasons; therefore,


Be it enacted, etc, that it shall not be lawful
w uiius VI OmpiOy dty duy pidC6 WutE6 q
general or special election is being held in any
state, any part OF the army or the navy of the
United States, unless such employment be
necessary to carry out the provisions of the con.
stitution of the United States, or to overcome
forclble obstruction to the execution of the laws
made in pursuance thereof.


Section 2 Every person who violates the
provisions of this act shall be subject to the ren-
alties in section 552S of the Revised Statutes.


This bill makes ample provision against
military interference with the freedom of
elections, while it does not interfere with
the execution of the laws or do away with
the defences against fraud and violence at the
polls. 1t seems to be the opinion of many
that the bill passed by the Democratic House
will have the effect to seriously cripple the
general Government in the execution OF the
election laws, and that it is but the first step
toward the breaking down.of the guards about
national elections and the deprivation Of the
government of the power to supervise and
protect them. The Republican substitute,
while strong and explicit, is not open to these
objections. 1t is to be hoped the Senate will
adopt it, especially as the Senate Committee
to which the House measure was referred,
find in that fatal defect, inasmuch as 1t takes
away from the general Government the right
of protecting State against invasion.
Year: 1879

GEORGE HARDING, the Indianapolis editor
who shot at a brother editor the other night
and winged two printers, Is said by the In
dianapolis papers to be ''genial fellow" who
never goes cunning unless he is drunk. I'm
fortunately he gets drunk very often. He
seems to be good enough fellow to keep
under lock and key.
Year: 1879

A GOOD use has at last been found for
dogs. In Roxbury few days since little
boy was seriously Ill with diphtheria. He
was the owner OF small dog, which had
been denied access to the sick room. The
dog managed to slip in, and before
the attendant could take him, he sprang
to the bed and most affectionately caressed
tbe boy, tapping his face and mouth. The
little boy began to recover from that moment
and received his health, but the dog died
with every symptom of diphtheria. "The
man recovered from the bite; the dog it was
that died.N
Year: 1879

THE Bangor Commercial inclines to the
belief that the committee appointed to exam
inc the State Liquor Agency made serious
bunder in sending to Massachusetts, for men
to test the liquors while there are so many in
joyed spending few days in sampling the
stock
Year: 1879

THE New York Sun says "No man is ever
going to be elected President of the United


States about whose loyalty to the Union, in
the past, in the present, or in the future,
there is room for shadow of doubt" That
will rule out most of the Democratic candi.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commun,
ations. The name and address Of the writer are In
s cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
out as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

Passanantc, the socialist who endeavored
to assassinate the King of Italy last Novem-
Der, was yesterday convicted and sentenced
to death. 1t cannot be said that justice in
Italy is over-hasty in its dealings with
would-be murderers when one who at
tcmpts the life Of the sovereign is only
brought to trial after delay of over three
months. An effort was made to show that
the accused was insane and consequently
not responsible, but this was set aside by a
medical inquiry; and more ridiculous
effort to reduce the trial to. debate on
"Passanante's principles" was no moro
successful. Though this man is condemned
TO death it Is not certain that he will be
executed, for great pressure is made to in
duco the King to commute the sentence to
hard labor for life. Italy is extremely ''civ-
ilized" on the point Of capital punishment.
Year: 1879

A New York jury has given verdict in
favor of woman who sued o saloon keeper
for depriving her of the support that ought
to have been given her by her husband, by
supplying the latter with intoxicating
liquor and keeping him in q state of inc
briefly during hours when he should have
been at work. The amount of damages
awarded is only ffty-four dollars-just
enough to carry the costs of the suit-but
the principle established is good one, and
indeed it is said that a much heavier sum
would have been given but for the character
of the husband. This verdict is important
as showing the readiness of a New York
jury to enforce any proper restrictions and
penalties of an excise law and to prevent
the abuse of the liquor traffic by those
engaged in it. It is indeed q most
significant result, in view of the fact
that no jury has yet been found in the city
willing to convict dealers of non-con formity
with the strict letter of our present i'm
practicable and worthless license law. 1t
ought to satisfy the advocates of Temperance
that the popular objection is not to a
cSAAuSSAS ooseuso w PAO'SAo VhO ocuoC Va
the liquor trade, but only to absurd and
inoperative provisions OF law which are not
appropriate and cannot be enforced in a
city. If we had strong, effective excise
law in operation to-day juries would be
always ready to convict when the evidence
in q case proved violation of its provisions.
Respectable saloon keepers would also be
found active in aiding the enforcement of
such statute. No reputable proprietor
wishes the custom of drunkards or encour-
ages them in his place, and the verdict just
rendered will meet with general approval
among respectable liquor dealers. Such
abuses of the trade as that complained of in
this case would not be likely to exist under
an efficient law, and if practised would be
certain of punishment.
Year: 1879




Another contribution to the history Of
the progress of Western cattle from the
Plains to the seacoast is given in the letter
from Chicago which we print to-day. 1t
will be noted that it repeats with some am
pier details the story given in the letter on
the same subject from ST. Louis which we
printed on thursday. In the account
given of some particular features of the
cattle trade in these two great cities the
public interested in knowing the truth on
this subjeot-and an exact knowledge of the
truth is the first step toward the discovery
of remedy-will see clearly established
that connection between swill stables VIII ere
pleuro-pneumonia certainly exists and the
great cattle-breeding Plains where the ami
mails are certainly healthy. Our veterinary
surgeons and our cattle breeders and sellers
have denied the existence Of this malady
in marketable cattle as strenuously as the
English officers have declared its existence.
and these denials were made precisely be-
cause our surgeons and dealers were unable
TO comprehend that there could be any pos
slble connection between the healthy cattle
from the Plains and the cattle stewed for
months on fattening process in the foul
hot air of swill feeding pen. How puny
specimens OF the healthy cattle are sold
cheaply on the way, fattened in these pens
and sold again as healthy cattle from tho
to those most interested to find q remedy.
Year: 1879

Our despatch from Tashkend gives o
glimpse of the condition into which Oriental
kingdoms are apt to tumble when the King
dies. Shere Ali's agony was scarcely ended
ere triangular civil war was on foot for
the possession of the vacant throne. It in
spires some respect for the orderly dis
position of the Afghans to reflect that these
fierce claimants even waited for the mon
arch's death since, with the prince o
fugitive and the enemy in the coun-
try, his capacity to resist attempts
against his throne was reduced to the
vanishing point before his death-and
his death, indeed, made the case different
more in its moral than its military aspect.
But the civil war blazed up and burned out
rapidly, and the short work that YAkoob
Khan appears to have made of it gives good
augury for the vigor with which he will
rule his people. II the assertion that this
prince has fed to Herat is verified it will
be evident that oil the reports by way of
England of his readiness to treat with the
Indian authorities were fictions, for this
movement implies an intention to hold out
to remove himself to q point where the
English cannot reach him without con-
tinuing the war on q grander scale than
they intend, and there to bide his time and
wait an opportunity-confdent that one of
these days the Russian protectorate will be-
come the inevitable.
Year: 1879

nection with il. Thurman has stood forth


as the leader of his party in forcing this
new and exciting issue, and if it should
years elections Thurman will naturally reap
the benefit of it by the right of authorship.
Even if Ohio should be lost on that issue
and New York carried the success in New
York would inure to the advantage of Thur
man as its leading representative. But this
speculation ventures upon ground not in
cluded in our interviews. Taking the in
terviews as they stand they show that Mr..
Thurman has at present o much larger
democratic support than Mr. Tilden in the
country at large.


1t will not escape the notice Of readers of
these interviews that the democratic Con-
gressmen are nearly unanimous in the
opinion that General Grant is the inevitable
candidate of the republican party. If the
same unanimity existed among the repub-
lican members General Grants nomina-
tion would be already as good as secured.
But even the universal opinion of his
political opponents that Grant is the
strongest republican candidate is o strong
point in his favor. His chances, whatever
they may be, will be increased if our poll
tics in the immediate future are to turn on
the revolutionary threat of the democrats to
block the wheels of the government if they
cannot repeal the federal election laws.
The republican party will be apt to con-
slider Grant az tho man, above all others, to
deal with such situation.
Year: 1879

There is no country where the assassin's
knife is piled SO freely, no country where
the people in their rage respect life SO little,
and no country where there is SO much
parade of respect for life in the administra-
tion of Justice This sentiment may very
likely save Passanantes life.
Year: 1879

THE MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK expects to
resume payment next week. 1t is not stated
whether or no it will also resume the old com
bnation and leave it where thieves can take
possession of it,
Year: 1879

THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMAN does not strike
all men as a settled fact. One man yesterday
had to look for thousand dollars bail for swear
ing to the ownership of thirty-two building lots
which really belonged to his wife.
Year: 1879

WILL SOME of the az" road directors, partic-
uarly on Third avenue, step into one of their
own trains during the busy hours of the day and
sample the air! They would do well to perfume
o handkerchief before trying the experiment.
Year: 1879

daughter the late Duchess of Alba the pictures OF
whom represent her as exceedingly charming ana
beautiful. The old Duchess taller. She goes
usually somewhat bent down. but to-day she ap-
peared in her full dignity grand and erect; and how
did she display her triumphant Joyl To perceive
just here in Madrid &C the royal Court,
in the midst or these old grandees, her
daughter respondent in imperial glory ana
majesty. was, OF course. her source OF
unbounded satisfaction. l saw how, led by the
Nuncio she took her seat at the royal table; how.
forgetfnl everything around her. she absorbed
ill looking AT her daughter. who was sitting between
the King and the Infant Sebastian. Mechanically
left selzed the bread which laid her plate and
put it yet before soup served. and without
breaking it. into her mouth, and, to my great
delight nibbled continually at it. am sure she
did not know neither what she was eating nor
drinking. When, after supper stepped up to her.
saluted and told her how enviaba position was at
this high and arstocraic of Spain. she seized
and frightened features l never would have
expected it of lady who, from the daughter
OF Scotch merchant, rose to the aristocratc
rank ot countess; who gave one OF her daugh-
ters 10 Enperor-not mistress, but as his
legal, rightfui wife. aud who had married her
second of the first and most powerful grandees
of the country" The Countess do wager shared the
honors and trumphs Of Eugcnie as in other days
she had shielded her from obtrusive and offensive
attentions. Subsequently. when the Empire fell and
dshonor seeRed be the only portion left. the
spirit revived and with maternal instinct she
extended the hand OF motherhood to her exiled
daughter After brief illness the distinguished
lady has succumbed to fate, and to-day the mobiles
and grandees OF Spain extend to her bereaved
daughter their consultations and sympathetic atten-
tiOps,
Year: 1879

APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT


One of the bones of contention between
the two parties in the present Congress
the jurors test oath-has been removed.
In deciding case that came before him
from Florida involving the validity of the
act, Justice Field, of the United States su-
preme court, declared that the law is uncon-
stitutional and void, and was only proper as
war measure in the insurgent States, but
when the war was over and the States re-
stored to their constitutional relations in the
union he said it was as unconstitutional and
as imperative as an act quartering soldiers
in houses in the Southern States would be.
He said that the law was not only unconsti-
tutional, but repugnant to our institutions.


Coming from the source that it does, this
opinion is an important one, and suggests a
way out of the difficulty that now besets
Congress and distracts the people. We have
never doubted but the jurors law, pre-
scribing particular oath to be taken in GER
tain cases, was unconstitutional, nor do we
doubt that the federal election laws as a
whole are equally unconstitutional, and would
Year: 1879

be so decided if brought properly before the
supreme court. No constitutional power re-
sides in the federal government to appoint
supervisors of election or to designate United
States marshals to act as police officers at
the polls. The conduct of all elections be-
longs exclusively to the several States, and
to take it from them is a wanton usurpation
of power. While this question has been
before subordinate courts several times, and
the federal statutes have been upheld, we are
convinced that if it was properly presented
to the supreme court different decision
would be rendered. The gentlemen who
compose the court are not active partisans,
although majority are nominally Republi-
cans. They do not depend upon either
party for continuance in Office, and there
full enough to sway their decision in the mat
ter.


If the efforts of the Democrats in Congress
to repeal the obnoxious laws at the present
session fail, we would counsel resort to the
supreme court for the purpose of determin-
ing judicially the mooted questions. There
are cases that can be brought up to test the
validity of each and every one of the laws,
and they ought to be presented to that tri-
bunal at the earliest possible moment. The
constitution is explicit as to the invasion of
any State by the military, and without dis
regarding that instrument entirely, the court
could not decide otherwise than in favor OF
! the Democratic position. AS to the control
of elections, it is clear that the constitution
vests the central government with no au-
thority, and as it is especially provided that
all powers not especially delegated to the
general government are reserved to the States
respectively, it is difficult to see how the
court could do otherwise than pronounce
these obnoxious and despotic laws unconsti
tutional and void.


In speaking of the appointment of super
visors of election at Cincinnati last fall, tn,
GLOBE counselled this course-a resort tt
the supreme court. We had faith then tina
the law would be declared void and of n,
effect; the same faith abides with us now
While it would be preferable to abrogate th
laws by enactment of Congress, the sam
results can be obtained by judicial process


No harm can come from the test, at an


rate, and it ought to be made, and that with
out delay. Let an appeal be taken from M,


Hayes to the supreme court.
Year: 1879

Nos. Yo,.ny's Discrimination to Avenge


the Murder Of Her Daughter.


Chicago Times.


A reporter called to see Mrs. Yourg on
yesterday afternoon and found her much
better than on the day before. She had
entirely recovered consciousness, and,
though very weak, was able to talk a little.
The following conversation took place:


Gone would think, Mrs. Young, from
your attempt on last Sunday, that you had
formed resolution to put Stevens to death
yourself if the jury did not do it. Is this
correct?"


eyes,


"When did you make up your mind to do
this?''


sWhen Mamie died. When saw my
poor child suffering day after day, and finally
giving up her life, I declared that Stevens
should give his life for hers, and that if the
law did not take it should.'


ssThe revolver which you used was in evi-
dence during the trial, was it not?"


stYes."


"And it was empty at that time, Of
course?"


eyes,


''Then you must have loaded it expressly
for the purpose of killing Stevens?"


81 did. Iput the loads in for that very
purpose


"During how much of the trial did you
have it with you?''


"During the latter day or two only.''


"You were exasperated at the light SEN
tence?''


eyes, and at the abuse that was heaped
upon Mamie by the witnesses and by Trude.
1t was terrible. But by Stevens, especially.
For him to shoot her, and then 60 on the
stand and slander her, and at the same time
to say that he loved herr"


ssThe revolver which you used was the one
which you took from Stevens, was it not?"
eyes,


"When was it taken away?"


"It was little before the time he was ar
rested and sent to the bridewell. It was in
April, just about a year ago. We were iv.
ing at the corner OF Jackson and Morgan
streets. Stevens came home one night, with
the revolver. He had never had one before
and had purchased it by selling some clothes
from the house. Shortly after he came in
he showed it to Lille and said she would see
some hell before the night was over. He
told me, too, that he would shoot Mamie
evening, about bedtime, l went past his
door, which was open. Mamie was sitting
on the edge of the bed, and Stevens was
standing in front with the revolver cooked
and pointed at her. rushed in and snatched
the revolver, and pushed him over on the
bed. Soon after that drove him out of the
house, and he hung around for sew
eral days, following Mamie wherever she
went, and terrifying her so that could do
scarcely anything with her. One night We
went out calling on Fulton street, and as We
were coming away, and reached the corner
of cross street, Mamie saw Stevens crouch
down in the shadow on the corner diagonal
ly opposite. She was frightened, and wen
back to the house where we had been, ant
soon she came out and went for police
Year: 1879

The imports received in the collection dis


trict of Minnesota for the month of March
amounted to S11, 1873, and the exports for
warded to Ss43,423. If every district did as
we'll towards maintaining the balance of trade
in favor of this country, there would be no
cause of complaint as to the scarcity Of
Year: 1879

HE New York Tribune has faith in the
progress of the Sherman wave. We would
like nothing better than to have him in the
field next year as candidate for Presidential
honors, and trust his strength with his party
will increase. His candidacy would make
the campaign of 1880 red hot.
Year: 1879

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that in view
of the fact that Congress has the subject of
quarantine before it, the cabinet did not
deem it advisable fer the executive depart
ment to take any action in relation to the
quarantine established by Gov. Nichols at
New Orleans. This is very considerate in
deed. It is the first matter that the execu-
tive department has not considered within
its purview for many years past.
Year: 1879

HERE is bulldozing with vengeance. Dis
patches from Kansas report that the citizens
there are organizing with the determination
of preventing any further importation of
negroes into that State. Perhaps the stall
warts in Congress would do we'll to transfer
their attention from the South to poor bleed
Year: 1879

GRANT is on his way home, bringing his
"wave'' with him. Whether it will carry
him into the White House or not will de-
pend upon its magnitude. 1t viii! probably
be spent long before the election, for our
people will have a chance to become familiar
with the hero of many foreign dinners.
Familiarity is apt to breed contempt.
Year: 1879

FRED DOUGLASS says that zone of the
most unfortunate predicaments that can be
imagined is negro in snow bank-the
oolors don't blend,'' and therefore he advises
his friends to remain in the South. They
won't accept his advice, however, for they
have been given to understand that there is
a happy land of Caanan somewhere out
West, and they will start in search of it if
they have to endure every hardship.
Year: 1879

CONGRESS proposes to inquire what Pat
terson did with the sixteen thousand dollars
which he charged to the government as ex-
penses for his trip to the Indian Territory.
Since the Democratic party got into power
tention. 1t used to be different, and Sen
ator could present any bill he chose and
have it allowed. It's too bad, especially for
Year: 1879

The contest over the political legislation
is not yet ended, and those patriots who
have been burning gunpowder in honor of
MI Hayes veto of the army bill may find
out that he laughs best who laughs last.
Year: 1879

This morning as Mrs. Luton, lady
who is engaged in the sale of vegetables
on King street below Third, while wait
ing OH a lady was informed that her
pocket book had fallen ont of her pock
ct, and that a woman had picked it up.
Mrs. Luton saw woman pick her
pocket book up, but was unable to 60
after it as the woman had disappeared
in the crowd. Mrs. L. could not state
the exact amount in the pocket book
but she thinks it would amount to
nearly $40, the proceeds Of the morn
ing's sale.