Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1879, Page 1

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J ary lanl sith y advertised. » f Trustees, yls. commenced ou the vi Gay of Janu: ewer aUED ON tho sth Sey of May ne: tat House, In the City of ‘Whiningwn, + 00 Lhe same terms as grevioul EUWAKD abP, CHAS. Att ‘ON, Borrow, Feb, 2h is79" 10 days.‘ WASHINGTON. Formal Opening of the Army Bill Debate in the Senate. Mr. Blaine Attacks the Polit- ical ‘Clauses of the Measure, The Issue Characterized Flimsy and Dishon- est One. as a As Is Also the Oft-Repeated Ory About Military Despotism. The Whole Democratic Scheme Badly Hiddled and Lx- posed to View. House Greenbackers Fail to Carry Out Their Great Inflation 4 Programme. A Parliamentary Battle, in Which the Softs Were Sent. to Grass. - Soveral Silver Bills Contrive to Creep in Under tha Guiso of Potitions, IN THR SENATE. FLAINE'S SERCH ON THE ARMY BILL ppectal Diapateh to The Tribune, Wasaixatoy, D. C., April 14.—Mr, Blaine al- Ways attracts a large und sympathetic audience when {t Js known that bo {s to sneak, and they are never disappointed, To-lay ho was un- usually happy, both in Ina remarks and In his colloquial skirmishes with the Democrats. He Soreibly reminded the old stngers present of Nenry Clay, to whose imperial character nnd imperious will he made a passing allusion, Tis look of unconquorable pluck, and the sarcastic coolness with which ho showed the absurdity of the Democratic battle-cry of bayonet rule, was not rellshed by hts opponents on the other side of the Chamber. Threo or four of them who attempted to reply to him were terribly badgerea, and his trenchant rejoluders soon gave him the best of the controversy. Gen. Cerro Gorda Williams, the new Senator from Kentucky, was especially. unlucky in bearing testimony that he had seen soldiers at tho potls in bis State, Blaine, by dextcrous cross-exam- ination, disclosed the fact that this was a ycar before the close of the War, and that the Union troops were necessary at the polls to keep the Confederate soldiers from voting. Senator Wallace replied ot length to Mr. Blaine, but, although onc of the ablest and most cilictent of the Democratic Senators, WIS REMARKS SEEMED TAME after the intellectual vigor, the logic, and the epigrammatic antitheses of the Scnator from Maine, Wallace cndeayored to repudiate Sen- ator Beck's declaration, carly in the scssion, that a Committee of the Democratic caucus was to shape all legislation, but Mr. Blaine insisted on recelying Mr. Seck’s statement as correct, and sald that, if it was not, Wallace and Beck must fight it ont. Gen, Logan has the floor for to-morrow. Sen- ator Beck fs to reply to him, and will doubtless strike aquaro from the shoulder in his blunt, Beotch way. Senator Davis, of West Virginia, who, ns Chairman of tha Appropriation Committee, ts leader of the Seuate, made.a failure in cateutat- ing to exercise his authority. It wna after + o'vlock when Wallace ended, and Gen. Loran took the sloor, As It was not considered fair to expect Logan to begin then, a motion was made to go into executive session and carricd, Davis objected and forced a vote, aud was beaten. This ts not an auspicious beginning for the new leader of the Senate. THE DUBATE, To the Western Associated Press. Wasninaton, D, C., April 14.—In the Senate, after the usual morning business, consldertion was resumed of the Army Appropriation bill, the pending question belng on Mr. Blatno's amendment prohibiting the appearance within a mile of a polliug-placo of uny person armed with a deadly weapon of any kind, ond Mr, Blaine addrossed the Senate, Ho sald tho method adopted tn the pending section to cet rid of the eight closing words of the section of the Revised Statutes propusca to ba repealed, namely, “or to keep the peace at the polls,’ was an unusual and extraordinary method. The ordinary way to repeal a alngle sentence ts to strike ‘out the particular “words objected to; but the mode chosen in this bill in to repeat atid re-enact the whole section ex- vept the fost eight words, fle was persttaded this unital course was not taken accidentally, but deslenedly, Ifhe so might spent, (t came of cunning, the Intent being to create the tin ression that the Republicans in the adminta- Tration of the General Government had used troops right and teft in every direction, and that aa soon ns the Democrats ot into power they proceeded to enact this prohibitory sixth acc- tion, and a Democratic stump spoaker would doubtiess MARE GREAT POLITICAL, CAPITAL, out of this idea; whereas evory word‘of it from ret to last was the enactment of the Repub- Mean party. Whather intentlonally or not, the Issue thus presented was a dishonest one, The law was passed by a Republ! Congress. ‘There were forty-six Senatura sitting fa the Senate Chamber at the time. of whom only ten, or at most eleven, were Democrats, and the House of Representatives was overwhelmingly Republican. We were in the midst of war. The Republican Administration tad 1,000,000 or possibly 2,200,000 bayonets at its command, and under clreumstancea with the amplest power to interfery with the elections bad they 40 chosen, With soldiers at every hamlet and caunty of the United States. ‘The Republican party themselves placed that on the statute- book, and Abrahaw Lincata signed it. He asked attention tothe fact that this was the first instance in thé legislation of the United States tu which any restrictive clause whatever was put upon the dtatute-books in regard to the use of troops at the polls, and that it wna assed by the Republican party, and signed by Abraham Lincoly when he had more troops under bis control than Napoleon Bonaparte ever bad, But the point ts, sald Mr. Blaine, to strike out the few words authorizing the yse of troops to keep the peace at the polls, and the country is alarmed, or he would rather say amus the effurt made to create the finprs: the Republican party relled for ii strength UPON THY USE OF BAYONETS, This Democratic Congress has attempted by ratsing an fesue false tn every detail to create the impression oot only in’ America but in Europe‘wnid throughgut the civilized world thut elections in this country are attempted to be controlled by the bayonet. Hu denoupeed the tstuo as false, and thuugh not at liberty to soy that any centleman making it knew ita falsity, aud though hw hoped they did not, be propoacd to prove its utter Inck of foundation, He heid in his band au abstract of ali the troops of the United States cast of Oniahe, including the States - borderi on ‘the Mississippi Thiver on the wi embracing a territory popular TUESDAY, populated —o by 41,000,000 ont Jeast. of fhe 45,000,000 supposed to bef thts country to-day, Hy this atatement be showed Unt tral this great terrtlury only 077 soldiers ore Klatloned. Within this domain forty-five fortiticatlons are inanned sind eleven arsenals protected. ‘Lo every 1,000,000) people there are about sixty soldiers, The honorable Senator from Delaware was alarnied about the over ring of the popular ballot by truops of the United States, but there ts NOT A SINGLE PRDERAL BOLDIER IN DRLAWARE, ‘Vhe honorable Senator from Weat Virginia (Hereford) bad apoken of his Stato helms trod- den by the fron heel of miilltary despotism, but the (spot a solltary man in Uni States uniform on the soll of West Virginia. In) Marytand, = 193 artillerymen at Fort’ Melenry “guard the entratice to Baltimore's beautttul harbor, In Virginia there Jen school of practive at. Fortress Mont out. aide of that school there fe not a Federal sol- fice in the State. ‘Thera ai ut thirty evldfers in North Carolina guarding 0 fort at the mouth of Caney Fear River. In South Carolina there are. Slartillerymen toguard the entrance to Cliarles- ton, Harbor. ‘There are twenty-nine soldiers §n Georgia, and 184 Jn Florida, ‘There fs not one in Teuncesce, Kentucky, or Missouri. ‘There aro fifty-seven fn Atanas, thirty-two in Ala- Dama, ind 259 in Louisiana, The erent State of Misstasipot bas not one on its soll, nos has Texar, exeoyt those enarding the {rontier on the Bio Grande. inthe entire South, sald Mr, Blaine, there are 1,155 soldiers to intimidate, overrun, oppress, and destray the Hberties of JE, 00 of people in 1,023 counties, or not quite ONF BOLDIN TO BACIT COUNTY; one aldier to about 700 square miles of ferrl- tory. ‘The: an old saying, he continned, that there cathsayera in Rome who contd hot look each other in the tave without amine, and no two Demo Senators on the floor cun go Into the cloak-roonm: and look each other in the face without auntting, or inther blushin, over this talk,—the whole. thing was such a miserable pretense, such a mlserably mauufac- tured fatse issue, Jn New England they had 380 soldiers, or about 120 to every million people, whereas the ratio {n the South was not quite 70; yet the peaplo of New Englund never complatied of military power, ‘The tendency of wis talk,as ho hod sald, was to misropresont us abroad, ant the Demveratte party stood indicted, and he hereby charged them with public slander of their country, creating an fmpreasion in. the civilized workd (hat wo nro under a military despotism, But, continued Mr. Blaine, the real motive of the Democrats must be looked for elsewhere, It fs simply to ver rid of Federal eupervision at elections; to get rid of the civil power of the United States in the olection of Representatives fo Conzress, and, therefore, this bill vonnects itself directly with the bill which was before Congress at the last sesston known as the Legis- Jative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation DH. Ho was aware thut variamentury rules forbade hiu to discugs 9 bill pending before the House of Kepresentatives, but be also knew that nothing forbade him to speak of what was not done in the House, but in the Democratic caticus, where this leclatation was performed. Mr. Blaine discussed the legal queations in- volved, and, continulng, sald: ‘The design now isto get rhifof all civil oflicers of the United States under pretense uf keeping troops away from the polls, and the amendments which wilt be offered witl ‘TEST THE SINCERITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SIDR on that point, and show whether the Federnt Government would be allowed representation at the polls at all except by two men of straw without anv power, who can merely Jook on. He would go so far as to say that if the bill went shrourl {n its present form the remainder of the Iuw In regard to Marshals und Supervis- ors would be worth nothing, since there would bu no power vested in the Federal Government ta enforce its provisions. We aro tuld, said Blaine, and ft {4 rather anoyel thing, that if wo do not ogree to the bills as offered We are not to have the appropriation, ‘That has been announced in both branches of Congress, he supposed on authority of the Democratic caucus. Not merely the army appropriation; ‘they did not ston there, but in thu legislative bill, as it came from the caucus, there wos on appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court, Circutt Courts, and District Courtsof the United Stutes, provided that certain sections of the Revised Statutes be repealed, He had always understood that the Government Was divided into threo distinct dopartments,— legislative, executive, und judiclal, ‘The teris- lative branch steps forward, and saya if the Executive docs not sigu the bills it offers IT WILL STARVE THE JUDICIAnY. This wos carrying the matter further than hho had ever known it to go before, und, be- sides starving the judiciary, the other alde would refuse to snprontate a dollar for the expenses of the Capitol bullding and grounds, for public printing, or for the Cougressioual llbrary, The Department of Stale, of which the country had reason to bo proud for {ta conduct of {ts foreign affairs, was to be dis- abled, and our diplomatic retations must cease unless the President signs these bills. The beacons and warnitye Mehts on 17,000 milea of Coust must fo out; the mints of New Orleans, Denver, San Francisco, and Uhilu- delohin must stop; the Pension Bureau must suspend operations, all the exccutive functions of the Government ore taken by the throutin bighwayman style amd com- manded to stund and deliver in the name of the Democratic caucus. A leading Democrat, an elaquent man, wlio had courage, franiness, and many good qualitics, bowsts publicly that the Democrats are iu power for, the first time in elghteen years, and that they do not Intend to stop until they have wiped out every vestico of Ropudlicso war measures. ‘orewarned [6 foreatmed, and the Domocrats pecan properly ona measuro signed by Abraham Incoln, TUE PICTURE WAS A STRIKING ON and strange. The time had como when men, fresh from the battlefields of the Reballlon, took their seats here aul proposed to repeal the laws en- acted while they wore trsingto destroy the Union, ‘The Vice-President of the Confederacy had stated that for elxty or seventy years Peccodine the Rebellion, from the formation of the Govern- ment, the South, though ina minority, had by combining with what he termed the antlcen- tralists in the North ruled the country, and in 1st the same gentleman sald ina apecch bafore the Georgia Leglslature that by a return to Con- Bresea thy South might repeat the experiment. with the same success, . He (Blaine) had read. that sneech ut the time of its delivery, and had ttle thought he would Hye to acc the propheey falilicd. But now we ree those measures mae tured in Democratie caucug, tnfwhich the South Nas an overwhelming oinjority of two-thirds In the House, and thtety out of forty-two Savators, twenty-three of whom, a positive aml pro- nounced majority, participated fn the war aculnst the Union, elther In civil or military situations, so that our fegislation is shaped anil fashioned by a caucus in whieh the ex-Confed- erates have a majority, und Mi. STEVENS’ PROPHECY 18 REALIZED. Very appropriately the Conuress controlled by the Youth says to the President, the remataing branch of the Government elected an Repub- eas orlnelples fu opposition to the party now in power, that he shall not exercise lis power tuvetoa bill, ‘They ask if we it revolu- Uonary, continued Mr, Blaine, to put amend ments on an Appropriation bill, Of courau not, Thera have been a great imany amend- ments pyt on such dills, sume mis. chlevous and some hardless, but I call fe the audacity of revulution fer avy Senator or Representative, or any caucus of Benatora or Representatives, to get toxether sind say that thoy will havo certain feaislation or stop the departments of the Government. That ig revolutionury, J don't think it will be revo- Vution, It will be a royolution that will not re- volvo; it won't work, 1t te.a revolution {f per- sisted In, und if not persisted in, it must le ecko out from tguominously, und the latter wi TROBANLY DE THE RESULT. Sr, Bisine concluded as follows: I do not profess to know, Mr, President, what the Presl- deutof the Unitod States will do when these bills ure presented to bim, as Lsuppose in duo courss of time they will be, cere talny should =never speak = a anit: tary word of disrcapect of tha gentleman holding that exalted position, and [hope f shall not speak a word un eat the divolty of the ollice of Souator of the United States; but as ‘tuere has deen speculation here and there on buth sides as to what he would do. it: acems to mig that the dead heroes of the Union would HSH PROM THEIR GRAVES if he should consent to be intimidated and out. roged in his proper constitutional mower by Unreats like these. All ie war measures of Abraham Lincoin are to be wiped out, say lead. ing Democrats. ‘The Bourtons of France busied themselves, I believe, after the Restoration to removing every trace of Napolcon’s power and Rrandeur, even chiseling thé N" from public monuments raleed to perpetuate his xlory, bat the dead iman’s hand from 8t. felena reached out and destroyed them iu thelr pride APRIL 15, 1879—-TWELVE PAGES. and tn thelr tory. And Toll the Senators on the other side of this Chamber, fell the Demo. cratle party North aud South, South in the lead ant North following, that this slow, une moving tlager of ecort: from the tomb of the tmurtyred Prestlent fram the prairies of Iinots wul wither amd destroy them. Though dead he speaketh. [Great applause in the galle- Hes.|) When you present these bills with these threats to a living President. who hore the com- mission of Abraham Lincoli, und who served with honer fu the aemy of the Unton which Lincoln restored and preserved, I can think only of one anproprinte response from his Ips or bis pon. Ile should say to yau with alf the scorn elitting Wis statlon: “fs thy servant a dog dutt he should do this thing?” Mi. WITHERS sald the statement of the Senator from Mane of so few soldiers found in tle States east of the Missiasiop) was a futile attempt to divert attentton from the facts lylnz nt the founintion of our institutions, Such remarkn as those of the Senator wouid not produce tntteh effect on either the Senate or the country. itwaa nota upstart to be decided whether there were gale dlers enough to duminate and control the elec tons, but whether, under the operation of the existing Tawa, ft was not possible for the Execu- tive to dietriuute und use the roldigry ko os to destroy the freedom of elections, ‘The Senator from Matne stated that the fssue the Democrats made was false, slanderous, and Waluts, Without pausing to erltfelke Mie peculiar ex- preasions which the Senator had thought proper to use, be (Withers) would suiply say it was no false issue when they proposed to rapeat a law allowing troops to be used in elections: guarded only by their commuatuter, It was no. falea tasue to say there could be no frer election in the presence of troops, and they had no right to say how men should vote. ‘Phe preservation of the peace at the pulls should be left to the control of the States, where the Conatitutlon jeft ft. ‘Ihe polnta made by the Senator from Maine were siuply on a bili not now before the Senate, Noone on the Detmoeralte side, as far ng he knew, bad ever laid down the proposition thut the Presiaent should not exercise his coustitutianal = power to veto a bil, The Benator from = Malnn said the course of the Detnocrnts was the audacity of reyulutton, bat how could this be when the bitl stinply proposed ake oppro- priations for the support of the army with the condition a8 to the use of the troopa annexed? This was clearly fu the power of the House and Sevate to approve. Here the avency of? Con- Bress ended. The Demucrats did net propose to shape thelr course as to what mny or may not be the position of the President. He should not attempt to take away a partlele of the spinnl-marrow attempted to be given to the Vrestlent by the Seustor from Mnine. He would not interfere with any agency tu infuse strength to bis splual cord, MI, WALLACE, in reply to Mr. Bluine, sald that this bill came froma Committee, it did not coine from a se- eret. consultation of Deniwcrats, He spoke thus clearly because he was one of the meinbers of the Committee... He would not now occupy the floor if he had not been charged by the Com- inittce to give the reasons for the insertion of the section of the bill disputed by. the Senator from Maine, The bil came here from the House, was taken tothe Clerk's desk, und thence was sent to the Committee on Appropriationa. It "had been reported back from that Committee. ‘This was the very vil! almost in word and letter thut was reported by the Committee of Confer- ence during the “ Jast session, and would have been agreed to by ihe tio Houses and passed but for thefr disagreement on amendments. pasenge. It contained a single disputed sec- ilon, to which he would now addroes Limself. ‘The War caused many deparrures from prin- ciples which were essential to our Inerties. Ne- cessity made the people bear the subjection of elvil to military power, the suspension of the labeas corpus, and the presence of the armed troops at the polls. ‘These pass away with the nevessity that produce them. The single issue in this bit was, Shalt the, Executlye longer pos- Besa the power to piace troops at the polis? ‘Their presence was a mennce upon the right of {ree elections. This right is txed and certain, It came to us from England, and is 9 part of our ayatein of Inwe. Its ptosection rests in the Stutes, The Federal Government bas NOTHING TO DO WITT IT, ‘This ts. said Mtr, Wallace, the only issue In con- test. We will not be alverted from {t. On this Hino we stand; by it we fall, Inis whother the ¥ederat Government shall place troops at the oll. or whether the States, tree from Kederal uterference, shail preserve the peace ant se cure free elections. J repeat, the placiny of troops nt the polls {s a menace, a threat, and no. free people can bear it. In the bill of rights of nearly every State ‘tree elections” ore guaranteed, while no such power is given to the Federal Government nnrwhere fn the Constitu- tion, ‘The statutes of many States assert and protect this right, Tn 1803 Pennsylvania asserted it by statute; New York, Murylaud, and many others have Jike provisions, No attempt was made by the Federal Government until it Was exercised in the border States under the war power, ‘The exerefse of this power was furce lane.’ It becsine oppresston, that In 186L Senator lowell, of Kentucky, Intraduced the act of 185, “As introduced tt gave no power to interfere with elections, but was restrictive of the evil, The Judiclary Committee reported against the bill, On fts passage Senator Pome- roy (Ks.) inserted the words giving the troans the power to keep the peace at the polls, Every Republican voted for tuls, and every Democrat against {t. Troops at polls and free elections are incompatible. : We propose, Wallace said, to matntain the American system of free election, ta restore to clvil power all control over the machinery of the Government. A free system of laws’ cannot tolerate even possible use of force, AT THE FOUNTAIN OF POWRR, Why shall we not restora thie right? No Son- ator will deny the right of its yatue; none aseert that troops uuder partisan control conduca to frev clections. ‘The tegislatton of 1864 was the first {nstance of the mall-clad hand of the Fed- eral Gaverninent. at the ballot-box, Mr. Walne (nterrupting)}—Does the Sonator resent the ides that the amendments put on by Reputtican Senators refer to the vontrol of elec. Uons in Kentucky, where the Democrats bad the right to vote, or will he seeept the suggestion tmntie was te keen Rebel Kentuckians from comlug back to contro) the ctectiona? Or were they Democratic yotera who fought against the Union under Jeff Davis, und caine back to de- feat the Union voters! Mr. Wailace, resuming, sald: The Senator from Matne has injected” into my remarks the axertion that the Federal power wus a war power, The people want free elections with- out the shadow or substance of uuiltary power, whother Stats or Federal, fle wanted Ule pro- lations of the Constitution to be the law of the nd. In the uame of the people be in part wrescuted, he asked that this menace be ro- Imoved, aud that the State have contro! fn the preservation of the peace at the pull, as they should, Even in pour, downtrodden Mextea, when our troops were there in 1847, a request was made kat they should vot appear ab the polls, ag ft might be supposed they were there ty control the clection in progress, Our wilitary cominander obeyed the law of Mex- feo. Free election was impossible if we mut ft iu the power of the President to scod armed imen to ihe polls. [le did not cara whutber there wae only one soldier to 2,000 or 20,000 square miles. ‘Ihat ong soldier acted under the authority of the milltary power, and the man fo 8 bine coat with a gun in iis hand was the representative of forty millions of people. We propose to take the bayonet away from the ballut. We propose to restore to the elvil power {te nbsolute control over the initicary power, We propose to restore to the American people theirawn system. We neither eck to enerce the Executive nor submit to by cooreed by it. Tete the rignt of the Legistative power “to rales und supyure arintes, to make rules, and to enact laws," and we fallow our plain duty, This tall votes the pay of Ute troops. Cuuuot the lay. making power say HOW TURY, BOULD BE EMPLOTED! Wo violate no provision of the Constitution, No one pretends we slo, Wo act within the scope of our power, as we judge our duty calle us. Four propositions can be affirmed: First, the right to place Jegistation for the protection of the tights of the people upon money bills ber Jonge to the Legulative power and cannot be dented by ans other branch of the Goverment. Wo are the judges of cur powers and duties in this regard. “Our judgmont canvot be impugned by the Executive or dudiciary, ‘They may crith- else the subject matter, but not the forin. Bec ond, thia right [s sanctioned by the practice of Congress for inauy years. The Revised Stat- utes, under the head of “Geboral and Perma: uent Statutes Affecting the Army,” contain 263 acctione, Of these ulnety-two came directly from Appropriation acts, ‘Third, It ts sustained by precedent as uld aos the tle of Charles the rat, und no power dreams of denying ite session by the Commons. Fourth, the leaista- tion proposed fe coustitutional and neccasary, aud violates no right of any branch of the Fed- ‘The bill was now here on its, eral Government, We have no right to assume that any feature of the pill will meet disap- proval arywhere, ‘The bill makes no threat to deny supplles, Let us look at this: subject of coorcion. ‘The Preaident, Senate, and House are independent each In ite sphere. Ench posacsses a negative upon the other, ‘The Senate and House each has an absolute veto upon the other, whilo that. of the Executive Ja Hmited. If the Senate re- fuses to passa House bill because of objection- abla matter, and makes {ts removal a eun- dillon ot tts pussaze, = it = coerces the Houag te thatextent. Lt has this right. It {s not revolutionary. Itexercises Its constitu. Uonal right tu judge of the measure. THIS MUNT 18 ¥ITAL; the check invaluable, ‘The same ts true of the Uxecutive negative upon the Legislative power, Jf the Executive dissents, and ou reconsldera- Mow there are not two-thirds, the Lewislative branch tnay decline to act. Jt has thie right or it haa no Independence of action. It alone for itaetf must Judie of the fitness, necessity, snd constitutlonallty of the meagure proposed. It cannot coerce the Execultye, nor can the Exec- ulive coerce {t. Each Is responsible to the peo- ple for its conclistons and aetions, aud must art fn full view of that tripunal. If the Legislative brouen could cocreed to oct tn this mode, the will of the mafority would be controfled by the minority. ‘The patronage of an unecrunutous President and = minority could dictate Iegialation, No euch purpose 1s Intended by the constitutional negative. ‘The defensive power of non-action is the protection of the Ilverty of the people. Mr. Clay, in 1817, expressly asserted the right of non-actlon by the legislative power. It lias mits to its use. It is au appeal to the people. Its power for the destruction of unconstitutional or Jinsty legtala- tion Is invaluable, but it waa never intended nur used tu keep a veke on the people, oc prevent the repeal of natatute. Te was never intended and never used to deprive the people uf free elections, or to strike down the rights of a free Buaulee When It fs used for such s purpose the people WILL CORRRCT THR WHONG, This legislation places a check Gu the military power, That duty is placed upon us. In the ntervat of the people we must restore the orig {unl principles fram which four years of war have diverted the Government, bring the miil- tary to trict subordination to civil power, per- mit free system of In) he bared upon free ballot, and expunge the stunding menace upon free institutions. Mr. Wallace, iu the course of tis remarka, asked whether the Senator fromm Maine or any other Senator would deny the right to restore to the people their own’ system of free elec= Yon, Would the Senator deny that it belonged to the people? If not, why not restore it? The Senator fram Maine said there fre so many troops, and you have not been Mnterfered with, but thera ‘is a daw which gives the President power to interfere at elections, Nobody contends that partisan control is right. The Senator from Maine suid this bill was the dictate of the Democratic caucus, but he (Wal- Jace) aeserted that no caucus ever saw this bill. Jt waa the production of the House Committee on Appropriutions. . BH, BLAINE, interrupting, sald the admission came froin the Senator from Kentucky (Beck) that a Commit- tea of the Democratic caucus was preparing these measures, It‘was an Sssue of fact be- tiveen the Senator from Pennsylvania and whe Seuntor from Kentucky. Mr, Blaine read from the Congressional Record fn suppurt of his as- sertion, Mr. Wallace, resuming, repeated that no Democratic cauens ever saw the pending bill, and, in conclusion, repeated that its ouly object was to restore to the people rights of which they had been deprived, Mr, Logan obtained the flour, but eave way to Mr. Ferry, who moved thut the Senate procecd to the consideration of executive business, Mr, Davis (WW. Va.) thought the Senate might. remain in open session an hour longer. If any Senator was ready to apeak on the pending biil Jet him do go. ’ ‘The Senate, by a vote of 86 to 17, went into executive sesston, aud when the doors reopencd, adjourued. OUTGENERATED. TUE GRECNDACKERS. Special Dispatch Co The Tribune Wasminoton, D.C, April 14.—The Green- backers were outgencraled tn their attempts tu haye thelr {nflation bills introduced through the ordinary machinery of the House. It ts true that Speaker Randall commenced on the Demo- cratic side to recognize members from the State of Malne, and did recognize Ladd, but after a formal recognition the 8peaker seemed to afd the Republicans somewhat in their successful attemptsto prevent the reference of the bill, Uonger leda seriesof parliamentary maucuyers, assisted by Reed, of Maine, The consequence was that the morning hour was consumed long before there had been an opportunity even for ihe reading of the bill. It remains to be seen whother ony other device to which the {nflationists, under the lead of Alex- ander Stephens, resorted will have the offect to Tefer the subject-matter of the ecyeral inilation schemes to the respective committees, Under the rules THE VYRTITION-BOX, fg open nt any time for any American cittzen to present memorluls asking forlegialation, These memorials are referred In the ordinary coursc to committees having jurisdiction of the subject without any action by the House, and with no further public notice of them than the fact that at the end of the day's proceedings the titles of the memorials and petitions and,the naaies of the presenters of thet are voted in the Zecord. When the Greenbackers saw that they were folled tn thelr attempts to refer their schemes by the ordi- nary course, they, under Alexander Stephens’ dictation, lodged thelr pills in the petition-box, introducing them with the brief form of a memo- rial reqneating such bill to bo passed. These metnorials . GO TO THR COMMITTRES, ‘The queation to be decided ts whether, {f the Committeo shauld assume to take Jurisdiction of the subject by means of these memorials, the House would concede that they contd this ob- tal juriadiction. ‘The Greenbackers sought to induce the Speaker to rulo au that question, but he declined tu make ao decision on that subject hetors it should be presented to te Honse. Of courso, no one may say what the Speaker's ruling may bo, but it fs contrary to all procedent for a committes to tako jurisdiction of a subject which has come to it thrangh the petition-box alone, and which the House has declined to send tu it by the regular references to bills. ‘THEIR WAB ONR VOTR taken to-day which shows that the Democratic tunjority are bent on general Jegislation of all sorta, Movrov, of Oto, muyed to suspend the rutes, and pass the following: Hegolued, Tont, inthe jadgment of this Hon: -the bualoeas Interenta of the country require that uo legisiatiog changing the law in regard to cure rency'or the tart aliall be passed at the present avssion of Congress, Air. Kelloy of course wanted a division, as ho wished to make ne record on the subject of his pot tariff, but the Houseateclined this, linal- ly, after modifying the resolution at the instanes of Mr. Morrison so that the word “passed " should reud “ undertaken,” THE RESOLUTION Was DEPRATRD by a vote of 108 yeas to 117 nays. : Republicuns everywhere will regret to dnd in the Ist of yeas some of their own colleagues, ‘The Republicans who voted {o favor ot gencral legislation on these subjects, for thelr votes can be interpreted in no other way, were Fort and McCold, The Detmocrata who voted with the body of thy Republicans against entering upon general Jegistation were Bicknell, of Iudisna; Bites, of New York; Covert, of New York; Deuster, of Milwaukeo; Hurd, of Oblo; and Morrison, of Jilluois. SUPREME COURT, DECISION, Wasninaron, D, C., April 14.—The Supreme Court has made the following decision: No. 208. The Wheeling, Parkersburg & Cincivnati ‘Transportation Company, plaintiff? in erroz, ve. ‘The City of Wheeling, In error to the Supremo Court of Apponls of the Btate of West Virginia, ‘This {6 an action for thu recovery of taxes paid under protest by plaintiff in error to the City of & > ? tS S¢ ae veer : PRS VE CENTS, BS a Wheeling upon four steamboats owned byt, and sailing upon the Ohjo River detweett Wheel: ing and Cincinnatl, The plamti! in error de: nied the right of the State to impose taxes upon such vessels, and argued that such taxation was in violation of the constitutional provision that. “no State aball levy any duty of tunnaze.'? This Court holds that the taxes levied in this case are not dutles of tonnage within the meun- ing of the Constitutlon. and that the enrollment of nehip or vessel under the laws of the United States docs not exempt ite owner froin taxution thereupon as personal property. ‘The judument of the lower Court ty altirmed with costs. ANNOUNCEMENTS, Chinf Justice Waite onvounced in the Su- press Court to-day that, In view of the wrest. Importance of the questions involved In the cases of the Delaware Railroad Construction Company va. Meyer & Dennison, Nos, 200, 210, and 500 on the present calendar, the Court tas decided to order the rearguiment wh wn fs reached in the regular call of the docket next term. ‘The cages tn question require the Court to give aconstruction to the act of Marci 3, 1874, regulating Che removal of cases frum State courte, and the decision I4 likely to effect a Breat nurober of other sults. Chie! Justice also announced that the regular call of the docket, woulil cease for the present teri on the Sth of April, at which time ‘notice would be given ot the date of thy Court’s adjournment for sutamer. 3 SILVER BILLS. TILL SPRINGRR'S MRARULE. eowctat Dispatch to The Trioune Wasmsaton, D. C., Aprit 14.—Mr. Stepbens, of the Colnuge Comumittee, will report an ex- treme Silver bill for free coinage and bullion certificates on the some basis with gold toward the last of the week. The queatiun will then arlss whether a committee cau thus take juris- diction on a question not only nut referred by the House in the regular mauter, but where the reference has virtually been retused. It will be claimed by Mf Stephens that the routine reference through the petitiun-hex, whieh fs open toevery citizen, in suillelent. ‘The most radical bill referred Ju this way to-day was Bill Springer’s, Jt virtually provides that the Sceretary of the Treasury stall purchase all the producta of the Amert- ean silyer mines, which he may stack Uo fo the Treasury or elsewhere, aud upon this ! he is to ixaua a doline sityer certificate on every 4123¢ wrains. Suringer says the Government willtuake a fortune’ at this, as tt will buy at about 80 couts unl lesue at n doliar, WHY IT CANNOT NE DONE. i Referring to Representative Buckner's pro posed bill for the cofnaxe of six millions of bul- lton monthly, the Director of the Mint says this amount is not only beyond the present, ca- pacity of the Mint, but larzely in excess of the Droduetion of the mines of the country, which are esthinated at S50,QK,U0) annually, from which shuuld be deducted 83,000,020 used in the arts and manufactures, whitch would leave &25,- 0W,000 to be tmported uoder Buckuer's bill, NOTES. AND NIEWS, TUB TEN-FONTIES, pectat Dispatch tv The Tribune. Wasnixoton, D. C., April 14.—It is learned that J. Pierrepont Morgan, of the banking-house of Drexel, Morgan & Co., and Mr. Charles Louier, of the Third National Bank, have gone to Europe for the purpose of forming a new Syndicate for the refunding of the 1040 loan into 4 per cents. These genticmen are sald to representa Syndicate who are willing to subscribe Rt once for 350,000,000 43 ond pay for the saine within nincty days at par and intercat, lees Agof Lper cent commisston, and to continue subscriptions at the rate of $10,000,000 per month until the whole 10-40 loan hae becn called in. Thera is an impression in Govern- ment-bond circles that the above proposition, or one similar, will be accepted, and that a call for $50,000,000 10-498 will soon be Issued. THE LOUISIANA HENATORSHIY. smuectat Dispatch to The Tribu Wasinatox, D. C., April 14.—The Senate Committee on Elections will have o meeting to-morrow for the purpose of taking up the Louleiana contested election case. It fs stated tint they will hear arguments of counsel for Mr. Spofford, contestant, .and geveral meine bers of the Committee, who have been consulted respecting the merits of the casu and {ts slinilarity to the. Butler-Corbin case which the Committee decided last year to be res adjudicata, now say that the Lonisiana case is different, and that they do not take the same view of it as of the Butler-Corhin ease. ‘The tn- dications nll point to a bitter contest, and those who know thy partisan character of the Coin- nuittce will not be atall surprised if they should report iu favor of ousting Kellogg and seating Spolford. THR DEBATE. IN THR HOURR on the Legistative bill with be resumed to-mor- row. The Democrats will be in no hurry to get the Dill to the Senate. Their purpose is sald to be not to pas the Legislative bill in the Huuse until after the Army bill shall Lave passed the Senate and been sent tothe President, The Republican plan is to have both bills gu to the President within ton days of each other. BOUTHENN CLAIMB, Considerable time will prubably be devoted to the discussion of the proposition of Gem Bragg to abolish the Southern Claims Comimis- sion, A number of Southern eentlemen are proparing to speak on that proposition, at- though many of the Democrats have indicated their intention of voting for the abolition, Heauge argument fs based on economy, aud on the theory that no more Southern clalis should be patd, PRRSONAL. Senator Matt Carpenter, who has not been well for come time, contemplates, it Is sald, golny to Colorado for the benefit of his heatth, Be Mt Etter, late Superintendent of Public Ine struction of Ttinots, was to-day npperntett by Spriuger clork to the Committexon Klectlons, CONGRATULATION, To tha Weatern Assoctated Press, Wasmwaton, 2D. C.. April 14.—Secretary Evarts hus telegraphed to the United Stites Minleter to Husaie to convey to the Czar Presl. dent Jlayes' congratulations upon bis eascapo Trou sssussination, TUR RIVES CASE. With cousont of counsel, the reading of the argument upon the petitlons of Virginis for writs of mandamus, hat corpus, and certio- rari fu the Rives mize postponed natll the frat tena of next terin, or until the full Bench of Justices is precent, The Attorney-General desires that the argue auld be heard by the full Bene, ‘The wi ‘Tennessee, Involving: similar ques- tons, will be urued at the anine thine. AVPOINTMENTS, Secretary Sherman bas appolnted George N. Lamphire, of Clucianatl, Appolutment Clerk of the Treasury Dopartinent, in place of Wilson J, anes, resigned. Mr. Latoplire hus besn As- nt Appolntinent Clark since 87h. hu President hus nominated Francis P, Van Wyke, of Jilinols, Consul at ‘Lurk’s Island. NOT THUR. The Comuilssioner of Indian Affaire to-day’ recelyen a tulegrain from Fort Sith, xaylag there Is not the atfchtest fuugdution for the report of # Cheyonge outbreak, " CONFIRMED. ‘The Senate conlirmed Arthur J. Thomas, of Pittsburg, Secretary of Utab ‘Territory. Postinasters—W. W. Siuith, Cedar Rapids, Tay M. BR. Gittings, Carrolltan, Mo. THE RECORD, BENATE. Wasminoton, D. C., April 11-—Various mo Dioriats and Lille were fntroduced gud approprl- ately referred, among them the following: By Mr, Vauce—To amend so much of the Clyll Appropriation act of 1878 as provides for the pay of mail contractors fu the Southern states before the Rebullion, Ly Str. Morgau—To amend the Conatitution- in regard to appropriations. By Mr. Ingalls—¥or the oayment of Indian war bonds to the State of California, and bills tu establish a judicial district fo the Indian Tere ritory, Mr, Carpenter introduced a bill to amend the Revieud Statutes to regard to the election of | Among the other petitions sb 7 ug A cates Renators, The bill {s designed to 98 ¢ édefect In the oxisting Jaw, whlch was re@ ‘brought Into public view by the New Haupshire case. Mr. Cameron nddressed the Senate, until the explrauion uf the mormog hour, oa the oll] for the rellet of the Winnebago Indians in Wiscon- Bin, umd to sid them to ubtain subsiatence by auricultural pursuits; aml to promote their civiltzatlon, ‘The bi was referred to the Com- tnittce on Indian Affairs, MOUSE, Immodiately after the reading of the journal, the Speaker called on the States for Is for referen Bewinning with Maine, Mr. Ladd ine troduced a bill to put the culnure of gold and allver on the sane footing, . A polut of order was thereupon ralsed by Mr. Conger thut the introduction of bills requires ou day's notice, and that so such goticu had been giver. ‘The Speaker, after quoting several rules bearing on the subject, overruled the potot. An appeal from hits decision was taken by — Mr. Conger, nud a mution to Iny the appeal op the table was miade by Mr. Cox. ‘The question was dubated by the Speaker, who expressed the opinion that the decision was clearly riybt, und, at all events, the object of the bill could always he obtatied by presenting 8 petition on the aume subject. Mr. Conger continued te discussion, thus fn directly attaining his object,—the consumption of the morning hour. Mr, Couger Moolly called for tellers on the motion tu day on table, and, thereupor. Mr. Springer (retnarking that be wished tu ex: bedite n deciston of the queation) called for the yeas anid unye, which were ordered. Mr. Conger eait that ho Was glad to seo that delay was being occasione 1 by the action of the Detuocratie side of the House. ‘Ihe appeal was laid on the table,—yens 139, nays 73,--but the morning huur wos used up io objection, discussion, nnd the taking of the yote, Mr. Monroe moved to suspend the rules and adopt the following resolution: Resolvert, That in the judgment of the Houses the business tnterents of the country reynire that ua legisintion changing the law in regard to the cure rency or the (anf shall be undertaken at the prea- ent session of Congress, ae resolution was defeatcd,—yeas, 109; nays, 7. Members of the Committes on Ways nnd Meaus voted as follows: Afilrmative—Morrison, Gartteld, Conger, Frye, and Dunnell. Negattva —Tucker, Tilton, Gibson, Phelps, Mills, and Carlisle. "Not voting—Kelloy aud Wood. Following {3 the Vote lu detail on Monroc's motion; ury cases, as bean” YEas. i Aldrich (R. 1,), Farr, Orth, Aldrich (ill.), Fordon, Osner, Augersun, Fiold, Pound, Baker,” £9, Freacott, Harber, Garfield, Price, Darlow, Godachalk, Reed, Helrord Hantmond (N.Y) eistardson(stY) elford, lanimond (N, ichardson Bieknelt, Harrls (Masa.), Robcaon, Bake, Haskell, Robinson, Bliss, Hawk, Hoes, Howman, Hawley, Tuvsoll (Sass. ), Boyd, Mayes, wan (Kas), Brewer, Iazelton, Sapp, Briggs, Henderson, —-Salienborger, Brigham, Houk, Sherwin, Browne, Humpbrey, Stone, urrown, Hurd, Talbatt, Butterworth, — dates, mas, Cannon, Johnston, Townsend (0.), Carpenter, . Joyce, Wyler, ea Caswell, Keifer, Updegruff (0. ), Chittenden, Ketcham, Updeuradt (In.), Ciailin, Lapham, Urner, Clark {In.), Lindsey, Valentine, Conger, Loring, xan Arman, Covert, Marat, Yoorhin, 3 itt, MeQowan, ‘Van Voorhts, McKinley, Walt, ett, Mebaue, Wart, Davia Gi), Montoe, Washbarn, Deering, Morrison, Wilber, Denster, 2 Williame, (i¥s,5 Dunnell, ry, Willits, Dwritt, Norcross, W. A. Wood, Errett, O'Nelll, Young (0, )-103 NAYa, Acklen, Giiette, Richardson (8, Armtteld, Goode, Cy, Athertou, Quater, Tichmond, Atuinn, Hammond (Ga. ), Roborteon, Himek barn, Haerie (Van), “Hothwell Blount, Hatch, Russell (N. Bright. Henkie, Snmford, Buckner, Meury, Sawyer, Cabell, Herbert, Scales, caldwell, Herndon, Shelley, Carlisle, Hl, Simonton, Chalmare, ‘Hooker, Singieton (I1l.), Cardy, Hostotler, Hlngleton (Stlsa, ) Clark (Mu.), House, Slemnuns, Cony, Hull, Snath (N. J), Collroth, Hunton, Spnrits, Coleriek, Jones, Speer, Converse, Springer, Ce Btevio, Co: Stephens, Cravens, Stevenson, Culberson, ‘Taylor, Davidaon, ‘Thompson, Davia (Mo. ), 2. Tiiman, Do LaMatyr, — Mei TYownshend (I11.) Dicky, MeKeuzie, Tucker, MeMillin, Tarner, O., Mile, Turner, J., Money, Vance, Muldrow, Waddill, Mareb, Warner, Meyers, Weaver, Ne Wilborn, Nichols, Wohiteuker, Persons, ‘Whitthorne, Phelve, Willis, Vhister, Wine, Voehler, Wright, Teagan, Young (Tex). The following pairs wero announced: Overton and Davis (North Carolina), Jorgensen and Beale, Hiscock and Bruge, Horr and Honk, Vingbam aud Knott. MeCook and Dibrell, Miles and Moerse, Ballou and MeMabon, Masoo und Bachina, Harmer and Klotz, Sith (Ponn- pylvaulu and Clyiner, Eiusteln und O’Brien, feck and Lay. Mr. Kelley esta that, foding a divided duty,bo declined to vate, * Mr. Atkins then moved to go into Committce of the Whote on the Legislative bill. Mr. Ewing demanded the yeas and nays, Hereupon Mr, Atkius withdrew his mation, and moved to adjourn, pending which Mr. Young. (Tenuesseo) introduced a Bill to increase the eliciency of the National Buurd of Health, and to prevent the Introduction and spread of con- tagions diseases, Referred. Mr, Atklus? motion was agreed to—yeas, 1235 hays, 02—nnd the House adjournatl, The following bills were ‘fled under the head of petitions fu te Howse of Representatives: y Mr. Vance—Providing for the free colnage of the standard silver duller of 4123¢ grains . Troy of staudard velue, the samo to bua leral- tender at its nominal value for alt debts und. tues, publle and private, exvupt where other wise provided by contract; and further, that. any owner of silver bullion may depoalt tho snauie at any United States coinage imtnt or assay ofllca ty be colved into such bulllon os te Provided under the existing nwa, By Mr, Springer--Authorteing and requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from thne ta time silver bullion nt the market price thereof to the =smount of such bullion os may be offered, provided = ate. butlion fe the product, of an mine within the jurisdiction of the United States He abalt cause the bullion ao purchused, to be colned into stundant stlycr dollars to the capacity of the mints in conection with other coinage, He Is algo required to faauo silver cer- (eatea in denowinations to correspond with thy denominations of the United States Treasu- ry votes to the amount of the silver bullion purchased as provided by the bill, Buch certit- cates shall be deposited in the Treasury, amd shall be devined 4 part of the current revenue of the United States. and shall ba legal-tender at thelr normloal value, «They shall be redeemed by the United States on deniaud fu silver bull- lon gp standard silver dollury, at the option uf Ue " Government, ant an amount of such bullion and coin egual to the potston(lng silver vertilicates shalt be retained {0 the ‘freasury for such redemp- Hon, It authorizes thu Beeretary of tho Treasury nud Director of the Miut to wake such reyulatious for carrying this act into effect as will protect the luterests of the United States, and a eum sutilctent to purchase the bullion authorized is appropriated. , A petition signed by Sesura. Warner, Athers ton, ant Geddes (Onlo), Manning, Money, and Mularow (Miss), Ladd (Me.), Steela (North Carolina), Speer (Ga.), and Young (‘Tonn.), was Med, embracing a bill authorizing the owners of eilver bullion to lave it colued iuto standard silver dollurs, the provisions of which are sub- stantially the esmoas thogo contained in the pett- tion of Mr. Springer. A petition embracing « bill was presented by A.J. Warner (Ubto) asking Ut the Hevised Stututes relating to coluage bv. amended 60 as to admutallver to coinage on the sawe conditions with gold . reterred to the All the above measures wer Committee on Colnage, Weights, and Measures, which, under the rules recently adopted by tho House, bas leaya to report at wey Hes led to-day by. . F