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and 1 $67 adduced, 254; legislation In appropriation bills 

 Mn-iiM never be rMorted to except In extreme cases, 254; 

 recapitulation of the differences between the Senate and 

 the majority of the House, 255; the right to Incorporate 

 general legislation In appropriation bills settled, -'>'> ; tho 

 tue of troops at the polls Interferes with the voting power 

 whose control Is guaranteed to the States by the Consti- 

 tution, -'.'."> ; recent Supremo Court decision denying any 

 right of interference except In tho case of a breach of 

 the fifteenth amendment, 255; interpretation of Article 

 L, section 4, of the Constitution, 250; tho time, place, 

 and method of voting only can bo determined by Con- 

 gress for Congressional elections, 256; troops can only 

 be called out to repel invasion, or at tho request of a 

 Governor to suppress domestic violence, 256 ; the super- 

 visors of elections have the power to Interfere also in 

 local elections, 256 ; tho supervisors may arrest on sus- 

 picion of on intention to commit an offense, contrary to 

 the principles of common law, 257 ; the proposed repeal 

 prevents United States officers from summoning on 

 armed po*e to preserve peace at the polls, 258; tho 

 United States authorities have jurisdiction to Insure 

 rights which tho United States has guaranteed, 258; 

 the United States has bestowed on voters for the Stato 

 Legislature the right to vote for members of Congress, 

 and is bound to secure them in that right, 25S ; the power 

 which it is proposed to abrogate not military but civil, 

 258; the President and the Senate represent the people 

 equally with the House of Representatives, 259 ; coercion 

 by withholding supplies unconstitutional and revolution- 

 ary, 259 ; the bill passed, 259 ; the bill in the Senate, 260; 

 amendment offered making It penal to carry weapons at 

 the polls, 260 ; the refinoctment of the section of tho 

 Revised Statutes without the obnoxious words declared 

 to be a Democratic ruse to convey the Impression that 

 It is a fresh measure, 260; insignificant number of troops 

 stationed east of Omaha, 261 ; the question a manufac- 

 tured issue, 261 ; calculated to Impair the good name of 

 the country abroad, 261 ; the measures concocted in a 

 party caucus, 262 ; civil officers restrained from enforcing 

 the election laws by the proposed repeal, 262 ; the mea- 

 sure defended on account of the principle involved, 268; 

 not designed to avert an immediate danger, 268 ; ques- 

 tion of the dangers of military encroachment as viewed 

 In the early days of the republic, 268; the arbitrary ar- 

 rests in New York again, 264; the bill passed, 265; the 

 President's veto of the bill, 265-268; there can be no 

 military interference at elections under existing laws, 

 266; the effect of the bill is to prevent civil officers from 

 employing adequate civil force to carry out a number ot 

 United States laws, 266; the bill makes a material change 

 In the election laws which have nothing to do with the 

 use of the army, 267; the attachment of legislative mea- 

 sures to appropriation bills is a new principle changing tho 

 system of tho United States Government, 267 ; calculated 

 to destroy the Independence and equality of the different 

 branches, 268. 



In the House, the bill failed to pass over tho President's 

 veto, 268. 



In the House, a now appropriation bill brought forward, 

 268 ; a clause forbids the payment of money to troops em- 

 ployed as a police force at the polls, 268; passed by both 

 Houses and approved by the President, 269. 



In the House, a bill to prevent military Interference at 

 elections, 269; a substituted bill allowing the presence 

 of troops to suppress forcible obstruction of a free elec- 

 tion, 269; the substitute defeated, 209; the original bill 

 passed, 270. 



In the Senate, an amendment to punish the carrying ot 

 concealed weapons at elections withdrawn, 270 ; the high 



tide of Stato rights marked, 270; a reaction against tha 

 spirit of the Union, 270 ; repetition of the tactics of the 

 repeal of tho Missouri Compromise, 271 ; caucus dictation, 

 271 ; Northern sentiment aroused in opposition, 271 ; the 

 bill passed, 272 ; the President's veto of the bill, 272, 278 ; 

 no legislation needed, 272 ; ancient and fundamental stat- 

 utes whose enforcement Is prevented by the bill, 272 ; 

 operation of statutes relating to extradition, neutrality, 

 Indian reservations, etc., also likely to be defeated, 278; 

 subordination of national authority, 278. 



In the House, failure to pass the bill over the veto, 274. 



In the House, legislative, executive, and judicial appro- 

 priation bill, 274 ; the previous House bill with the money 

 appropriations agreed on in conference, 274 ; the statute 

 creating supervisors of elections, 274 ; the statute author- 

 izing appointment of deputy marshals with powers to 

 arrest without warrant, 274 ; the Constitution on person- 

 al liberty, 274 ; Congressional report on the failure of tho 

 act to secure fair elections, 274 ; the number and cost of 

 supervisors and deputy marshals In 1S76, 274, 275; evil 

 character of the men, 275 ; the United States a nation, not 

 a confederacy, 276; Congress appointed by national elec- 

 tors, 276; the Constitution adopts the State voters, but 

 the right of suffrage emanates from the nation, 277 ; the 

 fourteenth amendment specifically creates United States 

 citizens, 277; the constitutional provision empowering 

 Congress to regulate the place, tune, and manner of elec- 

 tions implies the doctrine, 277 ; the supervisors law differ- 

 ent for cities and for the country districts, 277 ; the pur- 

 pose of the bill to obliterate this distinction, 278 ; pas- 

 sage of the bill, 278 ; the bill in the Senate, 27S ; the bill a 

 party manoeuvre, 278 ; violence In the South, 279 ; con- 

 ciliatory sentimentalism, 279; leniency to secessionists 

 after the war, 280 ; fewer Unionist than Secessionist sol- 

 diers In Congress, 280 ; a solid North against a solid 

 South, 2SO ; Southern Senators a majority In the Dem- 

 ocratic caucus, 280 ; alleged signs of Southern aggression, 

 281 ; Idea that civil rights must be protected by military 

 power, 251 ; no standing army necessary to protect the 

 people from domestic violence, 282 ; movement to kindle 

 sectional jealousy, 282 ; false representations to Induce 

 colored people to emigrate, 283 ; alleged design to con- 

 solidate the North against tho South, 288; reported ef- 

 forts to procure the Presidential veto, 288 ; which party 

 refused the appropriations ? 2S4 , the general legislation 

 attached to the bills proper in form and correct in prin- 

 ciple, 284 ; does New York call for military protection 1 

 285 ; the war of secession a conflict between nationalism 

 and federalism, 285; sectlonalized by slavery, 285 ; seces- 

 sion an exploded heresy, 285 ; the Democrats in the war, 

 2S5; extravagant claims of the extreme nationalists, 286 ; 

 no treason to demand a return to true American prin- 

 ciples, 286; the motives of secession, 2S7; the South de- 

 mands the Union of Madison and Webster, 287 ; Chan- 

 dler's famous letter, 238; secession times recalled, 288; 

 rule or ruin, 288 ; the bill passed, 289 ; veto of the Presi- 

 dent, 239, 290 ; the general clauses destroy all control of 

 the Government over Congressional elections, 289; va- 

 lidity of the election laws, 290 ; irregularities In New 

 York elections, 290 ; stricter national supervision of elec- 

 tions required, 290; bill not passed over tho veto, 291 ; a 

 substitute bill in the House, omitting the general legisla- 

 tion and omitting judicial appropriations, 291 ; the bill 

 passed. 291 ; amended In the Senate, 292 ; settled by a 

 conference, 292. 



In the House, a supplemental judicial appropriation 

 bill, 292; payment of deputy marshals withheld, 298; 

 contracts pledging future appropriations forbidden, 298 ; 

 the juror's test-oath repealed, 298; Attorney-General's 

 unusual method of reporting the expenses of the office, 



