The States may employ both civil and military power at the elections, but by this bill even the civil authority to prote...
The object of these sections of the Revised Statutes is plain.
Unable to concur with Congress in that measure, on the 29th of May last I returned the bill to the House of Representati...
I can not consent to their absolute and entire repeal, and I can not approve legislation which seeks to prevent their en...
I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of that body of the ...
It contains, however, other provisions, to which I desire respectfully to ask your attention.
It is not sought by the bill before me to repeal the election laws.
The fact that these laws are deemed objectionable by a majority of both Houses of Congress is urged as a sufficient warr...
I transmit herewith, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th ultimo, a report of t...
I have given to this report such examination as satisfies me that I ought to lay the proceedings and conclusions of the ...
As I am without power, in the absence of legislation, to act upon the recommendations of the report further than by subm...
If the bill contained no other provisions, no objection to its approval would be made.
The great body of the people of all parties want free and fair elections.
The objections to the practice of tacking general legislation to appropriation bills, especially when the object is to d...
The true meaning and effect of the proposed legislation are plain.
The constitutional authority to regulate the Congressional elections which belongs to the Government of the United State...
The object of the bill is to destroy any control whatever by the United States over the Congressional elections.
The United States election laws are not necessary, an ample reply is furnished by the history of their origin and of the...
