Rutherford Hayes actually said...

The objections to the practice of tacking general legislation to appropriation bills, especially when the object is to deprive a coordinate ...

If the bill contained no other provisions, no objection to its approval would be made.

The constitutional authority to regulate the Congressional elections which belongs to the Government of the United States, ought to be enfor...

I respectfully refer to that message for a statement of my views on the principle maintained in debate by the advocates of this bill.