Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-09
Agreement On the legislative App rO.
pFfat1On Bsll.
THE EXTENT OF THE RlDUcrroNs TO BE

AAH "a OF me III DE
MADE.
The committee OF conference on the Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
ton bill reached an agreement last evening,
which doubts IS assures the q nal passage Of
the bill by both houses tomorrow. The
two points of controversy OF q serious char
acter during the past two days have bsen
as 10 the House reduction OF salaries of
Ser atOTs and Representatives to 81 800 per
AM um from the beginning of the current
fiscal year, and of the President TO S25, 600
year after the 4th of March next All other
matters in controversy were Substantially
arranged several days ago. Toe majority OF
the House conferees refused 10 yield the two
points above mentioned. All three OF the
senate cOnfeTees wanted the House mem bers
OF the conference TO recede and sign a report
OF agreement without bringing the Rnuse
and Senate, respectively, to q vote on these
two points of difference. Representatives,
Randall and Morrison absolutely refused to
do so, ana finally last evening the Senate
cODfereeS agreed to submit them for the
action of the Senate and House to-day then
TO be bound by whatever their respective
branches of Con gress may conclude. There
is no doubt that the Senate will insist that
their coDferees shall stand firm, but il is
likely that the House will authorize its con-
felees to recede, which they were not willing
10 90 ON their own responsibility. In this
respect Messrs Randall and Morrison gain
their point, which is to secure vote
In both of the Houses on the two suo-
Jects and make the Senate responsible
for the failure OF the proposed reducJio IS.
The other principal matters of controversy
have been settled, as follows: The force OF
clerks In the executive departments at
Washington Is to be reduced by the dis
charge OF l65 employees, one.third Of them on
the 10th OF september, one-fhird on Octoosr
10, and the other third on November 10 rne
salaries of all those retained WHO now re
ce1ve not more than al 800 per annum. will
be left untouched. (The House proposed a
clerks receiving 81 400, Al 600 or 81 800 eacn
per annum, and It will be observed recedes
from the propositions) On the other hand,
the Senate cOnfsrees consent to the retuc.
tioD of about 10 per cent. required by the
House to be made on salaries of nearly all
civil Ofncers who now receive more than
81 SEQ per year. In view of the reduction OF
the regular clerical force the Senate confer
rees as ked the insertion OF an item of 800 ,O)0
for ten porary clerks in the executive de-
partments, and the Committee dna ~
agreed that $50, 900 should be appropra ted
for this purpose. the amount involved in
the proposition for reducing the pay OF
81 400, 81 600 and 81 800 clerks was 1922 900
per annum. The total amount of reductions
proposed by the House in the bill, as COM
pared with last years appropriations, was
$500 ,0O0 The Senate cOnfeTees recede on
the item OF disagreement amounting to
s. COO GOO, and the House managers yield an
aggregate OF 81, 100 900; $500 900 is therefore
the amount production provided for by the
bull as 1t will be reported. The substanti
agreement now attained closes the severest
struggle that has ever taken place over an
appropriation bill, the present com nittee of
this measure, and the struggle having lasted
from day to day for more than three weeks
1t is believed that an agreement concern
In z the Indian appropriation bill will now
be arrived at very promptly. The House
will probably recede from It's rOpositiO1 for
a transfer OF the indian bureau 10 the Var
department, and add the S37s 900 whtcI vas
omitted IN consequence OF the proposed
cnange.
GEN. SHERMAN on THE INDIAN ARMS
TICE QUESTIONING advices have as yet
been received at the War department from
Gen. Sheridan regarding the request for q
cessation of hOstllities with the IudI ana,
with view 10 permanent peace. This lIes-
ton was referred to Gen. Sheridan OF ac-
count OF Gen. Shermsn's absence. the lat.
ter. however, has returned to the city, and
- conversation today expressed the opinion
hat the idea OF holding an armistice is
wholly impracticaoie. In the first place the
proposition does not come from the parties
directly interested but from the peacea5ie
InoianS, while there are no indications that
The hostile Indians desire peace. Besides, If
iris were not 80, experience has taught us
hat 10 reliance can be placed upon their
pl0Dni es, ard snch q cessation of hOstilItie
wound be decidedly unsafe Gen. Sheridan
" i'll Gou btless concur In This opinion. Dis
pa tches from Gen. Crook sredaiIy eXpect 81,
al q they will surely bring news OF u desper-
ate hight