The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-26
WASHINGTON.


WARRINGTON. June Is. 1870
HOW THE APPROPRIATION BILLS WILL BIZ
DEALT wrrH-PRosPKCrs OF RKTRESCH-
NENr-woRx OF CONGRESS DURING THE
SESSION PROSPECTS OF ADJOURNMENT.
Next Friday being the last day Of the fiscal year the
condition or the appropriation bills becomes matter
of extreme interest All tho efforts 10 bring the House
and Senate " an agreement have 10 far absolutely
failed There 10 some prospect Of an agreement on the
Post Office bill within day two, but M. Randall Will
have to report 10 the House on Monday failure TO
agree the Legislative bill ana Mr. Holman may also
make similar statements about the Post Once bill
Tho democrats in the House are considering what
they shall adopt vsw OF the approach OF the
end Of the fiscal year. They will not reoede from
what they consider their duty TO insist many i'm
portant economies They not disposed to stand
out about tribes, but will NEE, the Senate fairly,
they say and are ready 10 surrender any details
their bills which may 70 the Senate particularly
Objectionable, but they will not give up their main OBJ
ject OF economy and rstrenchmsnt 1t Is probable
that they will toward the end Of the week bring In
bill extending the appropriations Of the present year
for q brief period into the next year. The length
OF time is fixed, and IL may be decided
70 carry over for ten or for thirty days The last
named period would appropriate one-twetth Of the
granted last year. and II s supposed that this
would give the Senate abundant tme--a whole month
consider all the appropriation bills and 10 debate
them II such bill passed in the House win have
to be adopted once by the Senate, else that body
would put itself in the awkward position
OF itself embarrassing the government and
stopping the public business II may be thought
best by the House TO extend the old appropriations
only for ten days at ne 80 ~ 10 hasten the Senate
much possible. There suggestion 70 run
them over 70 next December aud make the Issue Of
rcrenchment retrenchment the prominent one in
the canvass having understood that II the country
does not want economy in the government It will sig
nifty It by returning republican majority But this
plan does got much favor Il Is probable thata
thirty days extension will be moved and adopted In
the House. In any there is no danger that the
government viii be embarrassed by lack Of timely and
sufficient appropriations
Complaint 10 made that the Senate conference CON-
mittees very adroy selected oppose the House
bills oven democratic Senators being chosen who
known to b hostile to retrenchmsnt Thus Senator
Withcrs ofvirein!a who il on three conference CON-
mittees-the Diplomatic, Navy and Legislative
Is on the record with = speech in which
he declared himself opposed 70 retrenchment, and
Senator Davis, Of West Virginia, whs is on the
Post ONCE conference Connected with railroads
that no n opposed to Of the main points OF
trenchment in the Post Office bin.
The Senate goes further in It's opposition to rstrench.
than is probable that the House republicans
would For instance, the Navy bill framed a. Il
passed the House with tho Of Mr. Hale, MEM
Der Of the committee and Of Secretary Robson him.
SELF but Senator Sargent has sent 1t back
to the House with $S,oo0,OOO added to
it. There Is reason TO believe that
such members a. Hale Foster and Wheeler ire
publicans) the Appropriations Committee, and Sen
Morrill, chairman OF the Senate Committee, would
speedily come to agreement about tho House bills;
but number OF republican Senator'S oppose all tho re-
ductions
In the legislative conference the main struggle
to the reduction Of clerks salaries In the departments
the senate refusing far absolutely TO allow reduc
tons II understood that this and the Post ONCE
bills the House has made propositions to the Senate
looking 70 giving up important points, but the
Senate has rejected them SO far.
the Senate side Is IL said that they had not had
the appropriation bulls long enough to maturely con-
slider them and that the Sundry Civil bill, Of the
most important came 10 IL only on Saturday. IL IL
understood thu. General Logan does 70 touch
the Army Reorganization bill at all At this session. The
Army Appropriation BILL in which the infantry Is
duced by 900 and the cavalry increased to $780,
as being fitted for in the Indian SERVICE
has been rejected in the Senate. partly because
reduces the salaries Of of the higher officers.
The Sundry Civil bill. which was sent to the Senate on
Saturday, reduced rom 600 900 TO SIS 600 600
and over this ALSO there win be fight in conference
The River and Harbor BILL which ssill in Senate
nittec, WILL II ever comes back TO the House, be
teraly changed and the appropriation easened by at
least 81 900, 600 Tho House Committed on Commerce
did sufficiently scrutnixs this BILL which contains
usually favorIte piece Of legislation for nearly every
member.
The Senate holds that the House, In It's consideration
Of the subject Of the appropriations has no right to
do anything affecting the number and salaries Of
clerks Senators contend that the latter action Is
proper only measure OF simple legislation On
the whole, there Ia immediate prospect Of agree
ment between the houses; but the republicans
believe that there will presently be division among