Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-04
NATIONAL TOPICS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.
Adoption of the Report of the Joint Advi-
sorry Committee in Regard to
the Appropriation Bills.
The Democratic Programme.

had been devoted TO its consideration,
il was adopted with substantial unanim-
ity.z The following is the programme
agreed on: .<
The House Committee on Appropria-
tions will forthwith prepare for the in
PRODUCTION Of three bills, as follows;
l. The Army Appropriation Bill,
which was vetoed by the President,
with the following new section, to take
the place of the section on which the
President based his veto:
SEC. 62. That no money appropriated
by this act is appropriated or shall be
paid for the subsistence, equipment,
transportation or compensation of any
part of the Army of the United States,
to be used as police force, to keep peace
at the polls at any election held within
any State.
.. A bill extending the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation act
Of June 10TH for one year from the 18th
inst, for the same items and purposes
therein specified, except in regard TO
the apportionment of the clerical torce
in some of the executive departments,
which is left TO the discretion of the
Committee on Appropriation. PrOyis-
ion will be made in this bill for the
salary of clerks in offices created since
the passage Of the act, which IS to be
extended. The bill will contain no
general legislation except that portion
ofthe recently vetoed blu known as the
Mcmahon amendment, which provides
for the repeal OF certain laws regulating
the payment of pensions and directs
tine Secretary OF the Treasury
to pay out for arearages OF
of pensions the remainder of the ten
million dollars hitherto held as a special
fund for the redemption OF fractional
currency. Last years bill, which it is
thus proposed to reenact, provided for
the salaries of all United States Judges,
Attorneys and United States Marshals,
but made no, appropriation for judicial
expenses, which, however, were subse-.
quently provided for in the sundry civil
appropriation bill; hence it was agreed
by the caueus that the Committee on
Appropriations shall report.
3. A bill making appropriations for
the courts OF the United States for the
fiscal year ending June 30th, and for
other purposes. The first section
Of this bill will appropriate, in de-
tail, about S2,700,000 for all es-
Inmates and periodical expenses such
as fees OF jurors and witnesses, the
safe keeping of prisoners, and all other
partment OF Justice, except for the COM
pensation of supervisors and deputy
marshals of elections. The bill will
neither mention nor provide for any
such officers. Attached TO this section
will be proviso fixing the pay of jurors |
at two dollars per day, 10 which will be
added substantially in the same terms
those sections of the vetoed bill, which
provide for the amendments respecting
the method OF drawing juries, and for
the total abolition of jurors test oath.
The second section OF this bill will
provide that no portion of the
money therein appropriated shall
be used for fees, salaries, compensation,
or expenses OF any person employed
under and by virtue of title 26, revised
statutes. This title comprises federal
election laws which authorize the APP
pointment of supervisors and deputy
marshals Of elections and provide for
their compensation. The third section
will read as follows: 'The sums appro-
priated bv this act are in full for per-
sons and public service embraced in its
provisions for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1850, and no officer of the gov
ernment shall, during any fiscal year,
make any contract or incur any liability
until sum sufficient to meet such con-
tract or 10 pay such liability shall have
first been appropriated by Congress"
The Committee on Appropriations
will meet tomorrow, to prepare meas
ures in accordance with the determina-
ton OF the caucus above described. The
proceedings, today, We're unexpectedly
harmonious, there being no material
difference OF opinion, except in regard
to the army bill and the Advisory Com
mittee's recommendations on this sub
iect being opposed by only few mem
bers of the House, while the Senator'S
present were unanimous in sustaining
the entire report. Senator Thurman, in
behalf of the Joint Committee, submit
ted the report and explained itsfeatures,
and the grounds on which the commit
tee had based their conclusions. In
the course of his speech OF considerable
length and much earnestness, he scout
ed the idea that the adoption OF
the course proposed by the
committee could be consider
cd backdown 10y the Democracy.
II &,
every gentleman present that no Dem
ocratic caucus and no Democratic com
mittee OF caucus has ever taken the
position that supplies should be refused
until the President should acquiesce in
their demand for the repeal OF certain
Objectionable statutes. These repeal
measures were proposed because they
were believed TO be right, and they were
placed on the appropriation bills simply
as the most convenient method OF pas
sage in point OF time and as the method
giving greater prospects OF the Presi-
dents approval. The President had
taken the responsibility of opposing
the will OF the people, and had really
gwen the Democracy the benefit OF the
issues thus raised. Congress could now
exercise its constitutional right to desig-
nate the purposes for which the money
1t appToppates shall be used, Referring
TO the proposed omission Of any appro-
priation for supervisors or deputy mar
shals, Thurman said: Does auv one
believe the President Will attempt TO
coercc us? This wovld be the attitude
he would assume were he 10 refuse the
approval OF a bill appropriating money
for various specifc objects on the
grnund that it does not contain an APP
preparation for some other purposes
Judge Dllon's Successor.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The President,
today. sent 70 the Senate the following:
nominate Geo. W. MeCrary, of Iowa,
10 be Judge of the Eighth L. ;. Judicial
Circuit in the place OF John F. Dillon,
resigned. Resignation to take effect on
the first day OF September, 1879, and
this domination is to be forithe vacancy
thus created.
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