Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-20
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The P~residenfs Message.
WASHINGTON, March ~.
The following is the Presidents message:
FELLOW CITIZENS OF II SENATE AND
| HOUSE or REPREsENTATIvEs:-The failure
Of the last Congress to make requisite APP
| preparations for legislative and judicial
| purposes, for the expenses of the several
| Executive Departments Of the Government
and for the support Of the army. has made
it necessary to call a special session OF
| the Forty-sixth Congress. The stimates
| Of the appropriations needed, which were
! sent to Congress by the Secretary OF the
! Treasury ut the opening Of the last session,
! are renewed, and herewith transmitted to
both the Senate and the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Regretting the existence OF the
emergency which requires Especial session
Of Congress, at a time when it is the gen.
eral Judgment Of the country that the
public welfare will be best promoted by
permanency in our legislation, and by
peace and rest, l commend these few ne
cessary measures to your considerate at
tention.
(Signed.l RUTHERFORD b.. HAYES.
Accompanying the message are the esti-
mates from the Secretary Of the Treasury,
of the money needed for the army and
legislative branches of tho Government,
the same as those submitted at the opening
of the last session, with the exception of
the items provided for at that session. The
last Congress made provision for the Mill
tary Academy at West Point, and for forti-
fcations and ornaments. This leaves, ac-
cording to the estimates, S2S, $40, 800 yet
to be appropriated for the army. None CT
the legislative, executive or judicial APP
preparations were provided for, even in
part. The estimates for these expenses are
SIG. 500, COL. To these appropriations are
also to be added an item for Court ex-
penses, which is generally placed on the
Sundry Civil Service bill, but which was
left out in that bill at the last session. The
estimates for these expenses are $4,000, 900.
Result of the Republican Caucus.
WASHINGTON, March 10.
At meeting Of the Republican Senators,
the personnel of the minority representa-
ton on the Senate Committees was ar
ranged. The six chairmanships of the
standing committees were accorded to Re-
publicans, viz On Resolutions, Claims,
Private Land Claims, and Engrossed Bills,
were assigned to Anthony, Edmunds,
and Conkling, respectively. Dawes ~retires
from the Finance Committee. The minor
ity representation on the Appropriation
Committee will be as follows: Window,
Allison, Blaine and Booth. Chandler is
assigned to the Committee on Commerce.
together with Conkling, Mcmillan, and
Jones, of Nevada, who were on it at the
last session. Carpenter takes the place
formerly occupied by Blaine, as a member
Of the Judiciary Committee, and Edmunds
and Blaine continue upon it. Carpenter
is also made a member of the Committee
Foreign Relations, the other Repub-
lican members being Hamlin, Conkling
and Kirkwood. The Republican caucus,
after Q general interchange Of views,
agreed unanimously that the legislation of
the present session ought to be confined to
and free from all political legislation.
Distribution OF Chairmanships.
New York, March 10.
The 'Times" says, ~editorially, Of the
Democratic members of the Senate, that
the South furnishes 80, and the rest of the
country the remaining IS. In distribute
ing the chairmanships Of the 90 regular
Senate committees, the Caucus Committee
gives 20 to the South and nine to the rest
OF the country. So far as the Senate is
concerned. therefore, the South will, in
the words Of Blackburn, be charged with
the shaping Of the legislation Of the land.
other words, -the nominal representa-
tives OF $4,000, 900 Of people will control
the legislation OF 40, 900. 900 or. to put
the case more exactly. the actual repre-
sentatives of decidedly less than 10, 1000, 900
OF me oon.nern wnisesLsne s.oou, oou =,
in the majority of the Senate at all will
sbane for ome vaars 10 come the law.mak-
inc NJ the people of the limited States.
poi;t;cal theorists are go mncb addicted to
tall ahont the brnte force Of the majority.
would n not he well IN have some cxhaust-