Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-14
THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN.

The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record of the lst in
stant tells it in this way The Demo.
cratic conference committee of the two
Houses bad no difficulty to day in de-
Gliding what should be done next, In
view Of the Presidents message. A
session Of an hour and a half this af-
ternoon, after the House adjourned,
settled the business, and the President
will have an opportunity to say, with
out any "ifs" or lands, whether he is:in
favor of Federal bayonets at the polls
The conference decided to formulate
the 9th section of the army bill into
separate bill, to strike out the word
"civil officers, y so that the bill cannot be
possibly construed to mean the prohi
bition of anything but the presence OF
armed soldiers at the polls, and in this
shape to send II to the President us
soon as 1t can be passed. 1t was decid.
ed not TO debate the matter further in
the House, but 10 demand the previ.
GUS question at once and 10 have vote
as soon as possible. In the Senate it
was decided to allow two days debate
and then sit it out If the Republicans
show disposition to tillibuster. Dur
ing these two days it is proposed TO
discuss the veto message pretty vigor-
ously, and show up the weakness OF the
Presidents position. With reference
to the legislative bill, it was decided TO
be expedient for the Senate Democrats
to 60 on and pass it in its present shape
hut not until the sixth section of the
army bill shall have been passed as a
separate measure. This decision ol
the conference committee will be sub
mitted to q Democratic caucus CT each
House, to be held separately to NOR
row afternoon, and will undoubtedly
be ratified. If the President shall veto
the legislative bill, as he undoubtedly
will, there is no doubt the politica
clauses in that bill will then be re-en
acted as separate measure, and thu
. President given an opportunity TO re
cord his sentiments separately and dis
tinctly on the subject of the test oatl
and the partisan supervisors; but thil
r matter was not decided at the confer
t ence to-day. 1t WAS broached, bu
Senator Thurman said at once tina
Congress had no right to assume tha
i the President would veto any bill, ant
r it would be very bad policy to discus
what they would do until the veto wa
fact and the question before them
The general sentiment OF the Demo
b Gratis was we'll expressed today b,
:, Senator Mcdonald, who said that th
Democrats did not propose to discus
these questions any faster than the.
Q came up that as fast as they di
G come up they were abundantly able t
q settle them that the talk Of starvin
the Government was nonsense, an
that he had sent for his summe
. clothes. In other words, tho DemC
Gratis will not decide what they will d
about the appropriation until the Pre-
> ident has had chance to go squarel
10 on record on each Of the separate prt
l. positions without any quibbling. Tb
G worse cases Of lying on record wer
N some of the dispatches about the cal
Gus of the Senate Democrats yesterda.
A very minute account was publishe
% in the Washington Republican th
D. morning, and telegraphed off last nigh
a of blood and thunder speech made b
Senator Voorhees,, which was so revolt
tionary in its sentiment that the Den
't ocrats dared not let it get ont. Woo
hees himself nailed the lie in the Senat
to-day by quietly remarking that /
:. was not present at the caucus at a
" As a matter of fact, that the cauct
VI was very quiet, and not half as impo
10 tant in any sense as to-day's confe
y ence. The feeling among the Dem
W Gratis of both Houses to-day is exec
u lent, and the more they consider th
position the President has taken, th
10 more willing they are to go to the pc
pie on the issue raised. 1t is certai
tonight that the President will eith'
~ have to concede what the Democra
y ask or declare squarely in favor Of ba.
b. onets at the polls, the test oath AZ
As partisan Federal Supervisors"