The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-27
ANOTHER VETO.
The Fate that Awaits the Legislative Ap,
propriAtI0n Bill. |.

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WAsHNGToN, May 25.-The Legislative
bill will, 1t isthought, be signed by the
presiding officers Of both Houses and sent
to the President tomorrow. The veto
message, which is in an advanced stage OF
complexion may be looked for on Tues
day or Wednesday. The views Of the
President, as expressed in his two former
vetoes, does not render 1t difficult to an
tiCipate the grounds upon which he viii
base his disapproval Of the last creation Of
the Democratic caucus. But while the
Executive will take q bold stand against
the attempt to deprive the Federal Gov
eminent Of the right 10 supervise the
election OF members of the House OF Rep
resentatiyes, he willnotfail To declare his
cheerful willingness TO approve OF the re-
peal Of the Jurors test oath whenever that
proposition comes TO him, either as q sep
arate measure or unaSsociated with OBJ.
noxious legislation upon an appropriation
bill. The veto ol the Legislative bill be-
ing therefore q foregono conclusion, the
absorbing question Of the hour in The po.
litical centresof both parties Is, What is
tho Democratic programme TO be?" Put
this query TO the first Democratic Senator
or Representative you may meet on tho
street, and the; reply will be, II don't
know. Can't tell. We arc waiting for
tho veto. We want to know what the
President willsay in his message"
IN A DILEMMA.
Patient aud careful questioning fail TO
elicit answers more satisfactory from the
average Democratic Congressman. Occa.
sionally, however, you will find some
more candid than the rest, who will admit |
that theparty has been plunged in a d.
lemma, from which tits unable To extrf |
cate itself without serious injury. The
problem will, OF course, be ultimately |
solved by the Democratic caucus, and |
from present indications the proceedings
OF that conceive, when tiext it meets |
will be unusually spicy, for there are sew.
eral moderate and sensible Democrats who
intend TO indulge in some plain talk on that
occasion, itterances that will be far from
palatable to those who arc response.
BILE for the present condition OF affairs,
There are several propositions as TO their
future course under consideration among
the Democrats, which will be submitted to
the caucus. The first Is 10 pass the.appro!
priation bills, pure and simple, issue an
address to the country, and adjourn.
The second Is to pass joint resolution
the appropriations on the basis
of those last year,until January LIST, renew
the struggle ut the next session, II the fall
elections favor the Democrats, and aban.
don it II the Republicans are successful.
The third plan is to pass the legislative
bill, diveSted OF all extraneous leg.
islation, excepting the Jurors test
oath, and let the Army bill fail.
The fourth plan is similar to the fore.
going, except that instead Of permitting
the Army bill to fall outright, 1t is pro:
posed TO impose such conditions d. pom the
use of the money appropriated as will re.
strict the transportation Of troops and pre-.
vent the President from moving them at
pleasure. Such proyiso, however, would
surely jeoparlize the bill, because tho
President would certainly veto any meas.
ure containing such a flagrant infringe.
ment upon his prerogatiye. The fifth
proposition emanates from the irreconcil.
ables, and it is to pass neither bill and ad.
journ.