Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-12
From Washington.

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WASHINGTON, juno 3.-Tho Democratic
members of the IIousc and Senate held
joint caucus this afternoon, to receive the
report of the joint advisory committee in
regard TO tho appropriation bills After
several hours deliberations, tho following
programme was agreed upon:
Tho House committee on appropriations
will immediately prepare for introduction
three bills, as follows: The army appropria
tion bill vetoed by tho President with tho
following new section in place of the sec
tion upon which the veto was based:
"Section 6. That no money appropriated
by this act is appropriated or shall be paid
for the subsistence, equipment, transporta-
tion or compensation of any part Of the
army of the United States to be used as
a police force to keep the pcaco at the
polls at any election held within any
State"
The bill extending tho legislative, cxccu.
tive and judicial appropriation act Of June
10, 1878, for one year from the 30th
instant, for the same sums and purposes
therein specified. This bill will contain no
general legislation, except that portion of
the recently vetoed bill, known as the
McMahon amendment, providing for tho
repeal of certain laws regulating payment
of pensions. Last years bill, which it is
thus proposed to re enact, provided for the
salaries Of all United States Judges, Dis
trict Attorneys aud United States .Marshas,
but made no appropriation for 'judicial
expenses" which, however, were subsc~
qucntly provided for in the suudry civil
appropriation bill. Hence it was agreed
that the committee Oh appropriations shall
report bill making appropriations in de-
tail for all estimated judicial expenses
except the per diem of supervisors and
deputy marshals of elections, aud contain
ing also the clause agreed upon last Sutur
doy that no officer shall be appointed and
no obligation incurred for any purpose not
specifically appropriated for by Congress-
This supplemental appropriation bill is also
to cmbo1y those sections in the vetoed appro
priation bill which provide for amendments
of tho law respecting the method of draw
ing jurics, and for the total abolition of the
jurors test oath. Tho bill will also pro-
vide that no money therein appropriated
shall be used for fees, salaries, compensa-
ton or expenses of any person appointed
under Title 2G Revised Statutes, which
comprises tho Federal election laws; also
that no liability shall be Incurred for any
object for which 3 specific appropriation
shall not be made by Congress.
Tho appropriations committee will meet
tomorrow 10 prepare measures in accord
ancc with the programme above outlined.
The proceedings of caucus wcro unex pcct-
edly harmonious, there being no material
difference of opinion except regarding the
army bill, and the advisory committee s
recommendation as to that was opposed by
only few members of tho House, while
tho Senators present wcro unanimous in
sustaining tho entire report.
Sanator Thurman submitted the report
, in behalf of the joint committee, aud cx-
planned its features and the grounds upon
! which tho committee based their conclusions.
He secuted tho idea that this course could
J be considered "baoking down." since no
Democratic caucus or committee had taken
the position that supplies should be with
held unloss tho President would acquicscc
in tho rcpeal Of obnoxious statutes Tho
repeal measures were proposed because they
were believed to be right, and were placed
on the appropriation bills as tho most cons
venicnt and speedy method of passage and
as the method giving tho greatest prospect
of Presidential approval. The President
had taken the responsibility of opposing
the will of tho people, and thereby given
tho Democracy tho benefit of tho issues
thus raised. Congress could now
exercise it's Constitutional right to dcsig-
nate tho purposes for which money appro.
priatcd shall bo used. Referring to tho
proposed omission of an appropriation for
supervisors and deputy maashals, Mr..
Thurman said:
"Docs any one believe that tho President
will attempt to coorco us2 Yet this would
be the attitude he would assume should ho
refuse to approve n bill appropriating
money for various specified objects on tho
on tho ground that it did not contain an
appropriation for somc other purposes.
Speeches were also made by Representa-