American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14
THE DEADLOCK AT WASHINGTON.
Programme Adopted ny the Joint Demo-
cratic Caucus.

cratic caucus.
WASHINGTON, June 3-The Demo
cratic members of the House and Senate me
in Joint caucus this afternoon in the hall o
the House Of Representatives to receive tn,
report of the Joint Advisory Committee il
regard to appropriation bills. After severa
hours had been devoted to its consideration
1T was adopted with substantial unanimity
The following is the programme agreet
uponr The House Committee upon appropri
| atlons will forthwith prepare for introduce
ton three bills as follows.
| l. The Army Appropriation bill, which
was vetoed by the President, with the fol
lowing new settion to take the place of tn,
section upon which the President basel his
veto:
SEC. 6. That money appropriated by
the subsistence. equipment, transportation
or compensation of any part of the Army OF
the United States to be used as a police force
to Keep the peace at the polls Mt any election
held within any state.
2. A bill extending the Legislative, Exec
utive and Judicial Appropriation act of
July 10, 1878, for one year from the 30th
inst, Tor the same sums and purposes there
in specified, except in regard to the appor-
tionment of the clerical force in s0i1e 5f lie
Executive DEPARTMENTS, which is left to The
tions. Provision will Else be 4tiads IN this
bill for the salaries of certain offices created
since the passage of the act which
is to be extended. The bill will
cept that portion of the recently
vetoed bill, known es the "McMahon
Amendment" which provides for the re-
peal of certain laws regulating the payment
Of pensions, and directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay out for arrearages of PEN
sions The remainder of $10,G00,O0O hitherto
held as special fund for the redemption of
fractional currency. Last years bill, which
salaries of all United States Judges, District
Attorneys and United States Marshals, but
made no appropriation for judicial ex-
penses," which, however, were sub
seqnently provided for in the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. Hence it
was agreed by the caucus that the Com
mittee on Appropriations shall report:
.. bill making appropriations for the
expenses of the courts of the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1850, and
for other purposes. The first section OF this
bill will appropriate, in detail, about 8, 70O,-
900 for all estimated Judicial expenses, such
as fees of jurors and witnesses, the safe
keeping Of prisoners, and all other ordinary
items Of expenditures under the Depart
ment Of Justice except for the compensation
of Supervisors and Deputy Marshals of
Elections. The bill will Leither mention
nor make provision for any such officers.
Attached to this section will be proviso
fixing the pay of jurors at So per day, to
which will be added, substantially in the
same terms, those sections of the vetoed ap-
preparation bill which provide for
icsPSCliuS lHc metnou
Of draw, drawing juriiss, and for the total
The second section of this bill will provide
that no portion of the money therein appro-
priated shall be used for fees, salaries, COM
pensation or expenses of any person en-
ployed under and by virtue of Title 20 Of the
Revised Statutes. This title comprises the
Federal Election laws which authorize the
appointment of Supervisors and Deputy
Marshals of elections and provide for their
The third section will read
Is follows:
The sums appropriated by this act are in
'ull for the persons and public service en-
oraced in its provisions for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1880. and no officer of the Gov
shall during any fiscal year make
any contract or incur any liability until
sum sufficient to meet such contract or to
pay such liability shall have first been ap-
by Congress.
The foregoing prohibition embodies the |
anguage Of the existing law. with the addi-
ion of an explicit reference to liabilities"
Is well as CONTRACTS"
The Committee on Appropriations will |
meet to- morrow to prepare measures in ac- |
.ordance with the determination of the eau |
.us above described. The proceedings to-
lay were unexpectedly harmonious, there |
,eing no material difference of opinion, eX-
ept in regard to the Army bill, and the Adj
'fsOry Committees recommendations on
his subject were opposed by only a few
members of the House, while the Senators
resent were unanimous in sustaining the
ntire report.