Daily globe., 1879-06-04

back Clans of Ohio-Close Race Between
Rice and Bishop for Leadership of the
Former California Workingmen in
Counsel-Dsnnis Kearney the Permanent
President.
Democratic Caucus.
THE PROGRAMME AGREED UPON.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Democratic mem
bers of the House and Senate met in joint eau
Gus this afternoon in the hall of the House of
Representatives to receive the report of the
Joint advisory committee in regard to the APP
preparation bills. After several hours had
been devoted to its consideration it was adopted
with substantial unanimity. The following is
the programme agreed upon: The House COM
nittee on appropriations will forthwith prepare
for introduction three bills, as follows:
Fi"st-The army appropriation bill which
was vetoed by the President, with the follow
ing new section, to take the place of the sec.
tion upon which the President based his veto:
Section 6. That no money appropriated by
this aot Is appropriated, shall be paid for the
subsistence, equipment, transportation or COM
pensation of any part of the army of the
United States, to be used as a police force to
keep peace at the polls at any election held
within any State.''
Second-A bill extending the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation act of June
10Th, 1878, for one year from the 30th inst. for
the same sums and purposes therein specified
except in regard to the apportionment of the
clerical force in some of the executive depart-
ments, which is left to the discretion of the
committee on appropriations A provision
will also be made in this bill for the salaries of
certain Offices created since the passage of the
act which is to be extended. The bill will con-
tain general legislation except that
portion of the recently vetoed bill
known as the "McMahon amend
ment," which provides for the repeal
of certain laws regulating the payment Of PEN
to pay out for aryearages OF pensions the re-
mainder Of the $l0,0CO,000 held as special
fund for the redemption of fractional currency.
Last years bill, which it is thus proposed to re-
enact provided for the salaries of all United
States judges, district attorneys and United
States marshals, but made no appropriation
for judicial expenses, which, however, were
subsequently provided for in the sundry civil
appropriation bill. Hence it was agreed by the
caucus that the committee on appropriations
shall report:
Third-A bill making appropriations for ex-
penses of courts of the United States for the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1880, and for
other purposes. The first sectlon.of this bill
will appropriate in detail about $2, zoo, 900 for
all estimated Judicial expenses, such as fees of
jurors and witnesses, the safe keeping of pris-
oners and all other ordinary items of expendi-
ture under the department of justice, except
for the empl ,yment of supervisors and deputy
marshals of elections. The bill will neither
mention nor make provisions for any such Of
fcers.
Attached to this section will be proviso fix
ing the pay of jurors at 30 per day, to which
will be added substantially in the same terms
those sections of the vetoed appropriation bill
which provides for an amendment respecting
the method of drawing juries and for the total
abolition of the jurors test oath.
The second section of this bill will provide
that no portion of the money appropriated shall
be used for fees, salaries, com pensation or ex-
penses of any person employed under and by
virtue of title 26, of revised statutes. This
bill comprises the federal election laws which
authorize the appointment of supervisors and
deputy marshals of elections and provides for
their compensation
The third section will read as follows: TIE
sums appropriated by this act are in full for
the purposes embraced in its provisions for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1890, and no officer
of the government shall during any fiscal year
make any contract or incur any liability until
a sum sufficient to meet such contract or liabil-
ity shall have been appropriated by Congress.
The foregoing prohibition embodies the Ian.
guage of existing law with the addition of an
explicit reference TO liabilities" as we'll as
contracts"
esRI'ASpIA'sSAOoo
tomorrow to prepare measure in accordance
with the determination of the caucus above de
scrbed. The proceedings to-day were unex
pected!y harmonious, there being NO ma
teral difference in opinion except in regart
to the army bill, and the advisory committed
recommendation on this subject being opposed
by only few members of the House, while tn
Senators present were unanimous in sustaining
the entire report.
Senator Thurman, in behalf of the Joint com
mittee, submitted the report and explained it
features and the grounds upon which the com
mittee had based their conclusions. In tn
course of his speech, of considerable length an
much earnestness, he secuted the idea that th
adoption of the course proposed blythe com
mittee could be considered i backing down O
the part of the Democracy.
He declared it to be fact known to ever
gentleman present that no Democratic caucu
and no Democratic committee of the caucu
has ever taken the position that supplies shoul
be refused until the President should acquiese
in their demand for repeal Of certain obnoxiou
because they wee believed to be righ
and they were placed on the appr,
priation bills simply as tn. mo
convenient method of passage, in point
economy Of time, and, as a method, giving
greater prospect Of Presidential approval. RI
President had taken the responsibility of OF
posing the will of the people, and had theret
given the Democracy the benefit of the 1881
thus raised. Congress could now exercise
constitutional right to designate the purpos
for which the money it appropriates shall
used.
Referring to the proposed omission of a,
appropriation for supervisors and deputy m,
shals. Mr. Thurman said: 'Does any one (
lievc that the President will attempt to coer
us? Yet this would be the attitude he wou
assume were he to refuse to approve bill 8
propriating money for various specified obje
ho %hofS not pfoSn oy, .
preparation for some other purpose"
Representatives Blackburn and Clymer,
brief speeches, said that the army bill shou
be made more stringent, to absolute
prohibit the use of troops at the polls. G,
Johnston also expressed his opinion that
language of the sixth section should be m
direct and positive. Senator Bayard supper,
the recommendations of the advisory comm
tee, and in reply to the advocates of a m
deter mined stand, said that it would be III
folly to send measures to the Presid
in such terms as are certain to eli
Presidential vetoes. He also deprecated,
language of strong condemnation, the idea
adiourning without providing all necess
supplies for support of the government.
conclusion, he reiterated his we'll known vi
in favor of abstinence from general legislat
at this session, and of the adjournment
Congress Immediately after the enactment
the appror rriation bills.
Representative Stephens hoped the conn
tees report would be adopted. He said it
his views entirely. Messrs. Morrison, Re
and Casey Young also advocated its adopt
Representative Atkins replied to various q
tions concerning some of the features of
proposed bills. In response to the inquir
Speaker Randall, whether it would not be
ter to make provision in the ordil
way for the objects covered by last ye
legislative, executive and judicial
instead of merely continuing that meas
Mr.. Atkins said the design of the commi