Daily globe., 1879-06-26
THE PARTY PLANS.
JOINT CAUCUS ACTION OF DEMO.
CRATIC CONGRESsMEN.
Final Programme Agreed Upon After An
Exciting Contest-Two Bills Covering
tho Vetoed Measure to be Passed and
Presented-The First Covering Court Ex.
Penses Proper without Objectaonablo
Features-The Second to Leave the
Marshals In the Lurch-Immediate Adj
tournament to Follow Without Waiting
the Presidents Action.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Democratic
members of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives held joint caucus in the hall of the
House this afternoon to receive the joint re.
port of their advisory committees on the subs
ject of making further provision for the next
years judicial expenses. Prior to the assem-.
blage of the caucus extraordinary precautions
were taken to guard against the possibility Of
by some of the officers of the caucus that rep.
resentatives of the press had obtained their ac-
curate reports of proceedings Of previous eau.
cuses through the keyholes, transoms, ventila-
tors, pipes or similar avenues of communica.
with the outer world. Watchmen were there.
fore placed in all the corridors surrounding the
hall, both on the main floor and in the gal.
leries, and were also perched above the glass
roof of the chamber. These precautions, to.
gether with the closing of the double doors,
we're considered sufficient safeguards for se-
crecy, and the caucus was called to order at
$50 z. N. by Representative Hause, chairman
of the House caucus, Senator Thurman being
confined to his residence by sickness.
Senator Herman presented and explained the
committees report as foreshadowed yesterday.
The advisory committees this morning decided
to recommend the passage by Congress of two
bills in lieu of the Judicial appropriation bill
that has just been vetoed, but distributing it's
provisions in such manner a. to concentrate
in one measure all those to which the President
has made objection. Senator Herman stated
that the committee recommended, first passage
of bill precisely identical with that vetoed,
less its item of S6U0, ,OU0 for fees of United
ties.< its second section and last SEN
tence of its first section. This section declares
that no part of the money hereby appropria-
ted is appropriated to pay any salaries, COM
pensatiOn, fees or expenses under or in virtue
of title 26 of the revised statutes. The second
section of the vetoed bill provided that no de-
partment or officer of the government should
during the next fiscal year make any contract
or incur any liability under any of the pro-
visions of title 26, authorizing the appoint
ment or payment of general or special deputy
marshsls for service on election days, in ad-
of appropriations sufficient to meet such
contract or pay such liability.
He also explained that the second, or supple
mentary, bill framed by the committee con-
sists simply of the s6OU, 900 item and the sec
ond clause above summarized, together with
clause prescribing the penalty of fine not ex-
five years, OF both hne and lmprisonment,a at the
discretion of the court, for every violation of
this section, of any one of the several SINH
lar prohibitions now contained in the revised
statutes, which prohibit the making of co.'s
tracts in advance of appropriations. the diver
ent from that for which it was specifically
made by Congress, or the payment of money
or the assumption of unauthorized resporsi.
bilities by disbursing officers of all kinds, of
course including United States marshals.
Senator Herman called special attention to
, alteration the important sections by which
vetoed bill had provided for the essential
| q" endments of the present method of drawing
juries and for the total abolition of the Jurors
test oath. In the course of an earnest speech
advocating adoption Of the report. Senator
Herman said that although there had been a
| serious diversity of counsel in the Joint COM
mittee IS to the line of action that should be
pursued, the majority were firmly of the con-
viction that the plan reported was the best.
wisest and most expedient in every point of
view.
Representative Cleary then offered resolu.
tion in the form of Rubstitute for the report
of the caucus the recently vetoed bill should
be again passed by both Houses and sent to the
President forthwith. s
Representative Stephens, in speech of con-
| siderable length, opposed this resolution and
advocated the adoption of the report Of the
committee. Representatives Herbert and
Goode also advocated its adoption, and were
| followed by Sparks and Clymer, who yery en-
phaticaliy opposed it. The latter, who is a
member of the advisory committee, stating
that the report did not meet his approval in
| any particular.
! At this point IN the i proceedings, Representa-
! tive Finley offered = resolution providing that
| in the event of the Presidents refusing to an
prove either Of the bills above indicated. the
Democratic party in both houses should adjourn
/ Congress Immediately thereafter without
making any further appropriations, and that
y aH h0fk
jonrn without making any appropriations. and
continue to pursue this course indefinitely.
The presiding officer ruled that this resolu-
! tion was not in order at this time, but an
nounced that it would be taken for action
after the report of the advisory committee was
disposed of. The debate on the question, of
adopting the committees report was continued
by Representative Blackburn and Senator Wal
lace against it. and Representatives Young,
| Fem, Singleton and Hunter. and Senators Hiii
and Mcdonald in favor Of it.
The caucus proceeded to vote on Representa-
| tive Clardy's substitute. It WAS rejected bv
the following vote: Senator'S, yeas S, nays 20
Representatives, yeas Sc, nays As.
A motion offered by Representative Scales to
| adopt the committees report with provise
that Congress should Immediately adjourn &
the President does MT sign the bills was ruled
upon the adoption of the committee's renori
without amendment, resulting as follows
Senators, yeas Is. nays S; Representative, yea,
As, nays SO.
The question then recurring on Represents
tive Finley's resolution, Representative Coveri
moved to lay it on the table, and on this motor
the vote resulted as follows: senatars-ve.,
81, nays s. Kepresentatives-yeas 81, nays 40
The chair ruled that Covert's motion was car
ried although msjority of the House mem
bers of the caucus had voted against it, th,
general rule beng that proposition in ioin
caucus requires for its adoption the concurren, 1
affirmative majority of each branch. 1t was tei
resolved that the bills should be brought befor
the House through the committee on sppropria
lions, and they will accordingly be reportee
from that committee tomorrow.
4 The debate in caucus to-day was yery shirt
ed. and at times considerable excitement nre
| vailed. but after the final vote had been f.,
several of the most determined opponents q
the committee plan. including Representa,iv
Blackburn, announced that they would mai
l no fnr her