New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-26
AN UNBURDENING OF MINDS.
THE CONSERVATIVES MEET WITH MUCH FIERY oP
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES By MANY LEADING MEN
TfTts VOTING.


BY TELEGRAPH TO TnT TuBUNEt
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Democrats In Con
gress have narrowly escaped closing this disastrous
extra session with family quarrel and separa-
ton in bad blood.
The vote of the Democratic Senators on Monday
afternoon to the effect that Congress ought not to
adjourn without making provision for the United
States Courts considered by many of the Dem
ocrats of the House as hasty and uuwise. No such
important step has before been taken by the Demo-
Gratis of one house without consultation with
those of the other. 1t was to secure con-
tnued harmony of action between the Demo-
Gratis Of the two houses that the JOINT Advisory
Committee was originally appointed. and so many
ioint caucuses have since been held. The BOurbons
of the House think that they have not been treated
fairly by the Senators. The question to be decided
yesterday was whether the Congress should be adj
journed at once OF not. To secure an adjournment
required the Joint action of both houses and for the
Democrats of the Senate to declare i'll advance
that they would not adjourn, and then to call the
Democrats of the House to conference to consider
the same thing, like executing man and trying
him afterward. Under these circumstances it may
well be imagined that there was anything except
harmony in the Democratic party yesterday and to-
day. and that both in the meetings Of the Commit
tee of Safety and in the joint cacus this afternoon
divisions and discomfort made themselves manifest
well disciplined. It's members grumble and indulge in
profanity and declare that they will smash things
Il they cannot have their own way; but when the
caucus meets and vote is taken everybody falls
into line and the party comes up solid once more
just as though there had been no differences of
opinion. That is just what has happened to-day.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS.
The Committee of Safety agreed this morning to
division of the Judicial Appropriation bill into two
bills The vote by no means unanimous, but
the plan was carried and caucus called. The
Joint caucus met at o'clock this afternoon and re-
NAMED in session about three hours. 1t was very
stormy meeting.
The report of the Committee of Safety having
been presented by Senator Herman and read and
explained several substitutes offered. One was
that Congress should Immediately adjourn. Rep
resentative Finley, OF Ohio, offered resolution
providing that, in the event of the Presidents re-
fusa to approve either of the bills proposed by the
committee, Congress should adjourn Immediately
without making any further appropriations, and
that if reconvened both houses should again adj
journ without making any appropriations, and con-
tinue TO pursue this course indefinitely. The pre-
siding officer ruled that this resolution was not In
order at tie time but announced that 1t would be
taken up for action after the report of the ADVISORY
Committee had been disposed of.
Another substitute proposed to instruct the House
Committee on Appropriations TO report again i'm
medately the Judicial bill which the President has
vetoed. In support of this proposition Senator
Wallace made an exceedingly earnest and fiery
speech beseeching his party associates to adhere
TO the position taken in the last caucus, and decar
ing that the Democrats are making themselves
ridiculous by their repeated backdowus. A leading
Southern Democrat who was in the caucus to-day
said that Senator Wallace's speech reminded mm
OF some Of the bOyish ebulltions OF sentiment In
the South in the days preceding the repeal OF the
Missouri Compromise, when the cry was =" $50 3V
fight"
A HOT DEBATE
Alexander H. Stephens replied to Senator Wal
lace and supported the report of the committee IN
long speech, which is highly praised by those who
heard it, He entered into discussion OF the prln-
ciples of the Government aud drew the distinction
between the power of the English House of Com
mons and the House of Representatives TO withhold
supplies i'm orderto redress of grievances MI
Stephens said that IL is clearly within the power OF
Congress TO neglect make appropriations, and he
called attention to the fact that when the Dem
ocrats obtained control of the House in the
XLIVth Congress, they refused to make APP
organizations for the salaries of the diplomatic
renresentatives to several of the SOuth American
States aud elsewhere. Notwithstanding this. he
said, the Diplomatic Appropriation bill had been
approved aud the President, finding there WAS no
money to pas the salaries of certain officers had
recalled them. Mr.. stephens the0 went on 70 say
that the appropriations to pay the fees of United
States MaTshals are only fraction of the expenses
Of the courts Now, he SAID he would place this
money in a box and put label the hOx saying
that the President shall use none OF the money to
nay the salaries Of maIshals be used at elections
lie did not believe that the President would veto
this bill.
Senator Hill made short speech in support OF
the report OF the committee, III which he sunlIna-
rized the arguments of MI. Stephens. Senator Eaton
also spoke on the same side.
Representative Blackburn took very prominent
part In the proceedings He offered the most
isctious opposition to the new backdown AT one
time, as a member of the caucus remarked. Mr..
Blackburn seemed to have carried the day and
very triumphant.
1t was n matter for considerable remark In the
caucus that one Of Senator Waace's most faithful
supporters was Speaker Randall. who appeared TO
vie with Nj. Blackburn himself in the activity and
bitterness with which he opposed the plan sub
United by the conservative Democrats. One meIn-
Der Of the caucus explained this by saying that
Mr. Randall WAS evidently trying to keep Mr..
Blackburn from assuming any position of leader
slip
Another of Mr.. BIackburn's most active allies was
MIR. Cymer. Of Pennsylvania
gentleman who is very prominent In the coun-
cils Of his party said that the real reason for the
indifference felt and expressed by so many Demo-
crats as 10 whether the courts closed Is that
they really believe that il would raise them IN the
estimation Of their constituents If they were TO help
bring about such result Another leading SOUTH
eTh Representative made similar remarB seVeTa
weeks ago, and there seems 20 be pretty good rea-