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lnent lawyers, and inc general opinion IS
that the point is we'll taken AMI that The in
junction will issue. II.
FROM WASHINGTON.
DEMOCRATIC c0SCLAvE-THE PROPOSED ORDER
OF BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, March 96.-Tne democratic
members Of the House and Senate assembled
this afternoon to receive and take action
upon the joint report of their committees,
concerning the order of business for the
extra session. Clymcr presided. Chalmers
in behalf Of the House caucus committee
explained the character OF the report and
outlined the discussions which had taken
place during the joint sessions of tn. two
committees, The adoption of the report was
also advocated by Carlisle, and by Sauls-
bury. Voorhees, and Lamar, all of them
being members Of the committee. Bsyard
briefly expressed bis opinion that the
proper method of obtaining repeal of the
obnoxious laws aimed at by the Joint COM
mittee's report would be by the passage Of
separate measures, Independent. of the ap-
preparation bills. Senator Morgan in a
speech of considerable length maintained
the constitutional propriety of attaching
repeating clauses to general appropriation
| bills. Turner delivered q sp.seh of much
earnestness. insisting that the federal cleo
| ton law should be repealed totally. Several
members of the committee briefly replied.
| Voorhees, said he had himself been in favor
of sweeping that law from the statute book
bodily, but had yielded to the judgment of
the majority of the COMMITTEES and was
now of the opinion the course recon-
mendei In regard to it IS the
most expedient that can be pursued
| under existing circumstances. Many ques-
tions were asked and answered and after
there had been somewhat extended but
c1llCquial interchange Of views, Randall
expressed his opinion that the action re-
commend ed BY the joint committee, both in
its general scope and in its details, was such
as to commend itself not only to every mem
Der present. but to the country at large
He did not think it necessary to adopt a
resolution binding everyone present to arm
and lasting support o! caucus action, for he
was satisfied from his knowledge of the
sentiment of the psrty and from the tenor
of to-day's Interchange OF views that there
would not be dissenting voice or vote in
the ranks Of the democracy in Congress
against aihering to the action thus marked
! cat. THOUGH uhataser contest might coma
until it should be crowned with success
These remarks were greeted with enthusiastic
| applause, and after the closing ofthe debate,
which occupied two and one half hours,
It was almost unanimously agreed that the
appropriation bills which failed Of enact
ment at the last session should be introduced
and put on their passage inmeiistely.
After it was determined tho army bill
should take precedence, Sparks was in
strusted to introduce that measure to-nor-
row, and Atkins, chairman of the sppropri-
alton committee of the Ash Congress was
requested 10 take charge OF the Introduction
Of the legislative bill. The provisions of
the army bill will 30 identical with those
| contained in MEASURES passed las. Congress,
including a clause which prohibits the pres
ence Of troops a. the polls. The repsal of the
test oath for Jurors. the manner of DRAWN
Jurors and the law governing pay, as iuc1r-
porated in tho legislative bill last session.
will 10 substantially the sams. 1t was
agreed that sections 20l6. 20l5 and 2020 OF
the federal election laws OF the revised
statutes, and all succeeding sections, inclui-
ing the 2027, should be repesled, and
section 20l7 amended by striking out the
words "and required" Sections 20l9 will
be amended by striking out the clause rela-
tive to the csnvassing of ballots section
2,O25 will be amended to require that su-
peryisOrs Of election b, residents of tho
precinct in which they perform such duties
section a03l, except 50 much thereof as
relates to the pay Of supervisors of elections,
and all sections or part OF sections which
authorize the appointment of chief super
Visors Of elections. or deputy marShsls. and
Oh bH1NO dO7Na iBsAfp VI hhC pJNCl VI subd
officers, will all be repealed. The effect of
the repeal ii enacted will DO to provide for
the appointment by the courts of two
supervisors OF elections representing the
two political parties in every voting
precinct throughout the United States if
the request is made for the same by petition
or otherwise of not less than ten citizens,
voters of the precinct IN which the super
visOrs are to act. in compliance with their
request. By the repeal the supervisors Of
elections are given power to act ln their
capacity not only in cities of more than
10000 inhsbitant-. but in small towns
irrespective of population. Power of arrest
now vested in chief supervisor is TO be abOl-
ished with that officer. and the functions
and power of the two supervisors provided
for is to b. restricted to that Ji witnesses
ami challengers only. The penal sections
of the revised statutes, sections 55o5 to
552S. which PROVIDE Tor the punishment
Of Illegal voting AZ may be reported either
By supervisors OF citizens, are not to be
luLcIltICu Win, tut Will ItLltin lHlhok ~
the last session tbs rcpoiling clauses
embraced section POLL and all sue
ceoiing sections including 302S.
The programme agreed to. to-day,
leaves staining, sections BOIL to a0l5
inclusive, and all Of 2Ol7 AMI 20l9, ex-
cepting as indicated above, and is simply
amendstory of section POPS requiring
supervisors to DO residents of the precint
in which they act. Section SOP, which
prescribes penalties for interference with
msrshals was not among the repeating
clauses of the bill OF the lssI session. The
subject Of entering into general legislation
during the present session was not discussed
to-day. and only referred to BY report of
the caucus committee which stated that
they had not been able to reach any agree
ment whatever concerning this question,
ma jJrty OF the Senate caucus being IN favor |
of restricting the business OF the extra ses-
sion to appropriation bills and to tho bill |
to prevent the recurrence of epidemic
diseases. and tho House caucus committee |
being still more strongly IN favor OF i'm |
proving every opportunity for the trsnsas-
ton Of general business, when either House |
is not engaged upon appropriation bills |
A prominent member of the caucus is
authority for the statement that that sub
ject will not be determined by caucus
action, there being. IN his opinion, very
few memhers on the dem6cratic side " no