The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-26
Last Nights Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.

to receive the joint report OF their advisory
committees on the subject of making fur
ther provision for next years judicial
expenses. Extraordinary precautions were
taken to guard against the possibility of
eavesdroppers, it apparently being sup
posed by some Of the officers of the caucus
that the representatives of the press had
obtained their accurate reports of the pro-
ceedings of the previous caucuses through
key holes, transams, ventilation pipes, and
! similar avenues of communication with
the outside world Watchmen were
| therefore placed in all the corridors sur
rounding the hall, both on the main door
and in the galleries, and were also perched
above the glass roof of the chamber.
These precautions together with the clos
ing of the double doors, were considered
sufficient Safeguards for secresy, and the
caucus was called to order at $3.50 y. m.
by Representative House, chairman of the
house caucus. Senator Thurman being
O)nhned to his residence by sickness, ,Sena-
tor Herman presented and explained the
committees report, as foreshadowed yes
terday. The advisory committees this
morning decided to recommend the pass
age by congress Of two bills In lieu of the
Judicial appropriation bill that has lust
been vetoed, but distributing its provisions
IN such manner as to concentrate in one
measure all those to which the president
has made objection. Herman said that the
committee recommended first the passage
OF bill precisely identical with the vetoed
bill. less its item of 5000, 900 for fees Of u.
S. marshals and their deputies, its second
section and the last sentence of its first
section. This sentence declares that no
part OF the money hereby appropriated 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 pro-
vided that no department or officer of the
government should during the next fiscal
year make any contract or incur any liza
billty under any OF the provisions Of title
26, authorizing the appointment or pay
ment of general or special deputy marshaIs
for service on election days, in advance of
} an appropriation sufficient to meet such
contract or liability. He also explained
that the second or supplementary bill
framed by the committee consist simply
of the S600,00 item and the section above
. summarized, together with a clause pre-
scribing penalty of fine not exceeding
$1,000, or Imprisonment not exceeding FIVE
years, or both fine and Imprisonment, at
6 the discretion OF the court for every viola~
ton Of this section, or Of any one of the
several similar prohibits now contained in
the Revised Statutes which prohibit the
making of contracts in advance of appro
priatiop, the diversion of any appropria-
= ton to purpose different from that for
e which it was specifically made by Congress
or the payment OF money or assumption
Of unauthorized responsibilities by dis
bursing officers of all kinds, of course
including u. S. Marshals. Senator Ker.
. nan called special attention 20 the fact that
{ the larger bill embodied without alteration
the important sections by which the vetoed
bill had provided for essentia! amendment:
of the present method of drawing iuries
and for the total abolition OF the Jurors
test oath. In the course OF an earnest
speech advocating the adoption Of the re
- port Senator Herman said that although
IS there had been serious diversity of counsc
:, 10 the joint committee as to the line o
J. action that should bepursued, the msjorit,
ID were firmly of the conviction that the plal
r. reported was the best. wisest and mos
T. expedient in every point OF view.
Is Representative Ciardy then offered
a. resolution in the nature of a substitute fo
a. 10 the sense of the caucus the recentl
vetoed bill should be again passed by bot
h houses and sent to the President forthwith
Representative Stephens in a speech Q
considerable length opposed this resolu
ton, and advocated the adoption Of th
report Of the committee. Representative
Herbert and Goode also advocated il
;, adoption, and we're followed by Messrt
10 vho hot
.'II caiy opposed it, the latter, who is 4 meu
az ber OF the advisory committee, stating thi
~ the report did not meet his approval j
any particular At this point in the pr,
re ceedines Mr.. Finley offered resuutio
LII providing that in the event of the Pres
-, dents refusing 10 approve either Of 1t
.'' above bills indicated the dominant parI
eE in both Houses should adjourn Cungre
ng immediately thereafter without maxiE
81, any further appropriations, and that i: r
d" convened both Houses should again a
U.s. iourn without making any appropriation
HHs and should continue to pursue this cour
a. indefinitely. The presiding officer rul'
n.f ne that this resolution was not in order
~ VI this time, but announced that it would
!lu taken up for action after the report of Il
~ ~ advisory committee was disposed Of Il
l'S debate On the question of adopting t
committees report was continued by Re
resentative Blackburn and Senator WI
lace against it, and Representatives Y GU
er~ Of Tennessee, Singleton and Hunter a
nv Senators Hill and Mcdonald in favor of
The caucus proceeded to vote on Rep
Iu sentative Clardy's substitute. 1t was !
i as iected by the following vote: Senators
d. Yeas 5, nays 20; Representatives,
los %, nays so.
A motion offered by Representa-
"n Scales to adopt the committee report W
and a proyiso that Congress should immedia
q it ly adjourn if the President does not 81
,on- the bills, was ruled out of order, and |
.o- question was then taken up on the adopt
vi of the committee 8 report without amer
and ment, resulting as follows: Senators-yt
in 20, nays 5; ;Representatives-yea Al nays
iced The question then recurring on Represt
~ tative Finley's resolution, Representa-
MN Covert moved to lag it on the table, aud
reat this motion the vote resulted as folio
,cels Senators-Y Yeas, 81; nays,3. Represen
; tives-Ye eas, 81 nays, 90. The ch
Ia, ruled that Coverts motion was carri
'iO'' although a majority of the house me
bers of the caucus had voted against it,
aes- cs general rule being that a proposition
oat' Joint caucus requires for les adoption
IONS concurrent affirmative majority Of e'
"'le branch
as It was then resolved that the bills sho
tue be brought before the house through
'Fior committee on appropriations, and they
: 10 accordingly be reported from that comI
2 :, " tee tomorrow.
EA- The debate in caucus to-day was '
tuO animated and 9 fines considerable