Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-26
And Took Notes from which the Follow
ing Very Full Report was Made
Caucus Recommends Passage of
Two Bills in Lieu Of the
Judicial Appropriation
Bill.

| Bill.
| WASHINGTON. June Is. = The Demo-
|, cratic members of the senate and house
| of representatives held a joint caucus
IN the hall of the house this afternoon, to
| receive the Joint report of their advisory
| committees on the subject of making further
| provisions for the next years judicial ex-
| penses. Prior TO the assemblage of the eau
| Gus, extraordinary precautions were taken 10
| guard against the possibility of eavesdrop-
| ping, 1t apparently being supposed by some
| of the officers of the caucus that the repre-
sentatives of the press had obtained their
/ accurate reports of the proceedings of the
| previous caucus through keyholes, transoms,
ventilation pipes, or similar avenues of COM
munication with the outer world. Watch
men were, therefore, placed Ia all the CORR
| doris surrounding the halls, both on the main
| floor and in the galleries, and were also
| perehed above the glass roof of the chamber.
| These precautions, together with the closing
| OF double doors, were considered sufficient
| safeguards for secresy, and the caucus was
| called to order at half-past three o'clock this
/ afternoon by Mr.. House, chairman of the
! house caucus, Senator Thurman being con-
| fined to his residence by sickness. Senator
| Herman was present, and explained the COM
| mittee's report as foreshadOwed yesterday.
| The advisory committee this morning decid-
| ed to recommend the passage by congress OF
| two bills In lieu Of the judicial appropr:-
| alton bill that has just been vetoed, distrlb
| utfng Its provisions In such manner as to con-
centrate In one measure all those to which
| the President has made objection. Senator
Herman stated that the committee recon-
mended, first, the passage of a bull
precisely identical with the vetoed bill,
less its item of six hundred thou
sand dollars for fees Of United States
| marshals and their deputies, its second Sec
| ton and the last sentence Of Its first section.
| TINS sentence declares that ''n) part of the
money hereby appropriated is appropri
ated to pay salaries. compensation
| fees or expenses under or in virtue of title
| 26 OF the revised statutes" The second Sec
ton of the vetoed bill provided that no de-
partment or officer OF the government should,
| during the next fiscal year, make any con-
tract or incur any liability under any of the
| provisions of title 26, authorizing the APP
| pointment or payment Of general or special
| deputy-marshal5 Tor service on election days,
| in advance of an appropriation sufficient to
| meet such contract or pay such liability. He
| also explained that the second or supple
meptary bill framed 10y the committee con-
| sists simply of a sixty thousand dollars item
| and the second section above summarized,
together with a clause prescribing penalty
or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or
BBPh e9 Ar if or every Violation 5 OF this Sec
ton or of any one of several similar prohibit
tons now contained in the revised statutes,
| which prohibit the making of contracts in
advance of appropriations, the diversion of
| any appropriation to a purpose different
from that for which it was specifically
money, or ,the assumption of unau-
thorized responsities by discussing Off
GERS of all kinds, of course including
United States marsnals. Senator Herman
| called special attention to the fact that the
larger bill embodied, without alteration, the
| important sections by which the vetoed bill
had provided for essential amendments 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
the adoption of the report, Senator Herman
said that, although there had been serious
diversity or counsel IN the JOINT committee as
| to the line Of action that should be pursued
| the majority were firmly of opinion that the
plan reported was the best, wisest and mos
| expedient IN every point OF view
Representative Clardy then Offered
a resolution IN the nature o.
, a substitute for the report of the commit
| tee, declaring that, IN the sense OF the eau
, | Gus, the recently-vetoed bill should be again
passed by both houses and sent to the Presi-
dent forthwith. Representative Stephens, IL
, I a speech Of considerable length, opposed thi:
resolution, and advocated the adoption OF the
; report of the committee. Representatives
: Herbert and Goode also advocated its adop.
ton, and were followed by Representatives
, | Sparks and Clymer. who very emphatically
! | opposed it; the latter, who is a member o
: the advisory committee, stating that the re
| port did not meet his approval in any par
toular. At this point IN the proceedings
: Representative Finley offered resolution
= 4 haF IN ant nf
|, | President refusing to approve eithe
. of the bills above indicated, the 6omi
| nant party in both houses anoul
| adjourn congress Immediately thereafter
: | without making any further appropriations
= and that, If reconVened, both houses shout,
! | again adjourn without making any appro
= | priations, and continue to pursue this cours
= | indefinitely. The presiding officer ruled tina
. | this resolution was not 10 order at this time
4 but said that il would be taken up for actor
: | after the report Of the advisory commute
= | was disposed of. The debate on the ques
! ton of adopting the committees report wa
: continued by Representative Blackburn an
: Senator Wallace against it, aud Represents
= tives Young Tenn. ], Singleton and Hunter
: and Senators Hill and M'Donald IN favor
o | 1t. TIE caucus then proceeded to vot
!, on Representative Cardy's substitute
% | It was rejected by the following vote: Sena
!, tors-yeas 5, nays 20; epresentatives-yea
a | 80, nays on. nollon oHered Dy hepr6
:. | sentative Scales to adopt the committees re
e port without tie proviso that congress shout
- Immediately adjourn if the President doe
\ not eign the bills, was ruled out of ordel
Il | and the question was thea taken up on til
y | adoption of the report without amendmen
= resulting as follows: Senators-yeas q
:, n nays S; representatives-yeas Al, nay
IS 80. The question then recurring @
!. Representative Finley's resolution, Repre-
n sentative Covert moved to lay it on til
;. table, and on this motion the vote resulte
as follows; Senators-yeas q, nays
| Eepresentatives-yea 81, nays 40. II
chair ruled that Mr.. Covert's motion was ca
W | RED, although majority of the house men
is bers of the caucus had voted against it. II
10 general rule that proposition In Joint cal
:. Gus requires for its adoption the concurrel
y It IT. was thea resolved that fH the efAI Iii
ID should be brought before the hou
40 through the committee on appropriations, ar
:, they will accordingly be reported from to
. committee tomorrow. The debate in Il
- caucus to-day was very animated, and
times considerable excitement prevailed, b.
lie after the final vote had been taken Sc
eral of the most determined opponen
lg of the committees plan Including Re
Id resentative Blackburnl explained that tn,
IN would make no further opposition. The a
10 gumentG advanced IN this caucus for al
er against the adoption of the line of poll
finally agreed upon were substantially Ii
same that were urged during the debate
the senate caucus Monday last, and Senate
E. Hill and Wallace again to-day made d
e. most extended and Comprehensive speech
of that were delivered on their respective sid
of the controversy. There seems
be no doubt that the Preside
will approve the large and veto the small
"a bill. But In the event OF both houses a
ne journing immediately thereafter, which
g. also considered certain, there is very lit
ut probability that congress will be reconvene
ut as the indispensable appropriations for coul