Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-28
Democratic Caucus on the POlIti-
cal situation.
(From Special to Boston Advertiser

(From Special to Boston Advertiser
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1879.
A meeting of the house democratic caucus
committee was held to-day, at which the pc
ltical situation was canyassed and discussed.
Representatives Atkins, Bicknell Carlisle.
Chambers, Goode, Phelps, Reagan and
Springer were present. The conference was
entirely harmonious, and it was unanimously
agreed that it is not desirable at pres
ent to hold joint caucus of the democrats of
the two houses, but to wait for the action of
the Senate and President on the Warner sill
yer bill. The gentlemen present all believe
that the Senate will at once take up and pass
that bill, and even if there is some hesitation
about its doing so, they are not in favor of
taking any further action on the appropriation
bills until it is done.
A member of the caucus committee said this
evening that he should deprecate any dead
lock between the house and senate on this
question, and he believed there was no dan
ger of one, but he minated that the demo-
Gratis of the house would insist that the senate
should carry out the programme above men
toned. He thinks there are not more than
Ave democrats in the senate who will oppose
the silver bill, and he believes that the fol
| lowing republican senators will vote for it
Jones of Nevada, Hill and Teller OF Colora-
do, Booth of California Paddock of Ncbras-
ka and perhaps others. Regarding the pro-
babe course of the democrats relative to
the appropriation bills and the disputed
political legislation (Which was also
discussed by the committee to-day
the same gentleman said that he be-
lieved that Congress ''woud yet dig out on
top in this controversy with the President.
If Congress had not right (but he believed
il had to attach repeal measures 10 apprO-
priaton bills, it had at least right. in vot-
ing supplies to carry on the government. to
dictate the manner in, and the purposes for
which the money should be expended. He
thought that the only solution of the present
difficulty would be for Congress to pass the
appropriation bills without any measures for
the repeal of the laws attached, but to spcci-
fly in making the army appropriations that no
part of the money shall be used for the pur-
pose of transporting or using troops to pre-
serve the peace at the polls, and TO insert in
the act making appropriations for the support
Of the judiciary restrictive clauses which
would prevent the payment of supervisors
or deputy marshals of elections. If the
President should then veto the bills,
he was in favor of refusing all appro-
priations and was willing to 90 before the PEG
pie of his district on the issue thus made
but he did not think the President would dare
to veto such bills, because they would in
volve no repeal of the law, and Congress
would simply refuse to appropriate money for
certain specific purposes, which it undoubt-
eddy had right to do. 1t is pretty difficult
to see what practical difference there is be-
tween this method and the one the democrats
have already tried, but it is understood to
have received the appreciation of all the
members Of the caucus committee who were
present to-day, and is believed to meet also
the approval of Representatives Clymer and
Cox who were absent. The notices for the
meeting of the caucus committee to-day were
not sent out until this forenoon, and tho
whole affair was conducted very quietly. Ii
is understood that another meeting of tn,
joint caucus committee may be held tomor
row or next day