Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-01
Appropriations Will net be Made to Pay
Deputy Marehals or Supervisors
OF Elections. and the Employ.
meat OF such Persons
will be Prohibited
by the Bill.

WARRINGTON, May 31.-The two advisory
COMMITTEE OF the house and senate Democratic eau
ton and reached SUBSTANTIALLY unanimous agree
ment as to the course OF action that should be
to Rs
6 1t,d Thurman, SALISBURY. Herman, Eaton,
tatives Chalmers, Carlisle, Cox, Ewing, Springer,
Atkins, ClJmer, Reagan, Phelps and Bicknell
Senator Thurman presided. Aessrs. Hampton and
Goode were absent After very full interchange of
views, and especially minute examination OF the
Presidents veto messegs in connection with sundry
mend the Immediate passage OF the bill
the army throughout the next fiscal year, but con-
tanning the proviso that no portion Of the money
transportation, equipment or subsistence Of any
troops for use for police purposes to keep at the
the passage Of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill In substantially the same
except that they shall be msre infinitely specified.
and except also that II shall not make any proyis
elections The new bill VIII, however, CON
tain a .lsuse proyising that no officer shall be
which a specific appropriation shall not have been
made by congress. This clause is already on the
obligation Incurred" and there is also an existing
law which prohibits the diversion Of any appropra-
II has BEEN sOscIncaliT made The COMMITTEES
next agreed to recommend the passage OF separate
measure embodyng those sections OF the vetoed ap-
the law concerning the method of drawing juries,
and for the fetal abolition of the Jurors test OATH
In view Of the fact that the President. in his veto
message. makes no comment on these provisions, 1t
is believed he will promptly approve them when
presented to him by independent
bill 1t also argued to-day
in behalf OF the adoption of the programme above
outlined, that the President cannot justiably with
hold his signature from the appropriation bill
merely because 1t omits TO make provision for par
cular objects and that In the anticipated event of
his approving the present bill, the Democrats will
have Accomplished for the next year exactly what
they would have for an indefinite period of time
by the former bills and what they may continue to
accomplish by similar legislation long they
remain in power. Ia response to objections made
By few OF those who participated in the meeting
to-day that the adoption Of this policy would be
stTued into breakdown" the part Of the Democ-
racy Its advocates made the point that although there
haze been. 1Pf SlSsaI ftser1esrr- tII5s MANY
embodied in the appropriation bills, II is not true
that any such stand has ever been taken oy author
tt of the party. On the contrary, the question
whether such a stand should be taken has never
ben acted upon by the Democratic caucus OF either
branch OF congress, or by the caucus committee,
until this afternoon.
The joiAt meeting was adjourned until Monday
next BIZ which time the recommendations agreed
upon will nave been formulated by the subcommit-
tee-SenatOrst Thurman, Eaton, Vance and Bailey,
and Representatives Springer. Ewing and Reagan
aud submitted for approval preparatory 10 theiI
presentation to the joint caucus or the Democratic
members of both houses, which Will probably De
held Monday.