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THE DEMOCRATS DIVIDED.
ALL At SEA As TO THEIR ACTION on
NIX. HAYES'S LAST TETO.

Three Propositions Submitted to the Joint
Caucus Committee a Resolution TO Ad-
journ at y. NJ. To-Day Lost in the House.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The Democrats in
Congress are thoroughly demoralized and di-
vided among themselves They lack leader
ship. Hardly Democratic Congressman will
venture tonight to express an opinion as to tho
probable outcome OF the present state OF affairs.
Scores OF private consultations OF Senators and
Representatives have been had. but such di-
versity OF opinion was found to exist that no
indication OF future action could be formed.
Before Congress met this morning Mr..
House. Chairman OF the Democratic caucus
organization. after consulting with few of his
stalwart friends. drew n resolution providing
for the adjournment Of Congress tomorrow
afternoon Rt o'clock. The resolution was de-
feated by 103 to 81. There were only sixteen
Democratic votes against adjournment The
Republicans and Greenbackers voted soldly
against the resolution. or the sixteen Demo-
Gratis voting in the negative. ut least one-half
were opposed to the resolution, because they
desire the repeal OF the test oath laws and
change in the statutes relative to drawing
jurors before the session ends. The almost
solid front which the Democratic representa-
tives presented in favor ut immediate adlpurn-
ment without further dHllyng with Hayes
astonlshed the Republicans They Anticipated
u greater disaffrcton in the ranks. AleXan Ter
Stephens. who wrote a note to Speaker Randall
yesterday saying that he was oi the opinion
that the Democrats would hc justified In rcfus-
ing further supplies. to-day deserted his party
and voted against the adjournment resolution.
In the Senate "a joint resolution to pay certain
employees oi Congress WIS under discussion.
Mr. ingalls, moved to amend the resolution hy
adding TO II the vetoed Judicial Expenses APP
preparation bill, with all the political features
stricken of. Mr.. Ingalls, expected TINT the
Democrats would nt once vote his 9mendment
down. He was disappointed Mr. wallace
moved TO amend MIR. lngalls's amendment by
inserting all Of the political provisions OF
the bill. Had the Senate remained In session,
this would havo been done. and the Judicial
Expenses bill. exactly NJ vetoed. would have
been attached as an amendment to the Joint res-
oution. In the mids ot "A roll cll Mr.. Bnyard.
Mr.. Mcdonald. Mr.. Herman. and other Demo-
cratic Senators who believe in passing the ap:
proprtaton bills pure and simple. requested
MIR. Wallace to postpone further action on the
joint resolution until after the caucus Commit
toe, which hnd the whole subject under advise-
ment. should reach an agreement. Mr. Davis
moved to adjourn, and the motion was carried:
II IL probable that the Senate tomorrow will
strike from the resolution every trace OF the
judicial Expenses bill.
A meeting OF the Joint Caucus Committee was
held this afternoon. Three propositions were
presented and discussed. One suggestion was
that Congress should adjourn immediately.
without attempting to make appropriations for
judicial expenses. Another plnn was to draft
bill making APPROPRIATIONS FOR Judi
cial expens. 81 ON ting tnereirom tho
shas. and section 2 OF the vetoed bin
relative. to the expenditure Of money for pay
repeal OF the Jurors Trst Oath law. and mod
ihcation OF the statutes reintive TO the drawing
OF jurors in Federal courts to be inserted in
the bill. After this bill should have been passed
by Congress, "A Second bill to be introduced
appropriating f6OOOOD Tor the payment OF
marshals. and containing the second secs
ton OF the vetoed Judicial Expenses bill
The advocates OF thus, plan are Of tho
opinion that the first bill would certainly be
approved. and that the second one would surely
be vetoed because Of the second section. and
that should Congress ndJourn as soon as what
might be termed the Murshals' Appropriation
bill was passed Hayes would scarcely think OF
calling them together again simply TO make
appropriations Tor marshals. The Southern
mon are inclined to favor this proposition.
They wish the test oath lGy's rcpenled In any
event. The third PROPOSITION WIS TO pass the
Judicial Expenses hi again. On, Il ing the second
section; In other words. 10 pass the bill in q
manner satisfactory 10 Hayes
The Committee discussed the various propo-
sitiOns and adjourned unit TOMORROW morn-
ing without reaching any conclusion. II is un-
derstood that inuluriiy favor the second
Proposition, viz. TO make the appropriations in
two bills. The members Of tine Committee ex-
pect 10 reAch an agreement Tomorrow.
meeting OF tine House Committee on Ap-
propriatlons has been called. for tomorrow
morning, IN the expectation that their services
Will be necessary 10 formulate u bil o. be intro
duced according To the caucus programme.