The daily gazette., 1879-06-23
WASHINGTON.

THE LEGISLATIvE BILL SIGNED-THE
ARMY BILL TO BE SIGNED AND JUDIC-
IAL EXPENSES BILL TO BE VETOED
REPUBLICANS ALARMED BY TIE GRANT
MOVE IN THE SENATE.
G ,rrespondence N. Y. Herald.
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1879.
The l. gislative bill was lsigned to-da y
the army bill will be signed and the veto
of the Judicial Expenses bill will be sent
in to Congress early on Monday.
The President objects to the words
which prohibits him from "incurring
liabilities" He holds that this would
prevent him from appointing or author-
zing United States marshals to appoint
election marshals, because, according to
his opinion, to appoint is to incur a liza
biity tor paying, and he discovers in the
phrase about incurring liabilities some
thing more or different from the words
in the statutes which forbid the transfer
of appropriations and the making of
contracts. IL is understood that he
makes no other objection to the bill, and
that if section had been struck out lie
would have signed 1t.
The interesting question is, of course,
what Will the Democrats do -? The ans
wer is, they will strike out section 2, and
Sc nd the bill, thus amended in accord
ance with the Presidents requirements,
back to him. How so N they will do
this 1t is not now easy to tell, but thai
they will do itthere is no doubt, because
this IL the determination of a large num-
her of the most influential men, who,
whatever their opinion may be of the
Presidents act of vetoing the bill on
trivial grounds, are determined not to
tolerate any attempt to adjourn without
passing all the appropriations. There
will be more or less buster from extr eme
men, who are determined Tonight that
they will try to adjourn as soon as the
veto is received. They have not, how
ever, the required numbers to adjourp,
even If all the democrats now here voted
solidly to that end, unless the repub
can, help hem, which these, it is no Y
believed, Ill not do, and in any case II
is certain that considerable body of
dem ,crats will refuse to adjourn until
the Judicial bill is amended, passed
again and signed.
In the debate on this bill in the House
last Thursday, Messrs. MacMahon and
Springer declared their determination to
oppose any further action on the bill if ii
should be vetoed, and they will, OF
course, do so, but they will be Overruled
How long they and those acting with
them will be able to continue the strug-
gle cannot of course be fOretOld. In
some democratic quarters it is believed
tonight that the b II Ii ay be amended
passed and signed by the President by
next W. dnesday, but it seems mo- e
probable that the session will now be
prolonged until the 1st of July.
The republicans generally are happy
this evening over the fact that the Presi-
dent means to sign the army bill. They
have been alarmed by the contest in the
Senate and the course and language of
Senators Conkling and Blaine on this
bill, and say freely that they rejoice that
the bill passed tn House W. .th SO large a
republican tvote. They hope that the
vote and the Presidents approval of the
bill Will outweigh in the public opinion
the course of the republican leaders il
the Senate, and many of hem hold that
the republican fight over the Army bill
IN the Senate was grave mistake fol
the party. In fact, the vigorous mani
pulatiOD of the Grant movement in til,
Senate has terrified and disgusted gooC
IN ny repub leans, who have no stomach
for the troops at the polls' issne, ano
would like to believe that they are safe ly
rid oft.