Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-07
THE ISSUE.

might easily have been adjusted, had
either party seen fit to yield point and
the present extra session Of Congress
been avoided. But as there are some.
doubtless. who do not fully understand
the matter, we give the Presidents mes
sage for the call of an extra session
the estimates made by Secretary Sher-
man, of the amount needed to pay the
current expenses of the year; and the
introduced in the Senate by
Senator Edmunds, which were intended
to confne Congress TO such legislation
only as is required to pay the expenses of
Government for the fiscal year:
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
FeUoaO citizens of the Senate and House
Of Representatives:
The failure of the last Congress to
make the requisite appropriations fol-
legislative and judicial purposes, for the
expenses of the Executive departments
of the Government, and for the support
of the army, has made it necessary to
call special session of the 46th Congress.
The estimates of the appropriations
needed, which were sent to Congress by
the Secretary of the Treasury at the
opening of the last session, are renewed
and are therefore transmitted to both the
Senate and House of Representatives,.
Regretting the existence of the emer-.
gency which requires a special session Of
Congress at time when it is the gcner-
al judgment of the country that the pub
lie welfare Will be best promoted 10y
permanency in our legislation, and by
peace and rest, | commend these few
necessary measures to your considerate
attention. RUTHERFORD B. HIVES.
Washington, March 10, 1879.
ESTIMATES FROM SECRETARY SHERMAN.
Accompanying the Presidents message
were estimates from the Secretary of the
Treasurer of the money needed to carry
on the Government. These are the same
as those submitted at the opening of the
last session with the exception of the
items provided for at that session, under
the Army bill of the last Congress, which
made provision for the military academy
at West Point
This leaves, according to the estimates.
$2S.34O,5OO yet to be appropriated for
the Army. None of the legislative and
judicial appropriations were provided for
even in part.
The estimates for these expenses is
$16,52O,6Ol.91. To these appropriations
is also to be added the item for court
expenses, which is generally placed in
the Sundry Civil bill, but which was
left out of that bill at the last session.
The estimate for these expenses is
100000.
SENATOR EDMUNDS' RESOLUTION.
Senator Edmunds offered the following
resolution, in accordance with the unan-
imous agreement of the Republican
caucus:
Whereas, The necessity for the present
special session of Congress has been &C.
casioned by the failure of the last Con-
gress to make appropriations for the
army and for the legislative. executive
and judicial expenses of the Government
for the next fiscal year; and
Whereas, The business and other pub.
lie interests of the country will be best
promoted by combining legislation to
making provision for the objects afore-
said and by an early adjournment there
fore, be it
ResoiUed, That the bills and joint res
olutions, excepting those for the aforesaid
purposes, be referred to appropriate CON-
mittees, and not reported until the next
December session.
1t will be seen by the above that
President Hayes, who has a constitu.
tional right to call for an extra session
of congress, has seen fit to convene it fol-
the one purpose of making appropriation
for the support of the army, and the
executive departments of the government
The Secretary of the Treasury has shown
how much is required for these purposes,
and Senator Edmunds has tried to con.
fine legislation to this one object.
Mr.. Edmunds' resolution was ''laid
on the table" for several days, and Fl
nally when it was brought before the
Senate again, it was voted down, every
democrat voting against it, every repub
lican voting for it. The democrats have
thus permitted the doors to be left open
and any thing and everything can nov
be got into the legislative machine, tha
any body in congress desires. Hence
the long extra session that is liable tt
continue until members of congress arr
drawn away from Washington, by mala
rial fevers is the work of the democrats
Their object in making an extra session
necessary was to effect the repeal o
laws which were made several years ag'
to protect voters and to secure a fire,
and fair vote at all polling places, anc
an honest count. When this measure
was introduced in congress it came from
Senator Powell of Kentucky. stauncl
democrat, it was supported by him an,
his party in the Senate, went to tn
House and was there supported by ever.
democrat, including the present speaker
Samuel J. Randall. The measure wa
emphatically democratic measure; bu
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