The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-04

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deputy narshals and supervisors OF election.
The conjecture was right, as the caucus |
Just after s O'Clock agreed to the commit
tees report. The session was highly inter-
esting. and the speeches striking. Black
burn opposed the plan, and advocated re-
adoption OF the section twice vetoed In re-
gard to troops at the polls. Between thirty
and forty voted with him. Thurman cx-
planned the committees report, and in reply
10 Blackburn said 1t would be useless and
unmanly 10 pass the section be proposed
after Mr.. Hayes had twice vetoed 1t.
Judge Reagan made a strong speech in
favor of passing the appropriation bills
pure and simple and framing separate bills
in regard to the obnoxious laws, and about
thirty seemed to agree with him. The
speech OF the occasion was Bayard's, who
had from the beginning. he said, been for
passing the appropriation bills and putting
the amendments in separate bills, SO that il
the President refused to sign them the par
" could go before the country on the issue.
He SAID it Is not the Presidents army, but
the peoples. General Johnston's speech
was one OF the chief features Of the caucus.
He declared that he would rs soon
undertake to restrain bul! with a
spider'S-web as the President with the
restrictive clause which the committee
proposed to insert in the army bill,
because the feeding and clothing OF the
army are provided for by the year, and the
insignificant amount it would take to pay
for the transportation OF troops to be used
at elections would not give the President
the slightest concern. He showed how Diff
fcult it would be to enforce such clause.
Speaker Randall wanted new appropriation
bills, but the caucus determined that those
Of last year, with the provisions indicated in
the committees plan, should be reportedt to
the House. Leading Republicans are un-
decided as to whether Mr.. Hayes will veto
the army bill, but are certain that the judi
ciary bill will not be approved. Distin-
guisbed Republican senators tonight assert
that the Democrats want all OF the bills We
toed. The failure Of the Senate to-day to
act upon McCrary's nomination suggests
that, perhaps, the Democrats mean TO try
their hand at Vetoing. Governor Hampton
has big speech on the situation prepared.
! COMMITTEE MATTERS.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will GER
tainly at its next meeting agree to report
Mr. Bayard's bill for the repeal OF the
Jurors test-oath. The Senate Committee
on Finance will at special meeting on Fri
day vote on reporting the Warner silver
bill. The House Committee on Appropria-
tons has agreed to pay the widows of
McsSrs. Schleicher OF Texas and Clarke OF
Iowa the extended salaries Of their deceased
husbands. The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee will rcport adversely on the nomination
Of r. Stockett Mathews, nominated for
United States district judge OF Maryland.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The Republicans agree TO the repeal Of
section $40, which requires the test-oath OF
Jurors; but do not want sci repealed,
which authorizes the judges to exercise
their discretion in demanding it. Mr.. Bay
ards bill repeats both these sections.
Patents have been granted Reuben p.
Ralhbun, Norfolk, device for destroying in
sects by fumigation; L. Seibert, Slaunton,
churn; J. o. Martin, Oak Level, Va, Dor
ing-bit.
Secretary Sherman explained bis refund
ing operations to- day in Cabinet.
| The announcement to-day that the Prcsi-
dent had nominated Secretary McCra-y for
the district iudgeship OF Iowa and Missouri
caused no surprise, nor did it create any
sensation when the nomination reached the
Senate.
The printers to-day made pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon, and had misunderstanding
tonight.
Associated Press Reports by telegraph to the Dis
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS-PRoGRAMME AGREED
3. UPON.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Democratic
members of the House and Senate held a
Joint caucus this afternoon to rec i've the re-
port Of the advisory committee in regard to
the appropriation bills. After several
: hours delberation the following pro-
! gramme was agreed upon:
: The House Committee on Appropriations
will Immediately prepare for introduction
three bills, as follows:
| /. The army appropriation Hill vetoed by
the President, with the following new Sec
ton in place of the section upon which the
veto was based:
: "Seclon 6. That no money appropriated
, by this act is appropriated or Shall be paid
for the subsistence. equipment, transporta-
ton, or compensation OF any part OF the
: army of the United States TO be used as po-
s lice force to keep peace at the polls at any
| election held within any State" --.
2. A bill extending the legislative, exc
!, cntive, and judicial appropriation act OF
June 80, 1878, for one year from the 30h in
C slant for the same sums and purposes there
. ! in specified. The bill will contain no gene.
raj legislation, except that portion OF the
recently vetoed bill known as the " McMa-
hon amendment" providing for the repeal
of certain laws regulating the payment OF
pensions. Last years bill, which it is thus
proposed to rcenact, provided for the sala-
ries of all United States Judges, district at
torneys, United States marshalS, but made
no appropriation for "iudicial expenses"
which, however, were provided for in the
suDdry civil appropriation BILL Hence it
was agreed that the Committee on Appro-
prialionS shall report bill making appro-
priations in detail for all estim'ied judicial
expenses, except per dienS OF supervisors
; and deputy marshals Of elections. and con-
tanning also the clause agreed upon last Sat
urday that no officer shall be appointed and
no obligation incurred for any purpose not
specifically appropriated by Congress. This
> supplemental appropriation bill is also to
embudy those sections vetoed.
3. An appropriation bill which will pro.