, 1879-05-14
Tho House Demonstrates Its Ina
biIitY to Pass the Cau-
Gus Bill.
The Sweet By-and-Ey ns pict-
urcd by u South Carolina
Congressman,
When tho Grand Modification and
States Rights Carnival Will
Be 1naugurated.
UP A. STUMP.

UP A. STUMP.
Tue DEMouHAcr IN HAD FIX.
hipectat EHspdteh 10 7as 1rouns
WASHINGTON, D. G., May 13,-Tnc Democrats
nro sorc,y pressed to discover way out Of their
present difficulty. The managing mon arc
studying every possible Device to cxtrcatc
themselves from the position In whlcl, they
have placcd themselves and their party. The
Kentucky crowd, which lordrd it over
their associates caEly In the Rcsaton, MD
rode roughshod over all opposition, !
find tlat their attempts to harnsa tho Admin,
fetration and to fofco the Executive to approrc
their revolutionary schemes has rccoi1ed upon
their owu heads. 1t Is significant fact Of thu
present Situation TINT the conservative Demo-
crats, who hitherto have only mildly protested,
aro beginning to openly rebel. They sec TINT
their party has won MT laurels In either House
during the present expensive session, and that
In the country
THEY HAVE LOST voTEs.
The Democrats have determined not to hold
q joint caucus until after the Legislative biIl
shall have becn passed and vetoed. No definite
plRn has bcca agreed upon. Everything Ia cha.
otIc. some talk loudly Of allowing the Army
bill TO fait.' Scnator Thurman wisely shakes bis
lead and says: ut won't do. 1t won't do
gentlemen, to stop the supplies" It prubably
will be some days before definite plan Is
reached. And whatever plau Is agreed upon wtl
be through the caucus.
Tic Democratic managers nre
puzzL1Na OVER THEIR SITUATION.
The problem Which they arc trying to solYo /.
to deyise way in which they can put tho pend
Ing contest before the people nj tho mnin issue
In the fall campaigns. Very few Of them secm
to think that. to;n,cct, as they did, under
threat to withhold supplies unless the rrcsi-
dcnt signed their bil1a With tho political
clauses, nnd then to yield everything md pass
both disputed Appropriation bills und 20 home.
would put any very ccnr issue bcforo tho peo.
pic. Tho plan which Is most talked about for
snvlng the remnant of their honor IL to pass
tho Legislative bill md
ALLOW T1lH ARMY ELL. 70 FAIL.
Most OF them seem ready to admit that to re.
fuse to pass the Legislative bill. which would
suspcr.d all the Government suIariea In ovesy
part Of the country mud cripple tho public
Acrvlca for every community, would ralsc an
isauc for tile campaign. but not o1actly Of the
kind they arc looking for; bnt they can not only
risk their plan on the Army bill, but they
can save appearances BY taktug O firm
stand In tint nIattcr, nml can thus raise tho
iksuc OF military Interference at the polls, THIS
part Of tho plan, howcvor, has received bad
blow, ns tho moderate Democrats altntt, In botl,
veto nlcssagcs, especially in the last one, where
tic President not only shows for tic second
time tl.ut troops cannot bo used at the polls as
the lava now stAnl, but TINT hr will sign bill
which dues no more than prohibit their prcscncc
ut tllc polls. Tlrse uttcranccs OF tho President,
as many Democrats adu!t, deprive the con-
tcmplatel DcMocratlG issue OF hcyerat Of Its
rattlcs.
There Is d very general desire among tho
Democrats to lo(cr general caucus until
after tho Legislative bill has bccn returned
by tho President. 1t will 10 possible tor the
extreme plttncnt to
roRcH HOUSE CAUCUS,
but It looks to-nIIht us II tl,eY would rcstrain
themselves u,ld allow .l.u moderate managers to
put the rest Of thu p1ay upon the boards. Thu
Iluuse judiciary COMMITTEES, III the meantime,
will busy Itself prcparltg q reuly to the veto
,ucnsago, nlla for this purpose thu 1ncssaGe wna
formally referred to thIs Committee to-day.
The atn will bs to use thia reply as campaign
document. There is somo taltl Of anal-
ly presenting lie wloio subject Involved
In tho political legislation to thc peop'o in an
address signed br tho members VI tl.u innIort-
ty Ia zach House. Mauy believe tl.at BY
means OF such papcr tho Democrats in Con-
Grcss can present an Issue for tho campaign.
ONE or ruH sCHHaEs PKorosEb
Us II means Of e1tricating tho Democrats from
their PRESENT position Ia to ndu tue following
exception to tlls hill which tho prGsldunt has
just vetoed, With tile Idsa hut this qualification
might possibly enable thu President to sign tho
bill: "Cr to execute lawful pr0srss in thu
l,an'ls OF Marshal, ind issncd under thc nj.
thortty Of tho United States. or to arrest an
/ offender agaust tho 1aws of tho United Hsates,
which offender the Marshal or l.lA Deputy IL by
law required 10 arrest. aud such execution Or
agroat 10 uulawfully resisted by q iurce Which
thu Marshal al,d hIs Deputies cannot overcome II
Tl.a folluwIng oxttact from 10 editoslat In
| Democratic organ indcates
| ANOTHER rLAn
considered By thu Democrats:
Now let IN have thu old Asmr bill brought for.
ward in llle Iuutt, With resolution atIachcd in
every clause that not IL there Appropriated shall
be used to transport my portion ot tho army OF
navy to any placa where elections Aso being bold
| Then tHt III, Hayes veto that II ha daEes.
The Wpys nnd Means ConEnittse thf& morn.
ing took up
TIE .FINAIrAp1oURNNENT RESOLUTION
that was referred to them yesterdaJ, but post
poned tta consideration for onc week. Tho In
dicatlons from the discuss!on In tho Conmstteo
ase said to hare been that the Domocrats will
certalnly not allow CopgTsas 70 adjourn without