Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-03
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES.
THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Democratic mem
bers of the House assembled in the hall of
the House of Representatives shortly after IL
o'clock NJ. Before any business was transacted,
owing to the full reports of speeches which
have been published, and which were made in
caucus session, a select committee, consisting
of Messrs. Evins, Talbot, King, Mcmillan and
Wise, was appoi nted for the purpose of making
tour of the upper Hobbies and galleries, with
the view of ascertaining if there were any par
ties allowed access to the rooms adjoining the
House gallery during the progress of the eau
Gus. 1t appeared to be the idea that members
of the press in some way secreted themselves in
this portion of the building to obtain reports
of proceedings. The committee, however,
failed to discover the presence of any one in
the upper lobbies excepting the attendant, and
all doors leading 10 the galleries of the House
were found to be
PECULIARLY FASHIONED,
and not sound could be heard from the in
side. During the investigation prominent
member Of the Democratic party appeared at
one of the back corridor doors. which are care
fully guarded by the two reliable doorkeepers
who never permit any one excepting members
to enter the corridor during secret session, and
when taking his stand between the doorkeepers
with the door little ajar, dispatched mes
senger to colleague inside, telling him to
speak now, that he was at the door. Listening
a few minutes without hearing syllable, he
remarked Il told them nothing could be heard
out here" and re-entered the hall.
CONFERENCES.
At 2:30 the caucus took a recess, Representa-
tives Chalmers and Carlisle, members of the
House caucus, being dispatched to confer with
the Senate committee of like character. They
returned at Gas P. NJ, and the caucus again re-
sumed business.
LOOKING AFTER THE LEAKERs.
1t is said that no little time was to-day de-
voted i'll the Democratic caucus to discussing
the improperly of members making public
the utterance of their colleagues. One mem
Der expressed his surprise and chagrin that the
proceedings of caucus deliberation taking
place under pledge of secrecy should be re
tailed and to penny-a-liners. He cited case.
At recent caucus he had made speech and
he had never lisped word of it to any human
being outside the caucus. What the re-
suit, nearly verbration report had been tele-
graphed to all four corners OF the eartn. He
had been heart in the house of his friends and
he regarded it outrage Repre- sentatives
were never more eagerly sought than they have
been tonight. They were never more reticent.
An old member shook his head when question
ed and only said The most can do is to
assure you that to-day's action contemplated
THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY.
Another member. after positively declining
to say anything, clustered out: well, no con-
clusion was reached.' All sorts of rumors are
rife One was to the effect that there was a
split in the caucus, and an adjournment
taken till tomorrow; that there was a great
deal of talk to no purpose, and that every
member present was sworn to secrecy. This
latter statement is plausible in view of the
fact that at an early hour tonight callers were
informed that MIR. ILL., ''Mr. -
has retired for the night" etc etc. At all
events definite information is not to DO OBJ
tanned. Another story, and it is probably the
correct one, was that the caucus absolutely de-
clined to accept the report of the joint COM
tee as outlined in these dispatches yesterday,
and recomnitted it for them to put in some
other form, hopeful that it might be so amend
ed as to be favorably passed upon at some fu-
ture caucus.
THE SENATORS.
The Democratic Senators at o'clock this
afternoon also went into caucus for the purpose
of receiving and acting upon the report of the
Joint committee concerning the army appro-
preparation bill, but it is understood the SEES
sion was prematurely terminated upon the re-
ceipt of information brought to them by mem
bers of the House branch of the committee
that the caucus at that end of the capitol had
failed to accept the report. The debate had
not proceeded sufficiently to indicate what de,
gree of favor the report would have met with
had it been brought to a vote. The caucus ad-
iourned shortly after O'Clock.
In accordance with the understanding entered
into at the meeting Wednesday last, all those
present to-day maintain remarkably strict
reticence as to the proceedings but it is evident
that nothing of Importance occurred beyond
what is above indicated.