The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-09
The Pre.Ident and the Canens RIll

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Well founded re
ports that the President intends to sigr
the bill which the Democratic Caucus
brought forth after It's severe labors, hay,
stirred up good deal Of feeling amons
Republicans, the most prominent O
whom will not believe that the PresidenI
has expressed such an intention, but it /.
nevertheless true that he has said repeat.
edly that he saw nothing in the caucus
bill to warrant himin Withholding his an
proval from,it,, and in this position he s
sustained BY Ills Cabinet and many pfomi.
nent Republicans in the House, who do
not see in the bill anything beyond what i
already provided for in the statutes.
They claim that the bill is harmless, and
amounts to nothing more than q very
small hole out Of which the Democrats can
escape from their dilemma, and they argue
that there is no reason in preventing their
escape now that they have found 80 inno.
cent way out. The'bill was framed with
great ingenuity TO meet the objections ex.
pressed In the Presidents veto message
The President himselfhas said that It does
meet every. objection and he can ask no
further concessions from the Democrats.
But Senators Conkling; Edmunds, Ghand.
Ter an others see very serious objections
TO the passage OF the bill. Senator Ed
munds, who Is one Of the most penetrating
and shrewdest men in tho world, whose
legal opinions are worth more than those
of any man in Washington, insists that it
lis very bad bill, and that the President
should not approveit Mr.. Edmnnds says
that he had better have approved the
Army Bill. When asked his reasons for
this opinion, he said in his dry way that
he preferred to give them in speech he
intended to make. ~
Senator Conkling agrees with Edmunds,
and thinks this bills worse thant the much
discussed section six oil the Army Bill.
He says the President can not sign it con-
sistently, nor without doing violence to the
Republican sentiment thoroughout the
country. He has not, however, q very
high opinion OF the Presidents consisten-
cy, and would not be surprised to see him
approve the bill. Senator Chandler says
that the President will not approve the
bill, and he says SO very emphatically.
4bu tSll tlltLut bhSo SuaAoICIl LtIdG Le
will not sign. Hemust not" The Demo-
Gratis, on the other hand, see very easy
mode of escape in the approval OF the bill.
Morrison said to-day: 81 knew that
Hayes would let us outitwe only met him
hall way. He don't want US 10 stay here
all summer any more than we. You may
be sure he will sign the bill. y. 80
Assuming that the President will sign
the bill, the Democratic programme now
Fist, Fl send this bill to the President;
second, then pass the army appropriation
bill; third, then send him the Legislative
bill containing the repeal OF the election
laws and test oath, which they expect him
To veto; fourth, then pass the bill to repeal
the election laws as separate. measure
which hewilll veto; fifth, pass the repeal
OF the test oath in separate bill, which he
will approve; finally, pass the Legislative
bill and adjourn, saying that the Demo
cratic party had gone as far IS Il thought
safe toward repeating what is known as
the war legislation. -i' ''