The daily gazette., 1880-05-17
THIRD EDITION
WASHINGTON.
strong Ds%HIS.as,S gsIsSss,ss sJpy Opposition to


yAcTIcs TO PUT OFF THE RIVER AND
HARBos BILL-lMPoRTANT BUSINESS
BEFORE coHGREss.
WASHINGTON, May 16, 1880.
After the passage yesterday by the
House Of the adjournment resolution II
was generally understood that q caucus
of the democratic members would be
held last evening to decide upon the
order of business. At the close OF the
session, however, the reading clerk an
nounced that the call for the caucus had
been Withdrawn and none would be
heId. A number of members who did
not remain until the close Of the session
went TO the Capltol last night and were
disappointed in not finding the hall
lighted. Meeting In the vestibule, five
OF the members who are against an early
adjournment unanimously resolved that
the House ought not to adjourn until
public business had been disposed of
To-day there has been some general in
terchange of view, and it is understood
that the same tactics will be resorted to
keep out the River and Harbor Appro-
priation bill tomorrow that were used
three weeks ago to kill off a suspected
anti third term resolution, namely-lhe
Offering of long bills and demanding the
reading of each to consume time. 1t Is
in ordered to morrow to ask the passage
OF the River and Harbor bill under a
suspension of the rules. If it fails TO be
taken up then 1t must be regularly con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole,
which would consume some time.
There is decided hostility in the
Senate to concurring in the adjourn
ment resolution or OF even fixing the
date until 1t has been defin tely decided
how the electoral vote shall be counted
by the houses. 1t is held that 1t would
be very injudicious for Congress 10 ad-
journ and leave so important a matter
until after the Presidential election.
WHAT AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT
MEANS.
The vote ON the resolution to adjourn
on May 81 in the House Saturday stood
1923 to s6. Ofthe 1913 In favor of the res
olution l01 were republicans and twenty
two democrats, of whom eight were
Southern men. OF those opposing seven
ty-eight were democrats and eight re-
publicans. The resolution now goes to
the Senate, where it will remain unac-
ted on until it is seen whether business
can be advanced rapidly enough to ad
init of adjournment ON the last day of
khe month.
THE PAY OF DEPUTY ELECTION MAR
SHALS.
The Judiciary Committee Of the Senate
will meet to morrow act on Mr..
Bayard's bill relating to the selection
ano employment Of deputy marshals of
elections. The committee expects to re
port the bill, andit is the intention of the
democrats to send it TO the President as
soon as possible. Ifhe does not sign 1t
the disposition Of the managers now is to
make no provision for the pay OF deputy
marshals.
TnNNEssEE's DELEGATION TO CHICAGO.
Ex-Representative Thornburgh, of
Tennessee, delegate at large to the
Chicago Convention, who is here, says
that the exact standing of the State
delegation is now known. Of the twenty
four delegates he says sixteen are for the
ex-President, six for Blaine and two Tor
Edmunds or Washburne. lie says if
resolution lnstructing for the ex-Presi-
dent had been forced to vote i. might
have been carried by very small ma.
jority, but would have destroyed the
harmony Of the Convention.