New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-07
THE MARSHALS NOT TO BE PAID.
THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S VOTE soLiDLY AGAINST

AN AMENDMENT TO PAY THEM.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, May G.-The Democrats of the
Senate were to-day very unwilingly made to record
their votes upon the naked proposition to pay tie
United States Marshals for the current fiscal year,
and without dissenting voice their record was IN
opposition to the proposition
When the Special Deficiency bill, providing'for the
Government printing office, reached the Senate to
day. Senator Eaton said he did intend to ask for its
immediate consideration, but he had just learned
that the Senator from Minnesota intended to offer
an amendment, which must lead to long political
debate and that being the case, he would not ask
the Senate to consider the out of its ORDER
and the Republicans might take the responsibility
if the printing was delayed.
Senator Edmunds asked that the bill, by unani-
nous consent, be considered at once.
Senator Window then proposed as an additional
amendment the following: "Departmcnt of JUS
tice: For the payment of the fees and expenses of
the United States Marshals and their deputies,
earned during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880,
$780, OO0." This is the language of the maIshals
clause it passed in the vetoed BILL except that i'll
the latter the deputy marshals were denominatcd
General deputies"
Points of order were made against this amend
ment, but were overruled by Mr.. Thurman, who
was in the chair. Then it was sought to make the
point that II was rlucr,' out CnlS was so mani
testify absurd, that it was abandoned without much
debate.
ISenator Edmunds called attention to tho fact that
this provision had been passed. once or twice by
the Senate already. and that nobody on the other
side had ever made any question of its propricty.
He spoke of the reports published III the newspapers
of the embarrassment now being experienced in
several localities. i'll consequence of the failure of
this appropriation heretofore and the prospective
stoppage of the courts of justice, for which Con-
gress would be- responsible. lie thought we had
right to expect that the President would feel it to
be his duty to inform the marshals, and all Others
connected with the administration of justice, that
Congress- having evinced an unwillingncss to make
appropriations for the purpose OF carrying on the
administration of Justice, ii must stop.
Several other objections designed TO Obscure the
direct issue to whether tho money Tor the pay
lneut of United States MarsllalS should he appr1-
nriated or not were advanced by the Democrats,
but were successfully met by Senator WINDOW. .
SenItOr COnkling, i'll answering the Objection OF
Senator Bailey, that the measure was premature.
ms tho House and Senate would no doubt pass the
vetoed message by the constitutional mal0rltlcS
over the veto said that If Senators were called upon
to vote simply to their opinions OF the objections
which the President had embodied i'll his veto mes
sage the assumption that twO-thirds might vote
for the bill would perhaps not be unw3rrantcd but
Senators were to vote according tn the merits oil
the vetoed measure itself if it ever reached them
apain. and therefore its fate was as wen known
now it could ever be. There was no reason Ior
delay.
The amendment was defeated by a STREET party
vote No attempt made to amend 1T. fas might
have neen done had it con tanned features OJeclOn-
declaration of the Democrats that the marshals
ahali not he maid.