Year: 1879

Another Session.


Washington, June 28.-It Vis now
ascertained upon entirely reliable auth
ority that the president has decided to
reconvene congress Immediately, if
both houses adjourn upon the receipt of
his veto of the marshals appropriation
bill, without passing another bill for
that purpose free of riders. This new
determination is explained upon two
| theories, first that he desires only to
emphasize the position involved, and
that in the event of congress adjourn
ing without making any appropriation
for marshals unaccompanied with ex-
traneous Legislative restrictions, he will
make no further call but allow the
whole matter to go over until the regu-
lar SESSION next winter. The second
theory is based upon a report very cur
rent at the capitol to-day, that the
presidents friends have arranged with
fourteen or fifteen southern members
in the house for an ultimate passage of
the bill without riders.


A number of western democrats say
boldly that Gen. Garfield made a trade
with certain southern congressman,
whereby, in consideration of the repub-
licans allowing the bill to provide for
Mississippi river commission to pass,
these congressman have, pledged their
votes to help the passage of all the ap-
preparation bills before congress is
finally adjourned. Why" said
western democrat to-day, "the trade is
as plain as the nose on mans face.
President Hayes knows that through
the sharp practice of Garfield and other
republican leaders the democrats are
divided, and that if he keeps on recon-
vening congress he can eventually die
tate any terms he wants. He proposes
therefore to take advantage of it, and
hence will not permit congress to go
away until he gets all the necessary
supplies to carry on the government
without restrictions of any kind.n


These western men say, however,
that while they are certain that few
southern men have made trade, and
mean to sell out their northern allies,
it may be that the goods cannot be de-
livered. They declare with all the We
hemence of language that they will
fllibuster against the passage of any
other bill for the support of marshals
than the one which will be vetoed.


MacMahon, of Ohio, has even gone
so far as to serve notice on certain
southern leaders that hereafter he will
not vote for any bill looking to i'm
provements in the south as distinc-
tive proposition. The votes which it
is claimed the administration has Sc
cured through Gen. Garfield's diplo-
macy are all of the Louisiana delega-
tion, three from South Carolina, three
from Georgia and two from Alabama.
All these charges of bargaining should
be taken with many grains of allow
ance on account of the present heated
state Of feeling, and they are probably
unfounded but there is undoubtedly
considerable hope entertained by the
President (whatever may be its basis)
that sufficient number of democrats
in both houses will unite with the re-
publicans to pass clean appropriation
bill rather than continue the contest
further.


Dispassionate observers are still of
the opinion that the president will be
disappointed in.this hope for the reason
(if for no other) that its fulfillment
could be almost indefinitely delayed by
a resort of the small minority of the
house to hllibustering tactics. 1t
seems probable, therefore, that after
consuming few more days in another
extra session, to no purpose, congress
will adjourn until next December, leav-
ing the controversy in the same position
it will assume when the present session
terminates.