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WASHINGTON, MNuuaNs y y "
Dull Day I'm Congress-Mr. Adams. Report
Coming-Noshing agreed upon-Nr. still
well.
This has been one OF the dullesi Congressional
days of the season, much TO the disappointment Of
every body. The reports from the veto committee
were expected, and the galleries Of the House were
filled at an early hour. But the business in the
House as well as the Senate, has been uausualy
undressing
In the Senate, several memorials were presented.
when Mr. Rives moved 10 60 inio executive ses-
sion for the purpose, understood, OF some ae-
ton in reference 10 the treaties The motion pr
vailed, and the doors were closed cor about quar-.
ter OF an hour, when the legislative session was r..
sumed, andrhe bill for ascertaining and dispo-ng
Of the lead mineral lands OF the United States
considered. The general orders were then
taken up, and the Senate IL now engaged upon
the calendar.
The resolution fixing on Monday next a. the day
of adjournment, which was sent 10 the Sc
nate Monday last, and postponed until today
has not been taken up. The legislative busness
of the session can be finished in couple 81 days.
putting the tariffquestion OF view, but the irea
ties remain to be acted on and the resolution OF ad
journment will not be concuned in, until II shall
be ascertained how fully they are TO be discussed
The treaties have been reported from the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, and a single Executive
Session will determine the matter.
The House has been engaged most OF the NOR
ming the Remedial Justice Bill, providing Tor
taking cases from the State TO the United States
Courts. This was laid aside at O'Clock, and the
bill for the reorganization OF the Navy Department
takenup.
The morning business was of no public import
Ace.
Mr.. Adams did not report this morning, but it i
possible that he may be ready IN the course of the
day. The report Is long and very elaborate, and =
intended for general circulation, reply 10 the
| veto message. Messrs lngersoll and Roosevelt
will present minority report, and another may be
expected from Mr.. Gilmer Mr. Adams denounces
the message of the President for refusing TO sign The
bill, "feeble, inconsistent, and unsatisfactory"
The report is written with Mr.. Adams's accustomed
ability and more than his usual bitterness.
The course of the majority is not yet determined
upon, and the result is just doubtful as ever
There is to be another caucus tonight, but the es
pectation seems to be that nothing will be agreed
upon. There obstacles 10 any saulary action
which threaten to be insuperable. The bill which
| the President vetoed was found TO conciliae certain
interests not favorable to protective tariff, and II
may be doubted whether any bill can be carried
| through the present Congress which shall not en-
| brace distribution We shall know the result in a
day two. AT present all is incertude and ankle
| ty.
Iii not to be questioned that in the present
diton of the public finances, revenue should be the
primary object in all Legislative action Protection
must De a SUBORDINATE cOIslutIdlIOH III tue uhi
vetoed by the President, protection was the main
feature and object. The honest men in Congress
who look at this question calmly and without pre-
judice, will not consent to go above the revenue
point in tariff bill, so an adjournment without any
thing being done is highly probable. Well, this
will be better than the adoption of restrictive
sures. We get more revenue under the exist
ing laws than would be producedb by the bill Just
toed, even with the land fund restored 10 the Trea
sury.
Several of the papers in your city have, through
| mistake, probably, attached undue importance 70
| Mr.. S. M. ShllwelPs trip to Europe The Tribune
announced that he the bearer of dispatches
| from the Treasury Department, and some other
paper stated that he had been commissioned TO ne
| gociate loan in our behalf These stories all
| without foundation. Mr. Stillwell is charged with
| no business whatever by the Government. His pr
affairs required his presence in England, and he
| came to Washington and obtained leave OF absence
| for few weeks Mr.. Forward and some other OF
the high functionares here gave him letters OF intro
| duction to gentlemen abroad-among them was one
| to Mr.. Robinson, the person sent by the Treasury
| Department to borrow some money. These letters,
such every gentleman takes TO Europe, have been
magnified into dispatches, and much nonsense
has been uttered pro and con, both written and oral
This short statement tells the whole story II any
friend or enemy of the administration can make
capital out of IT, he must be very ingenious indeed.