The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-06-17
The Adjournment of Con

The Adjournment Of Con
gress.
The resolution which MIR. Nor
rissOn offered to adjourn Con.
on the 18th Of June, was proba.
bly, only intended to spur legisla-
tion oil at a quicker pace. There
is hardly n probability that 1t
will be adopted, or that the nd.
jOnrnment can take place till q
month later, if so soon. Aside
from any general legislation, the
appropriation bills alone will re
quire more time than has been
suggested. II the two Houses
were in good accord, the PROPOSE
would be entirely practicable. As
it is, they are wide apart in re-.
gard to policy.
The Democratic House is be,A
on reform and retrenchment. The
Senate is decidedly hostile to ei.
ther, and insists upon the old
rule of extravaganza. This is the
exact situation, and the first test
is to be made on the diplomatic
and consular bill, now in the
hands of conference committees.
Neither side is disposed to yield.
The House cannot, consistently
with the programme laid down.
The Senate will not, on account
Of the patronage. The great Legis,
lative, Executive, and judicial,
bill is before the Committee on.
Appropriations of the Senate,
where it will surely be cut to.
pieces and virtually restored to.
the form Of last year, when the
the Republicans were in complete
control. Their amendments will
involve q question of several mil.
lions, which will never be given
up by the House. That much is
certain.
Thus the two parties are anita
gOnized, and as soon as Relknap's
impeachment and some others
matters are out of the way, the
issue must be made up distinctly.
Investigations aud personal con.
trOveI sizes have partially obscur.
cd the great question Of reducing
the public expenditures. But it
cannot be pushed aside or much
longer be postponed. These ap.
preparation bills will drive it to
the front.
Long and angry discussions
may be expected when the sub
ject shall come to be agitated in
real earnest, aud the lines will
be rigdly drawn. Each side will
seek to make it's own cause al,-
pear the better. and it is wholly
unreasonable to believe that the
great argument can be in cOndI-
tiOn TO adjourn OH the 18th Of
June, or in that mouth at all.
Members of the House, OF both
parties, who are looking to reno.
limitations, would he glad to get
away, and will doubtless try
their best but the Senate can ap
ply the break whenevever It
pleases, and it will do so,
The close of the fiscal year is
fast approaching, and if these ap
preparation bills are not put
through before the 3Oth Of June
there may be difficulty and em.
barrassment, but not 90 serious
as seems to be anticipated. Ap.
preparations have failed hereto
fore without producing any grave
Inconvenience. Once the Postmas
ter-General issued certificates for
pay and Indebtedness, when the
department had no money voted
and they passed current till Con
gress came together. But IL the
Senate will join the House in cut
ting of extravaganza, stopping
abnses, and stamping out c0rrup-
ton, TO failure need occar now.
Economy must be pressed, and il
the Republicans choose to oppose
it for selfish reasons they will
have to take the Consequences
next November.
In these hard times, when in
dustIy is stagnant and the peo-
pie suffer, party names and pro
fessiOns count for little. Tbe parry
, which offers the most relief to
the country practically, and stops
; the plunder at Washington, will