The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-06-01

SENATOR 9ORDOEs REsEGNATTON - ExTRAvA-
eANcR m OFFICIAL LTFE-BUr sEvEN MORE
woRKrEG DAYS FoR coEGREss-APPRoPRIA--
TIoa Bills, &C.
Frum our Regular corespondent)
WARRINGTON, d. G. May "a, 1890
The resignation Of Senator Gordon, Of Georgia,
has been the sensaiiou of the week. He had
before him nearly 1--WE years Of unexpired 6ena-
tOrial term, and his voluntary departure from
such position Is almost without precedent in The
history Of the Senate. Senator ChristiaDcy re-
signed his seat, but II was to secure more lucra
tive Office after his Senatorial term had more
than half expired Henry Clay resigned near
the end Of his term, because of political disap-
pointments and declining years; but, finding
private life monotonous, he was again reelected.
General Gordon assigns as a reason for his resig-
nation that his salary is inadequate to the de
mands of public life in Washington, and that he
has reached that period of life where he can no
longer delay making provision for old age
The influence of millionaire statesmen. and the
social splendor that has prevailed in Washington
since the war, cannot but be regretted. 1t is no
exaggeration to say that majority of the mem
bers Of Congress might live in Washington with
more elegance and comfort than surround them
in their districts with halt the salary they now
receive. But the imperious demands of an arti-
fetal social life, to say nothing Of an INDECENT
constituency always at his heels, make frightful
inroads on his yearly pay know one member
who saved four-ffths of his salary, but he made
a twenty-d dollar suit of clothes last him through
two summers, and he never INDUCED in the ex
travagance of a neck-tie.
After looking over the whole field the prospect
is not fair for an adjournment on the 31st To
accomplish it both houses will have to devote
themselves assiduously to the appropriation bills
alone, and must sacrifice all other subjects of
general legislation, including the tariff bills, the
funding bills, the Inter State commerce bill, the
Ute bill, the subject Of Chinese emigration, the
payment of pensions to Mexican soldiers and
sailors of the late war, the Carlisle revenue bill,
the questions relating 10 the count Of the electo-
raj vote, &c. 1t seems TO be very generally con-
ceded that if Congress does not get away until
after the Chicago Convention that the session
will then be prolonged several weeks.
The passage of the appropriation bills is an
indispensable prerequisite TO the adjournment of
Congress. Assuming that the House was in
earnest when the resolution for adjournment on
the 31st was adopted, they have remaining just
seven working days. The condition of the pub
lie business which must be disposed OF is as fol-
lows: The pension appropriation bill, army ap-
preparation bill, navy appropriation bill, forti6
cations bill, Consular and Diplomatic and Indian
appropriation bills have passed both houses and
most of them are laws The post-ofice bill, with
the Senate amendments, was sent to the House
Committee on appropriations early last week.
The prospects of speedy agreement on it are
not bright if the House shall insist upon its
amendment providing for a reletting of the star
mail contracts. The opponents of the amendment
will be very likely to demand vote in the House
on the question whether they shall recede from it.