The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-16
WASHINGTON.
The Gossip Budget FEom fine
Capital,


Washington, 10. - Although the
House has, t. day, adopted a resolu-
tion providing for final adjournment
On the 3lst inst, it is by no means
certain that the session will terminate
on that day, for several poten. infiu-
euces which contribute their aid To
secure a msiority vote for the propo-
sition in the House Of Representatives
will not be operative in the Senate.
The members of the latter body, be-
sides being habilually more dehber-
alive, have no congressional renomi-
nations to look after at home; nor is
theic presiding officer possessed OF
the power and earnes. desire to hasten
an early adjournment for party ends,
which have been 50 assiduousiy ex-
erted by Speaker Randall. More
over, the ironclsd universally high
tariff advocates in the Senate ere
nothing like SO numerous or power
ful proportionalely as the .ariH men
of the House, who to-day connected
the adiournmen. question practically
in a question as to whether or not
the House should be allowed
an opportunity to consider
few proposed reductions in the
tariff, and who cast their solid vote in
favor of q hasty adjournment rather
than incur the risk of any legislation
being enacted which might change
the tariff in any one particular. The
House resolution will doubtless be
held back by the Senate committee
on appropriations for awhile to await
the further progress OF the annual
appropriation bills in the Senate, bat
whenever reported to that body it will
unquestionsbly give rise to much
fuller debate and meet with much
more determined opposition than it
encountered in the House, and each
day that will elapse in the meantime
is likely to diminish It's CHARGES OF
obtaining concurrence.
The consideration of this question
OVERRIDE the assignment Of to-day for
business reported from the committee
on education and labor, including the
Chinese immigration bill, and the
bill to enforce the eight hour law,
and consequently nothing was done IN
regard to either OF them. The COM
mittee will, however, before the close
of the session obtain special assign
ment of the fret Tuesday Of next
December for consideration Of the
fifteen passenger bill, in accordance
with the decision reached at their
meeting last Thursday for reasons
then reported in the dispatches.
Although there is just now some
thing OF a lull in public political
movements, speculation continues tC
increase in interest among Washing
ton politicians as the day for holding
the national republican convention
draws nearer. The friends OF bott
Grant and Blaine look forward L
Z next Wednesdays Illinois convention
with q good deal of anxiety, because
: if the third lermers are worsteC
there, the canvass of General Gran
receives a hard and perhaps iata
, blow. Grant men, however, fee
. cheerful and claim that Illinois vii
$ instruct her fu.ty two votes to be css
8 for hin. They also claim. as results
: of the couseutiocs 10 be held mex
{ week, twenty votes from Alabama
, sixteen from louisiana and six from
: NebrAsks, though Sherman men alst
I claim they will secure some votes il
, Alabama ard Louisiana Blaine
; friends feel generally confident and
g indeed, are inclined to be boastful
They say that Grant cannot be nomi
3 mated on the first ballot, and tba
, two thirds Of the convention will vott
/ for Blaine on the aecond. This
! however, is denied by Sherman'i
friends who think that with Grant on
of the way, Sherman will get the bulb
) of the Grant vote rather than hi
? friends will go over TO Blaine.
r The Senate committee on Indisr
} affairs devoted & long special session
; ID perfecting the details of a bill K
provide for the allotment Of lands II
: severalty to the Indians on the vari
( Gus reservations throughout the coun
, try, and to extend over them the
lava Of the respective states aud ter
: ritories within which they are nov
: located. It is the intention of the
committee TO complete the bill IL
. time 10 report it before Congress ad
: journs, with a view to bringing il
: forward for passage early next ses-
sion.