Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-08-07
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE WANING SESSION.
Closing Hours of the Pres
ent Congress.
Cold Days for the Lobby.
A Redeeming Feature of the
Session.
THE BRITISH FORCING THINGS.
An UItimatum Sent to the
Porte.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Preparing For AdjoMrnment-A Hope
That 1t Will Be Effected To-Day-The
Work of the Ssssion-Public and Pri-
waite Legislation Effected-A Bad Year
For the Lobby-Other Items From the
Seat of Government.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The weight of opin-
ion to-day is that Congress will adjourn tee
morrow, though not few insist that the
session will be extended several days by the
revenue bill. Reports from the few MEM
bers heard from since their arrival home
show popular demand for action on the
bill The majority of the Republican Sena-
tors think it unwise to adjourn without &C.
ton. The fact that the House is without
quorum shows that the only action which
can be had on the bill is for the Senate to re-
cede from the amendments already adopted
and pass the bill as it came from the House.
This the Democrats will oppose, holding that
the bill gives no relief to the masses, and
1 they will continue offering amendments. AS
| there is no 'sprevious question: in the Sen
ate, the Republicans will have great difficulty
| in forcing vote. There is a probability that
the matter will go over without action, as all
the appropriation bills have been passed and
| an end be made of the session tomorrow.
| Should Congress adjourn to morrow it will
| have been in session two hundred and forty
| five days, the longest continuous session ex-
cept one. in many years: Aside from the
those of last year by upwards of seventy five
millions. The present session passed the
apportionment bill giving the House three
hundred and twenty-five members after
March 4, 1883 the polygamy bill, the Utah
| Commission, the Chinese BILL which like the
! ho
veto the Tariff Commission bill, re-estab-
lished the Alabama Claims Commission, ex-
tended National bank charters ;
amended the laws regulating the
carriage of passengers by sea and regarding
| immigration, passed the knit goods bill. The
army and navy appropriation acts contain
| much general legislation reorganizing those
| branches of the service. There has been a
| liberal investm- Mt of the surplus revenue in
public buildings in all parts of the country
| investigation starting from the whisky ring
in the Senate, and the Peru Chill affair in he
| House Aside from pensions the number of
| private bills passed is remarkably small
| The general remark is that it has been bad
year for the lobby. The absence of jobs in
| ing feature of the session just closing
Since the first meeting of Congress the Sen
ate has had three. presiding officers, Republi-
| can, Democrat and an Independent, with
l out any change In the Otn6r O1ncerS.
| All the appropriation bills were disposed of
yesterday by Congress, and all have been
ssmt to the President except the sundry civil
bill, which is now being enrolled. The SEN
| ate yesterday receded from its position on the
deficiency appropriation bill, the item of dis
agreement being that allowing mileage for
| the Senators for the special session last sum-
mer, but joint resolution submitted by Mr..
| Bayard, allowing $4,000 for mileage, was
passed. The knit goods was also passed by
the Senate. In the House, besides some mis-
cellaneous business, the conference reports
or the naval and sundry civil appropriation
bills were agreed to, and thus the last of the
general appropriation bills have been dis
| posed of by both houses.
The President sent to the Senate two very
| important and excellent nominations yester-
day-those of General Grant and Mr. Will
liam Henry Prescott, to be commissioners to
Mexico for the purpose of negotiating a
commercial treaty with our neighbor repub-
lie. General Grant is greatly liked in Mexi
co, has made the industries and interests of
that country as well as its relations with
the United States study, and his
co to bring about a result bene
fetal to both countries. Mr.. Prescott is a
skillful and trained diplomatist, who will be
an admirable CO worker with General Grant
commercial treaty with Mexico is of I'M
| portance to both countries. Mexico produces
ready to exchange for a multitude of manu-
featured articles needed there. The railroad
system of the two countries will soon be II
such connection that it needs only to break
down the barriers to commercial exchange tc
establish commerce between the two coun
tries of immense advantage to both.
The bill which passed the House yesterday
amendatory of the Revised Statutes, con
corning the regulation of steam vessels pro
vides that all foreign private steam vessels
carrying passengers from any port of thu
United States to any other place or countr.
shall be subject to the same inspections nov
provided for American steamers and for tn
purpose of carrying into effect the provision
of tue act it directs the Secretary of tn
Treasury to appoint officers to be designated
as especial Inspectors of Foreign Steam Yes
sels,'' at salary of $4,000 per annum. six o
whom shall serve in the port of New York
two at Boston, two at Baltimore, two at Phil
adelphia two at New Orleans and two at Sal
Francisco.
The President is getting ready a flood o
nominations for the Senate. and long exc
cutive session will be necessary before ad
journment.
Secretary Chandler has issued a circular in
viting plans of construction for two cruiser
provided for in the naval appropriation bill
to be submitted within sixty days after Au
gust 20. All necessary information will b
furnished by the Secretary upon application