The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-28
WASHINGTON.
The Adjournment of Congress Really Not
Fixed Upon.

fixed upon which Congress will adjourn.
The Senate must agree to the jointresolution,
and even then there is no assurance that the
adjournment will be made on the day
stated as this is the third time the adjourn,
ment has been fixed upon at this session
and the resolution of yesterday is nothing
more than substitute. On December
10 a resolution was passed NAM
ing May %, 1882, as the day for adjourn
ment. On April "a another resolution, con-
curing in the first, was passed; and now
comes the last one.
Many members have said that they can
not see how a day for adjournment
can be set until all the appropria-
~tion bills are passed by both
ybranches OF Congress, as there is so much
business to dispose of in the meantime that
everything is now at sea. 1t is not believed
that the Senate will take action on the Kel-
which will occupy considerable time,
are disposed of. So, while a
day has been designated, there is no
especial reason to believe that Congress will
adjourn July 10. Workmen have been busy
in the Senate Chamber to-day completing
the laying of carpets and arranging for the
comfort of the Senators during the heated
term, which fact does not argue an adjourn
ment very soon, nor augur concurrence in
the joint resolution passed by the House
yesterday.
Expenses in Contested Elections.
"a report has been made by the Election
Committee cf the House of the claims filed
in contested elections before the Com
mittee, which have not been referred
to the proper Committee. When claims
for allowance of expenses are fled before
the Elections Committee they are in the
form of accounts with the United States
and go to the Committee on Accounts until
the Congress from which they arose expires,
when they are again referred from the Com
mittee en- Elections to the Committee on
Claims and assume the form of claims
When the Committee on Accounts or
Claims pass upon the accounts or claims
theyare reported to the House, from whence
they go to the Committee on Appropria-
tions for final acknowledgements in ap-
preparations.
The report just made by the Committee on
Elections refers only to those going to the
Committee on Claims they oil growing out
of former Congresses, as follows: From the
kFortieth Congress, one claim; Forty-first,
two; Forty-second, one; Forty-third. three;
Forty-fourth, three; Forty-fif eight For
tysixth Congress, three claims, making in
all twenty-one claims aggrel atinS SCI, $50. 81.
These are the old, doubtful cases. There is
no telling how many thousands of dollars
have been allowed as current accounts on
other cases growing out of these Congresses.
The ones mentioned are simply the unset
tied balances.
In the report of the Committee on Elec-
tions is this paragraph:
"Hon. Geroge w. Julian-amount of
claim, $3O54. This claim arose in the
| Forty-first Congress in a contest with John
| s. Reid. 1t is claimed that nothing was al
lowed on account of expenses, and that
under the practice and rules of the House
a sum should be allowed on account of ex-
pehses incurred in that contest cOmmen-
surate with the amount expended. The
Committee on Elections, from the meager
investigation made, believe there ought to
be made an allowance in full for ali such
! expenditures, and recommend 81 900 be al
lowed SAID George W. Julian, in full pay
ment of such expenses This is merely the
recommendation of the Committee on
Elections to tie Committee on Claims, and
| is not final decision on the Julian claim
but it is more than likely the amount re-
commended will be reported by the latter
Committee.
Another item in the report of interest to
Indiana: flames McCabe-amount of claim,
! $500" Of which the report says the Commit
tee on Elections of the Forty-sixth Congress
recommended the allowance of $500, but it
appears the same was not paid.
OF the John Enos Neff claim, of which
these dispatches have heretofore spoken,
the Committee on Elections in asking
| reference to the Committee on Claims, says:
"Claim is for expenses of contest, So, ,348 80,
| and for salary from March 4, 1878, to Decem-
| Der :, 1873, the date when contest was
| determined. This arises ont of contest of
John P. c. Shanks VS.. John Z. Neff for
seat from Ninth Indiana District in Forty
third Congress. In this case the seat was
awarded to Shanks."
1t will be remembered that this contest
was held during the salary-grab year, and
Mr. Neff's salary would reach about $1,000
for the fractional year, which increases the
claim TO about SO 800. What the Committee
on Claims will recommend, and when the
report containing the recommendation will
be rendered, are uncertainties beyond
anticipation.
Republican Legislation in Favor of Capital.
abolition of National Banks and the pay
ment of the Government debt will not find
any consolation in the utterances of Repub-
lican Representatives during the debate on
Mr.. Kelley's bill revising the revenues
Several times these members have stated
that the revenues derived from the revenue
taxes are growing so enormously large that
our surplus in the Treasury is becoming al
most alarmingly corpulent, and it
is believed that the best way
to distribute this surplus is by the
abolition and revision of certain revenue
taxes. Greenbackers declared that this sur
plus should be applied to the payment of
the public debt, which throws the Republi-
cans back on the protection of the National
Banks by replying: I'VE can not pay the
public debt without decreasing the amount
of outstanding bonds and contracting the
capital of National Banks"
The medioc1ty will scarcely get any COM
fort either out of the Republican propo-
sition TO abolish taxation of money on de-
posit and the capital of National Banks-a
discrimination in favor of capitalize argu-
ment being that If you want favor in legis-
lati0n you must have your money under a
National Bank charter. The proposition to
abolish the stamps ON bank checks does not
meet with much opposition
Republicans Making a Political job of the
River and Harbor Bill.
When all the amendments to the river
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