Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER,
THE ADJOURNMENT mTRAeE-
THE WORK BEFORE
CONGRERs,

II WASHINGTON, d. O., July Is, 1885,
! 1-frominent members Of the maiorit
IN congress are of opinion that tn
, House will adjourn on Monday the 24tl
instant. 1t is thought there ia no
much disposition on the part of tn
House to force and prolong debate or
the tariff question. On the other hand
? II II shall be decided to take up tn
contested election cases it will Le i'm
possible to dispose of them before th,
arst of August.
A meeting held Immediately afte
the adjournment of the House yester
day, by the Republican caucus commit.
tee, ON the o-der of business, steps wert
taken to ascertain definitely how much
time 1t would require to obtain a quo
rum OF Republican mem bers, so that II
1t should be thought advisable. the
pending contested election cases might
be taken up and probably disposed OF
before final adjournment.
| The committee deferred action in the
matter until the information can be oh.
tanned, when, probably another confer.
ence will be held.
Whe committee decided that the
house shall proceed with the consider.
alton OF the Senate amendments to the
l'deneral Deficiency Appropriation bill,
and that the next order of business
shall be the consideration of the River
and HarbOr bill as amended by the
senate. These two measures, it is
thought, will consume two days.
some OF the members of the Republi.
can majority have questioned the ex.
pediency proceeding to the consider.
alton OF the contested election case dur
ing the present session, but the prevail
ing opinion, as shown by the discus
sion IN the caucus committee seemed to
90 that: If d quorum can be secured
within reasonable time, it will be to
the advantage of the party to dispose of
them. ShoL Id it be found that ouo-
rum can be promptly procured, the ar.
rangement will be to take up the South
Carolina case of Smalls against Till
man on Tuesday or Wednesday next
and as soon as that shall have boon dis.
posed OF to consider the report of the
com mlttee on elections recommending
that the seat now occupied by Mr.. Shell.
ley, OF Alabama, declared vacant.
by the time these two cases are out |
Of the way 1t is probable that the South
Carolina cafe OF lee against Richard
son will have been acted upon by the
will b5 ready for consid-
Grafton in the House.
The eighth bill, numerically, of those
on the speakers table in the House Is
the bill to p9nsion General Grant,
which passed the Senate some months
ago; Members Of all political parties
In the House who were asked about the
matter today gave general opinions
ihatthe bill would not pass the House
his session.
They believed that it would be laid
'stde in order to pas more impor ant ;
measures on the table which have al
eafy ass d the nate. Among these !
'ills are the following: To proviIe an ,
'lchoho ic liquor traffic commiss on; 10 /
investigate the amounts of moupy due {
Jntted States citizens for uppIies fur !
ished the Sioux and Dakota indians
1860 and 1856 to provide 10 the con {
! rsion and redemption Of ten dollar ]
Certifica es. These are The
lost important bills pending, tut al I
'gether there IRE nearly two hundred /
nd fifty Senate and Hou bills on the G
peaker's liable.