Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-12
AFFAIRS AT fHE CAPITOL.

AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITOL.
An Extra Session Probable.
BACKWARD STATE OF THE APPROPRIATION
BILLs-IMPENDINo DEADLoCks OVER SOME
OF THEM
The democrats are becoming very uneasy
over the prospect Of an extra session, and many
say they do not see how 1t can be averted.
There are now only about fifteen working days
left OF the session, which may be still further
reduce0by side issues that may be brought up
from day e day. But about thirty-six lines of
tne posi- once appropriation bill have been dis
i tb %, ana Ine m9st important parts OF the
yet remain to be considered. This win occupy
not less than two or three days, even if there IS
ten-obJection rule has been allowed to continue
IN force, and, together with the reading of the
JoI,rnasi' occupies the time until half-past one
sorts of delays, arising out of questions of privi
lege, roll calls and the like.
bis Sesass e pes
biil 70 be passed, all of which will be antago-
nized In consideration by the river and har6or
tive, etc, which has been reported , to the House,
ana tne sundry civil general deficiency forth
mtee ahe nsy Which are stu in the d
posed OF, but each Of the others will provoke
discussion and occupy much time. On the for
bly, two eac Sls wl
If MT. Randafl's idea of holding these appro-
prlatlops within the usual narrow limits should
succeed In the House, the bills will probably be
amended by the Senate, in such a way as to
Involve the two Houses in deadlock. In such
case an extra session would be inevitable,
way.
There is an impression among the democrats,
TOO, that 1t is the purpose of the republicans to
quietly work to bring about an extra session,
h hna tney openly charge that J. D. White is
clique of democrats who are endeavoring to
bring about that result There are two things,
MI REED says, which would bring about an
part Of the river and harbor men to pass their
bll and the other delay on the part OF the ap-
proprlataons committee which would smbar-
raSS the senate In their efforts to properly con.
slider the bills.
This last contingency, he thinks, the most
dangerous, as he has suspected that the purpose
delay was to limit the Senate in its time for
considering and amending. The Senate, be
claims any desire on the part Of the republicans
TO bring about an extra session. He says he has
heard but one man on that side Of the House
the summer, and he was not one who would be
likely TO bring an extra session about unless he
effected 1t through the defects In the rules OF
Mr.. Hoar, OF the appropriation committee says
he does not know whether there will be an extra
priation bills are farther behind, both IN the
House and In the committee, than ever before
since he has been in Congress-.
Randall's ability to avert what they conside,
the pending evil, and feel encouraged by bis
confident declarations that there will be no ex
ira session.
A Sensation in the Senate.
MR.. VEST READS LETTER MAKING CHARGES
AS TO ALLEGED LAND FRAUDS.
Mr.. Vest read In the Senate this afternoon a
letter from a gentleman residing in Michigan
whom he said he did not know, but whose re-
spectabi1ity had been vouched for by Senator
from Michigan. The letter stated that a bill
introduced by Senator Palmer, apparently for
the benefit of the bona f1de puschasers of public
In the interest OF q few pessons, who, through
folluSion with the land agents, had been enabled
to buy great tracts Of the public lands at pri,
eate sale contrary to law thus getting for 81. %
an acre lands that were worth $25 to 800 an
acre. The letter further stated that the Wash.
ington correspondents of Michigan papers did
not give the facts, but garbled statements OF
these land matters With the letter were news
paper clippings stating that Barnhart, Hill and
Freeman, of Grand Rapids; Case and Mckin-
pey, of Marquette, and others now in Washing
ton, owned one hundred thousand acres of those
lands .Msooro. -, ;, ~. nos+ ..,,o, 60, ,oon,e
buying 100000 acres Of public land without
knowing what they were buying" With nc
personal knowledge of the facts Mr.. Vest felt
warrant ted In declaring that this had been a
stupendous speculation In the public lands on
the part Of men who hoped to come in and pose
like that now before the Senate
MR. PALMER REPLIES.
Mr.. Palmer said that no doubt some specula-
tors and lumber men had invested in lands,
but those were not the men that Mr.. Palmer
was seeking to relieve. The men he wanted to
help were the poor farmers, who had put their
sweat and toll into their lands.
A cloud, Mr.. Palmer said, had come over the
titles of vast number Of land owners in the
northern half of the lower peninsula of Michi-
hOnUhf honestly
paid taxes on them for twenty years, and were
now liable to have their lands taken from them
by bounty Jumpers landjumpers and jackals OF
Other Capitol Topics.
THE DYNAMITE RESOLUTIONS DYING A QUIET
DEATH.
The House foreign affairs committee disposed
of the dynamite resolutions to-day by the
adoption of the report Of Mr.. Eaton, chairman
of the subcommittee having the matter in
chsrge, which was ad verse to the resolutions Of
Messrs. Finerty and Hewitt, 1T being held that
Congress had no right to authorize any depart
ment of the government to hunt up evidence
to convict American citizens of crime with
which they have not been charged.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House appropriation committee had the
naval appropriation bill under consideration
| to-day, but did not get far enough advanced fol
1t to appear whether or not the majority of the
committee would favor a large appropriation OF
not.
THE PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE II
NOTIFY CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS OF
THEIR ELECTION.
The House concurrent resolution, to appoint
Joint committee to walt on Cleveland and Hen
bricks to notify them of their election, was re
ferred to the Senate committee on elections
| because the phraseology was regarded as ques
| tionable. It directed that the President an(
Vice President-elect be notified that they ha(
| been elected for four years beginning with thu
4th of March. It Is commended that it shoult
| read beginning ION" the 4th of March. Fo
some years past such notification com
| mittees have not been appointed, ant
| many do not see any occasion TO
| one now. The erroneous idea seems to hav,
| prevailed in some minds that the republican,
| were endeavoring to cast some imputatiOn upo1
| the honesty Of the election Of the democratic
candidates. Even democratic members of thu
| 1t is altogether a mistake. There is not a re
| publican Senator who does not regard Cleve
| land and Hendricks as the regular and duly