Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-30
WASHINGTON LEFfEP.
tFrom our regular correspoadent9
WAsHTNGToN. july PC. 1886.

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summer. Those who know best fix
the date of the adjournment as the
10th of August. But it is UNDER
stood that there will be no agree
ment as, to a fixed time of adjourn
ment until the actual day, the reason
of this. being that when. a resolution
declaring q certain day for the adj
,journment is agreed to in advance,
the last six days of the session are
made suspenslon-of-rule days. At
such times some of the worst t'jobs"
ever known in the history of con-
gress have heen passed. The ''jobs"
are anxiousIy awaiting this harvest
time. Every job that has been
knocking at the doors of congress
this session, has fastened its hope up
on this annual period when the un-
locking of the treasury vaults is de-
clared. .5r IA s...;s .
,ei Messrs. Randall and Morrison are
credited with this plan to prevent
s'jobs'' getting through IN the hurry
of the last days of the session. If
they succeed, think of the disap-
pointments and blasted hopes that
will fall at the heels of the Forty
ninth congress. Even should this
session be marked in no other way
than with defense of the national
treasury, it would have an hon ored
place in the nations history. F.
But there are other ways in which
the present session is remarkable.
If the house itself has not completed
all the legislation that was hoped
for, the committees have done more
work by far than the committees of
any previous house. They have
and reported to the house
oyer31OO bills during thelfirst session.
In both sessions of the Forty-eighth
only 1886 bills were thus
acted on. The flood of bills that has
been poured upon the present con-.
gress is also unprecedented, over
10, 900 having been introduced into
the house alone. ...-....
After repeated attempts and fall
ures, the house has succeeded in
passing one little private pension
bill over the presidents veto. Speak
ing of adjournment, it is probable
that the last days of the session will
will be involved in heated political
debate at the senate end of the capi-
tol. The senate is expected to pass
a resolution for the printing of pres
ldential veto messages from the or
of congress to the present
day. They will probably be in the
hands of senators within week.
This is the prelude to fight. -.
Referring to the prospects for ad-
journment, Representative Bland,
the silver man of Missouri, declared
that the senate was moving even
more slowly than the house in fur
nished prospective ''veto material
for as such he characterized the
river and harbor bill. The length of
time the senate consumed in potter
ing over this measure made him
think the senate seemed more anx-
ious for the grab than the house.
Snow, contlnaed he, "if the presi-
dent sees fit to veto the measure, no
power can prevail npon congress to
pass it over his opposition" Rep
resentative Hatch, also of Missouri,
and one of oleomargarine's bitterest
foes, has said that he strained his
conscience in voting for the river
and harbor bill when it first passed
the house, and that he will not do it
second time. a ,f4 ,s.-9 ir
Congress has voted to reduce the
mileage of army officers from 8
cents to cents mile. That is
about twice what it costs them te
travel. But the allowance of con.
gressmen is, still 20 cents mile, the
same as In the stage, coach era, The
clamor son what basis of right ioI
reason is this? has failed, 50 far in
impressing congress with the neces.
slty of doing something for itself il
this respect. For short distances
20 cents q mile does not amout tC
much, but on long distances, il
counts up to almost criminal extrav
agance. - ~ tra1.,7 sfs
Take, for instance, the trip to thu
Pacific slope. rhe entire expenst
both ways for one person need mo-
exceed $500, including the best O
everything. Yet the goyernmen
allows a congressman $1,000 ant
upwards, and thus he is allowed t.
make from 5000 to 81, 900 on tw'
weeks run. The New York mem
bers are allowed SAC each to com
here and go home from Washington
and the Chicago congressman ge
$17o each way, and travel on pass
/ es. m
| The gayest legislator at the capi
tai, if asked to present a bill for hi
personal expenses, when not travel
ing officiuusly, would not dare to ru
the figures up to the present legs
allowance. If he should, it woul
be likely to cost him his seat in con
gress as soon as the people of hi
district learned the fact. A fal
mileage rate, actual necessary ez