The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-30

lprs. or Regular Csusspsn1ssll
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsuIrerox, d. G., July -. loos.
| Congress D lingering long thls sun-
liner. Those Who know hest lx the date
lof afjournment % the 10Th Of August
Though the House has passed . reeolo-
ItiOn 10 adjourn July -. But it u IN
|dersto0d that there will b NJ agreement
laa 20 fixed time n adjournment until
the actual day, the reason OF this being
that when resolution declaring : GER
tain Day for adjournment u agreed 70
lin advance. the last elk days Of the go
sion are made suspension -Of-ruIe DAYS.
At such times some Of The worst 'Jobs'
ever known In the history Of Congress
have been passed The ~jobs' are anx-
|Iously awaiting this harvest time. Every
job that has been knocking q the doors
|0f Congress this session has fastened it,
hope upon this annual period when the
|un'ocking Of the Treasury vaults is de.
|clared.
Messrs. Randall and Morrison ere
|credited with this plan to prevent sjobs''
getting through in the hurry Of the last
days Of the session. IL they succeed,
think Of the dissppointments and bias.
ted hopes that viii fall q the heels OF
the Forty Ninth Congress. Even sh0uld
this session Be marked IN no other way
than with . defenss ~ The National
|Ireesury, Il would have an hon0red
|place in The nations history.
But there are other ways in which the
|present session y remarkable. II the
House itself has not completed al the
legislation that was hoped for, the com
mittees bsve done more work BY far
than The committees Of any previous
House. They have considered and ~
ported % the House over 3,lOo bills,
during this first session. II both ses-
sions Of tie Forty Eighth Congress, on
~ 1855 bills we're thus scted on. The
Hood Of bills that has been poured upon
the present Congress g. also uuprecedsn-
ted. over l0.OO0 having been introduced
Into the House alone.
Atss repeated attempts and failures.
the House has succeeded IN passing one
little private pension bill over the Pres
ideuts veto. Speaking ofadjournment, it
10 probable thar the last days Of the ses-
sion will be involved ia : heated political,
debate - the Senate end Of the Capitol
The oenate b expected 70 psss . rsoslu-
eion for the printing oe Prestdoaelall
veto mesaoges from the Organizafioa o.
Congress 90 the present day. They viii
probably Be u the hands Of 6c0atoFs.
within : week. This 10 The prelude 70 q
fight.
Referring to ne prospects for adjouvn-
mens, Representative Bland. The silver
mau Of Missouri, declared that the Sem
ate was moving even more slowly than
The Hooss IN furpIshisg prospecflvel
veto material = for - snch he chcracfer-
ised The River and Harbor bill. The,
length Of time the Senate consumed inI
pottering over this measure made him
think the Senate seemed more anxious
for the grab than the House. ~Now,s,
continued he, sif the President sees ft
% veto the measure, no power ran pre-,
rail upon Congress 20 pass the bill over
bic opposition Representative Hatch!
leo Of Missouri. and one 0f Oleomarsl
garine's bitterest foes. has said that hel
ltrained bic conscience h voetng Sbr the
River end Harbor bin when Il nrst
passed the House, and that be will NOT,
% it second time.
C0sgross he's votsd TO reduce the mile
- % army 0DcerD from B cents 20 q,
'euts mile. That % aboOt twice what
{ costs them % travel. But the allow
nce 81 COugressmen h still 20 cents aIs
niles The same - in the stage coach era.l
The clomor ~oa what basis Of right Orl
eas0n y thfsf7 has tailed, 50 far. il int
'ressing Oongrees With The ncceeaity orc
|oing s0methiog FOR itself in this re-
pect. For short distances, 20 cents a'a
ALE ooee not amount % much, but oulo
Dng dIslaDces. ft counts up to almost!
riminal extrsvagnnce. y
Take for instance. the trip 70 the Ps-l y
l6c slope The entire expense bOshlj J
vays for one person need not exceed z
3Cu, including The best OF everything &
'et the Government allows Congress-
lsn el.2o0 and upwards. and thus he Il s
lowed 70 make from $500 % $1,000 ouI
two weeks run. The New Y ork menu :
~ ere allowed - each 70 come here
d - home from Wsshington, snd thss ),
oIcaeo Congressmen get eI7o each wsy,s !
o tssvel On passes- II"
The eayest legislator q The Capitol. II"
'ked 70 present bill 1cr hls personsls- =
Epenseo, when not travelling o1lcialIy I
'oald not dare 20 run the figures up to-
. present legal aIloWance. IL hoIss
.ooIo. i would b likely % cost him.
2 eooe u COugrDoo = soon . the poo. !,
= % bic district learned l1e net. AZ.
y mileage rute, ectoal necessary expen.ls
>. would probably not b objected to-
ON any quarter; bot the 20 cent rate
- toexcusable extrsvagance. Demo. !,
'stic ecooomy b permeating every
asch - the Govsrnmenl's service, y
'wevess With : slow, but sure and =
osdy pusp0so. Sooner or later e will
ech end rem0vs this outgrouth Cf 81
ng period of corruption. =,
G. A. 3.
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