The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23

The warm weather has impaired
considerable interest among congress-
men on the subject of adjournment,
but in the Senate there does not seem
to be any hope Of getting away before
late in July. Some of the Senators
express the opinion that August will
find Congress in session. The date of
final adjournment depends entirely
upon the House, as the Senate can ex.
pedite business much more rapidly
than the other body. There are very
few among the Senators who now hope
for adjournment before the Goth or
25th of July. Senator Sherman, as
presiding officer of the Senate, has
urged Senators having bills in charge
to decline to yield for motions to take
up other measures. He says that by
permitting other measures to come up
in this irregular way the regular bust.
uess is delayed, and that everything
should now be done to push forward
preparations to adjournment.
The first state reception of the
President and Mrs. Cleveland at the
White House Tuesday evening was
very brilliant affair. The state recep.
tion rooms were gaily decorated with
plants and flowers and were brilliantly
lighted. Cool breezes swept through
the rooms by the open windows, and
they were at no time oppressively
warm. The receiving party descend.
ed the stairway to the air of Hail to
the Chief" u little before 8 o'clock,
the President escorting Mrs. Cleve.
land. Secretary and Mrs. Endicott,
Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, Post.
master General and Mrs. Villas, Col.
and Mrs. Lamont, Mr.. and Miss En-.
dicott and Liet. Duvall followed in
the order named. The company ar.
ranged themselves in a curved line
about the oval of the blue room. At
their own request a special reception
was accorded the members of the dip.
lomatic corps, who next entered the
room. Chief Clerk Sevellon A.
Brown presented them to the Presi.
dent, and Assistant Secretary of State
Porter performed the same Office for
Mrs. Cleveland. The corps was out
in full uniform and full numbers, that
is, all that remain in the city.
Senator Dawes has introduced in
the Senate bill to protect the free.
dom Of commercial intercourse. 1t
provides "that whenever the President
shall be satisfied that American YES.
sells are denied the privilege of pur.
chasing supplies, bait or other com.
mercial privilege in any port or ports
Of any foreign country, he may by
proclamation prohibit the vessels of
such country, or Of any dependency
thereof, from entering American ports
or from exercising such commercial
privileges therein as he may in such
proclamation define; and violation of
the provisions of such proclamation
shall leave the vessel so violating liza
BILE to seizure and con6scation."
In anticipation of the tariff bill
coming to the surface Of the legisla.
tive sea Thursday morning, there was
an unusually large number of men,
bers present when the House was call.
ed to order. The gentleman having
charge of pairs on the respective sides
of the House were kept busily at
work, and the chief, indeed, the only
topic of conversation upon the floor
was the probable fate of the coming
motion, to consider the Morrison bill. |
The House spent the morning flibus.
tering. 1t was the purpose of the
public lands committee to take up |
and dispose of the Sioux City and St. |
Paul land grant forfeiture before the
tariff question came up. Several
measures had to be passed over on the |
calendar in order to reach the bill, |
and its opponents took advantage of
the opportunity to delay action in
each case as long as possible. The
opposition grew partly out of the idea
that there was going to be an effort
made on the part of some of the mem.
bers of the public lands committee to
cast a shadow over the title of the