The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Weeks Doings at the Seat of Govern
ment.


cratic campaign fund. Chairman Barnum
succeeded in impressing upon them that funds
were necessary. He assured them that the re-
publioans have large fund which they intend
to apply in the places where it will do the most
good during the last several days of the cam
vass, and that the democratic committee must
have money to counteract the effect of the
funds at Chairman Quay's disposal. They re-
allied this and have come forward splendidly
already with their contributions. No one has
been assessed, nor has any attempt been made
to force any one to subscribe. They were just
notified that money was needed, and they are
now subscribing it almost as fast as it can be
received.
1t is understood here today that the republi-
cans intend to concentrate all their efforts
upon New York; that they can afford to lose
Indiana if they can carry New York, and
every appliance of modern politics is to be used
in the empire state to meet the heaviest charge
chat can be made i'll New York.
Looking to Adjournment.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-The attendance
OF senators today was larger than might have
been anticipated, there being some thirty of
them present when the journal was read.
Three vetoed pension bills were laid before
The senate. One was vetoed on the ground
that the beneficiary having been soldiers
widow had remarked and had husband now
living; another because the action of the pen
sion bnre au upon her application gives the
beneficiary a much larger sum than this
special act, and third because the soldier
upon whose service the claim originated died
from causes not connected with the army
service.
Mr.. Brown presented a petition of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union Of
Georgia for the repeal Of the internal revenue
laws and addressed the senate. He referred
20 the fact that there was no quorum of either
house in tho city of Washington, and that no
business could lawfully be done in the face of
q single objection. There was, therefore, he
said, but one thing left to be done, and that
was TO adjourn at the earliest day possible.
The only reason why an adjournment had not
taken place before this was that both parties
were jealous of each other and were fearing
lest the other should gain some advantage.
There was no probability of enacting the tariff
bill into law at the present session. He saw
no reason why an adjournment should not be
agreed upon at once. Two weeks had already
been occupied by the tariff debate in the SEN
ate and there was little left to be said. He
did not believe that either party was making
single vote by proonging the debate. He
asked Mr. Allison to state whether there was
any possible chance of passing a tariff bill at
the present session.
Mr.. Allison replied that he did not see a
possibility of passing it i'll the senate under the
surrounding circumstances, and even if it were
passed by the senate, it was impossible to have
the amendment considered in the house before
next December. The consideration of a tariff
bill should take place in full senate but he
did not believe that the senator's would re-
main III session during the next three weeks,
nor did he believe they were called upon to do
80, under the circumstances. Whether a
recess should be taken and whether congress
should come back after the election, and
90 on with the tariff bill waS'a question which
he would leave to the judgment of senators on
both sides. 1t was his purpose to pursue the
tariff bill with whatever facility 1t could be
pursued, until finally disposed Of He was
willing to allow reasonable time for general
debate, and then he would ask the senate to
discuss the bill, paragraph by paragraph, un-
der the five or ten-minute rule. Whatever
was done now, whether congress adjourned to-
morrow or next day, or the next week, the
senate ought to have an understanding that
on reassembling, whether in November
or December, the tariff bill should be pursued,
that 1t would get to the house of representa-.
tives before the Christmas holidays. If he
had his way, he should push it to the exclusion
of all business. As to the matter of adjourn
ment, he was willing to submit it to the judg-
ment OF the senate.
Alabama, offered the following for reference:
Whereas The senate ofthe United States has re-
ported bill to revise the tax laws, which bill is
more oppressive to the masses of the people rnl
more in the interest of monopolsts than any meas
re ever proposed to any legislative body of which
we have record; therefore, be it
solved, That the democratic members of this
house pledge Themselves to continue their efforts to
defend the people against this unequal, unjust and
inevitably check and limit the sale of American
products in foreign countries. stimulate and
strengthen the operations of combinations and
trusts anu prolong if mol perpetuate the subsection
of the people to the exactons OF accumulated capt.
cal; and the democratic members of this congress
will maintain the contest upon this floor until vic
tory is won. or the duties with which they have
been charged by the people lapse by constitutional
limitaton and be it also
Resolved That the senate tariff bill should be
discussed upon this foor to the end that its features
may be exposed and made known to the people
fs1,crn Of Ilyaa iY1fn
ed by Mr. Dingley, of Maine, with the remark
that the resolution was not one contemplated
by the rules, but was a caucus resolution. 1t
was not resolution which could be accepted
by either house.
The speaker replied that the gentleman from
Alabama had regularly offered the resolution
when his state was called.
Mr.. Dingley contended that the resolution
might be a proper ono for caucus to adopt,
but not for the house.
Mr.. Wheeler maintained that the second
resolution was eminently proper for the house
80 adopt.
MIR. Farquhar, of New York, thought that,
independent of bad sense aud bad TASTE the
resolution was not proper one for the house
60 act upon.
Mr. Wheeler demanded further reading of
slo resolution, and Notwithstanding Mr..
Dingley's protest that the house should not be
compelled to listen to the caucus resolution,
che reading was completed and the resolution
referred to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, introduced the fol-
lowing:
Whereas The present session of congress has con-
enued longer than al ever held in the history Of
she government,
Whereas, Much less than quorum IS present in
che feDate or house of representatives, so that no
legislation can be constitut!onally enacted; and,
Whereas There is no probability OF quorum
being present in either house during the time when
zhc present session may by law continue;
Resolved, That the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house be authorized 10 close the
present session by adourning their respective
houses on Wednesday, the 18th of October, at y
Mr.. Oates said that in view of the fact that
there is no quorum in either branch of congress
and no possibility OF there being one, he
Thought that the resolution for final ad journ-
ment should be agreed to. AS the committee
on ways and means was likewise without
quorum, nothing would be gained by referring
Ghe resolution to that committee. but he was
willing it should lie upon the table until to
morrow.
Mr.. McMillin said that the house had been
waiting to give the senate an opportunity to
oct upon the bill which the house had sent III
3or reduction of taxation. If it became
necessary for quorum to be here for the pur-
pose Of reducing the taxation, there was 10
day upon which quorum could not be OBJ
tanned.
Mr. Tauhnm innuirnd whafher n had mot