Evening journal., 1888-10-01
NeWS&On Washington
House and Senate Trying to
Fire Each Other Out.
CONGRESSIONAL POTPOURRI.

Sessions WIN He Few and Far Botween
and Little Dusiness Done This weois.
Weather Drop BuIIetin-FavorabIe In-
dioations-Longest Session ON Record.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l.--There win 10 pot
p3urri Of business in the two houses Of con
gress during the week, and IL will come up
Ia such a manner as 10 mako forecaSting Of
it hnposaible Is is not expeeted that oither
house win remain In session more than about
half OF the time the house OF representatives
being in mood to adjourn from day to day
after a short morning hour
Tho senate viii, after soIno miscellaneous
business, proceed with the consideration OF
the conference report on the general do
hciency bill Political debate will develop
from time 70 time The tariff bin may excite
some observations during the woek in the
senate
LONGEST SESSION on RECORD
! When the two houses were called TO order
at II o'clock to-day the session had become
the longest, by twenty flour hours in Ameri-
can history Tho longest preceding session
was that Of 1850. the year Of tho Missouri
compromise, which was adjourned at noon
Of Sept 80. Constructivoly, tho session of
1865, following the impeachment proceedings
against President johnson, was longor, the
adjcurnment sine die having taken place
! Nov. 10, but as a matter OF fact, congress
took six weeks recess from July 0l and
never afterward had quorum OF attempted
70 transact any business.
Both sides have pretty well made up their
minds that there win be no adjournment OF
the present session Of congress but moroly
recess from Oct - 70 Nov. IL The Demo
crass In tho house have stopped talking
about adjournment, and viii probably ad-
journ FOR three days at time while waiting
the movements OF the senate Senators ALI
Son and Aldrich favor going on vita the
tariff bill, and viii probably hold thslr Ro-
publican associates 10 this programma II
resolution for Adjournment should como over
from the house Il might get a majority vote
in the senate, but it will not come A single
objector could raiss the point OF no quorum
on resolution fixing day for adjournment
in the house, and an objector viii always DO
ON hand
THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.
According to tho latest programme the Re
publican tariff bill win be presented TO tho
senate on Thursday OF this week Tho report
OF tho Republican members Of tho finance
committee viii be completed at that time,
the next Jay. Accompanying It will be the
report of theiDemocratic minority. II was
at first intended to make both the tariff bin
and the report public simultaneously, but
this plan win be abandoned in visw OF the
fact that their great length win prsyant more
thnn a brief abstract Of each from being
, printed in the newspapers, whereas If given
out on different days much fuller synopsis
can be published
FAVORABLE CROP INDICATIONS.
The weather crop bulletin for the week
ending Saturday, Sept % says: The weather
during the week was generally favorable for
} all growing crops in all SECTIONS except New
I England where heavy rains were reported
as unfavorable. Throughout tho cotton belt
r reports indicate that the weather during the
D week has improved the condition Of tho cot
I ton crop. In Louisiana the conditions were
a favorable for cane and the harvesting Of rice:
3 and generally throughout the gulf states the
{ weather was favorable for cotton picking
5 and the seeding of wheat Light frosts oc-
Q CURED in the northern portion Of the gulf
r states, over the tobacco regions Of Tennessee,
t Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, and
in the middle Atlantic and New England
states, which viii probably result in some
damage TO the growing crops, but warnings
d Of these frosts were issued TO the threatened
: sections IN time to enable those receiving
them to secure the greater portion of the
. tobacco crop not previously cut
A BOLD DENUNCIATIoN.
/ The Sunday Capital says;
, 'sTo tie people OF Washington the worst
! result Of tho scandal ia regard to the CON
! struction Of the tunnel is the certain post
!. ponement Of the day when water win he let
/ into the new reservoir Yonr after ,yaaY. cha
householdors on the high levels Of the city
have been promised early relief from the
scarcity Of water. Year after year they have
been disappointed.
' 'The law does not provide any adequate
: punishment for those who have perpetrated
n such a wrong upon people as has been prac.
Y ticed from beginning TO end IN the water
!. works extension for the city OF Washington
Z 1t has been marked by ignorance and jobbery
a throughout.
1T has been faulty In plan, ignorant in esti
\ mate of cost negligent in specifications. i'm
beetle in inspection and extravagant in cost
y There ought TO be a trial Of a number Of per
sons ia the civil courts, and the war DEPART
ment ougia TO order court martial wher
9. ever needed if the reputation of the corp
# Of engineers is to be maintained
n The Post this morning prints number o
It letters and statements setting forth that thl
r contract for the aqueduct tunnel was AWARDED
II by Secretary Lincoln in October 1883. {,
70 Beckwith q Quackenbush at SS2, 200 NOR
rs than the lowest bidder for the work: ant
d. that Secretary Lincoln was governed in hi
le decision by the report Of Maj Iydecker, VIII
s. was then engineer commissioner from the dis
le trict and who is now in general charge Of thl
construction Of the tunnel