Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
THE F|FTY-FiRsT CONGRESS.
The KeWs From the National Capital as it
Effects the interests of the West
eEn Farmers.
Only 7wo More Days of Republican Legis-
iation and then the Democrats
viii Take the Floor.
NO EXTRA SESSION.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-SpecaaI
Correspondence: Will there be an extra
session? Although only two legislative
days remain of the present session no man
can answer that question with certainty.
OF course the general opinion is that there
will be no extra session; but unless the
republicans of the house will either give
up several measures they are anxious to
pass ordiscover some way of shutting off
the democratic opposition thereto all of
the appropriation bills will not get
throngn in time to prevent an extar sess-
ion. My own impression is that there
will be no extra session, but that some
very careless and immature legislation will
be turned out during the last 48 hours Of
the session, and as the greater part of it
will be regular appropriation bills it will
be impossible for the President to veto
any of them without making it necessary
to call an extra session, and it it not pro-
bable that any of il will be sufficiently
important to justify that.
The senate has agreed to the house
mendment to the direct tax bill, which is
now in Mr.. Harrison's hands, and repub-
licans say they have agreed to sign it.
The bill pensioning the widow Of Ad-
miral Proter at So. 500 per anum is also in
the presidents hands, having passed both
house without opposition.
Several days ago when ex-senator Ma
hone, who is a very tricky individual,
came out in gushing newspaper inter
view endorsing Senator German for the
democratic presidential nomination, a ru-
NOR was current here that Malone was
about to flop over into the democratic
party, but such was not the case. He
was only up to one of his lobbying tricks;
he wanted the aid of German, and he took
that method of obtaining it, and he sue
ceeded. Malone has piece Of ground in
this city that he is anxious to sell to the
government for $3.50, 900 to be used as a
new government printing office, and hav-
ing failed to get the committee appointed
to select site to report in his favor, he
began working, as the next best thing, to
prevent any site being purchased by
this congress. He had Senat or Cameron
with him from the stump-they have
been, and are in good many things toga-
ther-and Senator Butler; who always
dances when Cameron pulls the string,
was made to get in the senate and deliver
a blackguard, personal and abusive speech
which he will probably live to regret in
favor of resolution offered German to
postpone action until next December,
which resolution was adopted. There is
much indignation in the labor organiza-
tions at the deception, they were promised
last winter that this congress would ap-
propriate money to build new printing
office in place of the unsafe and unhealthy
rattle trap now used, and they threaten
vengeance Cameron doesn't care as he has
been elected to new term; and in Buffers
state-South Carolina-they don't count
for much, but German will find that he
has added new force TO those existing
that will oppose his reelection to the
Senate, and the Maryland Farmers Alli-
ance has already demonstrated that he
will not have a walk over. ~.
There is much rivalry between the
members Of the two parties in congress as
to which shall be most attentive to Sena-
tor-elect Kyle, of South Dakota, who is
here looking over the ground.
Another death in the fifty-first congress.
Senator Hearst passed quietly away Sat
urday night.