Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
TOO MUCH TALK.


Hev Baslness 10 Delayed IN The House.
The Question ~ AaieayaMeWt.
The managers Of the iiease ere greatly dis.
turesd a. The iadeieat and hsrpy-selaeky way
In which the uease enters into discussion Of
Important MATTERS which are bssash, up for
confederation The tieass hes disposed Of
great deal al easiaess. aud the committee work
On the appropriation stils has been rapid, so
sAas easAt 10 10 very easy 10 dispose Of
ssess,hiss al hand Ia time for adjournment
sstistef than The ist n July. Hut the trouble
Arises when measures are brought before the
assss nasissts upon which discuss should
IN As epiaiea u the managers DO disposed Of
Ia Rev Aeass are allowed to occupy the at
teahea Of the House almost unfortunately
where angle day would be sufficient to dis
fvse VI che measure, the debate is allowed to
faa On without check or hindrauce and appar-
ehhy without purpose for two or three or four
days, and there does not seem to be any one on
The noor TO hold il In check or to bring the
matter TO q conclusion Mt the proper time
The discussion of all the Appropriation bills
has been more protracted than here tofore with
out any special reason for 1t, except the want
OF some one to bring the matter to an end.
Discussion VI the naval appropriation bill WINS
extraordinary for length and entirely without
results, and in the Rockwell Moves case it has
seemed "a il members talk until they get too
tired to stop.
TIME TO REFORM
The thing has reached that stage now where
ID 1t thought imperative that something should
be done to correct this abuse il this Congress
is to dispose Of its business and get away in
anything like q reasonable timo 1t was ex-
pected that when the tariff bills were passed
and the appropriations aud other matters tax en
up oil the appropriations might be passed
through the House by tho LIST OF May or a few
days thereafter But SO much time has been
taken up on each measure that there lie no posi-
bility OF this expectation being graiifed 1t is
proposed to take up the sundry civil bull as
soon as possible after the disposal of the Rock
well case, and every effort is being made to i'm
press upon the gentlemen in charge of these
bills the Importance OF pressing them to con-
clusion as speedily us possible il they want an
carly adjournment. II no moro time than is
necessary were given to the consideration of
each OF these bills they could be easily gotten
through ana oil OF the business OF the House
disposed of so that an adjournment could be
had by the LIST OF July, but at the present -ato
there io no telling what tbs endless talk may
lead to.
THE PROSPECTS OF ADJOURNMENT
As has been already pointed out, the work
of the House is well advanced inasmuch as the
appropriation bills have been reported and
brought before that body earlier than usual.
INC NHste VI tiliie That Is lnuulScQ In Wlen
measures are brought before the House bids
fair to render useless all the efforts that have
been made to bring about an early adjourn
ment. 1t Is foraseen that If tho appropriation
bills are not all put through the House by the
end Of the first week i'll June some of them
may be delayed until July. The month OF
June. being convention month. will be practi-
cally blank in the legislative calendar. All
the first fortnight OF that month many of tho
republican Congressman will be absent al.
Minneapolis, and during the last
fortnight the democratic members
will be at Chicago. This period will be utilized
for tariff speeches, &C., but it will be useless
for progress i'll vital legislation, and the session
will be prolonged a month thereby Then,
after the conventions, Congress will not care
how long it sits. The session during the sum-
mer months will afford good opportunity for
the manufacture of campaign material by both
par ties according to the usual custom in presi-
dental years. Those in charge of the appro-
priations on the Senate side express the opin-
Ion today that it will be July before the Senate
really gets to work on the heavy money bills,
and that final adjournment will not be likely
to come before September.