The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-07-23
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.

Congressman Getting Impatient to be at
Home-But Few More Important Bills
to he Acted Upon, and They Will Not
Take Long-The Sundry Civil Appropri-
atIons Bill. with the Worlds Fair Rider
will Meet with the Most ObstructIons-
The Senate Well Up with the House
Buslncs.
| WASHINGTON. July .1s.-Congress is
rapidly approaching the end of the ses-
sion, and. in the opinion of the house
leaders, this week will probably
witness the closing scenes On tho
other hand, however, the opinion pre-
walls among the minority that adjourn
ment will not be reached before the 1st
of August.
The proceedings in the house this
week will be confined largely to the
consideration of appropriation bills
To-day is suspension day, and several
members are expecting a glance of
recognition from the speaker to enable
them to pass special measures. The
| bill to transfer the revenue marine
service from the treasury to the navy
| department is one of the measures
Il oA1bSo AOi Sou,hottabhoh.
Tomorrow at 12 o'clock a vote will
be taken on the Worlds fair PROPOSE
tion in the sundry civil bill, and it is
believed a final vote on the bill itself
will also occur on that day.
The report on the investigation of
the pension Office will be called up to-
morrow by Mr.. Enloe, who hopes to
have cloture rule reported by the
committee on rules in order to force n
vote on the question of adopting the
majority's recommendation that Mr..
Raum be dismissed.
The deficiency and the Ratification
appropriation bills are expe ted to re-
ceive attention during the latter part
of the week
Senator Washburn, of Minnesota, re-
mains firm in his belief that there is
set purpose on the part of the leaders
in the senate to force an adjournment
just as soon as the last appropriation
bill has been fully disposed of in order
to prevent action by the senate on the
anti-option bill in which he takes SO
much interest and which has
passed the house and only needs
concurrence by the senate to send
it to the president. He has shown by
the test votes that there is working
majority of at least five in the senate
in favor of the enactment of some leg
islation on this subject, and he thinks
he can get the bill through without
material amendment if he can only
s.@.l1 -
ness. His chief difficulty lies in the
fact that so soon as he starts with the
bill an appropriation bill is thrust in
the road, and he finds himself facing
no thoroughfare- The Minnesota sem
ator believes the announced intention
of Mr.. Aldrich. of Rhode Island. to
make set speech on the tariff for
revenue" resolutions of Mr.. Hale some
time this week, to be part of the
same policy of delay, though the
announcement that Mr.. Aldrich
would make such speech was
made by Mr.. Hale when he called
up the resolutions on the :Sth of
June, before the anti-option bill
came to the front. Whether the Min
nesOta senator's suspicious are well
founded or not, it is apparent that the
anti-option bill is the key to the situa-
tiOn, so far as early adjournment is
concerned. If that bill can be post
poned until December. an adjournment
between the lst and 5th of August is
possible, or even probable. If it gets |
before the senate as the continuing or
der. with all the appropriation bills out
of the way, there is no telling how long
the session may last. Senators who
have voted with Mr.. Washburn to take
up the bill are by no means satisfied
with it in its present form. They will
propose, and will probably carry
amendments which will send it back
for consideration by the house, and an
almost interminable struggle may thus
be brought about.
There is really nothing else likely to
delay congress. The sundry civil bill, |
even with the Worlds fair boomerang
attached can probably be disposed of in |
conference in ten or twelve working |
days; and the pending Notifications |
and deficiency bills are likely to occupy
still less time. The notice paper
of the senate is full, but "brutem
fulmen" might be written over nearly
every suggested topic. Not one of
them is likely to be taken up, except
for an hour or two's talk. No legisla-
ton is contemplated on any of them
for this session, at least.
Mr.. Buffers proposition to transfer
the revenue marine from the treasury
department to the navy is the only out
side bill of a national character upon
which there seems to be determined
intention to push vote. That has n
ma ajOrity of senators in its favor. but
will encounter strong talking opposi-
ton on the floor, being bitterly antag-
onized by such leaders as Sherman. on
the republican, and Cockrell on the
side, and having the sup
port of the present secretary of the
navy and the opposition of the present
of the treasury.
When the senate adjourned Saturday
there were barely thirty house bills on
the senate calendar requiring action
outside of little batch of pension
bills just received. All these could be
dispatched in two days, or even less
time.
To Fix the Date of Adjournment.
WASHINGTON, July IA meeting of
The committee on wavS and means will |