The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-06-27
WILL,W0RK In EARNEST
Congress Resolved to Hurry
Along Legislation.
OPINIONS AS TO ADJOURNMENT.

Believed BY some that the Session May,
1 Perhaps, BE Ended BY the Middle of
July-Bnls that WIN Come Up This
. Wsek--Last Week One of Inactivity.
! WASHINGTON, June 27.-With the work
Of the national conventions completed
and the campaign fairly on, Congress is
anxious to finish up its work, SO that
members may get into the field and
work for the national tickets and, of
course for themselves.
There are many opinions expressed as
to the time when the session will end.
The most general one is that adjourn
ment will take place during the first 10
days of August, but there are some
who believe that the gavel will fall by
the middle of July.
Though it is impossible to tell what
Congress would be able to do If it would
only try, it does not look now as If the
talk about very early adjournment
were well founded. Four years ago,
with a Presidential fight on, Congress
sat almost until November. However,
the chances are that the present session
of recent years, and it will probably not
last much more than a month longer.
The House has passed all the appro-
priation bills and the Senate has passed
about half of them. There are only two
or three other matters which have any
chance of being acted on, such as the
Anti-Option bill and the Immigration
bill The tariff reduction bills will
come to nothing, and it is hardly sup
posable that the Free Silver bill will
get through in the light of recent devel-
opments. This being 80, there would
seem to be just about four more weeks
work ahead of Congress. s.
Had the Democrats at Chicago put a
free silver plank into their platform
the silver men in Congress would have
been greatly encouraged to push their
measures along Immediately and to try
to pass one or more of them before ad-
journment, but as things are now they
will probably think best to suspend
agitation in Congress and take to the
stump,
From now until the end of the session
the Congressional Record" will be
filled with speeches of an ultra-political
character, and the average American
Will find it difficult to trace any connec-
tion between the texts of majority of
them and the subjects on which they
are supposed to be delivered
Debate on the appropriation bills in
the Senate will give Democratic Senators
chance to say something about the ''bil-
lion -dollar-Congress." Consideration
of the bill providing for the election of
President and Vice President by a direct
vote of the people will give the Demo-
craUs Of the House their opportunity to
talk about the Federal Elections bill.
Senator Vests resolution to have the
Free Wool bill reported from the Finance
Committee to the Senate without delay,
will allow Republican and Democratic
Senators to talk to their hearts content.
In fact, every measure brought forward
for consideration, no matter how un-
important it may be or how far removed
from political intention will serve as a
text ior stump speeches galore.
The reason for this is obvious Every
speech, every remark. made upon the
door Of either House is reported in full
In the Congressional Record" and
every Congressman has the privilege Of
sending through the mails without pay
ment OF postage an unlimited number of
copies OF anything that appears in the
Record" So every political speech de-
liverod in Congress from now until Ad-
1ournment will be printed 10 pamphlet
form by the thousands and sent broad
cast through the country by means Of
Uncle Sans mail service without pay-
ment OF postage, for the purpose Of in
fuencing voters,
The present week in Congress will be
markedly different from the several past
weeks when SO many Senators and
Representatives were absent at Mime
apolis or Chicago. IL will be a week
of business and campaign talk. The
Senate will pass the Agricultural Ap-
preparation bill, and probably the Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial appropri-
alton bill, which the House put through
suspension of the rules,
Mr.. Vests free wool resolution will
also be discussed and probably acted on,
and If the conference reports on some of
the appropriation bills now in confer
enoe are made, both houses will be like
ly to act on them before the week is
out. These bills in conference are the
Naval, Army, Military Academy, Riv-
ers and Harbors, Pension, District of
Columbia, Diplomatic and Consular and
Indian.
Speaker Crisp notified all absentees to
be in the House to-day, and, with a
quorum present, the week will be pro-
ductive of some legislation.
The week in Congress just passed has
been one of Inactivity. Nothing was ac-
complished owing to the absence of a
quorum in both branches most of the
time.