Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-01
PREDICTIONS ARE IDLE
No Telling When Congress
Will Adjourn.
"LocKoUT"IN GOVERNMENT WORKS

WASHINGTON, Aug. Senators who
have kept tally of those of their associates
still within reach confidently expect to be
able to muster a quorum to-day, and
they hope between now and Wednesday
to be able to come to some adjustment
with the House as to the Sundry Civil
bill so as to permit of adjournment be-
tween August 1 and 10.
The Senate leaders are determined not
to attempt any other business which can
possibly cause delay. Mr. Hawley of Con-
necticut has served notice on his colleague
that, If they find themselves waiting, he
will address them on the tariff to-day, but
not otherwise. Mr.. Allen of Washington
has an important local bill in regard to
certain Indian lands lying near the pres
ent city of Tacoma, which the white men
wish to get hold of. He asks the Sen
ate to dispose of this in some way, and
/ the Senate is inclined to accede to the re =
! quest.
The notice paper contains numerous
| bills and joint resolutions subject to call,
which may be taken up for oratory, but
| not for action, this session. Torrid
| weather of unusual intensity and the an
proach of Presidential campaign, which
it is conceded will be very closely con-
tested, have made Senators eager beyond
precedent for a speedy adjournment
First sessions of previous Congresses
have been prolonged far into September
| or even October with less restiveness on
the part of Senators than is now appar-
| emit Many of them have matters at home
which need looking into.
Reliance is placed upon the magnitude
| of indefinite variety of the interests in
volved in the Sundry Civil bill to bring
about speedy termination of the national
lock out" OF course, the stopping of
| those great workshops here in the Capital,
the Government Printing Office and the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, (where
all the bank notes and revenue stamps
are printed), and of the costly and many
| Differed semi-scientific bureaus of geologi-
cal and coast and geodetic surveys are
| first to attract attention.
But the lockout goes much further It
includes the life saving station, and all
the lighthouses; the quarantine stations,
hospitals, etc.
The bill takes in everything, down to
| the monthly gas bill et the White House
and the feeding of the animals at the
National Zoo Appropriations for all
these purposes stopped at midnight Satur-
day and stringent provisions of the re-
vised statutes prohibit any obligation be-
ing incurred for any of these accounts in
advance of an appropriation.
the Appropriations Committee and repre-
senting the opponents of the Worlds Fair
appropriation, held conference yester-
day with Representative Hopkins (Rep)
from Illinois, friend of the appropria.
| ton, with view to arriving at an agree
ment upon the subject.
Mr.. Dockery presented proposition to
| allow the Sundry Civil bill to pass the
House without the amendment for the
fair, it being agreed in the House that a
bill carrying the So, 000,0 900 appropriation
shall be introduced and made special Or
der for the first Tuesday of the next SEES
sion of Congress, and that it be also I'M
derstood that cloture rule shall be re-
ported, if necessary, to fix the day and
hour for final vote on the bill.
This proposition, Mr.. Hopkins stated,
wos not fair to the exposition, as both the
House and Senate had voted for the
Worlds Fair item, and he thought the
responsibility for delay should rest on
Mr.. Holman and the filibusterers who
were acting with him.
Furthermore, said Mr. Hopkins, it is a
question whether the Worlds Fair man
agement can raise the money necessary to
carry forward the work on the buildings
and other matters needed, while waiting,
with doubt about the appropriations
hanging over them.
No agreement was reached,
Mr.. Hopkins says he and the friends of
| the Fair will continue to antagonize Mr.
Holman's resolution to continue the Sun
dry Civil appropriations of last year. He
has stayed here through the hot weather
of July, and he has come to the conclu-
sion that he will stay through August and
see that the Fair gets what has already
been appropriated for it, and which some
people are trying to get away from it.
1t Is idle to predict day or hour for final
adjournment, for no one can tell when it
will come. 1t may arrive suddenly. or
the House may linger for days.
Speaker Crisp was seen to-day by a
reporter and asked if he found an end to
Congress in sight.
"None whatever" he replied 81 can
not predict when Congress will adjourn.
1t is now only n matter of endurance on
both sides, and no one at this time can say
which will give in"
time for a vote has been introduced:
will it be reported and thus end filibuster-
ing!"
Most certainly not" replied the
Speaker.
But the subject of adjournment, the
Worlds Fair appropriation bill and other
matters have to great extent been subor-
dinated by the wholesale charges of in
toxication made by Congressman Watson.
The fact that Judge Cobb of Alabama,
declares that he is one of those referred to
AS being drunk in the House, and as he is
generally noted as a fre-eater trouble is
expected for Mr.. Watson and the out
come is anxiouly awaited
By some it is asserted that Mr.. Watson
is seeking free advertising for his book in
which the charges have been printed
Others are of the opinion that he may
be able to prove the charges, which will
be anything but pleasant reflection
upon this Congress.
Mr.. Watson does not appear to be in
the slightest degree disturbed over the
excitement he has caused, but maintains
calm and very confident air. He de-
clined to talk about the matter this morn
ing other than to reiterate his assertions
that he could prove all he had said
That the matter has caused the biggest
row the House has gotten into in a long
time there is no denying, and the indica-
tions are that the attempt to ignore and
hush up the matter, that at first gave
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