Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-25
MIGHTY UNCERTAIN
When Our Lawmakers Will
Conclude to Adjourn.
PROSPECTS FOR WAsHBURN'S BILL.

Likely lie 1aked u DcdtH anu 'hAS
Fair Appropriation to Meet Vigorous
Opposition-Oates and Devlin Have a
Little UnpIeasantness and Talk About
Trip to Hades-The Knight Discredits
One of Pinkerton's statements-Get-
ting Ready for the Veterans.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-This will prob
ably be the last week of congress, If
definite action is taken on the sundry civil
and general deficiency appropriation bills.
1t is idle to predict the fate of these meas
ures. In the house today, the con-
ferrees on the sundry civil bill will sub
init their report and a vote may be taken
ON the items in dispute, including the
veXed senate amendment relating to the
Colu mbian exposition. 1t is possible, how
ever, that consideration will be postponed
until Tuesday in order that the resoln-
tions reported from the special committee
on the pension office investigation may be
taken up.
Republicans VIII filibuster.
These will occasion long debate, as the
Republicans intend to resort to filibuster-
ing tactics to prevent the adoption of any
resolution regarding the dismissal of Com
missioner Raum. After this matter and
the appropriation bills are disposed of the
rem ainCier of the week will be accorded to
the various committees to call up for one
hour each the measures reported on IKE
calendar subject only to conference re-
ports. 1t is not among the improbabili'ies
that congress will adjourn without voting
An appropriation to the exposition, as the
opposition to it in the house is we'll or
ganized for a prolonged fight.
VIII Talk 1t to Death.
Washburn is having hard time with
the anti-cption bill. There has already
been one week of solid talk over it. He
appears to be as much embarrassed by is
professed friends as by his avowed oppo-
nents. George, who ranks next to Nor
gan and Call in ,fecundity of words. once
he gets start I'd, announced just before the
senate adjourned Saturday that lac fit IL
his duty to address the senate at length on
this subject, and George is in favor of anti
option, though dead against the bill which
Washburn champions. He states openly
that the Washburn bill is unconstitutional,
and he and Pugh and Coke of TeXas-ali
counted among the friends of the auti-op-
ton bill-propose to substitute "a measure.
which aims at the same end by entire y
different means.
They Have Several Schemes.
These and other difficulties lying on the
surface seem to indicate strong probabili-
ty that the Washburn bill can not he
passed this session. The voting strength
which enables the Minnesota senator ~
obtain consideration at will for IAN" anti
option bill is made up of supporters Of half
a dozen different and widely diverpi"c
schemes for reaching the end proposed.
At present there seems small likelihood of
unifying them upon any one composite
measures in time for it to be sent over TO
the house for concurrence
Deficiency and Sundry Civil
Another week of hard work may posi-
bly, dispose of both the deficiency and sun
dry civil bills, though there are grave
questions in dispute between the two
houses on both measures which involve
many millions of dollars. The senate
conferrees would have asked permission to
enter into a third and probably final con-
ference on the deficiency bill Saturday
forenoon, but discovered while Allison
had a motion pending that the parlia-
mentary condition required the
house to make the first MOI.
and the house adjourned without
doing so. II this bill and the sundry CIV
bill. which includes the Worlds fair i,r
ject, should be put into such shape a. {"
permit of an agreement upon them witn
out any great backdown by either branc..
of congress by the end of the week, such
movement for adjournment will be started
that Washiurn will find il difficult to ho!t:
the senate in session longer than day
two further on his anti-option bill an
may be forced to submit to a postpone
ment of action until December.
1t Is reported at St. Louis that Swift &,
Armour, the Chicago packers have mr..
chased the extensive packing plant If
Whitaker s. Co., National Stock wards
East St. Louis