The evening world., 1893-11-03
EDITION
TO ADJOURN TO-DAY,
Senate Adopts the House Resolu-
tion to that End,
Fight Over the Pay Of Senator'S
Clerks to Go Over.
Retaliation to Follow II the House
Continues Obstinate.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Congress win
adjourn at o'clock this afternoon, the
Senate having passed to-day the House
joint resolution naming that hour for
the ending of the extra session.
Senators Gray, Cockrell. Mills, Gull
lom and Blackburn, favored adjourn
ment and Senators Allen and Peer op-
posed the passage of the resolution.
Mr.. PETER asked for the yeas and
nays, but the demand was not Sec
onded.
After passing rhe resolution the
scrate appointed Messrs. Ransom and
Cullom committee to act with the
House Committee to notify the Presi-
dent that Congress was ready to ad-
Jcurn. Then the upper chamber went
into executive session 20 clear up nom
nations pending
1t was decided by the House and Sem
ate conferees not to permit the Urgency
Deficiency bill to stand in the way Of
an adjournment but will stand in the
way OF the future settlement of de-
ficiency bills. 1t has been agreed that
the bill shall go over until the regular
session.
At the meeting of the conferees yes
terday the Senate conferees told the
managers on the part OF the House
that they would insist for all time
upon the concurrence in the provision
providing for the payment of Senator's
clerks for work that had been done
by them. II the Senate supports ita
conferees-and 1t has indicated its in
tention, OF so doing-the struggle will
be continued until the House comes TO
terms
At the conference yesterday Senators
told the House conferees that the matter
had gone beyond the plane Of q simple
deficiency and had resolved itself into
a question of whether or not the Senate
was coordinate branch OF the legis-
lative government, capable of controlling
| its own expenses and paying its legally
appointed clerical force.
| The interference of the House was
taken as an affront that could be
tolerated no longer. From this time on,
Senators said. the House items should
be scrutinized with careful eyes, and II
there was no pay for these clerks Of the
Senators there could be no pay for clerks
OF the Representatives.
The Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions had the item in dispute drawn up
in the shape of an amendment that will
be tackled on to every deficiency bill
that comes from the House and insisted
upon until 1t Is agreed to.
The amount involved in the Senate's
contention is about 81 900 but 1t is made
more important to Senators individually
than larger dip into the National
Treasury under other circumstances
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them have made themselves personally
actually paid their clerks out of their
own pockets. awaiting reimbursement by
|, Congress
Many stories have been in circulation
about the tariff and about what the
Ways and Means Committee was doing
! and what it could do II Congress would
adjourn.
After the Silver bill had passed the
House Mr.. Wilson, Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, ex-
pressed the opinion that an adjourn
ment would be preferable, because the
Committee would be unable to report
the bill by Nov. 20. 1t seems that this
bill is liable 10 be construed that the
majority members OF the Committee
would not be ready to report at that
time. or to allow the Republican minor
ity to see the bill and prepare a report.
Subsequent reports, and especially the
desire of Mr.. Wilson that the Commit
tee be authorized TO sit and file their
report on the Tariff bill with the Clerk
Of the House during the interim of Con-
gress. indicates that the bill is much
nearer completion than would be an
ticipated by the declaration that the
bin would not be ready to report be-
fore the lst of December.
Members of the majority say that many
of the newspaper reports that have been
sent out about the bill have been errone-
Gus. 1t is true there have been many
reductions and that members OF the
Committee have also discussed means
of reducing the deficit in the Treasury.