Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-04
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sPEclAL SESSION oy1rs BUSINESS

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WAsuINeroS. Nov. AT 3 O'Clock yes-
esrd9S afternoon the extraordinary session
q ~ Fifty third congress. after bling in
eegsop eighty ssven days and three hours,
ad3ourned without day. A Awrangle in the
house and senate over IN appropriation 70
pay the senate session employees for work
doae during the recess Of the Fifty-6rst
congress In 1880 caused the failure Of the
general deficiency bill and the bill provid.
ing nor the payment Of clerks and en-,
ployss during the adjournment interval
between yesterday and the convening Of
the regular session Dec. l. The senate
was determined that this appropriation
should be agreed to by the house with the
alternative Of sacrificing the deficiency
bill. and Cockrell chairman Of the appro-
priations committee. sent word that not .
dollar Of deficiency would be agreed to BY
the senate until the house accepted this
amendment which had been tackled on the
deficiency bill.
Beaten BY Hatchinsou Of Texas.
The fnas adjournment resolution had
been passed and in this way the senate
expected to force the house to yield. 10
make assurance doubly sure the senate
also placed the same amendment on the
bill providing pay for session employees
and clerks to members during the recess
and cent word that il their amendment
was agreed to the deficiency bill would be
released from conference, where it was
being held as if in chancery by the senate.
lnasmuch as every member OF the house
was personally Interested in the resolution
to keep his clerk on the pay rol! during
the recess they thought they held the
whip hand, but the plan WAS defeated by
dlibuster inaugurated by Hutcheson Of
Texas. He was opposed to the original
resolution to pay the employees of congress
during the recess. bat was easily outgen-
erxlled by the pariiamentarians who op-
posed him.
Had the House by the Neck,
When the resolution came back to the
house. however. with the senate amend
ment on ~ rider 1t was about O'Clock.
Hutcheson saw that il he could hold the
house 1t bay for the space Of but q few
minutes the adjournment would give him
victory. The senate was Immediately No.
tined OF the situation in the house and Q
resolution was hurriedly passed extend
Ing tke time OF adjournment to 4:3O, but
the e6ort came too lafe. Hutcheson, with
KilgoFe on his left hand and Boen (the Ne
braskA Populist) On his right. held his DO
sition until y O'Clock. when the house by
its own previous action was declared by
Speaker Crisp adjourned sine die at
O'Clock p. m. to the second. The senate
adjourned seven minutes later
What the Session Accomplisbe
The session Of the senate will be long
memorable for the contest over the bill
providing for the repeal of the purchasing
clause OF the silver purchasing act of 1890
known as the Sherman" law The extra
ordinary session was called for the purpose
OF accomplishing this repeal, and the
other work accomplished was merely incl
dental. The bill of next greatest impor-
lance to the repeal bill which has passed
both houses OF congress is the bill. extend
ing the time in which Chinese laborers
can register under the Ch:nese,act, known
Is the Geary Jaw. Much interest attached
to the bill providing for bridge across the
Hudson at New York. This bill passed
both houses
Work That the Senate Did.
There were !, l52 bills introduced in the
senate and only twelve passed, OF which
the house passed but three, while OF bills
originating in the house the senate passed
fourteen. Few Of the bills passed were of
any general interest-those Of that char
acter being noted In the foregoing. The
senate passed four joint resolutions of its
own and twelve that originated in the
house. The total number Of bills and reso-
lutions passed by the senate was forty
two. The calendar Of that body contains
plenty Of work for next session
Over Four Thousand Bills in the House.
The senate calendar shows sixty-five
bills and resolutions reported by commit.
tees end ready for attention. Prob
ably the most important bill upon the cal
endar'now is that for the repeal Of the fed
eral election laws. A similar bill has
passed the house. There is large number
OF financial billspof course; there always
Is. In the house there were 1880 bills in.
troduced; 80 with the tariff question to
struggle over there is no prospect of idle
ness in that body; Of the total number l6e
have been reported and fifty-e,Sht been
passed principally local measures. One
of the joint resolutions passed donated
abandoned cannon to the G. A. X. meet.
Ing at Pittsburg next year.
VOORHEES, FEELS GREAT RELIEF.