Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
\ D1sAaREnABLE FEELING
R.tvssn the Senate and the House on
AoooBnt OF Differences Not Adjusted

r,..,-o., tba senate and the House on
Aoooppt OF Differences Not Adjusted
WASHINGTON, D. c., November g.
The extra session Of Congress adjourned
leaving rather disagreeable feeling
evistInr between the Senate and house
As usual thing every effort IS maue
nv the members Of each BODY 10 nave
ali differences so adjusted as 10 l ga
M cause for strained relations. IhiS
is necessary in order not TO have per-
ro+,ol di.-araO,nont and deadlock be-
chat the retuSdI u -SaO dOueo 20 ca
tend the time for adjournment on
Friday for an hour and half in order
that it mis- bit act upon the nominations
still before it, was an act Of discourte-
sv. The House considers that the re-
quest came too late for it to pass under
it's rules, although the Speaker and Mr..
Catchings, member Of the Committee
on Rules, did all that was possible I'M
der the circumstances. tits held, how
ever, that the House is responsible for
its rules and the action of its members,
and If the rules allowed any member to
draw the whole House into an act OF
discourtesy toward the Senate, the
House as q body is responsible.
The real difference between the Sen
ate and House is over the proposition
to pay the clerks OF the Senate during
the months of October and Novemb Der,
1890. The Senate claims the right to
regulate its own internal affairs and eX-
penditureS, and accords the same right
to the House. 1t is cited that when the
sergeant-of-arms left with $4,000 be-
longing to members, the money being
that which was the personal property
Of the members, aud not actually gov
eminent funds, that the House pro-
posed and the Senate without objection
agreed to an appropriation for the en-
tire sum. Then the House appropriated
and proposed to pay its clerks aud
clerks to members, the Senate assent
ed, and there was no difficulty on that
score. The Senate claims that it con-
tracted the debt Of 1890, and feels in
honor bound to pay it, aud the temper
of the Senators at the time OF adjourn
ment was that this will be paid
before there are any appropria-
tions put through this Congress.
On the other hand the members Of
the House into making an aDpropria-
tion which il thinks unjust, and forcing
the House to acknowledge the Senate
had the right to make the expenditure;
or giving the House the alternative of
defeating all other appropriations and
starving the government. The con-
dition of the joint resolution which
caused the uproar Friday is a matter
of some doubt. Many members believe
that, being on the speakers table, it
is subject to meeting to concur in the
Senate amendment when the House
meets in December. There is an opin-
ion. however, that II is subject to
point Of order as 10 does not apply, even
if the work specified should be per-
formed by the clerks to members, as
the resolution is to pay those employed
by the House during the coming
The recess will be over and IL
is claimed the resolution will apply to
at is understood that the
money for the clerks will be placed
upon the first deficiency bill that it
makes appearance from the House.