The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-04

WAsuryGroN, D. C., Nov. Sat 8
o'clock this afternoon the extraordinary
session OF the Fifty-third Congress,
alter being in session eighty-seven days
and three hours, adjourned without
dav. A wrangle between the house and
senate over an appropriation to pay
the senate session employees for work
done during the recess OF the Fitty-f rst
Congress in 1890 caused the failure Of
the General deficiency bill and the bill
proyding for the payment OF clerks
and employees during the adjournment
interval between to-day and the con-
yauing OF the regular session, December
4. The senate was determined that
this appropriation should be agreed to
By the house, with the alternative OF
sacrificing the deficiency bill, and Sena-
tor Cockrell, chairman OF the appro-
prations committee, sent word that
not T. dollar Of deficiency would be
agreed to by the senate until the house
accepted this amendment, which had
been tackled on TO the deficiency bill.
The final adjournment resolution had
been passed, and in this way the senate
expected to force the house toyield.
10 make assurance doubly sure t le
senate also placed the same amendment
on the bill providing pay for session
emploves and clerks to members dur
ing the recess and sent word that ii
their amendment was agreed to the de-
iiciency bill would be released from con-
ference where it was being held as ii in
chancery by the senate.
Inasmuch as every member OF the
house was personally interested in the
resolution to keep his clerk on the pay
roll during the recess, they seemed to
hold the whip hand, but the plan was
defeated by tilibuster inaugurated by
Mr.. Richardson, OF Texas. lie was
opposed to the resolution to pay the
employees OF Congress during the recess,
but was easily outgeneraled by the par
llamentarians who opposed him. When
the resolution came back to the house,
however, with the senate amendment
on as a rider, it WAS about 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Richardson saw that il he could
hold the house at bay for the space of
but few minutes the adjournment
would give him victory. The senate
was Immediately notified OF the situa-
ton in the house and resolution was
hurriedly passed extending the time OF
adjournment to 4:30 but the effort came
too late. Mr.. Richardson with Kilgore
on his left hand and Boon, the Nebras-
ka Populist, on his right, held his posi-.
tlon until three o'clock when the house,
by its own previous action, was declar.
ed by Speaker Crisp adjourned sine die.
While the house adjourned at three
o'clock to the second, the senate, also
adjourning by resolution Simultaneous
ly, did not in realty adjourn until seven
minutes later.
WORK OF THE SESSION.
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 purchas.
ing act of 1890, known as the Sherman
law. The extraordinary session was
called for the purpose OF accomplishing
this repeal, and the other work accom-
plished was merely incidental. That
bill reached the senate after passing
the house on the 2Sth OF August, and
was not passed by the senate unit! the
30th Of October. How for these two
months the senate contended over the
issues involved, but at last brought the
bill through and passed it by safe
majority, are all matters OF record and
are familiar to the public. The bill pro-
vides in effect for the cessation OF the
purchase and coinage OF silver, and may
be said TO mark revolution in the
financial history OF the country. While
the records show that 1t was the house
bill which became law, that is only
technically true, as the senate substi-
tuted measure OF its own and the
house accepted the substitute. Tho
bill of next greatest importance to the
repeal bill which has passed both
houses of Congress is the bill extending
the time in which the Chinese laborers
can register under the Chinese act,
known as the Geary law. Much inter
est attaches to the bill providing for a
bridge across the Hudson at New York.
This bill passed both houses.
OF the LISP bills which have been in
troduced in the senate during the ses-
sion which closed to-day, only twelve
have passed that body, and OF these
only three have passed the house OF
representatives received the Presidents
signature and become laws. Of the
three new laws originating in the senate,
one is in aid of the mid-wintcr interna'
tional exposition, to be held in San
Francisco, another grants certain set
tiers in Oklahoma Territory the right to
commute their homestead entries, and
the third relStes to clerks in the office
ot the commissioners OF the District OF
Columbia.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
The senate has in addition to those
bills OF its own passed fourteen house
bills the most important OF these being
house bill No. for the repeal OF the
purchasing clause Of the sherman act.
The other house bills passed by the sen.
ate relate to lands in the Sioux Indian
reservation 10 Nebraska and South
Dakota, TO the United States courts in
Idaho and Wyoming and South Dakota,
TO tho New FORK and New Jersey bridge,
TO steam revenue cutters for the great
lakes and for the New England coast,
to the annual work on unpatenled
mining claims, the increase OF officers
oNihe army detailed at colleges, amend
mont oil the Chinese exclusion act, the
others being bills OF 4 private character.
Oi the house resolutions passing the
senate, those worthy OF note are; That
relaling 10 rho Mormon church prop.
criy in Salt Lake CITY; that providing
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