The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-25
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The Present Week Expected to Witness h
Close OF the First Session of the fifty
Third Congress-Nothing Now to Do
But Clean Up the Z sg End.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O.-There is good
reason to believe that the week that
opens to-day will see the close of the
first session of the fifty-third con-
gress. The work of the senate is fin
lshed; the last of the appropriation bills
was completed and the conference re-
port adopted Friday, and there is moth
ing now for the senate to do but to
clean up the fag ends of a busy and
very entertaining session.
About the only thing that keeps sem
ators here is the tariff bill; and the
general impression now is that the
president will permit it to become law
just as o on as the treasury officials
are ready to carry it into effect That
he does not intend to veto the bill is
clear, for the law points are not being
prepared at the government printing
Office.
After this it is likely that the sen
ate may meet for a short time daily
and then adjourn pending the recep-
ton of the tariff bill. Until it is
known just when to expect this meas
ure from the president it is not likely
that a joint resolution fixing a day for
adjournment will be introduced.
In the meantime there will be an eff
fort land perhaps a successful one) to
pass the house bill to repeal all laws
authorizing a rebate of the internal
evenue tax on alcohol used in the
arts. Mr.. Sherman in his plain talk"
on Saturday showed the necessity for
the passage of that measure; and Mr..
Allison will be heard on the same point
and on the whole subject of this ses-
sion's tariff legislation to-day.
There was nothing much for the
house of representatives, apparently,
but to wait for the action of the presi-
dent on the tariff bill and then adjourn.
The adoption of the Murphy resolu-
ton in the senate Saturday is taken
as an expression of the determination
on the part of that body to do no more
business, and the futile efforts of the
managers of the quorum to vote on the
Sugar trust and bounty resolution dem
onstrated the fact that, like the house,
the senate was practically without a
quorum. Therefore, it is assumed that
none of the bills yet in conference be-
tween the two houses will be further
considered at this session, for it is not
likely hat they could be passed, even
We're the conferees to come to an agree
ment thereon.
Among this class of measures are
two proposed judicial changes. one re-
lating to the powers of commissioners
appointed by territorial courts, and the
other to the payment of state taxes
levied against corporations in the
hands of receivers appointed by United
States courts.
The committee on rules has notified
hairmen of committees applying for
a day on which to consider business
reported from them that no more al
lotments of time for that purpose will
be made. AS long as the house re-
mains in session, bills may be consid-
cred and passed by unanimous con-
sent; but nothing hat does not meet
general approval stands any show of
getting through.
just before the house adjourned last
Thursday an effort was made to gain
consideration for the bill reported by a
conference committee and agreed to
that day by the senate prohibiting the
immigration of anarchists. But objec'
ton was made by several members,
and the probabilities now are that il
mnSf on over untill next session.