The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-07-13
Adjournment, About August is,.
The Administration and the Mails
From our Regular Correspondent.

oeudtois anu representatives are dis
posed to extend their holiday over the
rest of the week. For the ten days
previous to the passage of the tariff
bill the Senate certainly had hard
time with daily sessions from 10 to 6
o'clock or later, and the thermometer
constantly in touching proximity to
ninety degrees. 1t is not surprising
that the passage of the bill, few min
utes before the beginning of Indepen-
dance Day, by vote OF SO to "a,
should have been followed by an exc
dus to the mountains and seashore.
and that the wilted Senators should be
little slow in returning to their duties
However, no time is really being lost
An account of their absence, as the
work of preparing the appropriation
bills for action is going right along in
the Senate Appropriation Committee,
and the conferees on the part of the
Senate on the tariff bill-Senators
Voorhees,, Harris, Vest, Jones, Sher-
man, Allison and Aldrich will be on
hand as soon as wanted by the con.
ferees on the part of the House. No
surprises were connected with the final
vote on the tariff bill, unless the vote
of Senator Hill against it can be so
considered. The Populists divided,
Allen and Kyle voting for the bill and
PETER and Stewart against it.
Everybody is specializing on what
the result of the conference on the bill
will be, and everybody is agreed that
many changes will be made, but there
is no agreement as TO the nature Of the
changes, further than that they are
likely to be mostly towards the origi-
nal Wilson bill Representative Hol.
man says on the subject 1t is an
almost invariable rule that if there is
an overwhelming sentiment in the
House for particular line of action it
finds expression and overcomes all de-
lays and obstacles of parliamentary
procedure. / feel certain that in the
issue between the Senate and House
the latter will carry the day" Mr..
Holman also says that his Congress
ional experience has taught him to ex.
pect considerable delay in tariff con-
ferences between the Senate and the
House. Let impatient folks make a
note of that.
Representative Bynum, of Indiana,
is at the head of the sub committee Of
the Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee that is charged with
compiling textbook to be used by
Democratic speakers in the Congress
sional Campaign. The work is pro
crossing, but cannot be completed un-
til the tariff bill has finally been dis
posed of by Congress. The choice Of
Mr.. Bynum to direct this work was a
happy one. He will be certain to in
clude in the book everything that can
help the stump speaker in his argu-
ments, as he believes that the stump
speaker is away ahead of the literary
bureau as vote getter because the
average man will listen to clever
speech while he will not read pamph'
let's, however cleverly they may be pre-
pared
Representative Springer, chairman
of the House Committee on Banking
and Currency, says he considers 1t ex-
tremely doubtful whether the sub'com-
mittee recently instructed to prepare
and report to the full committee a
currency reform bill will complete its
work at this session of Congress. One
reason for the delay is that Representa-
tive Culbertson, of Texas, a member
of the subcommittee, has been detaln-
ed at home by the serious illness OF
Mrs. Culbertson.
The Grand Jury this week indicted
the two newspaper correspondents
who declined to give the Senate In
vestigating committee the sources OF
their information concerning the al
legged sugar trust scandal, and, like the
two stock brokers' previously indicted,
they gave bail for their appearance
when wanted for trial. The Grand
Jury has yet to set upon the cases OF
Havemeyer and Searles, Of the sugar
trust, who were also certified Tor re-
fusing to answer questions. 1t is
expected that the Constitutionality OF
the law under which these indictments
were found will be argued some time
in August, and if the law is upheld by
the local court the case will be appeal
ed to the U. S. Supreme Court, as 1t
is of the utmost Importance that the
question should be passed upon by our
highest court.
Representative Cetchings, of Miss,
who is a member OF the House Com
mittee on Rules, and therefore In a
position to know, says ne does not
consider it possible for Congress to
adjourn as early as the first of August,
but is certain that it will do so very
shortly alter that date.
President Cleveland is commended
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