The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-31
It is Feared Congress Won't Adj
journ Till Then
Those Who Had Arranged to
Leave We're Premature.
a TRIANGULAR FIGHT.
Much Interest in the thrift Bill
Struggle.


Alas. alasi It looks as if we should have
to send for our autumn suits, take reef
II. our sweated linen and read city pastor
ais for consolation while the three cornered
issue is fought out. Only 10 days ago
members were calling in their engage
ments. shipping their surplus documents
and notifying reception committees at
home to get tho brass bands ready, for
Aug. was the expected date for adjourn
ment, and any one speaking of later
date than the 18th was secuted as malig
nant Some 20 members were gone and
many of them did not expect to return
The recent vote on the Tucker resolution
for a constitutional amendment was only
192, although some effort was made to get
votes, and those interested in it say this
indicated over 100 members absent from
the city. Many others had arranged TO
leave soon, being assured that quorum
would remain for the final business.
And now comes in this three cornered
fight of president, senate and house, and
so-at least tho Democrats say-adjourn-
mcnr is indefinitely postponed Therefore,
as aforesaid, alasl
The Consistent Party.
Several of tile old Republican members,
however offer us q deal Of comfort. They
say they have seen many such struggles,
and they laugh at those defiant Democrats
who talk of staying here all summer. Sew
GIGl WHOSE Jit08lnC1Ab OL5ub " NC SCOu OC-
clared when the controversy was at its
hottest that the house Democrats would
yield before tho close of this week. The
POpulists all of opinion that the house
will yield and say that in private CONVEX
satiOn Democratic members are fond of
using such expressions as half q loaf is
better than no bread and arguing that
this bill is only a beginning anyhow. On
this point well some others our
Popul ist friends ought to have the credit
Of heir 1rrf11 fcfc ant
party. From the day it was introduced
they havO laughed at the idea of this bill
being a fnality and have declared, to
quote the language of Senator Kyle: The
tariff discussion is now fairly opened and
hereafter Will be debated OH its real merits
Nearly all that has been said on it SO far is
moro claptrap." As If to give point to the
controversy, the treasury department. re-
ports tha5 for the fiscal year just closed it
has paid to the sugar men bounties
amounting to $l2, $50, 600.
The Treasury Balance.
This week also the treasury balance is
IN round numbers S124 600, 900 of which
SCI, coo, COO arc in gold, leaving 6 nominal
ly available currency balance Of $685. O00,-
Goo From this, however, must be taken
tho 81, GEO. coo for interest due July 1 and
not yet paid out. This great increase in
the available balance has been due entirely
to the $50, COO. 600 recently paid on whisky
taken ont Of bond, but when the confer
GACc N[4-3IflllltC IEEGDl Oh q TAX Oh 4l per
gallon, instead of the S1.1O in the house
bill, tho receipts fell suddenly and heavily,
and since the quarrel between the two
houses began they have sunk below even
tho usual figures Customs dues being at
their lowest, and still decreasing, and re-
newed export Of gold being reported, the
situation at the treasury is not cheerful
and the conservatives say that all they
have to do is to wait till the people are
heard from, w hen the house will be III oral
T1s,r74
order to get moro revenue speedily.
business Of u routine character goes
right on and quite rs rapidly rs usual
Tho house emphasized its quarrel with the
senate hv adopting, and on the very day
after tho president was SO fearfully de
Iounced in the senate, the Tucker resolu-
rion for tho election OF United States sen
atOrs by popular vote, and the majority
was 14I to 81. Tho yeas consisted OF 123
Democrats III Republicans and all the
POpulists present; tho nays, Of Demo
Gratis and &C Republicans And here again
The Same sectional division appeared as has
marked SO many votes on finance and fiscal
measures generally OF the Republicans
voting yea only two came from east of the
Mississippi, and four represented the new
est states, while Of the Democrats who
voted against it all were eastern men,
Besides the general provision the only inn
portant point in the amendment is that
in case OF vacancy the governor shall issue
writs of election, just as if it were vacan-
cy IN the lower house. unless the legisla-
ture Of tho state provide that the govern
or may make a temporary appointment.
Certain Matters.
The naval committee continues to dig
out interesting facts, while the ordnance
men and the makers Of armor plate every
week present moro astonishing results At
the last trial So pounds of Leonard nitro
glycerin snokelcss powder in an s inch
rifle produced the astounding velocity of
2, 600 feet per second in a $50 pound pro-
jectile. The best brown hexagonal powder
hitherto used has given a velocity Of 100
feet. The Oficinls claim that our navy has
now secured . s1nokeless explosive far SUI
perior to that used by any other navy in
the world AT the same time the plates
produced by the Bethlehen pa works
stood every test, and the government &C
ceptcd the 600 tons in bulk
The senate committee on sugar eontin-
ues to proceed slowly 1t divided at the
start on party lines, Senator Allen stand
ing by himself, and while he agrees with
Senators Gray and Linsday so far as they
go no makes = separate report of such con-
illusions as ho has individually arrived Ut
He declares that the Sugar trust has con-
eributed to the campaign fund of both the
old parties on the understanding that it
was to be protected by the victorious par
ey He also says that Senators Mcpherson
and Quay did speculate in sugar stock
during the pendencv of the present tariff
bill before tlsts senate; that q senator can
not vote tmpartially in such a case; that
the ad valoreu system was satisfactory to
the trust, which probably had some influ-
ence in securing it, and that there ought
gressmen hok3ing stock in any Institution
which "a tn, he affpcfnd nv faair