The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-20
CLOSE TO AN ADJOURNMENT
REASONS TO RELIEVE CONGRESS
 WILL END THIS WEEK.

The General Impression is That the
 President Win Permit the Tarin Bili
 to Become Law and 1t Is Clear That
 He Will Not Veto 1t.
 Washington, Augugst 19.-There Is reason to believe that the week that opens tomorrow will see the close of the second session of the Fifty-third con- gress. The work of the senate is fin- ished, the last bills completed and the conference report adopted Friday, and there is nothing now for the senate to do but to clean up the ends of a very busy session.
 About the only thing that keeps sem a,ors here is the tariff, and the general 2 pression now is that the president will permit 1t to become law just as soon as the treasury officials are ready to carry 1t into effect. That he does not intend to veto the bill Is clear, for the law print is now being prepared at the government printing office. After to- morrow 1t Is likely the senate will meet for short time daily and then adjourn pending the reception of the tariff bill. Until 1t Is known just when to ex- pect this measure from the president 1t is not likely that a joint resolution fixing day for adjournment will be introduced.
 In the mean time there will be an effort (and perhaps successful one) to pass the house bill to repeal the laws authorizing a rebate of the internal revenue tax on alcohol used in the arts. MT. Sherman, rep. of Ohio, on Saturday showed the necessity for the passage of that measure, and MT. Allison, rep. of Iowa, will be heard on the same point, and on the whole subject of the ses- Bion's tariff legislation.
 There is nothing much for the house to do, apparently, but to wait for the action of the president on the tariff bill, and then adjourn. The adoption of the Murphy resolution in the senate Satur- day is taken as an expression of the determination of that body to do no more business, and the futile efforts of the managers to get quorum to vote on the sugar trust and bounty resolu- tions demonstrated the fact that like the house the senate was practically without a quorum. Therefore 1t is as- sumed that none of the bills yet in con- ference need be further considered at this session, for 1t is not likely that they would pass, even were the conferees to come to an agreement thereon. Among this class of measures Is one relating to the powers of commissioners appointed by territorial courts, and another re- lating to the payment of state taxes against corporations in the hands of re- ceivers appointed by United States courts.
 The committee on rules has notified chairmen of committees applying for a day on which to consider business re- ported from them that no more allot- ments of time for that purpose will be made. As long as the house remains in session bills may be considered and passed by unanimous consent, ,and noth- ing that does not meet general approv- al stands any show of getting through.
 Just before the house adjourned last Thursday an effort was made to gain consideration for a bill reported by conference committee and agreed to that day by the senate prohibiting the immigration of anarchists. But objec- tion was made by several members, and the probabilities now are that it must go until next session.