The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-11
FEW NEW BILLS
The Long Session OF Congress
Shows Very Few Results
In the Way of New Legisla-
ton Enacted.
GOOD TIMES AHEAD.
A Rio Revival of Business is
Confidently Predicted.
GOOD TIMES AHEAD.

: WASHINGTON, D. c., June 11.-[Special-1-
"I not worried much by the delay OF
the senate" said Mr. McNagny of Indiana
in summary of prospects in his district
''for think they will succeed in getting
the new tariff into operation just In time
for tremendous revival of business II
will come about the turn of the season, as
we say in Indiana. and will work well in
my district. The Democrats there have re
versed the usual process this year. They
lost the municipal elections and have there
fore harm onized early and gone to work fol
Novembe while the Republicans have al
ready quarreled over their successes. Ev-
erything is in good shape for a revival. The
supply of coal is nearly exhausted that
when this strike is over the mines will run
day and night for six months. 1t will take
all the coal miners in the United States till
next Christmas to catch up with the de
mand, and then. as has been 50 often stated,
the shelves are bare of goods, and consump-
tive demand will force great activity 1t is
the fashion to say that the Democrats blum
der at the critical time but 1 am satisfied
the Republicans have done it this year in
delaying action on the tariff"
Isidor Rayners Speech.
This sort of consolation is becoming quite
common among the majority mem bers, and
even those who are sore over the financial
measures find some relief in it. 1t is almost
a pity that the bill to repeal the tax on
state bank issues had to be side tracked, for
the debate on it was both entertaining and
instructive. and it got better the longer 1t
lasted. The speech of Isidor Rayner
against state banks was particularly able,
except the usual errors in history which
are so common i'll the debates on finance,
and the fact that his blows were telling was
evidenced by the number of interru ptiOns.
IOpfnPr an
Were all after him at one time, and no
sooner would the chairman get them to sit
down and the speaker utter sentence or
two when two or three more members
would pop up and refuse to be silenced. The
wit and humor of this running debate were
very largely mingled with sarcasm, and it
was evident that the state bank men felt
the irritation due to the consciousness of
losing cause. Their best counting showed
a majority of 80 against the repeal, and so
they were quite willing to let the measure
be side tracked for the present.
Work of the Session Practically Done.
: The calculations of the managers of the
measures next in order varied greatly but
all admitted that the end of the session is
postponed. For the Indian appropriation
bill they allowed from two to five days, for
the deficiency bill three to six days, and for
the bill appropriating $500, 900 to the inter
national cotton exposition of next year at
Atlanta at least two days. These have the
right of way, and the hope is still INDUCED
that by the time they are done with or done
for the tariff bill will come back from the
senate. 1t Will be discussed with great
liveliness,' says Hon. John J. O'Neill but
1T will pass just the same The opposition
will be sporadic and not organized The
members will seek to emphasize their indi-
vldual opposition to certain features of it.
but the bill will pass" Other members
express a conviction that it will pass sub
stantially as it comes from the senate, mem
bers of the house being, a rule, much
more eager to get things done and get home
than senator's Many other measures, very
many indeed, will die for want of time.
Practically, say the older heads. the work
of the session is done, its record is made,
and it will go to the country with the ap-
preparation bills and the tariff bill the re-
peal of the Sherman law and the federal
election law as its record of work. This is
about all, they say, that will really be done
at the date of adjournment, which they
now considerably name as ''some time in
July"
Bills which VIII Not Pass.
This leaves out a great many measures as
TO which even their authors now give up
hope for this session and are not very en-
thusiastic for the next. There are all the
agricultural bills, with antiOption at the
head of them; all the bills for irrigating all
creation out west. nearly all the measures
from the judiciary committee and all that
IDcdullAul mess WulCn comes IN every year
from the advocates of education, labor re-
form, temperance and SO forth-that vast
herd Of bills to make every body virtuous
and happy by act of congress With these
must 90 the 10 or more bills to improve the
currency in various ways the best known
OF which are Mr. Walkers somewhat eIab-
crate bill, Mr.. Cooper's bill permitting the
taxation of greenbacks. Mr.. Brookshire's
Dill Tor regulating money in general and
MI Meyers bill for coming the seigniorage
on q plan that will obviate the objections
set forth in the PRESIDENT veto All these
too, make but small part of the many bills
which must 60 over, though few of them
likely to excite very little discussion NAV
be slipped through.
AS TO passing or even considering one in so
OF the bills referred to the committee on war
claims, congress never thinks of doing that
As a republican member very wittily ex-
pressed 1t the other day when some one
ended him for voting to set aside the regu-
lar order cit was private bill day. and con-
tlnue the discussion on state banks, 1T is
only a question between wildcat money
ana cid rebel claims anyhow In this
sentence Is explained a great deal of the
WEAKNESS the house has shown over these
private bill days, and a kindred sentiment
accounts for that over the Friday night ses-
sions. At these last there have been at
least $50 hours of discussion and more than
twice as many angry alterations. to say
nothing of hundreds of little spats and
pungent personalities, and as a result of it
all there have not been 10 bills made laws
In fact, it would not be safe to say without
minute examination of the senate journal
that single measure introduced at these
friday night sessions had yet become law
1t Is worth noting also that, while vast
mass OF business, and some little of it i'm
portant, must go over to the short session,
there Is very strong impression among
fhara has