Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-11-23
Next SESSION or CONGRESS-
Generally Predicted That It viii
Be Short.
Some Former Ad journments of the
National Legislature - Since
1880 None Have Occurred
Prior To june 4.

ances In the newspapers. According 10
these predictions the approaching SEES
sion will be OF short duration and VII
terminate before the first OF June III
the house the republicans are in such
preponderance that there will be no
trouble in t~ransacting business. With
Mr.. Reed as speaker, 1t Ia be safely
assumed that rules will be adopted I'M
der which the minority will be given no
opportunity to place parliamentary oh.
stacles In the path when the majority
decides upon action. There has not been
q time since the close of the rebellion
when all the business of congress at
h first or long session could not have
been transacted prior to the LIST OF June:
yet, as a matter OF fact. every first or
long session since 1880 has extended be-
yond June l and a majority have ex.
tended beyond July /. II the legitimate
business of the session could be pre-
Bented and considered without the inter-
minable rhetorical accomplishments that
have become the fashion. all needful leg
islation could be completed before the
close Of the fiscal year, N nothing Is
ventured in the prediction that this will
not be done, and thai, the approaching
session Of congress will be no exception
20 preceding sessions In the matter Of
duration.
The two great political parties will
place national candidates in the field in
June next. Congress will be In session
st that time, and Judging from the past
II may be safely assumed that both par
ties will be anxious to hold congress In
session for a few weeks after the nomi-
nations are made In order that oppor-
tunity may be had for the manufacture
and free distribution through the mails
Of campaign literature. II Is to be sin
cerely hoped, Of course. that congress
will devote itself earnestly to the public
business and depart from Washington
by July 4, but I'm view Of the numerous
important questions that will claim at
t~ention, all of which are contentious
and several Of which will afford oppor-
tunity for acrimonious partisan debate.
II II not likely the session will terminate
before the dog days. In any event there
Is no good reason for the prediction that
the approaching session will terminate
prior to June /.
Since December, 1S47, there have been
twenty-four congresses. beginning with
the Thirtieth and including the Fifty
third. An examination OF the records
shows that the earliest adjournment OF
the long session occurred JUNE 10. That
was In the case OF the Forty-second
congress. in 1872. The Thirty-seventh Is
known as the war congress" II was
convened July 4, 1861, and continued In
session until August 6. The second. or
regular session, began December 2 and
continued until July IT. 1862. The For
tieth and Forty-frst congresses covered
the period Of President Johnson's ad-
ministratlon n were practically in ses-
sion continuously. Both sessions by
special provision Of law were convened
March 4, and when the public business
was transacted instead Of separating In
the usual way, adjournment followed to
a fixed date. In every case since the
F~orty-first congress the long sessions
have extended into June. q majority OF
them have run to July and August, and
two did not adjourn until october. The
annexed table shows the date Of ad-
Journment OF the long sessions, begin.
ming with the Forty-second congress:
Forty-second-June 10. 1872.
Forty-third-June 20, 1874.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is, 1875.
Forty-ffth-June 20, 1878.
Forty-sixth-June l6. 1880.
Forty-seventh-August s, 1882.
F0rty-eighth-July z. 1854.
Forty-ninth-August 5, 1885.
Fftieth-October 20. 1883.
Fifty-frst@October /, 1890.
Observation-Disclosures 8, 1892.
observation-disclosures %, 1894.
In the Forty-second. Fo. ty-third,
Forty-seventh and Fifty-first con-
crosses the republicans were IN control
Of the house Of representatives. The
first two named were presided over by
Speaker Blaine and the last two by
Speakers Kiefer and Rex respectively.
Speaker Carlisle presided over the FIJI
tieth, when the session continued until
October 20, 1883. covering q continuous
period Of 321 days and constituting the
longest session ever held.
There Is q great diversity of opinion
among public men SO far as they have
been reported in the newspapers In re.
gard to whether the tariff question will
be taken up at the coming session o:
congress.
Many OF the republicans who havs
given their views on this matter q
expressed the belief that the additional
revenue needed should come from inter.
nal revenue sources. mentioning lluuUi
and tobacco especially az the subjects
that can bear further taxation.
Ex-senator Henderson, who Is here
in connection with the sugar cases. al.
though not q member Of the next con.
gress, IL an influential member Of the
republican party and his experience ir
congress and his well known ability
and careful conservatism make hif
opinion worth quoting. He said: THE
republicans cannot afford to open uI
the tariff question. II an attempt 10
made to make up the deficiency of rev.
enue by q duty on wool or any other ar.
ticle Of import every industry will rust
In and demand an adjustment of the
duties SO as to afford II greater protec.
ton. We are not now In position te
satisfy these demands. and had better
not touch the tarif question at all dur.
ing the coming congress"
There are many republicans who
agree with Henderson, but the McKin-
ley men believe that the reopening OF
the tariff question Is necessary to the
success Of their candidate.