The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
MAY CLOSE TO-DAY
Final Adjournment Of Congress
Expected This Afternoon.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS CLEARED UP
Only Two Appropriation Bills Before the
Senate This Morning and Speedy
Action on Them Was Looked
fOr-In the House.

Washington, June 1O.-Very rapid
progress was made this week by the
senate in clearing up the odds and ends
of legislative work, only two appro-
priation bills, the sundry civil and the
District of Columbia, remaining this
morning to be considered, and the
indications are that they will be
disposed of to-day, thus leaving the
senate in a position for final ad-
journment, which may DO reached
this afternoon. Final conference re-
ports on the naval appropriation
bill were presented and agreed to. In
the naval bill compromise was made
reducing the number of new battle
ships to three, and directing that no
contracts shall be made for armor plate
until after the secretary of the navy
shall have inquired into the cost of
manufacture and shall have made re-
port to congress. The question of
contract schools in the Indian bill was
compromised on the basis of allowing
them, where there are no other schools
to take their place, during the fiscal
year 1897. A resolution offered by Mr..
Wolcott, rep, Col, respecting the
erection of an equestrian statue to
Gen. William T. Sherman in the city of
Washington was taken up and dis
cussed for nearly two hours. 1t di-
rected an inquiry by the committee on
the library into the facts and circum-
stances of the contract, and requested
the secretary of war to suspend it's exc
cution until next session. The resolu-
tion was defeated. The bill in rela-
ton to contempt of court reported
from the judiciary committee by Mr..
Hill, dem, n. Y, was taken up, dis
oussed for some time and then allowed
to be set aside informally so that other
business might be taken up. The bill
increasing from $12 to $50 month the
pension of Francis E. Hoover, which
was vetoed by the president, and after
wards passed by the house over the
presidents veto, was taken up and dis
cussed briefly, but when the senate
came to vote upon its passage it turned
out that there was no voting quorum
in the chamber.
House of Representatives.
1t is confidently believed by many
mem bers of the house that final ad-
journment of this session will be taken
tonight. The vote by which the con-
tested election case of Aldrich, rep,
VS.. Underwood, dem., from ninth Ala
bama district, was decided in favor of
the former yesterday, stood 116 yeas
to 1O7 nays. Mr.. Aldrich was sworn
in. The final conference reports on
the Indian and naval appropriation
bills were agreed to amid applause.
The report of the conference upon the
sundry civil appropriation bill, final
agreement as to all matters in dispute
except the'public building appropria-
tions, was agreed to. The house voted
to insist upon its. disagreement to
these, except as to that for the build
ing at Savannah, Ga, but by vote OF
96 to 81 agreed to it. The house dis
agreed to the senate amend
ment to the urgency deficiency
bill giving to every employe on the
rolls December 2, 1895, and since dis
charged a months salary. The rules
were suspended and the bill passed to
put in operation the recommendations
of the international marine conference
for preventing collisions at sea. A
resolution reported from the commit
tee on accounts was agreed to. au-
thorizing the speaker. to appoint a
special committee of five to sit during
the recess to investigate the charges
against the Leavenworth Soldiers
home, and appropria ting $4,000 for it's
expenses.