Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-13
WANT TOGO HOME
Warming That Has Developed in
House and Senate.
ADJOURNMENT PROBABLE JUNE,

Not Later Than the Middle OF the Month
Necessary Bills Well Forward and Othe.
Measures Likely To He Left for the Next
scssion-Caucus on the immigration Bills
Secretary Morton Sued by Chicago
Firm-"Fi.ied Cheese" Hill.
WASHINGTON. April I3-It seems prob
able that the house will have pas sed the
last Of the appropriation bills before May Is.
Ofthcse bills five---the pension, military
academy, urgent deficiency, diplomatic and
consular and army biIls-havc been signed
by the president and are law. The agri-
cultural bill has been passed by both
houses and is ready for the presidents
signature. The posto flee bill has been
passed by both houses, but the senate
amendments have not yet been agreed to
by the house, and the Legislative, executive
and judicial bill is also in conference be-
tween the two houses The Indian bill
Is in the senate and the naval bill is
ready for consideration. The sunday civil
and the river and harbor bills have been
sent to the senate and referred to commit
tees. In the house the Notifications bill
stands ready for consideration and the
last of the list, the general deficiency, Is
being prepared by the appropriations com.
mittec.
Adjournment Early I'm June.
There remain but two appropriation
bills to be passed by the house, ami six for
the senate to act upon. The senate COM
mittee on appropriations is we'll up with
Its work on the appropriation bills, and
the senate is not far behind its committee
1t is the general opinion that the appro-
priation committee can complete its work
on the bills still to be considered within
thrce or four weeks, and that it is possible
for the senate to finish them by the middle
of May. There arc some who estimate
that it will require until the 1st of June
to accomplish this result. No one puts it
later. With the appropriation bills out of
the way it will be exceedingly difficult to
hold the senate i'll session for any purpose.
Consequently the prevailing opinion in
the senate is that the final adjournment
Of the session will not be postponed far be-
yond the beginning of the first of the
summer months.
VIVA: Was Dcdeloped in Caucus
This desire for an carly adjournment
was developed in the caucus of Republi-
can representatives held to decide as to
what should be done about immigration.
There was not a quorum present and tho
meeting WAS chiefly interesting for a
speech made bv Dinglcy, the leader of the
party on the floor Of the house. The gen.
cral tenor of his advice was that the Re
publicanS should use every endeavor to
bring about an early adjournment of con-
gress; to adjourn il possible within a
month, rs soon as the appropriation bills
could be passed by both houses. There
was considerable general lcgislati be-
fore congress, he explained, but much OF
it would have to be left Undone and per-
haps the immigration question would be
among those which could not be taken up.
Cannot Depend "n the Senate.
While he expressed his personal interest
in the immigration bills no deprecated a
caucus rule Of the house and recommend
cd that the order of business be left to tho
Judgment Of the committee on rules. He
blamed the senate for the failure of gem
eral legislation. Other speakers said it
was hardly worth while to pass measures
when the senate could not be depended on.
Measures That May acct Left"
1t is admitted Oh all hands that If ad-
journmcnt is reached as carly as the ma
.OTity prtuiCts 'iiiu SceIiiS 10 QcSlrc GreaG
many questions which it was hoped the
session would dispose Of will be left sus-
pended in the air, as it We're. Among
them are the bankruptcy, Nicaragua ca
nal, Hawaiian cable, Pacific railroads,
fur seal and New Mexico and Arizona
statehood bills besides the Monroe doc
trine resolution, the resolution for the
election Of senators by the people, the
Dupont election case, the Alabama in
vestigation, the various financial bills and
resolutions, and the general bills reported
and to be reported from the committees
on commerce, pensions and public lands.