The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-18
TO ADJOURN IN JUNE
PREDICTED THAT CONGRESS WILL
CEASE WORK ABOUT JUNE 4.
There Are Many Questions Of Inn
portance That May BE Left
Suspended in Mid Air.

Washington, April 12.-An unusually
early adjournment of congress is being
predicted by the republican leaders in
both houses, and every sign points to the
fulfllment of their prophesies. No con
gress in many years has made the record
for the transaction OF routine business
which stands to tne credit of the present
one, so far as the lower house IS con-
cerned, at any rate.
With all the regular appropriation bills
except two passed by the house, with one
of those remaining reported from the
committee and likely to be passed. with
only a day or two of debate, and with
the other in process of preparation, the
house leaders are placing the limit Of
this session at the first of June, allowing.
as they think, sufficient time for the SEN
ate to take care of the important bills
. sent to it from the house.
No other business except the regular
appropriations is absolutely necessary to
be done, and although the house may take
up some of the more pressing Of the
general matters before, such as the set
Element of the Pacific railroad debts. the
statehood and bankruptcy bills, it is ex-
pceted that many other minor matters
will be passed over in the interest Of an
early adjournment.
1t seems probable that the house will
have passed the last of the appropriation
bills before May Is. OF these bills. tive
the pension. military academy. urgent
deficiency, diplomatic and consular and
army bills-have been signed by the pres
ident
The agricultural bill has been passed
by both houses, and is ready for the pres
idents signature. The postofice bill has
been passed by both houses, put the SEN
ate amendments have nearly been agreed
to by the house, and the legislative exec
utive and judiciary bill is also in confer
ence between the two houses.
The Indian bill is in the senate and the
naval bill is ready for consideration. The
sundry civil service and the river and
harbor bills have been sent to the senate
and referred to committees. In the house
the Notifications bill stands ready for con
sideration and the last of the list, the
general deficiency, is being prepared by
the appropriations committee. There re-
main therefore but two appropriation bills
to be passed by the house and six for the
senate to act upon.
The senate committee on appropria tons
is well up with its work on the appro-
priation bills. and the senate is not far
behind it's committee.
1t is the general opinion that the ap-
preparation committee can complete its
work on the bills still to be considered
within three or four weeks time, and
that 1t is possible for the senate to finish
them by the middle of May.
With the appropriation bills out of the
way it will be exceedingly difficult to
hold the senate in session for any pur-
pose. Consequently the prevailing opin-
ion in the senate is that the anal ad-
jorunment will not be postponed far be-
yond the beginning of the first of the
summer months.
1t is admitted that if adjournment is
reached as early as the majority predict
and seem to desire, a great many ques-
tons, which ii was hoped the session
would dispose of, will be left suspended
In the air, as it were. Among them the
bankruptcy, Nicaragua canal, Hawaiian
cable. Pacific railroads, fur seal and New
Mexico and Arizona statehood bills, be-
sides the Monroe doctrine resolution, the
resolution for the election of senator's by
the people, the Dupont election case, the
Alabama investigation, the various tin
ancial bills and resolutions, and the gen
eral bills reported and TO be reported from
the committee on commerce, pensions and
public lands.