The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-28

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Yesterday as Senator Faulkner and
j.. Speaker Reed were, riding home in a
car together, Senator Faulkner asked
the big man from Maine if he knew of
the resolution of Senator Platt proYld-
+. ing for adjournment iof Congress on
May second.
"Yes. . responded the PineState man,
the House win be ready to adj
iourn May 1st.", SOS
Preceding the street-car delIyef1
ance, in the House yesterday, Repub-
lican member,approachi the Speaker,
asked to be recognized in order that
he 1.-THE member) might, by unanimous
consent, get a bill up which, no doubt,
might be passed ina few moments.
The Speaker listened to what the
member had to say, and taking note OF
p the features of his bill, he said that
rthongh ne considered it. meTitorious,
he yet would be unable to. grant his
request. as the gates once down there
would be let in such a food Of bad
bills as to forestall the programme OF
an early Adjournment.
eE Thus byn both these statements of
Reed, which are exclusive and Terita-
bic in every particular he rs forward
"a ing his plan OF d 'Do-nothing" policy
q as ANNOUNCED by him in his speech ac-
! eepting the honor which has been con-
: ferfed upon him.
~ ~ Way of parehthesis, before going
farther, it may be well to, note that
the rationale of all this must not be
Il forgot. 1T must be constantly borne
@a I'D mind that the last Democratic Con-
'gress was while economical, not deaf
to those measures which were mer1tor1-
GUS. ana Which, therefore, had a claim
of rightfuI. Bearing in behalf of the peo-s
BILE interested. Then. the tariff, meas
fure was disposed of and the sherman
e 4cf whether to the thinking of all
T" does not matter, but disposition was
made of these questions. and that
III made from the mere scaffolding of leg
2 isiation. which term might we'll be APP
or piled to the passing of routine, necessa-
~. one might say, extfa-legislatiye,
anpropriation bills If nothing else
NAV be said for the measures then
tbassed. il must be admitted that the
thought Of the people was voiced IN
some fashion by their representatives..
q Rtit now liz is dffferents the appro-
nriation bills over, all lis over. pook
occasion Yesterday, to see the clerk OF
the Committee on Claims, who toid me
] that there were now aslmaIy as seven
hundred claims pending before the
committee. and that numiDerless merit
orious claims had been reported favor
ably. But this is no matter. They
mist wait upon the plans of the present
Sneaker. who has all along been adj
yancing himself upon artificial bases.
Now. forsoofh, he would put off such
hills AS come under the claims above
mentioned. as well as other business
fresh from the people for the purpose,
frst. of being able to say that he.
achieved a mock despatch of business,
and second, of being very close and
economical in appropriation bills. II
such things as these help Reed 10 the
end, the people may look out for the
money to fly in the fall session
The whole question may be summed
up in the statement that the congress-
men have been prevented from pre-
sentinp the wants of the people DIS con-
templafed by the Democratic economy
Of the Government for the sake Of some
cranky results that Speaker Reed thinks
may help him after the ball Is over.
Reeds only object has been to hustle
these appropriation bills through. He
has already put through the. Legislaa--
tive. Judicial and Executive, the Mile
tary, Urgent Deficiency, the Diplomat
ic, Agriculture, Indian, Pension, Forth
fcation, Naval and Postotfice.
There, remain only the Supdry Civil
S. (which is up today, District of Col
i nnnbiae Rivers and Harbors and Gener-
al Deficiency.
Is 1.-The Senate is a little behind, but ~
catching up rapidly. "A little hitch
L.
nifcant Both Hill and Sherman and
Hoar. during the consideration yester-.
day of the Legislative, JUDI
cial and Executive Appropriation
bin objected to the infusion
into the bin of new legislation. This
new legislation, they thought was the
substitution for the fee system
the salary system In the In.
ternal Revenue service, and
Hill sharply called the House to
task for having transgressed its rules
in adding such a feature TO an appro-
z priation bill. But, Petofted CocireH,
: mot TO Hiil, however,, the House COM
mfttee on Rules had made an order al
lowing this, and, therefore, the rules
were not practically transgressed.
The point OF this whole remark is
that Reed has allowed the appropria-
ton bin to be thus tainted for two rea~
sons First, because it was popular to
substitute the salary for the fee sys-
tenn in the Internal Revenue service;
second because he thought it would
hurry through his programme to suit
his purposes as stated above.
To-day this Legislative, judicial and
Executive bill will be disposed OF one
way or the other, in the Senate, and 1t
80 almost safe TO say that the new
legislative feature added will be repu-
dated, in other words, chat the salary
feature of the Internal Revenue service
as we'll as other features involving
row legislation. will'be thrown ont and
left TO be put in a separate bill, for the
Bext session, probably. For Reed will
not now run the chances of having a
hill OF this character tossed from
enc Hnnae To the other apninSt his .nro.