The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-08
REYTTR OF TEH WORK
DonO by the Present session of the FIny
fourth Congress.

DOnO by the Present seEHIon Of the FlHIy'
fourth Congress.
WASHINGTON. d. c., June III as
new seems probable. the first session OF
the Fifty-fuurth Congress adjourns this
week II will be the shortest so-callcd
long session" since that OF the Thirty
nth Congress, and one OF the shortest
In the history OF the government This
record II probably partly due TO the polit
ical difference between the senate. houss
and President, which have fOrCstalled
agreements on lines OF legislation and
partly to the determination with which
the Republican leaders in the house
have carried into effect Speaker Reeds
caucus prediction that the Congress
would be q dn-nothing HSsemblage.
Legislation means appropriations, the
house leaders have said. and, us their
opinion was that the treasury'a condi-
ton warranted no appropriations eN-
Ccpt the most imperatively necessary,
they have held the doors tightly shut
against classes of bills which usually
receive hearings, Foremost among the
Inevitable and regular acts of Congress
nrc the annual appropriation bills FOR
the support OF the government. Their
preparation has constituted a larger
part OF the work OF the session, and i've
" them are yet hanging between the
house and senate and with some Of their
details unsettled.
For this reason Il is impossible to give
the exact totals OF the bills or She
grand total uf appropriations made by
thi1 Congress, which aggregate about
halg n bllllOn dollars. but the dlabursc-
mants authorized during the session viii
BE- discussed hereafter by the chairman,
Cannon, OF the appropriations commit
tea, and cX-chalrman Sayers, from the
points OF Views OF their respective par
uog
Tariff or financial legislation Of any
general character was abandoned for
all practical purposes when the dis
agreements between the house and SEN
ate were demonstrated by the fate of
the two bills prepared by the house
woys and means committee. Other lines
~ business werG ulso tubOOcd by the
house because Of the alleged lack NJ
revenue. notably public buildings. pub
lie and prlvat- claims and oil sorta OF
private bills cntllling expenditures cx-
ccpt pension bills, 20 which last the
usual amount OF time has been given
One Of the most bitterly contested
hHhtq which has occurred mas cropped
out from the provisions Of the Indian
and District Of Columbia bills for gov
crHmont aid to church schools Il feat
urr which atlll holds both bills In con
ferrnce The Indian bill contains pr0YiS-
Ions giving the homestead settlers on all
c"d"d Indian reservations an cNtcnglnn
u ono year IN which TO make payments.
nu1 fDr the completion of the surveys OF
land In Indian territory
Incidental to the legislative executive
ana judicial bill vas an entire revision
~ the aalarlcA ~ United states diftrlc;
attorneys. mlrshnls and commissioner.
with the stipulation that the terms or
Offices Of ali commissioners expire on
June 90 1897. The agricultural bill con
f"rrrd upon tho President authority Ia
suspend the prohibition ngnlnJt lmpor-
h,l0ns Of meat cattle, domestic animals
1ri hides On tho ccrtlilCntlGn Of the Hrc-
fn'lry ~ agflcultur- that the countries
~ parts NJ countries are free from con-
i1gipua Dr infectious Diseases of ami
mails ana authorized the President 10
take steps 20 secure IN" nbruBdtlon OF
the regulations bV Great Britain pro.