Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-22
AN EARLY ADJOURlNlMAE N LENT
That's What Republican Legisla-
 tors Are Praying For.
They Want to Leave Washington Before the Rocks of Public Indignation Begin TumbIing About Their
 Elongated Ears.

oegin IumDhng About Their
 Elongated Ears.
 Washington, March Especial )- Just as Napoleon prayed for night or Grouchy, so the republicans in con gress are praying for adjournment at an early late. X bill has been passed prohibiting d prize fight in New Mex ico, and nothing else of national inter- est has been done by Tom Reeds second congress.
 The house of representatives has passed Ill of the regular appropriation bills, except the agricultural bill, and now the senate is expected to hustle all the appropriation bills through so that an adjournment may be had by the middle of May, if not sooner. The republican leaders have no higher pres- ent ambition than to adjourn and get away from Washington.
 The senate, instead of doing busi- ness, is becoming a debating society. For four or five hours every day the republican senators occupy the time with talk, talk, talk. They have done no legislating of national interest, and would have been hard up for talking material had it not been for the intro duction of the Cuban resolutions by Senator Call, out of which grew the concurrent resolutions more recently under consideration. All the senate needs at any time is good subject, and the venerable oratorical marionettes will prance about the forensic stage without time limit.
 Whether Cubans are being butcherea or not is of less importance to the sen. ate than that there should be daily dis cussion for several months without ae- tion The senate never acts if it can avoid the effort. Consequently, after more than two months of discussion of the Cuban resolutions, during which time there have been delivered fiery and patriotic speeches every day, the senate has passed concurrent resolu. tions which have no force whatever, and do not commit our government to intervention. The butchery of the Gu, bans may go right on. Our republican managers have had their day of talk and buster That having heen attend ed to, and valuable time having been wasted, the republican Fifty-fourth congress feels that it has done it's duty.
 Senator Sherman, of Ohio, chair man of the committee on foreign re- lations, although no longer a presiden- tial candidate, has made numerous fiery speeches and called the Span ish general, Weyler, 'tthe butcher" in a vigorous and venomous manner. But that IS not legis1ating for our people. Nor is it aiding the Cubans.
 Senator Davis, of Minnesota, who is presidential candidate, has delivered scholarly speech on the Monroe doc urine. But Great Britain still holds that part of Venezulean territory which she has all along claimed; and she will continue to hold it, no matter how much oratory may be indulged in by American statesmen.
 Senator Allison, of Iowa, has made no speeches. He is a presidential can didate of the qniescent and modest variety, and is making no mistakes. Silent men commit no errors of speech. Senator Allison has accomplished nothing beyond the passage of routine appropriation bills from his commit tee.
 Tom Reed has done nothing this year. He is presidential candidate of the shrinking variety. He is not serving the people with diligence; but is awaiting their call to higher and better position.
 It would be useless to make mention of any more of the republican leaders who are sitting still, biting their finger nails, praying for adjournment, and hoping that nothing will happen to bring the rocks and mountains of pub lie indignation tumbling about their ears. \
 1t is no longer pleasure for active 7 newspaper worker to go to the cap itol building. As d matter of fact, 1t as known beforehand that nothing will 1 done from day to day, because 1t IS foreordained by the bosses that the con gress shall not legislate this year. It is useless to call upon senators or rep resentatives for news. because they can rot respond. The wheels of legisla- tion are blocked and chained most eff IecLlNSlS' NeNeF before III tue HAStOAJ of this republic has there been con gress which assembled with the ayowed declaration that nothing should be done.
 One thing, however, is worthy of mention at this time. The Il members of the house committee on public buildings and grounds have fayorably reported bills for public buildings in their own congressional districts, car rying an aggregate appropriation of $6,ooo,ooo. These good republicanz having thus used their committeeH sitions in order to benefit themselves, have given notice to the other $40 mem bers of the house of representayves that no more public building bills will be reported during the pres