The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-22
Senate Has One Appropriation Bill TO
Pass and the House Is killing Time
While Waiting on C0nferees.
REBUFF FOR THE PRESIDENT
HOOVER PENSION BILL PASSED OVER
MIR. CLEvELAND'S VETO.
Phillips Labor Commission Bill Dis
Reply to a Newspaper Article.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May H.-The adjourn
ment feeling is In the air. The Senate has
passed all the appropriation bills save the
deficiency and the House is simply killing
time by the adoption OF bills which it has
no reason to believe will ever pass the Sem
ate. Thus yesterday is passed some immi-
grafton bills which win never be enacted
into law at this session nor in their present
shape at any other session. To-day 1t passed
a pension bill over the Presidents veto and
then entered on the serious discussion of
some labor legislation which simply ehal-
lenges amazement. There cannot be man
in the House of Representatives who serious
Iy expects to see the Phillips bin for the ap-
pointment of score or more Of labor COM
missioners become a law. However, the de-
bate on the bill will give q number Of the
members an opportunity to make ringing
labor" speeches, and as its passage by this
House viii be the end of the bill, there is
no objection.
Nothing remains for Congress to do save
to agree over differences In appropriation
bills which have already passed both houses.
The river and harbor bill seems to. stand
first on the list. since the Congress must re-
main here ten days after the bill reaches
the White House. 1t appears to be the uni
versal belief that President Cleveland will
veto the bill that Congress must be here
to pass the bill over his veto. There Is
trouble over the sundry civil bill. The
House declines to accede to the appropria-
tions which the Senators voted to erect pub
lie buildings. Gentlemen like Mr.. Dubois, who
are eager to hold Congress in session until
after the ST. Louis convention, have been
quick to seize on this disagreement as
means of indefinitely postponing adjourn
ment, but their efforts will fail. Should the
House finally surrender to the Senate in
the matter of these buildings. for which
there is no money in the treasury, President
Cleveland will veto that bill also. so that
there may be two bills to be passed over the
veto.
Representative Royse succeeded to-day in
passing the bill to increase the pension Of
Francis Z. Hoover, of Elkhart. to $50 per
month over the Presidents veto. The motion
to pass the bill over the veto gave rise to
considerable debate, and finally prevailed by
a vote of 1856 to Al. The bill now goes to the
Senate for similar action. Mr.. Royse has
been indefatigable in his efforts TO secure
favorable action on this measure. even after
Mr. Cleveland's veto, and he was heartily
congratulated by his colleagues to-day. II
would be unwise to claim equally favorable
action in the Senate. The political parties
true that the majority of the Democratic
Senators detest Mr.. Cleveland SO thoroughly
that they would cheerfully take any action
to bring discredit on him, the Southern
Senators at the same time hate q Union
veteran even more than they hate Mr..
Cleveland and 1t is doubtful If two-thirds
majority can be obtained in that body to
pass the bill over the veto.