The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-02
HUSPLIDG FOR HOME.
Final Scenes in the Worst ses.
sion Of the Worst Con-
gress on Record.

WASHINGTON, June g. 1S96.-The Sem
ate met an hour earlier than usual today
in order to give longer time for consider
alton of the bond bill. In his opening
prayer the chaplain referred to the fact
that the Vice-President would bestow in
marriage an inestimable daughter and
invoked Divine benediction on the happy
pair.
partial conference report on the Gen
eral Deficiency Appropriation Bill was
presented and agreed to, and further
conference was ordered.
The Senate bill to promote the eff
cheney of the militia was reported from
the COMMITTEES on Military Affairs by
Mr.. Haiwley (Rep., ConGl-), and was
placed on the calendar after a few ex-
planatory remarks. Every President, he
said, from Washington down to the year
1Sa3, had called attention repeatedly to
the inefficiency, the utter uselessness of
tine cid law requiring the enrolment of
every single man from eighteen to forty
live years of age. That law had died
out. Then there had grown up a sys.
TEN of national guards throughout the
states. This was practically an organ
led niaitia, and the other was prac-
tically reserve militia. The bill nov
reported proceeded on the theory of
put 1t in form, and repeal the rubbish
of the old law. There were some deli
cate questions in regard to the use of
the army, but this bill had nothing to do
with them. 1t was simply a business re-
organization. 1t would not come uE
this session. but he desired TO make these,
remarks in order to forefend possible
m misapprehension
In pursuance Of notice given YESTERDAY
the Dingley tariff bill was laid before
the Senate, and Mr. Morrill, (Rep., Vt.),
dressed the Senate in relation to it, At
the. close of his remarks, the bill went
back on the calendar.
MI Mt; Henderson H sI lRep.. Iowa). in the
the Committee on Rules an order making
the hour of meeting for the remainder Of
the session II O'Clock A. M. 1t was agreed
In this connection Mr.. Dingley (Rep.,
Me.), Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, called the attention
a quorum in attendance in order that the
business of the House might be success
fully prosecuted, Seven of the appropria-
tion bills. he. said, were still In conference,
with several matters of difference be-
tween the two Houses, likely to cause
friction, and upon which yea and nay
fore they Were settled. In order to
close up the business of the House he
warned members proposing to leave that
the presence of quorum was absolutely
necessary If a quorum be broken, Mr.
Dingley said, he desired to warn members
that it would be necessary to send for
them.
Mr.. Cannon Rep., Ill), chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations, stated
that in his judgment there was no possi-
would end before Wednesday of next
week, and probably not before Friday or
Saturday
sMrs csannors--5f, yes; certainly With
out a quorum the session would run along
for a month.
The report of the Committee on Rivers
and Harhors recommending the passage
of the river and harbor appropriation bill,
.'the objection of the President notwith-
Standing, was presented by Mr.. Hooker
(Rep., N. W chairman and read.
The report states that of the AIT items
OF, appropriations contained in the bill,
all, except tWenty-seVen, are for projects
| contained in bills which have heretofore
become laws and which have been for
years in process of construction by the
ed to the bill of 1894 1t will thus be
seen, the report states, that the prin-
cipal work Of the committee, has been
| the inves Iigation and examination of i'm
provements to which Congress has repeat
| edly- committed itself. The River and
Harbor bill Of 1890 appropriated $25, 900, ,00O
and placed certain works under the cor
tract system which involved the add.-
! tional expenditure of S15000,000. 1t ap>
| pears, therefore, that by far the greater
| this bill were also appropriated for IL
| the bill of 1890 and which are not yet
| completed.
The report explains that that bill was
referred to General Casey. then Chier
of the United States Engineers, who
reported to President Harrison that only
eight of the items seemed to be of limited
or local benefit. The gross amount APP
propriated for. these items was S72 900.
From this it will be seen, the report
| continues, that the larger part of the
| project contained in the present bill.
passed the scrutiny and received the
approval of General Casey and have gone
llnchallenged until now. The bills OF
| 1890 and '92 were approved by President
Harrison and the bill of 1894 was per-
| mitted by the present Executive to be-
| come law by limita ton.
The committee impeach the President 5
| declaration that many of the objects for
which the money is appropriated are
not related to the public welfare They
assert that the bill was carefully pre-
pared after exhaustive hearings and
that they scrupulously avoided making
appropriations not in the interest of
commerce.
The River and Harbor bill passed the
of 220 to CO.