The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-13
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Republicans to Force an EARLY Ad-
JOurnment.

Republicans to Force an EARLY Adj
journment
WASHINGTON, April 12.-An m
usually early adjournment of congress
is being predicted by the Republican
leaders in both houses and every sign
points to the fulfllment of their
prophecies. No congress in MANY
years has made the record for the
transaction of routine business which
stands to the credit of the present one.
so far as the lower house is concerned
at any rate. With all of the regular
appropriation bills, except two already
passed by the house, with one of those
remaining reported from the committee
and likely to be passed with only a
day or two of debate and with the
other in process Of preparation, house
leaders are
PLACING THE LIMIT
of this session at the first of June, al
lowing, as they think, sufficient time
for the senate to take care of the
important bills sent to it from the
house.
No other business except the regular
appropriations is absolutely necessary
to be done, and although the house may
take up some of the more pressing of
L.
the settlement of the Pacific railroad
debts, the statehood and bankruptcy
bills, it is expected that many
OTHER MINOR MATTERS
will be passed over in the interest of
an early adjournment 1t seems prob
able that the house will have passed
&he last of the appropriation bills be-
fore the 18th Of May. OF these bills.
q TO- l.N,,1
urgent deficiency, diplomatic and con-
sular and army bills-have been signed
by the president. The agricultural bill
has been passed by both houses and it
is ready for the presidents signature.
The postoffice bill has been passed by
both houses but the senate amend
ments have nearly been agreed to by
the house and legislative, executive
and judicial bill is also in conference
between the two houses. The Indian
bill is in the senate and the naval bill
is ready for consideration. The sun
dry civil and the
RIVER AND HARBOR BILLS
have been sent to the senate and re-
ferred to committees In the house the
fortifcations bill stands ready for
consideration and the last of the list,
the general deficiency, is being pre-
pared DY the appropriations COIA1Il1ltCC.
There remain, therefore, but two ap-
preparation bills to be passed by the
house and six for the senate to act
upon.
The senate committee on appropria-
tons is well up with its work on the
appropriation bills and the senate is
not far behind it's committee. 1t is
the general opinion that the appropria-
tion committee can complete its work
on the bills still to be considered with
in three or four weeks time, and that
s. is possible for the senate to finish
them by the middle of May. There
are some who estimate that it will re-
quire until the first of June to accom-
plish this result. No one puts it later.
With the appropriation bills out of
the way it will be exceedingly difficult
to hold the senate in session for any
purpose Consequently the prevailing
opinion in the senate is that the final
adjournment of the session will not be
postponed far beyond the beginning
Of the
FIRST OF THE SUMMER MONTHS.
It is admitted on all hands that if
adjournment is reached as early as the
majority predict and seem to desire,
a great many questions, which it was
hoped the session would dispose of
will be left suspended in the air as it
were. Among them are the bank