Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
A RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN
1t Was Approved by the Ways and Means
Committee.
Mr.. Wheeler Alone Objected - The
Date Changed Mt the Request
of Speaker Reed.

The resolution for an adjournment of
Congress Oh the 18th, with which Chair
man Dingley of the ways and means COM
mittee surprised the House, was adopted
by that committee at its meeting today.
The question of an early adjournment was
discussed briefly, and met the approval of
the full committee. Representative Doll!-
yer made the motion that the both be fixed
as the date, and this was agreed to by a
unanimous vote of the members present
The democratic leaders, Messrs Crisp,
Turner and McMillin, declared that they
favored an early adjournment, and the only
opposition came from Mr.. Wheeler OF Ala
bama.
Messrs. D!rgley. Tawney and DalZell held
that resolution to adjourn at date that
was plainly impractlcable would not have
so great an influence upon the action OF the
Senate as one giving a reasonable time for
the transaction Of the most important
business.
Chairman Dingley proposed May - as the
date to be fixed in the resolution, but the
motion for the earlier day prevailed.
After the committee had voted to report
the resolution for adjournment May ~. II
was presented to Speaker Reed, who asked
that the date be changed to May Is Mr..
DinRley obtained consent Informally from a
majority of the committeeman to make this
change. 1t was said in committee that a
resolution would be introduced in the Senate
later than the House resolution, but there
seemed to be little definite information re-
garding the intentions of the Senate leaders
Members who have charge of important leg
isl2tion We're anxious to know if there was
any understanding with the Senate leaders
about adjournment. Chairman Powers of
the committee on Pacific railroads said that
If their resolution was carried into effect
the Pacific railroad bill might not be con-
sidered by the House this session.
The delegates from Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma have been considering the
advisa bility of letting the statehood bills
go over until the next session, regardless of
the time Of adjournment, and do not think
an early closing of the session will affect the
interests Of their bills.
Speculation rs to the senate.
The adoption of a resolution in the House
this morning for a final adjournment Of
Congress on the 18th of this month is 4 no
tice to the Senate and to the country that
the House will be through then with its
work and ready to go home. The impress
sion on the Senate side seems to be that a
la ter date will have u be fixed by that
body. The very general expression of opin-
ion among the leaders on both sides is that
Congress will not be able to adjourn until
near about the 1st of June.
Laid Before the Senate.
Shortly before 3 o'clock the resolution
passed by the House earlier in the day pro-
viding for adjournment of Congress
May IS, was laid before the Senate by one
of the clerks Of the House. Mr.. Hill was
in the mids: of his speech on the bond
resolution, and when the announcement
was made that the House had passed the
adjournment resolution the Senator from
New York sarcastical!y remarked that he
was glad to Learn when il waS proposed to
adjourn Congress, and he promised to be
through his remarks on the bond resolution
by that time.