The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-07
The Car Speaker Wants Early
Adjournment.
AND HE is RUSHING THINGS
This Accords With His Presl-
Dental Purpose
THE SESSION MAY END IN JUNE
AS Things Are Now Gong Reed Sees
That he is Losing Ground and That
Mckinley is Daily Gaining
Strength.

@At
Washington, March Especial -
Congress will adjourn about June IS.
This is what Judge Turner, Of
Georgia, told me yesterday. Judge
Turner told me that this Congress
would break all records for every adj
iournment, that is in case there were
no unforeseen international complica-
tions. and in case the Senate passed the
appropriation bills promptly. This
opinion about voices that of many
other Congressmen whose opinion /
asked Yesterday. There were s)me
who put the date May 1st and some
July 1st; so in the midst of the lot, the
reader may strike an average.
But around this date of adjourn
ment is a story which | think is of
interest. The story concerns Reeds
handling of this Congress for his Pres
idential purposes. His plan has been
decided upon to finish up the appro-
priation bills, and then let the gavel
down.
The appropriation bills already pass
ed are as follows: Military, Urgent
Deficiency, Diplomatic, Agriculture,
Indian, Pension, Fertilization, and to-
day, no doubt, the Legislative, judicial
and Executive Appropriation bills will
be passed. This will leave only the
following appropriation bills to be dis
posed of: Sundry Civil, Naval. Postof-
fee. Rivers and Harbors, District of
Columbia (which was thrown back
upon the committee), and lastly the
General Deficiency. These last will be
expedited with all possible haste. To
show the precipitancy of Reed in this
matter, he would only allow one hour
and ten minutes for the debate on the
Cuban belligerency resolutions, and
then cautioned mildness to his lieuten-
ants, so as not to start any lengthy
discussion. HIT, Chairman of the For
eign Affairs committee, obeyed, as did
the other members of the committee,
and only two members outside of the
committee were granted recognition.
Moreover, when yesterday the Cuban
resolution, which had been fayorably
reported to the Senate, was thus
brought to the House from the Con-
ference committee, Reed would not
even allow it to be touched while he
was in the midst of the Legislative,
uNIGidl anu A~AtlhlAf1 1ARP1oI1ANAbhoAt
bills.
There is rationale for all this fam
CIV business The talk is that Reeds
desire is to 60 to the country saying:
I'VE offered the country help III the
shape of the Bond and Tariff bills, but
the Democrats and Populists and the
President would not accept them, so
/ (Reed) went to work to finish up the
business in the quickest possible man
ner If you (the people, will now give
Mas President and Republic
can Congress, / viii do the rest.
This chess-play of Reeds, however,
has not gone unobseryed by the friends
of rival candidates in his party. They
begin to look into the merits Of the
man and his play" AS To the man,
they figured out that his claim TO the
Presidency and Immortality may be
covered in three items, namely, his
rulings during the Gar Congress; his
spasms Of sarcasm, and his present
bond and tariff bills. The rulings are
a back-number; the dashes of sarcasm
are not backed up by any sustainfs' eff
fort of any kind, and the Tariff is not
an up-to-date Republican one accord
ing to the Sherman-G. O. i. Mckinney
notion. This left Reed posing rather
as a trickster, and the man seems to
feel the weakening process that has
been going on in his boom during the
last ten days. On the contrary, the
name and fame of Mckinley has been
filling the air hereabouts. Two days
ago Senator Brice said to brother
Senator (this comes to me perfectly
youched for) that he would be willing
to hazard $4,000 to S100 that Mckinley
would be nominated before the first
rolI-call was over with.
I'll is beginning TO be seen that in the
eyes of Republicans, Reed is like scraps
and fragments beside what they call
the steadfastness and continuity OF
Mckinley.
But Reed is playing the only game in
hand, though he shows plainly his con-
seriousness of his falling off.
1t is true that there may be slight
diversions from Reeds programme.
For example, it is expected that with
in the next ten days, the pressure OF
the constituents will have become so
strong as to compel joint instead OF
concurrent resolution on the Cuban
matter, and there may be other colored
episodes to clog up Reeds tricky
haste. One thing is now going on that
will take up two weeks time, probably,
the Delaware senatorship contest. SEN
ator Pritchard told me yesterday that
he would make speech in favor OF
seating Dupont, as would, also, Sena-
tors Chandler, Burrows and Hoar
There would be opposition speeches
he said, from Gray, Pugh and Turpie
The composition of the Senate now If
as follows: Republicans, a.; Demo
Gratis 39;Populists 9. / called Mr.Pritch.
ards attention to this, and further
suggested to him the rumor that the
Populists were repored as being uni
ted against Dupont in view OF the fact
that they were not willing TO give ar
the balance Of powers which they nov
held. In case Dupont were seated, thu
Senate would be a tie, in case the Popu
list were TO unite with the Democrats
on any question-in any event theS
would lose their vantage ground. In
o.y,0anfiay1 Mr. ptiTahard said tina.