The record-union., 1896-05-25
SURPRISING HEADWAY MADE.
ALL FIFTEEN GRAND ANNUAL
BUDGETS PASSED BUT ONE.
Senator Hale Will Call Up the Gen.
eral Deficiency Bill This
Morning.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-The Sen
ate Committee on Appropriations is
surprised at the headway it has been
able to make in the matter of pushing
its bills through the Senate. OF the
fifteen great annual budgets all have
now passed the Senate but the general
deficiency bill, and Hale, in charge of
that measure has given notice that he
will call it up tomorrow. 1t is unusual
for this bill to be reported so far in ad-
vance of the generally accepted date
of adjournment, it being cdtch-all
for appropriations and deficiencies that
cannot be got in until the last minute.
Owing to the rapidity with which this
bill has been acted upon it may become
necessary before adjournment to pass
a small urgent deficiency measure COW
ering items that the treasury may yet
call to the attention of Congress. It is
expected that an agreement will be
reached that will result in a vote on
the Butler anti-bond bill either to-mor-
row or Tuesday. The filled cheese bill
which Sherman is urging is in peril
Gus" shape, owing to numerous pro-
posed amendments. Now, that the
House has acted on the immigration
measures before it, Lodge of MaSsa-
chusetts will seek to pass one of the
measures through the Senate so that
out of the many conflicting plans some
law may be secured that will remedy
what are said to be existing evils in
our present immigration statutes.
Six of the great appropriation bills
are now laws: one, the agricultural
without the Presidents approval The
Indian bill has been agreed to with the
exception of four items, the most i'm
portant of which is that relating to ap-
propriations for sectarian schools. The
final report on the legislative bill was
agreed to in the House yesterday, but
the Senate has not acted upon it. There
has been no conference on the postoffice
bill up to this time. When that oc-
ours there will undoubtedly be a strug-
gle between the two houses on the
question of the subsidies authorized in
the Senate. The naval bill has been
agreed to with the exception of the
Senate reduction in the number of bat
tleships, the provisions as to the price
to be paid for armor-plate and the
prohibition of the employment by
Government contractors of naval Off
GERS on leave. IT is thought the agree
ment will finally result in three new
battleships as a compromise between
the four authorized by the House and
the two authorized by the Senate
The river and harbor bill awaits the
Presidents approval or veto or nom
action.
The leaders of the House expect that
Congress will reach a final adjourn
ment for the session two weeks from
tomorrow, which will be June Sth.
That was the statement made this
evening by Representative Dalzell Of
Pennsylvania, member of the Com
mittee on Rules. The progress of busi-
ness in the House in these two weeks
viii be matter of arrangement from
day to day, and only the most general
outline can be given now. The Com
mittee on Affairs of the District of Co
lumbia are entitled to the session to-
Chairman Babcock claim it, only n
conference report or the determination
of the House to consider a contested
election case viii prevent him from
having it,
Before the session ends it is probable
given a day in which to present two or
three bills demanding immediate ac-
ton, relating to affairs in Alaska and
New Mexico. 1t is also among the
probabilities that another effort will be
made to pass the Phillips labor COM
mission bill.