New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-22
WINDING UP ITS BUSINESS.
CONGRESS WILL. PROBABLY ADJOURN
on JUNE 8.
EVERYTHING DEPENDS. HOWEVER, on THE PRES
IDENT's ACTION on THE RIVER AND HAIR
BoR BILL WHICH HE IS ALMOST
CERTAIN TO VETO.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBt NE.J

rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Washington May 21-The prospect Of reas-
onably prompt adjournment OF Congress has un-
doubtedly been greatly Frightened by the pas
sage through the Senate Of the Fortincauohs
and District Of Columbia Appropriation oiiis on
two successive days. There now remain Tor con-
elderaton only the General Deficiency Dill ana
the conference reports oi the Legislative III
dian, Postal Naval. Sundry Civil, RIVER ana
Harbor. District and Fortfcations bills-an ar
ray more formidable in appearance than in
reality. The Legislative bill has been agreed
upon by the conferrees. and the contests on the
Indian. Naval and River and Harbor bills nave
Zach been narrowed down to a single issue. with
the certainty OF an agreement withh shoi'
time II is customary to have such an accumu-
lation at the fag end of the session, ana oid oo
servers here agree that never before In recent
vears have the money bills been so far advanced
The date 10 be set for final adjournment no"
seens to turn on the celebrity with when the
conference report on the River and Har0or Dill
con he pushed through the two houses In the
Senate to-day the conference report was dis
agreed 10 az n whole. that some rather per-
sistent opposition on the part Of Senators Bacon
OF Georgia, and Whit.. Of California, might De
appeased by certai-. notifications II 10 the
hope OF the conferrees. however, to bring IN
new report by tomorrow or Saturday. III IS re-
garded as mora than probabiity-more nearly
a certainty-that the President VIII veto the
River and Harbor bill. Notwithstanding the as
surance that there is more than enough strength
in the two houses to pass It over his veto. The
ac,uoI time Of adjournment hinges almost solely
therefore on the date when this bill reaches MI
Cleveland and the ten-day veto period begins to
run It is deemed the only safe course by the
friends OF the bill that the date OF adjournment
should be selected TO cover the eleventh
dav after the receipt Of the bill at the White
House: otherwise the President might give
pocket veto" to the measure by allowing 1t TO
dia with the session on the other hand, he may
act on the bill immedlat tely after Its receipt by
either vetoIng or signing IT, and In that case the
period of waiting might DC reuuced anu the ses-
sion terminated sooner
one elemen. which adds TO the uncertainty
Of the situation is the fact that 1t is not known
inst how far the settlement Of the Santa Monica
Uarhor dIspute will affect Mr.. Cleveands we'll
known hostility to such appropriations as are
! contained in the bill II Is regarded as practi-
calIy certain that with this provision In the
bin the President Will veto II at once. whiIe
without IL he may not be so ready 10 cohueHlII
the Who'll. measure.
Presuming that the conferree9 and the TWO
houses reach an agreement on this Dill IN tme
! - allow
Monday. May -. the constitutional limit VIII
expire Thursday. June T. Sun'ayt ana iIa'
| lions ~ days are not included I'm this period.
4 veto must reach Congress before ADJOURN
/ ment on Wednesday. June J. Action To pass
the bill over the veto might. under the most
| favorable circumstances. be had in both houses
within two days but the margin Is slight one
| and II is reckoned a close calculation that ad-
iournment can be had by June ~ II Is oiten
The cas 80 that Monday is chosen for the dissOlu-
tior OF the session. and 1t Is the estimate or
the conservative forccasters that the gavel VIII
onolly fan at noon on June = This forecast
is based on the assumption that there Is no
danger thai the other Appropriation bills VIII
f,i ~ becom. lawe There is nc apprehension
an This score and II is planned that. while cor,
cross Is waiting through the ten-days perlod
All Of the conference reports VIII pe aSieeu ~
and approved - 49, thar
ornronria tinn bills are 10 bc compromised
ana II not lnfrcquently happens that the very
orcuuulatlon of conference disputes is hr'usht
ahout with the view of supplying the means
- reaching a settlement on all by sacrihclnR
tho ronfrovcrtcA point on one bill In order 10
o.,, ~ At ON another The fight on IN" lndlah
Ini g. ON the question ~ Government ana lot
s,.-,,rian schoola The House Is stubnorhly
r,sts,ing the Senate amendment, and VIII h"'
r,eid The Naval bin hangs fire on the matter
=, n,ovidlnR for constructing two or four pat
,ie sbirs tho House contendng for me larger
rur,hnr contrary 10 the general rule whereby
,h serate urges increases over House pro-
,isions II u thought likely that the IlIiet,,nce
viii be compounded by provdlhs 'o' '''