St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-13
ALL OF THEM ANXIOUS FOR AN
EARLY ADJOURNMENT OF
CONGRESS-.
WORK PRACTICALLY FINISHED.
FEW APPROPRIATION BILLS AND
NECESSARY LEGISLATION is
ATTENDED TO.
Has Shown Unusual Ability In Max
ing RequisitiOns on the
Treasury.

WASHINGTON, April 12-An unusually
early adjournment of congress is being pre-
dicted by the Republican leaders in both
houses, and every sign points to the fulfill
ment of their prophesies. No congress in
many years has made the record for the trans
action of routine business that this one has,
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 these remaining reported from the
committee, and likely, to be passed with only
a day or two of debate sand with the other in
process of preparation, house leaders are plac-
ing the limit of this session at the first Of
June, allowing, as they think, sufficient time
for the senate to take care of the important
bills sent to it from the house. No other busi
ness except the regular appropriations is alb
solutely necessary to be done and although
the house may take up some of the more press
ing of the general matters before it, such as
the settlement of the Pacific railroad debts,
the statehood and bankruptcy bills, it is ex-
pected that many other minor matters will be
passed over in the interests of an
EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
It seems probable that the house will have
passed the last of the appropriation bills be-
fore the 18th of May. OF these bills, five-the
pension, military, academy urgent deficiency,
diplomatic and conEular and army bills-have
been signed by the president, and are law.
The agricultural bill has been passed by both
houses, and is ready for the presidents sig
nature. The postofficeSbill has been passed by
both houses, but the senate amendments have
not yet been agreed to by the house, and the
legislative, executive and judicial bill is also
in hat tUO
Indian bill is in the senate, and the naval bill
is ready for consideration. The sundry civil
and the river and harbor bills have been sent
to the senate and referred to committees. In
the house the fortifcation bill stands ready for
consideration, and the last of the list, the
general deficiency, is being prepared by the
appropriations comfnttss
There remain, therefofe, but two appropr1a-
ton bills to be passed EE the house, and six
for the senate to act npGssAsF
The senate ceminittee@on appropriations 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
appropriation com1hittse can complete its
work on the bills still to be considered with
in three or four weeks time and that it Is
possible for the senate to finish them by the
middle of May. There are some who esti
mate that it will require until the first of
June to accomplish 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.
1t is admitted on all hands that if adjourn
ment is reached as early as the majority
predict and seem to desire, 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
1uptcy, Nicaragua canal, Hawaiian cable,
Pacific railroads, fur seal, and New Mexico
and Arizona statehood bills besides the Mon
roe doctrine resolution the resolution for the
election of senator's by the people, the Du-
pont election case, the Alabama investigation,
the various financial bills and resolutions,
and the general bills reported and to be re-
ported from the committees on commerce,
pensions and public lands.