Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-08

VI b6SlSldUlOD.
Washington, d. c., June THE
House managers have parliamentary
machinery in operation which will en-
able them to secure prompt action on
every proposition submitted by the con-
ferees on the. five remaining appropria-
ton bills looking to an adjustment OF
the differences between the two houses.
Instead of adjourning last night the
House took {, recess until l o'clock to-
morrow morning. That action contin-
uss the legislative day of Saturday,
which, by special order adopted on
Friday. was made suspension day,
and will enable the House TO vote on
any proposition after twenty minutes
debate. The differences between the
two houses. on the four supply bills Cthe
sundry civil, naval, Indian and Dis
trict of Columbia are radical, but
BY MUTUAL CONCESSIONS
the House leaders believe the differences
can be adjusted ~ as TO permit an ad-
journment Tuesday or Wednesday.
In the sundry civil bill the House has
thus far persistently refused to accept
the amendments for public buildings at
tbs capitals of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
and Montana and the, additions for the
public buildings at Kansas City, Sa-
vannah, Ga, and Camden, n. j.
In the naval bill the House has re-
NAMED equally firm in its insistence on
four battleships. and $425 per ton as
the maximum cost of armor plate. TO
both of these items it has decided TO dis
agree. and yesterday refused compro-
mise. The Senate insists on two bat
tleships and a reduction OF the cost or
armor plate to $500 per ton.
In the Indian BILL which has no lsss
than four times voted for the immedl-
ate termination of appropriations for
SECTARIAN INDIAN SCHOOLS,
as against the Senate's proposition to
allow them TO run until 1898, the House
Yesterday declined to accept as COM
promise their termination in 1897. This
same question figures in the differences
between the two houses on the items on
the District of Columbia bill relating
TO sectarian charities. Another trouD-
lesome question in the Indian bill is the
appropriation for the payment OF the at
torneys for the old settlers association.
The Senate yesterday declined a COM
promise on this question which would
postpone the payment of these claims
until further legislative action was had
at the next session. On the question
Of sectarian schools 1t does not sesm
probable that the House can be induced
to yield. The probabilities are that
the other items will be compromised,
saving and excepting the public build
ing items in the sundry civil bill, which
it seems likely the Senate will eventually
abandon.
THE MAIN DIFFICULTY
in the way of an adjournment by the
middle of the week seems TO lie at the
Senate snd Of the capitol, where a single
Senator can obstruct matters if he
chooses until the quorum fails. when all
chance of a sine die adjournment before
the st. Louis convention will disappear.
An intense desire of members at both,
ends of the capitol to get away, how
ever. will do much toward inducing
those who are disposed to raise factious
opposition to yield their individual de-
sires to accomplish this result. 1t is
possible that if Senator Harris and 9th
ers, who are represented as strenuously
insisting on the restoration of the
southern war claims on the new general
deficiency, should carry their OBJ
structive tactics too far, ths leaders at
both ends of the capitol might decide
to allow the deficiency bill to fail alto
gether in order to bring about the COW
eted adjournment. While the failure
of this bill might embarrass the govern
ment, it would not stop any of the gov
ernmental machinery.
IN THE SENATE.
Whether the Senate shall be able to
conclude the work of the session this
week will probably depend upon wheth-
ct Il Cdu w oOliiO
Senators are opposed to the passage of
the new general deficiency bill, with the
French spoliation claims and the store
and supply claims, allowed under the
Bowman act, omitted. Senator Harris
makes no secret of his intention to de-
mand the restoration of these items to
the bill, and says that he will not con-
sent to its passage without them except
upon an aye and no vote. If he insists
upon this, voting quorum will be nsc-
essary. Several Senators have an
nounced their purpose of leaving the
city early in the week, and many others
will depart about the middle of the week
for 81. Louis. Under these circum-
stances it is possible that adjournment
may be postponed until after the Repub-
lican convention, though there will be
a very general effort to prevent this.
The other appropriation bills which
have not been finally disposed of are:
The Indian, the District of Columbia,
the sundry civil, the naval and the post