Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-04-17
TO ADJOURN IN JUNE
PREDICTED THAT CONGRESS WILL
CEASE WORK ABOUT JUNE 1.
There Are Many Questions of I'm.
portance That May he Left
Suspended in Wild Air.

Washington, April 12.-An unusually
early adjournment of congress Is being
predicted by the republican leaders III
both houses, and every sign points TO the
fulhllment of their prophesies. No con
gress in many years has made the record
Tor the transaction of routine business
which stands to the credit of the present
one, so far as the lower house is con
'cerned, at any rate.
With all the regular appropriation bills
except two passed by the house, with one
of those remaining reported from the
committee and likely to be passed, with
only a day or two of debate, and with
the other in process of preparation, the
house leaders are placing the limit OF
this session at the first of June, ALLOWING
as they think, sufficient time for the SEN
ate to take care of the important bills
sent to it from the house.
No other business except the regular
appropriations is absolutely necessary to
be done, and although the house may take
up SOME of the more pressing of the
general matters before such as the set
Element of the Pacific railroad debts, the
statehood and bankruptcy bills, it is eN-
pceted that many other minor matters
will be passed over in the interest OF an
early adjournment.
1t seems probable that the house Will
have passed the last of the appropria ton
| bills before May 10. OF these bills five
| the pension, military academy, urgent
| deficiency, diplomatic and consular ana
| army bills-have been signed by the pres
| ident.
| The agricultural bill has been passed
| by both houses, and is ready for the pres
dents signature. The postofhce bill has
| been passed by both houses, nut the sen
ate amendments have nearly been agreed
| TO by the house, and the legislative, exec
| utive' and judiciary bill is also in confer
ence between the two houses
| The Indian bill is in the senate and the
| naval bill is ready for consideration. The
| sundry civil service and the river ana
| harbor bills have been sent to the senate
| and referred to committees. In the mouse
| the Notifications bill stands ready for con
| sderatlon and the last of the list, the
general deficiency, is being prepared by
the appropriations committee. There re
| main therefore but two appropriation bills
to he passed by the house and six for the
| senate to act upon.
The senate committee on appropriations
$ well up with its work the appro
priation bills, and the senate is not IA
behind it's committee.
| 1t is the general opinion that the ap
propriatl committee can complete IL
work on the bills still to be considered
within three or four weeks time, an'
that it is possible for the senate to fnisi
| them by the middle of May.
| With the appropriate ton bills ont of tn
way it will be exceedingly difficult Il
| hold the senate in session for any pur
| pose Consequently the prevailing opln
| ion in the senate is that the final al
| lorunment will not be postponed far be
yond the beginning of the first of tn
summer months.
1t is admitted that if adjournment
| reached as early as the majority predic
and seem to desire, a great many ques
| TONS which il was hoped the sessio
| would dispose of, will be left suspendc
| in the air as it were. Among them tn
| bankruptcy. Nicaragua canal, Hawaiia
cable, Pacific railroads, fur seal and Me-
, Mexico and Arizona statehood bills, b.
sides the Monroe doctrine resolution, tn
resolution for the election of senators b
the people, the Dupont election case, tn
Alabama investigation, the various fiji
| ancial bills and resolutions, and the ger
| eral bills reported and to be reported froi
the committee on commerce. pensions an
public lands.