The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-25
TWO WEEKS MORE.
June 5 Date Now Set Tor Congress
To Adjourn.
SENATE GETTING THROUGH AP-
Preparation BILLS QUICKLY.
A Few Matters Still In Conference-River
the President-ContestedE Election Cases

A Few Matters Still In Conference-h1Ver
| and Harbor Bill Awaits the Action of
the President-Contested Election Cases
in the House.
| Washington, May 24.-The Senate Com
mittee on appropriations is.surprised at
the headway 1t has been able to make
in the matter ofspushing its bills through
the Senate. OF thes15 annual budgets all
have passed the Senate but the general
deficiency bill Mr.. Hale, in char ge Of
| that measure, has given notice that he
will call it up tomorrow. 1t is unusual
| for this bill to be reported 80 far in ad-
vance of the generally accepted date of
adjournment.
! 1t is the oatch-all for appropriations
and deficiencies that cannot be got in
until the last minute.
Owing to the rapidity with which
this bill was acted upon, it may become
necessary before adjournment to pass a
small urgent deficiency measure covering
items that the treasury may yet call to
the attention Of Congress.
| 1t is expected that an agreement vii l
be reached that will result in a vote on
the Butler anti-bond bill, either tomor-
row or Tuesday.
| The "fllcd cheese" bill which Mr..
Sherman ia urging, is in '"parlous"
shape, owing to the numerous proposed
amendments. Now that the house has
acted on the immigration measures be-
fore 1t, Mr. Lodge 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 reme-
! dy what are held to be defects in our
present immigration statutes.
| Six of the great appropriation bills are
now laws, one. the agricultural, with
out the Presidents approyal.) The In
oeption of four items. the most important
of which is that relating to appropria-
tions for sectarian schools.
The final item upon the Legislative bill
was agreed to in the House yesterday.
The Senate has not acted upon it.
There has been no conference on the post
Office bill up to this time. When that
occurs there will undoubtedly be strug
gle between the two houses on the ques
tion of the subsidies authorized in The
|
with the exception Of the Senate resolu
tion in the number Of battle ships, the
provisions as 10 the price to be paid fol
armor plate and the prohibition OF the
employment BY the government contrac-
tors of naval officers on leave.
4 1t is thought that an agreement will
finally result In three new battle ships
as compromise between the four au
thorized by the House and .he two autho
riZed by the Senate
Another partial report on the sundry
civil bill was agreed to yesterday, one
more conference will doubtless get this
large budget out of the way.
~ The District Of Columbia and fortlfica
tiops bill are in conference. The river
and harbor bill awaits the President
approval, or veto, or non-aotion.
Leaders Of the House expect that Con
gress will reach final adjournment fol
the session two weeks from tomorrow
June s. That was the statement made
this evening by Representative Dalzel
of Pennsylvanis, member Of the com
mittee on rules.
The programme OF business in the
House in these two weeks will be o mat
ter of arrangement from day to day,
and only the most general routine can
be given now.
The committee on affairs of the Dis
trict of Columbia is entitled to session
tomorrow under the rules, should Chair
man Babcook claim it. Only a confer
ence report, or the determination of the
House to consider contested election
case will prevent him from having it.
The committee on rules is desirous o1
clearing up the election cases now OIL
the calendar.
1t Is the expectation that thes3 case:
will be disposed of this week, should the
consideration of conference reports, which
are always first in order, leave timl
enough.
Before the session ends, it is probable
that tine committee on territories will bt