Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-15
ADJOURN IN JUNE
SESSION OF CONGRESS DRAWING
RAPIDLY TO A CLOSE.
THE NEW DEVIL OF THE DEEP.
Capabilities of Holland-Great Amount
of Important Legislation Ac-
complished-Pension Bills.
Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.
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Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.
Washington. D.. c., May 8, 1900.
Al the close of this session of congress
approaches and with it begins that sea-
son of the year which is almost unbear-
able in Washington, the transient, or
floating population of the city COM
mence preparations for their departure,
and with the fall of the gavel' the
money spending contingent of the cap
ital without delay, makes all haste to
reach other places. The lobbyists. of
whom there are many, return to their
homes to report-some successful. others
with future promises and hopes, and
many more disappointed and worse for
the wear" The society people, those
who live in all parts of the country and
who only come to Washington for the
winter for the purpose of enjoying the
pleasures of state affairs, and have the
association of tinsel and brass. gold lace
and ould straps, medals and braid,
and gain notoriety by giving swell at
fairs because they nave the price" they
all leave as well-but not to toll and
worry in ONE other locality. but to con-
tinue the same life at the seashore. in
NAS ~ VII NiiS liz
excursionist, who comes to view his
country's great ~law-making bodies, who
gaZeS with awe akin to reverence at the
handsome and well-dressed Depew, with
fear and trembling on the ordinary-look-
ing "Pitchfork" Tillman. with amuse-
ment at the sylph-like Mason, with re-
spect and confidence at Hoar, Allison,
Lindsay n Cockrell with admiration at
Foraker, Daniel, Spooner and Lodge,
With wonder at Tom Platt. with surprise
at Beveridge and sympathy and regret
at dear old Vest-they all take a cheape
rate and go elsewhere. The capital,
which is now like a beehive. then be-
comes a great pile of marble with a few
clerks mere and there, n a sufficient
number OF police to protect it and them.
Members of each body lose little time in
reaching their constituents, and more
particularly this year on account of the
great hight between them. Every en-
plove IN the government service who can
possibly be spared from his duties will
be Granted the longest leave of absence
possible that he may assist the person
VINO secured his place for him and
thereby show his gratitude. and, more
hlpo'tant, continue to draw salary him
sen Tor another term. This brings to the
estimate Washingtenians their ho1r
OF d~lscontent:' indeed. merchants ara
N,le' SHOPS vacant, boa riding ho,1ses
closed and hotels like closed churchesN
put they all wait-wait until Decarha,
"Hen the whole game is plaved n,a,
asaln-a few different matters to ,seisl
we lor' a lew changes in office. q fev,
same. "Ae 10 just the
Inc impression that congress will .a
Joufn during the first week in .rnna
grows more general daily. The ren11hli-
can leaders IN both houses are working
Io"aiu THIS end. In the senate a tacif
decision has been reached to mass NJ
legislation of Importance eycent the ~
preparation bills and the bill giving the
president authority to govern the Phil
lpplnsS. rms programme shelves both
tne Nicaragua canal bill and the sub
sluy shipping bill. Both measures would
provoke a great amount of debate if ia
Ken up, and would thus prolong the SEES
sion FOR another month or two. Several
senators are determiped to fight the
canal Dill, While the opposition which will
De oiered to the Payne-Hanna ship sub
sldy Dill is not concealed.
The appropriation bills are in excellent
shape as follows:
Approved-Pensions; diplomatic and
legislative, executive and iu-
dicial.
In conference-Indian; District of Col
umola; army. Notifications; agriculture.
PENDING in Senate-NaVal: postOfIice.
In Senate Committee-Sundry civil.
In the House-Military academy; de-
ticiency.
There are no serious disagreements
connected with the bills in conference.
so that they can be reported speedily, if
necessary. Long before the list of June
all OF the appropriation bills ought to
nave received the presidential signature
This session has been remarkable for
the great amount of important legisla-
ton which has been accomplished: The
Hawaiian bill, providing for the govern
nleht or that island; the Porto Rican bill.
pfoNldlng a system of government for
that new possession, and the Alaska
Dill, which will pass the house in a cou-
pie of weeks, having already been
through the senate, which gives to that
newly developing and wonderful terri
tory a system of laws as perfect as those
OF Montana or California. In addition to
tne above more private pension bills have
passed this session than at any one ses-
SION FOR many years, and more bills for
relief of those who had property DESTROY
ed by union troops during the civil war
nave been referred to the court of claims
for action. Further, the house has SET
tied at least a half dozen contest cases,
only of local Importance, however. while
the senate has disposed of the QUAY
case, decided there was no cause for pro-
test IN Scott case, and are about ready
to act on the famous Clark case from
your w state. The bill known as the
.sieoidSudn cdHal DILL passed the house
May z, after a stormy debate. ever to the
extent Of bitter personalities, and the
passing of the lie between two of the
great leaders of that body. Cannon of
Illinois and Hepburn of Iowa, the for
mer chairman of the appropriations COM
mlttee, the latter chairman of the COM
mlttee on lnter-oceanic canals and the
father of the bill. The vote was o24 to
30. showing that the opposition was linn
tied to very few.
AS heretofore stated the general i'm
preston prevails that the bill will not
pass the senate this session, although
Senator Morgan insists that he will get
tne measure before the senate and pass it.
Referring to the Clark case az an ito,,