New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-06
LAST DAYS OF CONGRESS.
ABATEMENT EARLY IN JUNE EN-
PECTED.
A NUMBER OF RODS IN PICKLE FOR BRYAN
WHICH WILL BE USED BEFORE
THE SESSION ENDS.
THE SESSION END
rpy TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUNE.l

TELEGRAPH THE TRlBtNEI
rrasbiuston Nav 5-The symptoms of anxiety
20 bring this session of Congress 10 an end as
soon as practicable. and in any event as early as
.he FIRST or second week in June, are daily be-
canning more acute. and the leaders in both
houses irrespective af party, are planning and
working with ever increasing diligence to effect
that result The leaders Of the majority are
prettv well satisfied with the amount and kind
of work that has been done since December and
with the prospect of what may be accomplished
in the next five or six weeks. Within the last
fortnight the status Of the great appropriation
bills. which must be passed even If everything
else is postponed has materially improved and
there is no longer any likelihood that the session
will have to be protracted on account of them.
PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
one important sign Of the near approach Of
the day Of adjournment. and one that never
fails in Presidential year. is the activity shown
by Senators and Representatives both sides
in collecting. arranging and preparing materials
for speeches of a political sort which will find
their way into The Record" before that day ar
rives In this matter the members of the ma jor-
ity have greatly the advantage of their political
opponents. and they will press it to the utmost
There viii probably be half dozen speeches in
either house by Republican leaders. reviewing
The events OF the last four years and the records
Of the respective parties on strictly political
questions. as we'll as on these which more or less
indirectly relate such questions both in the
legislative and administrative management of
public affairs. The speeches which Mr.. Bryan
has been delivering to or less large and
appreciative audiences from Maine TO Texas and
Oregon in the last four five months-in all of
which he has told his hearers what the issues
Of the coming Presidential campaign would be
and indicating their relative importance-have
been read with interest and ever increasing
amusement mingled with Indignation by able
gresS. who born years ago, and they al
ready have number of rods in pickle for the
Boy Orator" which Will he appropriately and
effectively used before Congress adjourns.
MR.. SPOONER TO WELD THE LASH.
One of these will be applied by Senator
Spooner who. among others, is of the opinion
that Colonel Bryan has had the stage himself
about long enough. The speech of the Wiscon-
sin Senator is awaited with great and eager in
terest not only by those who have an inkling
OF some. of the disclosures he will be likely to
make but by everybody else who has ever
heard him address the Senate.
Another speech which is in course of prepara-
ton will also excite good deal of attention
among the Democrats well others. 1t
will be delivered by Representative Littlefeld.
and, it is said. viii not be suitable for circula-
tiOn Democratic campaign document. 1t
is also said that the speech will contain some
interesting observations on the record of the
Democratic party in Congress the subject OF
some profit, If not with unalloyed pleasure, de-
spite the fact that he has effectively dealt
with that subject and prescribed a panacea for
the evils caused by trusts and monopolies