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CONGRESS- NEARING
ADJOURN MENT
SESSION MAY END NEXT WEEK
GORMAN SAYS ADJOURNMENT Is
HASTY.
Democratic Members Longing for
Political EXcitement-COncIu
Days of the Session VIII Probably
BE Devoid of Usual WrangIinE
over Appropriation BiIIs-Most of
These Bills Have Been Agreed
Upon.
BY r. NJ. Larner.

Upon.
BY r. M. Larner.
Washington, April 2,-The Demo-
cratic issue, as developed during the
last six days, is the hasty adjourn
ment of Congress, when, as alleged,
there is important legislation to at
tend to. Mr.. German, the minority
leader in the Senate virtually sprung
that in his speech Wednesday. His
Democratic colts, who are hard to
keep under rein for any one PROPOSE
tion, are generally willing to agree to
that. Accordingly, they propose to
ring the changes on this issue for
the remainder of the session, which
will probably be only two or three
weeks more, and see how it takes with
the country.
AS a matter of fact, Congress has
been in session now almost as long as
during the long session. 1t met this
year one month earlier than usual
because of the extra session, and much
of the work of the regular session
was advanced thereby. Nevertheless,
anything that all Democrats can agree
upon, after having failed on the canal
issue and the issue against enlarging
the navy, is very acceptable. At both
ends of the Capitol they have been
perking up considerably Of late, and
hope to make what has been a very
dull session from a political standpoint
and in a whirlwnd of agitation.
The Parker and Hearst BOoms.
A strong revival of the Parker boom
in various states has also immensely
encouraged the Democrats in both
branches. They were very much cast
down by the Hearst successes. The
wealthy New Workers. invasion fsdiv-
ers states was followed by the election
of Hearst delegates and for several
days there were many blanched faces
on the minority side of the Senate ana
House. But the Hearst boom has
been checked due to the heroic efforts
that were directed from Washington,
so the Democrats believe, and they
claim, with little dissent, that it looks
like very smooth sailing for Parker.
That makes them feel much better,
and gives them courage to dive into
debate critical of the administration.
Democrats often lament their lack
of discipline in Congress. one of the
very prominent Democrats in Congress
said to-day that if his party in the
Senate and House was as submissive
to discipline as the Republicans, won
ders could be accomplished. we have
a mob in the Senate and in the
House," he added, where the Repub-
licans have q drilled army. The same
thing is true of the two parties gen
orally.
No WranGIings in Sight.
The concluding days of the session
of Congress will probably be devoid
of any of the wranglings over appro-
priation bills, which usually crop out
prominently at that period. AS rule,
it is difficult to reach agreements on
appropriation bills until right at the
close of the session. Conferees VIII
talk and talk and the Senate men wilr
hold out for their provisions and the
House men likewise and nothing is done
until the time is so short that some
thing must be done This year, how
ever, has been an exception and most
of the appropriation bills are already
agreed upon by the conferees and
adopted by the two houses. The navy
bill and the sundry civil bill are usual
ly the bones of the greatest contention.
They will apparently be the case this
year, although not to the same extent
as heretofore.
The House Is always extremely jeal-
Gus of the Senate for piling into the
sundry civil bill many odds and ends
of Legislation that failed to pass by
the regular channels Therefore Uncle
Joe Cannon has declared that no reso-
luton of adjournment shall be adopt
ed this year till the conference of the
sundry civil bill has been fixed up.
He doesn't want his conferees driven
into agreements, which otherwise they
would not make. But everything pro-
@ses well for an adjournment by
May 1, and it would be no surprise IL
it were reached a little before that
date.
Contestant PrioIeau.
contestant for Representative Legares
seat in the House, is a constant vis-
itor at the Capitol. He occupies a seat