Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1892 — CONGRESS ADJOURNS. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESS ADJOURNS.

The World’s Fair Bill for $2,500,000 is Passed. And the Solons Then Leave to Repair Their Respective Pollti. cal Fences. Congress adjourned at 11 o'clock on the night of August 5. Tho passage of the World’s Fair bill, which appropriates 82,500,000, a reduction of one-half from the original proposition, and on account of, which the House has been in deadlock for two weeks, was passed by a vote of 131 to 82. The bill was sent to the Senate immediately passed, returned for engrossment, and at 8:55 signed by the President. There was no unusual scenes in th. closing hours. The President was at the Capital and signed such bills as were passed promptly, '''He left on the 11:35 train for Loon Lake, whore Mrs. Harrison is pingThere was little to occupy the time of the Senators at the evening session. Mr. Anderson made some remarks as to the business of the session. It was unprece. dented, he said, at least for many yean past, tha| the calendar was reduced as it was now. There were on the calendar not exceeding Six House bills, yet undisposed of, and there were comparatively few Senate bills on the calendar. The Senate has passed 709 Senate bills; and of those the House had passed 180. The House bad passed 460 House bills and of those the Senate had passed 314. Of all the presidential nominations that had come to the Senate during this session there had not been a single one rejected, and-rbut three nominations had died on the executive calendar of *.he Senate. One of these was a collector of internal revenue and two of them wore postmasters. a He doubted whether any such showing could be made for any previous long session, and he hoped that the Senator from lowa would supplement bls remarks with a financial statement. Mr. Allison said that ho would state; in general terms, the appropriations of this session, as compared with the appropriations of the first session of tho Fifty-first Congress. The appropriations of. that ses-. Sion were, in round numbers, $163,000,000, and those of the present session $307,000,000 showing an increase at this session of ~544,000,000. Tho principal Increases were in appropriations for pensions and for the Postoffice Department. There was some diminutions at the presentsessltm, notably in deficiencies, to tho Amount of $5,000,000. There was also a diminution of $4,000,000 In miscellaneous appropriations. Ho believed that there was not a single public building bill that had passed both houses this session. He thought ho could claim for tho Senate committee .on appropriations and for the Senate itself that,during this session, the regular appropriation bills bad been carefully scanned, and that scanning had not been political in its character.;, I? was obvious to <ll that postal facilities and postal expenditures were constantly increasing, and So there had been $8,000,000 added to the postbffico appropriation bill nt this session, as compared with two years ago. And ye^tho postal appropriation would fall very short of meeting the necessary expenditures of the fiscal year 1893, and large deficiencies for the Postoffice Department and for other departments of tho Government would be necessary At the~next Session*. For Inatance. the appropriation for United States courts was about a million less than was necessary. He was not saying these things in adverse criticism. Mr. Gorman, member on appropriations, commended the chairman of that committee for his fair and candid statement. Tho fact remained, however, that tho appro priations at this session would exceed $500,000,000, notwithstanding the extraordinary efforts of tho House of Representatives to keep them within reasonable bounds. It was not altogether a party matter, for these Immense appropriations wore partly made necessary because of the growth of tho country, tho extension of the postal system and the extension of the pension system and other permanent and necessary expenditures, for which neither party should be responsible.

At a wheat threshing a few miles west of Celina, 0., on the sth, John Day was feeding the thresher, and Henry Shryhock accidently cut Day’s hand. Thereupon Day thrust him into the thresher head foremost, killing him instantly. Then John Shyhock, a brother of the murdered man, stabbed John Day with a pitchfork till he killed him. The committee on ways and means, through Mr. McMillin, on Friday mado * unanimous report adverse, to tho subtreasury bill.