Senators Adjourn for the Races
Although the Congress of the United States cannot take time in the pressure of its closing sessions to adjourn over the Lord's day, it can take time, amid the urgent demands for prompt action on momentous subjects, and in view of the unnecessary expenditure of the people's money by prolonging the present extra session, to adjourn over an entire day for some trivial or immoral purpose. On Tuesday, May 20, the United States Senate, on motion of Senator Cameron, adjourned over until Thursday to give senators an opportunity to attend to "departmental duties." This is well understood to have been intended to afford senators an opportunity to go to the Baltimore races. If this interpretation of the motion were at all doubtful, the presence of Senators Beck, Bayard, Blaine, and about a dozen others of the same dignified body at the Pimlico races the next day made the meaning of the motion perfectly clear. It is further affirmed by some of the correspondents who are fully informed in regard to home races, that not a few of the Senators who were present a year ago at the races lost heavily, and have not yet paid their losses.—Christian Statesman.