St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
And the National SolonS Are
Preparing for Two Weeks
Of Rest.
The Adjournment Likely to
Be From Saturday Next
to Jan. z.
Riddleberger's Resolution for
Reorganization of the Sem
ate Will Fall Flat.
The Nicaragua and Oklahoma
Bills Looming Up in the !
Lower House.
Special to the Globe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The cominA
week will be the last before the holiday
recess, and congress will be particu4
larly busy. Attempst will be made to
call up special legislation in which
members of the two houses are inter-
eSted, to get them out of the way before
the consideration of the more important
appropriation bills is begun. In the
senate the unfinished business is the
tariff bill, which will, unless some new
proposition is made, be considered day
by day to the exclusion of all other busi.
ness. The members of the finance comj
mittee and of the appropriation commiG
tee of the senate have been considering
seriously the question of duration of the
holiday recess. 1t was originally iM
tended to make this recess but ten days
in length, just long enough to clear
Christmas and New Years day, and
with the preceding Sunday to give mem.
bers an opportunity to reach theil
homes on Christmas day. The prOpOsL
ton made to the house last week for an
adjournment from Friday next until the
7th day of January meets with the dis
approval OF the leading members of both
these important committees, and as tho
bills which are in their charge must be-
considered to the exclusion of all Other
business, Z
IT WOULD BE NATURAL
to suppose that their wishes will have
some weight with the majority in thS
senate. The Republican senators who,
are blamed by their colleagues for forct
inc, or at least bringing on adjournment
of the senate from Thursday of each
week to the following Monday, howe
ever, are expected to vote with the Dems
ocrats on the holiday question; and, if
the house should agree to long recess
it is more than likely that the resolution
will not be amended in the senate. ADJ
journment will probably be had on Frti,,
day or Saturday next. Meantime, there
is every reason to believe that the tariff
bill will be under discussion to the ex,
clusion of all other business, except thai
of the morning hour. Tomorrow, in the
morning hour, Senator Riddleberger'S
resolution for the reorganization of tho
senate after January will come up for
consideration. Mr.. Riddleberger prom+
iSes to make speech in support Of the
resolution. and, if he is in the chamber
when it is taken up, he will undoubtedly
carry out his promise. 1t is thought
that the resolution will not be debatedS
and it Is said that motion to lay it on
the table will be made at the conclusion
of Mr.. Riddleberger's speech; that the
resolution will come from the Demo,
cratic side of the chamber, and that on
this motion there will
NOT BE A NEGATIVE
vote, except. perhaps, that of Mr.. RID.
dleberger. However Democratic sena.
tors may disagree with Mr.. Ingalls, in
his personal and poll tical views, they
have no fault to find with him as pre@
siding officer. 1t is possible that the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
Will be reported to the senate before
the end of the week. Monday is sus-
pension day i'll the house. A number Of
members are very anxious to have meas
ures that have been favorably reported
from committees passed, and it is not
at all unlikely that there will be lock.
ing of horns as to which measure shall
take precedence. An effort will be
made to pass the river and harbor bill
under suspension of the rules, but in
the present temper of the house, and
with a quorum seldom present, its
friends will probably have to abandon
the project and have the bill considered
later in the week. A determined effort
will be made to pass the Nicaraguan
canal bill Monday ard again OH Friday.
and it will probably be successful un-
less the opponents of the measure re-
sort to filibustering tactics to defeat ID
The Oklahoma bill may also be called
up and put on its passage. Should the
friends of the river and harbor bill de.
eide not to attempt to pass it Monday,
they will endeavor to have it considered
Tuesday. They will
PROBABLY BE ANTAGONIZED
by the appropriations committee with
the legislative bill-Mr. Clements, of
Georgia, in charge of the bill, in the alb.
sence of Gen. Forney. of Alabama, who
is sick, having expressed a desire to
pass the bill at once. Should the legiS.
lative bill get before the house, it will
occupy one. and perhaps two days. On
Wednesday y Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, hopes
to call up the contested South Carolina
election case of Small VS.. Elliott. This
case will be hotly contested on the floor,
and may lead to an extended political
debate. If it can be decided Wednes-
day, and the friends of the river and
harbor bill do not obtain consideration
of their measure Tuesday, Thursday
will find the house discussing inlets,
rivers and engineers reports.
At the close of Fridays session con.
gress will probably adjourn for the
Christmas holidays. There are now be.
fore the ways and means committee
three distinct propositions for recess,
one of which will be reported to the
house probably tomorrow. The resolu.
ton introduced last week was for ad-
journment from Friday next to Jan. z.
Some of the members of the committee
are talking OF an adjournment from FRI
lay next to Jan. 4. The third PROPOSE.
ion. and the one which will probably
De adopted, is for adjournment from
Saturday next to Jan. z.