The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-12-21
A RUSH OF BUSINESS BEFORE HOLIDAYS
Many Things TO be- Got Ont of the Way Re
fore Temporary adjournment.

Many Things TO be DOT ONa of the Hay BE
fore Temporary Adjournment.
Washington special: The coming
week will be the last before the holiday
recess and congress will be particularly
busy. Attempts will be made to call up
special Legislation in which members oi
the two houses are interested to gel
them out of the way before the consid.
Grafton of the more important appro.
priation bills is begun.
In the senate the unfinished business
is the tariff bill which will, unless some
compromise be made, be under consid.
Grafton daily to the exclusion Of all
business.
The members of the finance commit.
tee and OF the appropriation committee
of the senate have been considering
seriously the question of the duration
of the holiday recess. 1t was originally
intended to make this recess but ten
days in length, just long enough to clear
Christmas and New Years day.
The proposition made to the house
last week for an adjournment from Fri
day next until Janury 7 meets with the
disapproval of the leading members of
both appropriation committees and as
the bills which are in their charge must
be considered to the exclusion of all
other business, it is thought that their
wishes will have some weight with the
members of both houses. Adjournment
will be probably had On Friday or Sat
urday next. Meantime, there is every
reason to believe that the tariff bill will
be under discussion to the exclusion of
all other business.
Tomorrow, in the morning hour,
Senator Riddleberger's resolution for
the reorganization of the senate after
January 1 will come up for considera-
ton. Senator Riddleberger promises
to make n speech in support of the reso-
luton, and if he is in the chamber when
it is taken up, he will undoubtedly car
nv out his promise. 1t is thought that
the resolution will not be debated, and
it is said that ut the conclusion OIL SEN
ator Riddleberger's speech will be
made, and that the motion will come
from the democratic side of the house;
that on this motion there will not be a
negative vote, except, perhaps, that of
Senator Riddleberger. However the
democratic senators may disagree with
Senator ingalls, in his personal and po-
litical views, they have no fault to find
with him as a presiding officer.
tt is possible that the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill will be report
ed to the senate before the end of the
week. Monday is sus pension day in
the house. A number of members are
very anxious to have measures that
have been favorably reported from the
committees passed, and it is not ut all
unlikely that there will be a locking of
horns as to which measure shall take
precedence. An effort may be made to
pass the river and harbor bill under a
suspension of the rules, but in the pres
ent 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
and again on Friday and it will proba-
bly, be successful, unless the opponents
of the measure resort to fllibustering
tactics to defeat it.
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 endeaver to have it considered.
They will probably be antagonized by
the appropriation committee with the
le~gislaSive bill. Mr.. Clements of Geor-
gia is in charge of the bill in the absence
of Gen. Former, of Alabama, who is sick,
and has expressed a desire to pass the
bill at once. Should the Legislative bill
get before the house it will occupy one
and perhaps two days.