Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-17
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
The National Statesmen Rush
 ing for Turkey.
WILL LIKELY ADJOURN FRIDAY.
Meantime a Forecast Is Presented of the Business Likely to Be Pushed Through. Senators Will Talk Tariff, While the House Will Have a Variety.

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 Senators Will Talk Tarif; While the
 House VIII Have a Variety.
 WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-The present week will be the last before the holiday recess, and congress will be particularly busy. Attempts will be made to call up special legislation ill which members of the two houses are inter ested, to get them out of the way before the consideration of the more important appro- priation bills is begun.
 In the senate the unfinished business IS the tariff bill, which will, unless some new prop osition is made, be considered day by day to the exclusion of all other business. The members of the finance committee and Of the appropriation committee of the senate have been considering seriously the question of the duration of the holiday recess It was orig finally intended 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 members an opportunity to reach their homes on Christ mas day. The proposition made to the house for an adjournment from Friday next until Jan. meets with the disapproval of the leading members of both these important committees, and as the bills which are in their charge must be considered to the exclusion of all other business, it WOuA0 Oo AdOu1thA to 5OpPOSS GA1o OhSA "AoASS will have some weight with the majority in the senate. The Republican senators who are blamed by their colleagues for forcing, or at least bringing about an adjournment of the senate from Thursday of each week to the following Monday, however, are expected to vote with the Democrats on the holiday question. and if the house should agree to a long recess it is more than likely that the resolution will not be amended in the senate. Adjournment will probably be held on Friday or Saturday next. Meantime there Is every reason to believe that the tariff bill will be under discussion to the exclusion of all other business except that of the morning hour.
 To-day, in the morning hour Senator Rid dleberger's resolution for the reorganization of the senate after Jan will come up for con- sideration. MT. Riddleberger promises to make a speech in support of the resolution. 1t is thought that the resolution will not be debated, and it is said that motion to lay it on the table will be made at the conclusion of Mir. Riddleberger's speech, that the motion will come from the Democratic side of the chamber, and that on this motion there will not be a negative except, perhaps, that os MT. Riddleberger.
 It is possible that the District of Columbia appropriation bill will be reported to the senate before the end of the week.
 To-day is suspension day in the house. A number of members are very anxious to have measures that have been favorably reported from committees passed, and it is not at 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 present temper of the house, and with a quorum seldom present, it's friends Ivy %r o1oVo1 Ina iaot and have the bill considered later in the week. A determined effort will be made to pass the Nicaraguan canal bill to-day and again on Friday, and it will probably be successful, unless the opponents of the measure resort to filibustering tactics to defeat it. The Okla hama bill may also be called up and put on its passage Should the friends of the river and harbor bill decide not to attempt to pass it to-day, they will endeavour to have it considered tomorrow. They will probably be antagonized by the appropriation commit tee with the legislative bill, MT Clements of Georgia, in charge of the latter bill in the absence of Gen. Forney of Alabama, who is sick, having expressed a desire to pass the bill at once. Should the legislative bill get before the house it will occupy one and per- haps two days.
 On Wednesday Mir. 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 on Wednesday and the friends of the river and harbor bill do not obtain consideration of their measure on Tuesday, Thursday will find the house dis cussing inlets, harbors, rivers and engineers reports. At the close of Fridays session congress will probably adjourn for the Christmas holidays