Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-05
WASHINGTON VIKINGS.
THINGS COMING TO A CRISIS IN
THE SENATE.
The Fifty-frst Congress- Nearly Expired
and Nothing Accomplished-The None
tary Conference About to Convene.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Alt begins to be
apparent that the present unsatisfactory
state of affairs in the senate must soon
be terminated. Fifty working days will
be the life of the tifty-first congress, yet
the first of the regular annual appro-
priation bills remains to be acted upon
by the senate. The feeling of impa-
tience, which this condition Of the pub
lie business has aroused, has gathered
ssrousssrcvcry uHy. Tne Ifgnf1cant re-
marks uttered in debate each week by
senators Of recognized influence, appear
to have had no effect in bringing the
senate nearer to change of the pro-
gramme that has held sway since con-
gress met in December last. A caucus
of the Republican senators is to be held,
probably on Monday evening, and it is
confidently expected by most of the Re-
publican senators that, az result of it.
before the week expires, q crisis will
have been reached with respect to
the elections bill, and the senate will
have arrived at clear understanding of
what course it is to pursue for the re-
mainder of the session. The lines of
battle are narrowing and there is a
gathering of forces. Absent Republican
senators have been requested to return
and preparations are being made on
both sides of the chamber for q final
struggle. A part of the campaign, it is
believed, will be a series Of night ses-
slons, designed to test the efficacy of the
old methods of passing a; bill obnoxious
to the minority, as well an to secure the
adoption of the.new closure rule, il it be
decided to press this measure. It is ex-
pected, however, that this order will not
be made before Tuesday, as a night SEES
sion Monday would interfere with the
desired caucus.
HOUSE FORECAST.
In the house, tomorrow is individual
suspension day." and members will be
given an opportunity to pass measures
of 10 cal interest. Chairman Farquhar
will call up the shipping bill Tuesday.
Its friends purpose to allow two days
for consideration, but q determined ef-
fort will be made by the opposition to
defer final action on the bill as long as
possible, in the hope of defeating it. In
this manner, without running the risk
OF a final vote on the passage Of the bill,
there is a prospect that the considera.
ton of the shipping bill may be antago-
nized by the appropriation bills, and
that the former measure may not secure
the floor. Friday will be devoted to
bills on the private calendar. It is ex-
pected to fill in any time during the
week not devoted to the shipping bill
to special orders with appropriation
bills, four of which are on the calendar
awaiting consideration, Chairman
CutcheOn. of the military affairs COM
mittee, having the right of way with
the army appropriation bill.
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
z The international monetary confer
ence has been called to meet in the
diplomatic chamber of the department
of state, Wednesday next, when Secre-
tary Blaine will deliver an address of
welcome. Since the publication of the
list of delegates appointed, notice has
been received OF the appointments of b.
A. p. Carter to represent the Hawaiian
kingdom, Hannibal Price to represent
Hayti, and r. w. Stevens the republic
of Honduras.
COFFEE CROP FAILURE IN JAVA.
The bureau Of American republics has
received advices Of the almost total
failure of the coffee crop in Java, which
is estimated at only about 18 per cent
OF the former annual averages.
~ v iss:4sT On HEARST S con barIoN. y \ Y
Senator Hearst rested comfortably tie
greater portion Of today. There Il, how-
ever, no material change in his condi-
ton. an
Rain and Snow.
SIssoN, CAL, Jan. 4.A<R Rain md s1sow
has been falling for twenty-four hours.
a heavy utorm y apperent.