The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-14
THE ANTI-OPTION BILL.
1t Will be the First in Order at
the December Session.
ITS FAR REACHING PROVISIONS
Its Passage Would Practically Shut
Up the Chicago Wheat Pit. tho
New Orleans Cotton Exchange and
Other Institutions of the Like.


Up the Chicago Wheat Pit. tho
New Orleans Cotton Exchange and
Other Institutions of the Like.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-On Monday,
Dec. 3, three weeks from now, the Fifty
second congress will meet in final ses-
sion In the interest which has centered
round the probable makeup and action
of the Fifty-third congress sight has
been lost for the time of the important
work yet remaining uncompleted on the
calendar of the Fifty-second congress.
One of the first matters to be brought
before the senate will be the Washburn
anti-option bill, which has already passed
the house and has shown that it has
clear majority in favor of its passage in
senate. The title of the bill is IAN act
defining options and futures, imposing
special taxes on dealers therein and re-
quiring persons engaged in such selling
products to obtain licenses, and for other
purposes"
Its provisions are 30 sweeping that
they would practically, it is charged,
shut up the Chicago wheat pit, the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange, and other in
stitutions of like character. A strong
opposition was developed to the bill in
the senate, but there was still stronger
movement in its favor. Mr.. Washburn,
of Minnesota, who had the bill in
charge, only consented to lay it aside SO
as to allow an adjournment of congress,
when August had far advanced, on con-
dition that it should be made the first
special order for the next session., and
should be fought out to finish. This
accordingly has to be done.
To Push the Free Wool Bill.
The senate has number of other i'm
portant house bills on its calendar, IN
cluding the free wool bill and other So
called 'popgun" tariff repeal measures
of the house. These have slumbered
hitherto in the committee on finance, but
determined effort will no doubt be
made to bring them out and to send
them up to the president for his action.
The house may possibly be given an OPP
portunity to reconsider its action and to
take up the senate's free coinage of sill
Yer bill. The silver men will try to
bring this about.
The appropriations for the current
year will probably evoke little discus.
sion except in one important respect.
Secretary of tine Treasury Foster, to
whom the law requires that all estimates
shall be sent prior to the meeting of con-
gress, has already intimated informally
that these estimates will simply be a
duplication of the appropriations which
congress has already agreed to be neces-
sary for this year, and that no recon-
mendatious will be made for any in
creases of expenditure or of force. The
one exception, upon which lively dis
cussion may be looked for, is that part of
the sundry civil bill which makes appro-
priation for expenses of the United States
courts, commissioners, and marshals and
deputy marshals. .5
Mr.. Allison stated to the senate when
reporting the sundry civil bill for this
year, as agreed upon in conference, that
the reductions made by the house would
inevitably result in deficiency. The
senate wished to appropriate $500, 900 for
"fees and expenses of United States
marshals and deputies; the house cut
the amount down to $675, 900 and stuck
to that figure. The senate gave $l45, ,00G
for fees for United States commissioners
the house knocked off $45, 900. The SEN
ate appropriated 1925 900 for fees OF
clerks, etc, and the house reduced the
amount to $lT5,0O0. Any attempt to ap-
propriate for DEFICIENCIES under these
heads will assuredly precipitate debate
which will bring up the whole question
of the election laws and their enforce
ment.
In the absence of Mr.. Allison IN
Europe, attending to his duties as 9
member of the international monetary
conference, Mr.. Hale, OF Maine, will bt
acting chairman Of the senate COMMITTEES
on appropriations.