The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-14
The CLOSING SESSION
Important Work Yet Remains
for the sgd Congress.
WAsHsURN ANTLoPTIoN BILL

1t is the First Special Order for the Sem
Hte-The Free Coinage BnI--ApproprI.
ations for the Current Year Likely TO
Evoke Little Discussion.
WASHINGTON, Nov 14.-On Monday,
Dec b, three weeks from to-day, the 52d
Congress will meet In final session. II
the interest which has centred around
the probable makeup and action of the
SD Congress, sight has been lost for the
time of the important work yet remain.
ing uncompleted on the calendar of the
52d 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 which has shown
that it has a clear majority in favor of its
passage in the Senate
The title of the bill is "H. H. 7S45, an
Act defining Options and Futures i'm.
posing special taxes on dealers therein,
and requiring such persons engaged in
selling certain products to obtain license,
and for other purposes"
Its provisions are so sweeping that they
the Chicago wheat pit, the New Orleans
Cotton exchange and other institutions
of like character strong opposition
was developed to the bill in the Senate,
but there was a 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 of an adjournment
of Congress when August had far ad-
vanced, on condition that il should be
made the first special order for the next
session, and should be fought out to
finish.
This accordingly has to be done The
Senate has a number of other important
House bills on its calendar These have
slumbered hitherto in the Committee on
Finance, but determined effort will be
made to bring them out and to send them
up to the President for his action. The
House may possibly be given an oppOr-
tunity to reconsider its action and to take
up the Senates Free Coinage of Silver
bill. The silver men will try to bring
this about.
The appropriations for the current
year will probably evoke little discussion
except in one important respect. Secre-
tary of the Treasury Foster, to whom the
law requires that all estimates shall be
sent prior to the meeting of Congress,
has already intimated informally that
those estimates will simply be duplica-
ton of the appropriations which Congress
has already agreed to be necessary for this
year, and that no recommendations will
be made for any increases of expenditure
or of force.
The one exception upon which a lively
agio ha GA 10 hot
of the Sundry Civil bill which makes ap-
preparation for expenses of United States
courts, commissioners, marshals and
deputy marshals. 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 a
deficiency.
The Senate wished to appropriate 5000,
900 for Fees and expenses OF United
States marshals and deputies. The House
cut the amount down to 1915, 600 and
stuck TO that figure. The Senate gave
Sl45, 600 for fees of United States COM
missioners; the House knocked off
$40, 600. The Senate appropriated $225,
600 for fees of clerks, ETC.; the House re-
duced the amount to $40, 000 Any at
tempt to appropriate for deficiencies
under these heads will assuredly precipi-
tate debate which will bring up the
whole question of the election laws and
their enforcement
In the absence of Mr. All son in Europe
attending to his duties as member OF the
International Monetary Conference Mr.
Hale of Maine will be acting chairman
of the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions.