St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-14
The Fifty-Second Congress
will Resume the Business
Of Its Final Session.
Washbupn's Anti-Option Bill
One of the First Measures
on the Calendar.
The Senate May Also Act on
the Free-Wool and Other
Tariff Bills.
Some Talk That the House
May Take Up the Free
Coinage Bill.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-On Monday
Dec. 5. three weeks from now, the Fifty
second congress will meet i'll final SeS-
sion. In the interest which has cen
tered round the probable makeup and
action of the Fifty-third congress sight
has been lost for the time of the i'm
portant work yet remaining incom-
pleted of the Fifty-second congress.
One of the first matters to be brought
before the senate will be the WaSbburn
anti-Option bill, which has already
passed the house. and has shown that it
has clear majority in favor of its pass
age in the senate. The title of the bill
is III. Il. 1855 an act defining "op-
tons and futures imposing S>Pc al
taxes OF dealers therein and requiring
such persons engaged in selling
ceitli products to obtain l.!
cenSe, and for other purposes"
Its provisions are so sweeping that they
would practically, it is charged. shut up
the Chicago wheat pit, the New Orleans
cotton exchange and other Institutions
of like character. A strong opposition
was developed to The bill i'll the senate,
but there was still stronger
Movement in ITS Favor.
MIR. Washburn, of Minnesota, who
had the bill in charge. only consented to
lay 1t aside, so as to allow an adjourn
ment OF congress, when August had far
advanced, Oh condition 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. The senate has number of other
important house bills on its calendar.
including the free wool bill" and other
So-caled tariff reform" measures of
the house. These have slumbered in the
committee OH finance, bit determined
effort will no doubt be made to bring
them out and to send them up t. the
president for his action. The house
may probably be given an opportunity
10 reconsider its action and 10 take up
the frep-coihage- ofSilYer bill. The sill
yer men will try to bring this about.
The appropriations for the current year
/. Will probably evoke little discussion,
except Ill one Important respect. Sec
Rotary of the Treasury Foster, to whom
I 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@a dupli-
cation OF tue appropriations which con-
greSS has already agreed to he neceS-
sary for this year, and that no recon-
1nendatiOns will be made for any
Increases Of Expenditure
sQr of force. The one exception. upon
which a lively discussion may he looked
for, is that part Of the sundry civil bill
which makes appropriation for expenses
of United States courts, commissioners
and marshals ana deputy marshalS.
{ MIR. Allison stated to the enate. when
reporting the sundry civil bill for this
year, as agreed upon in conference,
that the reductions made by the house
would inevitably result ina 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 S675,0 GOO, and
stuck to that figure. The SELL
ate gave Sl45,000 for fees of
knocked off $45,O00. The senate appro-
priated S225,000 Tor fees of clerks, etc. :;
the house reduced the amount to S175.-
600. Any attempt to appropriate for
deficiencies under these heads will pre-
cipitate discussion which will bring
up the whole question of election laws
and their enforcement. In the absence
Of Mr.. Allison in Europe attending to
his duties as member of the interna-
tional monetary conference, Mr.. Hale,
of Maine. will be acting chairman of
the senate committee on appropriations.