The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-04
READY FOR WORK.
The Short Session of Congress
Begins Monday.
Some Of the Important Matters that win
Come up-A Short Period of LegIs-
Iation Predicted.

! WASHINGTON, Dec. B. Special. The
short session Of the Fifty-second Congress
begins Monday. The indications seem to
point TO very short period of legislation,
in which no great effort viii be made in the
way OF radical legislation in the line of the
changes advocated and approved at the re-
cent elections. 1t is possible that free
wool bill will be passed, but that its sue
cess in the Senate depends altogether on
the votes of few western senators whose
constituencies may request them to favor
such legislation. The appropriation COM
mittee, which has been in session since
Nov. %, will probably report at once, CIV
ing the House something of Importance to
attend to.
The reports of the investigating commit
tees, which have held sessions during the
recess in various parts of the country, will
arouse an unwonted degree OF animated
discussion. The Senate committee, under
the Craftsmanship of Senator Gallinger, has
looked into the Homestead matter, has in
terviewed the leaders in the labor troubles
at Pittsburg, the mill employees and the
Pinkertons Of Chicago and New York.
The House committee investigating the
Reading combine has also been interview
ing all the parties involved in that great
deal, aud their report win be interesting.
They have the testimony of al the presi-
dents of the roads in the CON ine. The
committee which has been investigating
the federal conduct OF elections in New
York City wall have pithy report to pre-
sent and one which will call for bitter
partisan battle.
One Of the first matters to be brought
before the Senate will be the Washburn
Anti-Option bin, which has already passed
the House. and has shown that it has a
clear majority IN favor of its passage in the
Senate. It's provisions are 80 sweeping
that they would practically. it is charged,
shut up the Chicago wheat pit. the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange and other insti-
tutions Of like character. a strong oppo-
sition was developed to the bill in the SEN
ate, but there was q still stronger move
ment in its favor. MIR. Washburn, of
Minnesota, who had the bill in charge,
only consented to lay it aside so as to allow
for an adjournment of Congress-. when
August had far advanced, on condition
that it should be made the first special
order for the next session and should be
fought out TO a finish.
The Senate has number Of other i'm
portant House bills on its calendar. includ-
in the free wool bill and other tariff repeal
measures Of the House. These have SUM
bered hitherto in the committee on finance,
but q determined effort win no doubt be
made to bring them out and to send them
uD 10 the president for his action. An op-
portunity may possibly be given the House
to reconsider its action and to take up the
Senate's free coinage of silver bill. Tue
silver men Will try to bring this about
The appropriations for the coming year
viii probably evoke little discussion. ex-
cept in one important respect. Secretary
Of the Treasury Foster. to whom the law
requires that all estimates shall be cent.
prior 70 the meeting OF Congress, has al
ready intimated that those estimates will
simply be duplication of the approDria-
tons which Congress has already agreed
to be necessary for this year, and thar no
recommendations will be made for any in
creases OF expenditure or Of force. The
one exception on which lively discussion
may be looked for, is that part OF the
sundry civil bill which makes the appro-
priation for expenses Of Uunited States
couzIs. commissioners, marshals and dep
uty marshais