St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-25
To Finish Up Its Business
by the End Of the Pres
ent Week.
Washburn's Anti-Option Bill
Is Very Unlikely to Come
to a Vote.
The Hitch on the Sundry
Civil Bill Still Exciting
Comment.
Possibly the Worlds Fair
Will Have to Do With out
an Appropriation.

WASHINGTON, July "a. This will
probably be the last week of congress if
definite action is taken on the sundry
civil and general deficiency apprOpria-
ton bills. 1t is idle to predict the fate
of these measures, which is enveloped
III debate. In the house tomorrow the
conferrees on the sundry civil bill will
submit their report, and vote may be
taken on the items in dispute. including
the veXed senate amendment relating
to,the Columbian exposition. 1t is pos
slble, however, that consideration will
be postponed until Tuesday in order
that the resolutions reported from
the special committee on the PEN
sion office investigation may be
taken up. These will occasion a
long debate. as the Republicans intend
to resort to filibustering tactics to pre-
vent the adoption of the resolution re-
garding the dismissal of Commissioner
Raum. After this matter and the ap-
preparation bills are disposed of the re-
mainder of the week will be accorded to
the various committees to call up. for
one hour each, the measures reported
on the calendar, subject only to confer
ence reports. 1t is not among imprO5a-
DllltleS that congress will adjourn with
out voting an appropriation to the expo
sitlon, as the opposition to 1t in the
house is we'll organized for prOlOnge d
fight. One weeks solid oratory on
The Option Bill
in the senate has not afforded any clue
to the probable termination OF the de-
bate; that is to say to a termination by
natural causes, by an agreement to take
a vote. A majority vote can, of course,
postpone the bill at any time. Mr..
WaSnburn, in charge of the bill, has not
yet ventured 70 hint when he shall ask
unanimous consent that debate shall
close. He appears to he as much en-
barrasSed by his protested friends as
ny his avOwed opponents. Mr.. George,
of Mississippi, who ranks next to Mr..
Morgan, of Alabama, and Mr.. Call. of
Florida. in fecundity of words, once he
gets started, announced just before the
senate adjourned Saturday that he
felt it his duty to address the senate at
length OH this subject. and Mr.. George
is in favor of anti-optiOn dealing,
though dead against the bill which Mr.:
Washburn champions. He states openly
that the Washburn bill is uncOnstitu-
slOHois anu HC tllQ NIL. uS iis vi hld-
bama, and Mr.. Coke, of TeXas-al1
counted among the friends of the anti
option bill-prOpose to substitute d
measure which aims at the same end by
entirely different means. These and
other difficulties lying ON the surface
seen; to indicate strong probability
that the Washburn bill cannot be passed
this session, which enables the Mime
sofa senator to obtain consideration at
will for IAN" anti-OptiOn bill, made up
of supporters of half dozen different,
Widely Diverging Schemes
for reaching the end proposed. At pres
ent there seems small likelihood of unit
ing them upon any one composite meas
ure in time for it to be sent over to the
house for concurrence. Another week
of hard work may possibly dispose of
both the deficiency and the Sundry civil
bill, though there are grave questions
in dispute between the two houses on
both measures which involve many
millions of dollars. The senate confer
reeS would have asked permission to en-
ter into a third and probably final con-
ference on the deficiency bills Saturday
forenoon, but discovered while Mr.. AL
lison had the motion pending that
the parliamentary condition re-
Quired the house to make the
first move, and the house had adjourned
without doing so. If this bill and the
sundry civil bill, which includes the
worlds fair project, should be put into
such shape as to permit of an ageee-
ment upon them, without any great
backdown by either branch of congress.
by the end of the week, such move
ment for adjournment would be started
that MIR. Washburn will find it difficult
to hold the senate in session longer
than day or two further on his anti
option bill, and may be forced to submit
to postponement of action until De-
cember.