The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-11-18
SOME IMPORTAN MATTERS
AWAITING ACTION.
WASHBURNE'S MTI-OPTION BILL,
nAAa Measure First on the Senate Calendar
Silver Men Determined to Have Free
Coinage LegIslation-A Deadlock
LlRely Over Appropriations
CoP Payment Of Federal
Election Officers.

HAsHlgGroS, Nov, lb.-0n Monday,
naeember ., three weeks from now,
dfns Fifty.second congress will meet In
ahnAl session. In the interest which
8uG conferred around the probable
stAkee up and action OF the Fifty-third
az0grcss, sight has been lost for the
Time OF the important work. yet re-
HfAinipg uncompletcd on the calendar
GG che Bifty-second congress.
One OF the first matters TO be
bEought before the senate will be the
Waahburn anti.option bill, which has
already passed the house, and has
sfaOwn that 1t has q clear majority in
EEwor Of its passage in the senate
The title OF the bill is: I'll. K. 7S4.
IA act defining options and
features imposing special tax on
dealers therein and requiring such
gsarsons engaged in selling certain
groducts to obtain license, and for
other purposes"
The senate has number Of other i'm
p,grtant house bills on its calendar, in
o,Aading the free wool bill and other
sEO-ealled ''pop-gun' tariff repeal
measures Of the house. These
EssWe slumbered hitherto in the
c1ummittee on finance, but
M determined effort will no
dboubt he made to bring them out and
IN send them up to the president for his
sbJtSon The house may possibly be
sErigGn an opportunity TO reconsider its
notion and TO take up this senate's free
csudnage of silver bill. The silver men
will try to bring this about
THE appropriations for the current
wear will probably evoke little discus
saan except in one important respect
Secretary OF the Treasury Foster, to
BgiaOn the law requires that all esti-
I@ates shall be sent prior to the meet
ing of Congress, has already intimat-
eaS Informally that those estimates will
simply be duplication of the
appropriations which congress
FnSs already agreed to DO
necessary this year and that
no recommendation will be made for
aRy increases OF expenditure or Of
farce. The exception, upon which a
H'gely discussion will be looked for is
chat part Of the sundry civA bill which
makes appropriation for expenses of
Omitted States courts, commissioners,
ruidrshals and deputy marshals
Mr. Allison stated to the senate,
wshen reporting the sundry civil bill
f{R this year, as agreed upon In con
fsevcalce, that the reductions made by
che house would inevitably result in q
deficiency. The senate wished to ap.
EEopriate 100000 for fees and eX-
genees OF United States marshals
and deputies" The house cut
rihe amount down to S675, 900
and stuck 70 that figure. The senate
IKave Sl4j, 900 for fees of United States
commissioners The house knocked
eoFf $4,000 The senate appropriated
geo., 600 for fees of clerks, etc. The
lhOuse reduced the amount to Sl75, 000
ANY attempt to appropriate for de-
S6eienoies under these heads will as
eSnredly precipitate debate which will
Ihsiig up the whole question of the
election laws and their enforcement,
Hn the absence of Mr., Allison in
Ea1rope attending to his duties rs u
rmaember of the international monetary
conference, Mr. Hale, OF Maine, will
she acting chairman of the senate
committee on appropriations.