The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-12-10
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pAsHiNGToN B6c, 8; 1891

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81 WARRINGTON, Do, 8; 1922.
i, Coefess is again ~ session, a.
ne 10 Of the country turn natul
kally toward Washington - 80 ia
effect Of tho assembling 81 the neI
; who have been selected to neke th
: nations laws. The Opening il
neither House nor Senate differe,
! materially from the usual openin,
Of second session; the interior Q
both House and Senate chamber
ere AZ bright and inviting to lool
at a. paint, varnish and new carpets
can make them-much brighter il
fact than the looks Of some of th,
Senators and members who are /.
end their official life with the pres
ent Congress. Vice President Nor
ton and Speaker Crisp were ii
their respective chairs at high moor
to-day and there was no delay il
declaring the Senate and Hous,
open for business.
What business will be transacted
is the conundrum that nobody is II
q position to solve just at this time
although the impression seems t
Do general that some Legislation
concerning silver and immigration
which will not be sufficiently OBJ
lectionable to President Harrison
to meet with veto, is among the
probabilities of the session. There
are number of important bills or
the calendar of both House and
Senate, having been passed by one
or the other body, that an attemp,
will be made to put through.
Among these are tho House Bill
providing for the admission of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. At least
two republican Senators have ex-
pressed themselve as being in favor
of taking up and passing those
bills; one, because he thought there
was no good reason for keeping
them out, and the other, because
be thought they would both send
democratic Senators, which would
make the democratic control of the
next Senate certainty, which he is
anxious to bring about, and which
the democrats haven't the slightest
objection to.
An attempt is likely to be made
to change the date for the meeting
of Congress from December to early
spring, and although it is cham
pioned by republicans who are anx-
ious to precipitate the fight they
predict and expect in the demo-
cratic party when the Fifty-third
Congress comes together, by max
ing certain that it shall come to-
gether in the spring without the
necessity Of Presidential Procla-
nation converting an ezra session,
it meets the unqualified approval
of many democrats, particularly
among those who regard an extra
session of the next Congress as
necessity, ana . majority of the
democrats in the present Congress |
unquesfiorably dn aside from any /
question Of politics, it would Ger |
sainsy b. All Improvement 10 hare
the e;onssTass staased In hsorafaDef
meet ia aLa following sITinr. ln- /
stead Of wai1fHg tlsrtera month";. I
as Il does now, eNceps H1s-an called /
ia e1tra session.
The Senate to-day took up the
anti-option bill as the unfinished
business" and unless it can be
passed at once or be gotten tempo
rarily out of the way by parliament
.efy tactics the hard fight against it
will result in blocking much other
egis!ation: The lobby which is
ighting this bill is powerful one,
nd it claims to be certain of de.
eating the bill, because of a change
q sentiment concerning the bill in
ne South and its consequent effect
pon Senators from that section
ut those who favor the bill say that
cannot be beaten on q vote and
ne only hope of it's opponents is to !
i'll it by prolonging the debate :
galnst 1t until the end of the SEES. .
lon. 1t is understood that Vice /,
resident Morton's sympathies are !
18th the opponents Of the bill. I'll :
1at be correct he can aid in manv
avs in prolonging the discussion :
the end of the session. :
President Harrison's MESA pe to !
ongress differs in several respects 9
ON any of his previous messages. = :
the first place it is not 80 we'll :,
ritten, q fact fully accounted for :. :;
7 the recent sad happenings at the :
bite House; the only wonder is
at he could have written it at all =
presents in a compact form the 9
ork of the present administration q
course, from q strong protection e
publican point Of view, and reit. =
ates Mr.. Harrison's belief in the p
lnclples upon which his party u
8 Just sustained a national defeat 81
d intimates his belief that those a
lnciples will again triumph in the o.
ar future. With the exception Of g
At in favor Of the establishments q
q National quarantine the mes "a
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