The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-03
CLOSING WEEK.
More Than the Usual Confusion Ex-
pected in Congress.
IMPORTANT MEASURES SWAMPEO.
Committees Awaiting with Appropriation
BIlls-The Disposition tn Filibustcr
Against the sherman Bond
Proposition, Etc.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-The closing
week of the Fifty-second congress will
be characterized by a rush of iegisla-
tion that has seldom been equahed.
AS there is not time enough for all the
many public and private measures near
completion to pass they must antagon-
ize each other, and opposed to them all
in both houses will stand the appropri-
alton committees urging immediate
action upon the great measures in their
charge.
The present condition of these bills
is rs follows: The fortification bill Is IL
law; the army bill is before the presi-
dent for signature; the military academy
and District of Columbia bills are in
conference; the sundry civil bill and
diplomatic consular and the Legislative
bill have passed both houses, but have
not reached the conference stage;
the pension bill has passed the
house and been reported to
cultural, post Office and deficiency bills
are awaiting action at the hands OF the
senate committee on appropriations.
In the senate the naval bill will proba-
bly, come up to-day, the agricultural
and post office are expected to be re-
ported by Tuesday and the deficiency
bill about the middle of the week.
They will be taken up for action as
fast as reported. Meantime considera-
tion of these bills and other pending
measures will be suspended from time
to time to allow the disposition of con-
ference reports.
In this condition of affairs matters OF
general legislation can hardly receive
much attention, but if opportunity
offers Senator Teller will endeavor to
call up his revised McGarrahan bill;
Mr. Carey may make another effort to
secure consideration for his omnibus
statehood bill and Senator blackburn
will probably strive to secure the pas
sage of the New York aud New Jersey
bridge bill as il comes from the house.
There seems 20 be q set purpose to
prevent any further executive sessions
of the senate if possible. This will
serve a three-fold purpose-defeat ac-
tiOn on the nomination of Judge Han
chett; prevent :; reconsideration of the
vote by which the nomination of eX-
Congressman Finley, of Maryland, as
Gillian arbitrator was rejected and
solve the way of annexation for this
session.
In the house advantage will be taken
of the rule permitting action during
the last six days of a session under sus-
pension of the rules to rush forward
business of an urgent nature. A number
of measures of comparatively little in
terest may be thus passed, but the in
dications are that it will be necessary
to give most of the time to the
appropriation bills. Unless an arnic-
able understanding can be reached
with reference to the course to be
taken with the Sherman bond amend
ment to the sundrv civil bill it is prob
able that it will be moved under sus-
pension of the rules to send all the
amendments to conference with formal
non-concurrence recommended. It is
believed that a two-thirds vote can be
secured for this motion by the adoption
Of this course, the numerous amendments
being of no special interest in them
selves, leaving only the bond amend
ment to be fought out in the house. 1t
is expected that the French spoliation
claims will be again put on the def
cheney appropriation bill by the senate,
and perhaps the Cherokee strip bill on
the Indian bill, but with these eXcep-
tions it is not anticipated that any Sc
rious trouble will occur in the confer
ence sufficient to endanger the passage
of the appropriation bills and compel
an extra session of congress.