The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
BUSINESS OF TIE SESSION.
Work Enough in View For Both the
Bodies.

The House, Having Won For Itself
Respite, Will Probably Take Few
Days of-The Principal Standing
Committees, However, Have Plenty
to Engage Them-Outlook For a
Tariff Bill at the Present Session.
Meanwhile the Senate Will Be oc-
cupied Almost Wholly With Mon
etary Discussions.
Washington, Aug. 2s.-The Wilson bill
having reached a decisive vote to-day ac-
cording to the general agreement entered
into two weeks ago, it is the purpose, as
understood, to proceed with business of
the session on the lines then laid down as
to other special matters.
RULES COMMITTEES REPORT
Accordingly the report of the committee
on rules will be brought before the House
to-day. There has been no bitterness of con-
test over the rules which are to govern
the deliberations of the Fifty-third
congress, although, us is usual, the minor
ity of the committee, Messrs. Reed and
Burrows, may have something to say in
opposition to the report the effect of
the changes adopted in which will be ex-
planned by Mr., Catchings. 1t is expected
that the committees report will be
adopted without anything like obstructive
discussion.
AT this point the house will have com
piled to the letter with the programme
decided upon for itself and will practi-
cally arrive at a standstill for lack of
something to legislate upon, the burden
of the sessions work being transferred,
IN ~ a ms of ouf to 10
PROBABLY SHORT RECESS
In that contingency it is quite likely
the House will vote itself a recess for a
few days, which, to express it candidly,
1t has abundantly earned by closest APP
pllcati0n for tedious days and nights to
the silver discussion. But, should the
House elect to remain in session, there is
much business on the calendar to occupy
the members.
WRYs AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The ways and means committees meet
ing today is expected to develop i'm
portant results Chairman Wilson com
bines strong personal influence with an
alert and mastery grasp of committee
management, and the principal committee
OF the House may therefore be expected
to emerge even from its first formal com
ing together with considerable work laid
out for legislation, either now or at the
who, really or affectedly, have supposed
that the tariff issue had been in the least
obscured through the necessary prOmi-
hence asserted by the financial problem,
will ind that the strong point of the
party's creed is TO come to the front in
great shape
BILL ON THE TARIFF,
Mr. Wilson's appointment to the chair
manshlp Of the ways and means commit
tee was assurance of this with those who
remembered his remarkably strong atti-
tude for tariff reform in 1887 and his very
able and eloquent exposition of its bene-
fits during the debates of that year. 1t is
said that he has already prepared bill for
the general revision of the tariff and that
he viii submit it without delay to the
committee. For that matter, there are
numbers of other schemes and sugges-
tons, and not few formulated bills, all
looking to this reform, in the hands of
the committee, and there is no doubt that
the suitable cate for reporting the best
measures, and also as to the advisability
or not Of having hearings from interested
parties, will occupy its early attention.
BANKING AND CURRENCY.
The banking and currency committee
will also meet to-day. 1t will prob
ably discuss Representative Johnson's
bill providing for the exchange of ma
tional bonds for currency when so de-
sired by the holder. With some modifi-
cation looking to the protection of the
treasury gold from possible depletion
through the opera tion of the bill or by
designing bondholders, it is expected
that the johnson bill will be reported
tavorably.
The committee on appropriations will
meet during the week. There are i'm
portant matters to be considered, among
them the appropriation of 100000
asked by the Secretary of the Treasury
TO defray the expense of continuing the
recoinage Of fractional silver coin, and
some $40 eco, to be paid for a special char
acter of paper on which 10 print treasury
notes
BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.
The Senate during the week will be en-
crossed by financial measures. The first
business, however, will be TO dispose of
the Lee Mantle senat orship, which may
or may not develop dilalOry or delaying
clements. However, it is safe to say that
the Wilson bill win take its place ut some
point of the session of to-day, and that
from that time finance, in various phases,
viii occupy the Senate from day 10 day
for some time