The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-18
Adjournment for the Holidays
to Be Taken Thursday.
BANKING LAW AMENDMENTS.
The President Likely TO Veto Some of
the Statehood Bills.
Hawaiian Message Expected Today-Dis-
cussion in the senate viii Follow
The Appropriation for Special Pen

wAsHfysroy CRY. Dec 17.-The present
intention of the leaders Is TO adjourn con-
gress next Thursday for the holiday re-
cess until January 1. The tariff bill will
be reported Wednesday or Thursday, but
the debate will not begin until after re-
cess. Tomorrow the debate over the ap-
preparation of SO, 600 for special pension
examiners will be resumed. limited by
agreement to an hour and a half on each
side. The bill will then pass. The New
Mexico statehood bill then comes up. and
is expected 10 pass tomorrow or Tuesday
If the Democrats can maintain a quorum.
The presidents Hawaiian message is
likely 10 provoke debate. II is stated on
the highest authority that the message
will show that the administration has
done all in its power to right the wrong
done the Hawaiian monarchy. and the
situation must now be deal; with by con-
gress. 1t will show that the president and
Gresham have been in complete accord
from the first.
The programme in the senate tomorrow
includes reception of the Hawaiian mes
sage and the debate, which may occupy
the balance of the week. Should Horn
blowers nomination As justice of the su-
committee tomorrow. considerable time
may be spent in executive session, as some
opposition is certain. The federal elec-
tons bill. BY stipulation. goes over till
after the holidays.
The house committee On banking and
currency has received large number
of replies to the invitation of suggestions
from business men as TO the wisest
monetary legislation to inset the present
demands. Ex-senator Charles b. Farwell,
of Chicago, writes: The government
ought long ago TO have gone out of the
the currency business. It should pay the
floating debt at once by the issue of long
lower-rate bonds. to be used by national
banks at face value as the basis of circuiat-
ing notes"
The Clearing House Association of Sc
attic. through II. W. Wheeler, president of
the Commercial National bank. offers sug-
gestions as to amendment of the national
banking laws. The Chamber of Com
merce of San Francisco affirms the ad'
vantsges of bi-metailism on proper
differentiai basis of the values of silver
and gold, and has adopted the following
resolutions, which are transmitted to the
committee:
Rssotred, That this chamber respectfully
urges upon congress the enactment of a
law calling in all the paper circulation be-
low the denomination Oslo. and that
not less than SO. as the most effective
and prompt method of promoting the cir
culation of silver among our people.
The chamber also recommends changing
the national bank act so that it will permit
note circulation equal to the mar yalue of
government bonds hypothecated to secure
such circulation.
The senate committee on territories will
probably not take up the statehood bills
from the house before the holiday recess,
at least not for final action. The commit
tee generally is favorable to the bills, but
there is almost sure TO be disagreement on
minor points. There will be compara-
lively little opposition among Republican
members of the committee, while the
Democrats are not solidly in favor of the
admission of Oklahoma along with the
other territories. The Republicans NAV
demand this. believing there are better
chances of Republican success in Okla
homa than III the other new states. There
will be some opposition in committee TO
New Mexico, on the ground of the charac-
ter OF the majority Of the population. 1t
is qaite certain the effort will be revived TO
join Nevada with Utah, and it may prove
a knotty question in connection with
Utah's admission. Ii is unders TODD the
president has been considering the pros
pect that the admission of four new states
would seat eight silver senators, and fears
are already expressed that he may veto
one or more bills