Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-04
WORK HAS BEGUN.
Wheels Of the Congress
SiOlal Mill ReVOlVG.
old BILLS ARE ALIVE
And Promise to Produce q
Very Lively Session.
Brief Outline Of the Important Matters
to Be Considered.
Brief Outline Of the Important Matters
to Be Considered.
Special to the Tribune.

Special to the Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Dec. As the hands Of
the clock pointed to the hour of II today,
Speaker Crisp assembled to the speakers
chair, and a. his gavel dropped q solemn
hush followed the noise and confusion.
The chaplain delivered brief and impres
sivs prayer. In which he returned thanks
to the Almighty that so many Of the mem
bers had been permit ed to reassume their
duties In safety and health.
The clerk, by direction OF the speaker,
proceeded to call the roll Of members by
states. Enough members having re-
sponded to their names, IL was ordered
that the clerk inform the senate that a
quorum had appeared, aud that the house
was ready To proceed to business
A committee was appointed to Join Q
COMMITTEES of the senate TO IN nnounce to
the president that both houses OF con,
gress were In session and ready to receive
any communication he saw ft to make.
Vice President Stevenson called the SEN
ate TO order at noon, and the chaplain
opened proceedings with prayer.
The usual resolution directing the Sec
tary to notify the house Of the senate's
being In session, and for the appointment
of . committee to walt on the presid. mt
and inform him that congress WAS ready to
receive any communication he may desire
TO make, was adopted.
Tsri6 Takes the Lssd.
Interest in this session of congress cen.
ters at the house wing Of the Capitol
where the new tariff bill 10 on the way.
An enormous pressure for legislation OF
all kinds, public and private, beneficial
and otherwise, will exist from the first,
but rs soon as the decks can be cleared the
tariff bill will have the right Of way. The
extraordinary session showed the purpose
not only Of eliminating the question, but
advancing the tariff problem four months
on the road Of solution.
The Wilson bill will be introduced In the
house the latter part Of this week. At
that time the 10 days allowed by the rule
uader which the tariff bill was fled dur.
ing the recess will expire The Mckinley
bill was not reported TO the house until
April 10 II the Republicans attempt tn
prevent the reporting this week On ~
ground that 10 days allowed them she
not be deemed to have begun until
Democrats OF the committee furnish the
estimates as yet not having beeu com
pleted-the claim cIn and probably will
be set up In opposition that the order un-
der which the Republicans were allowed
the few days in which to make their re-
port was recess orier, aud its terms not
having been complied with, the order fails
at the opening OF the r. gular session and
the status quo Ia restored.
Even II the Wilson bill Is reported this
week, IL IL no. expected that the debate
can begin b. fore next week Realizing its
tremendous imp 'rtance the committee de-
sire to give the mem bers ~ much oppor-
tunity to examine its details before the
debate begins as is commensu ate with
prompt action. here has been some in
formal discu, sion among the minority
members a. TO the con, uct OF the debate,
and general deposition seemed to be to
allow two werks for general debate and
ten days for debate under the five- minute
rule. The holiday rec, IS will probably be-
gin Thursday, Dec. 20, so that II the tariff
debate begins Dec. Is 1t cannot be COM
pleted before Jan D.
The president in his message earnestly
recommends tariff reform, and in 30 doing
indorses the Wilson tariff bill But his
observations on financial questions are
conservative aud general
The annual report OF Secretary Carlisle
Il In strict accordance With the presidents
message, for the president and Secretary
Carlisle have talked over the question OF
what they should say 10 congress, and
have, no to speak. written together.