Evening star., 1893-10-30
READY TO ADJOURN.
Congress Expects to Get Away
Wednesday or Thursday.
THE QUESTION OF RECESS DISCUSSED.
But adjournment is Expected to
Be Decided Upon.
OTHER BILLS WILL WAIT.

The general expectation today is that
Congress viii adjourn on Wednesday or
Thursday
The disposal Of the Voorhees, bill by the
Senate today and by the House tomorrow
Is regarded as a foregone conclusion and is.
therefore, not subject of discussion. There
will be considerable talk In the Senate today
before the vote Is taken, valedictories being
btiil In order. but a vote will be taken before
adjournment for the day. Mr.. voorhees, ex-
poets the final vote about o'clock. The
bill will then be sent at once to the House
h the House Is in session at that hour, and
the expectation is that tomorrow morning
IL will be taken from the Speakers desk
and the Senate amendment agreed to. There
has been some anxiety to learn If there
would be any delay caused by the silver
men In the House. but inquiries by those
most interested fail to disclose any dispo-
sition to further delay the matter. Mr.
Bland may move to refer the amended bill
to the committee of coinage, but that will
be voted down and the bill will be put
through in short order.
The fight Is over now, and there appears
to be no purpose to prolong 1t for a single
day.
Recess or Adjournment.
There has been a strong disposition In the
House to take a recess instead of an ad-
3ournment, SO that the tariff bill might be
reported and taken up by the House during
the latter part of this month. with the view
Of passing 1t through the House before the
CHRISTMAS holidays, but the ways and means
committee has not been working to that
end and 1t is evident that they will not be
ready for action before the regular session.
The Senators are anxious to get away until
December. so that an adjournment is prac-
ucally decided on This afternoon the man.
ayers Of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House will get together to agree upon a
time for the adjournment.
The Chinese Bill Must Wait.
1t Is regarded by the administration as
very desirable that the Chinese bill should
be passed at this session, but the general
opinion is that the Senate will not be will
Ing to wait for that, since it will provoke
discussion in the Senate and might delay
the adjournment until next week, at least.
The friends of the bankruptcy bill would
Ike to get 1t through the House before ad-
journment, but there is no chance of their
DONG 50 N they cannot get a vote by to-
morrow The New York-New Jersey bridge
bill may be slipped through the Senate in
a hurry while the action of the House on
the voorhees, bill is being waited for.
The Proposed Tariff Bill.
On every hand there Is an eagerness for
adjournment
In order to provide for the possibility
of the ways and means committee being
ready to report before the first Monday in
December resolution will probably be
passed in the House before adjournment
providing that that committee may sit dur
ing the recess of Congress and may report
their bill to the clerk of the House to have
II printed and made public il they were
ready before Congress meets again. 1t is
always necessary that a bill of this sort
should be printed and in the hands of mem
oers at least week before it can be taken
up, and IL the committee can report 1t to
the clerk Of the House and have IL printed
that long before Congress reconvenes it
will give members a chance to study it's
provisions and they can be ready to take
IT up for action Immediately on the meet
ing Of the regular session. The democrats
would like mighty well to get the tariff
bill passed through the House before the
holiday recess, but they feel no confidence
that they can do So