The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-20
CONGRESS TO BE RUSHED.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS IN A
BACKWARD STATE.

Two or Three More Items IN the Sundry
Civil Bill Apt to Cause Considerable
Discussion-Hslt a Dozen Hot Fights
Imminent Over the Legislative Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Tbe backward
state Of the appropriation bills lends serious
interest to the remark that Senator Villas
dropped yesterday during the long debate
on the Sherman bond amendment. thai
there might be only short interval be-
tween the adjournment of this congress and
assembling Of the next There are two or
three other matters discussed still to come
up in connection with the pending sundry
civil bill in the Senate, whose consideration
has already consumed the best part of the
week included. Among these is the pro-
posed amendment in regard to the site for
the new government printing Office, around
which many opposing interests seem to
have conferred and to have enlisted cham
pions on the Senate floor. After that bill
Is disposed Of there is the legislative appro-
priation bill ready for action, upon which
there are half dozen hot fights imminent.
Then there are the pension and postofiice
appropriation bills to follow. Both these
AAC0oAA % AoN0 bbSA BiOuutbANt Ol ilduY
columns OF eloquence IN the House. and it is
not likely that they will be more lightly
passed over in the Senate. Mr.. Allison,
chairman OF the appropriations committee,
yesterday threatened night sessions OF the
Senate TO dispose of these appropriation
bills but experience has shown that it is i'm
possible to hold the Senate together in
night sessions for more than one or two
nights and those are generally emergency
nights at the very close of the session.
The Nicaragua bill, another topic of talk,
is the unfinished business, and there is the
Hawaiian treaty to be disposed Of in exec
utive session.
IN THE HOUSE.
The appropriation bills are also
in backward state In the House.
owing largely to what threatened TO
be an interminable debate over the
pension appropriation bill, and recourse
will be bad tomorrow to rapid transit in
parliamentary procedure by passing the agri-
cultural and naval appropriation bills under
a suspension of the rules.
1t Is possible that the New York bridge
bill and the Utah admission bin also NAV
come up under a suspension of the rules.
The passage of the agricultural ana naval
bills will leave before the House only the
postofiice and Indian appropriation bills. 1t
should not be tedious task to get action by
All the bills heretofore passed have been
amended by the Senate, however, and con
siderable time between now and March 4
will have to be spent in acting on confer
ence reports on the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Hatch is getting very restless over
the delay In the rules committee on his re-
quest for day for the anti-options bill, and
it is almost certain that a move of some
sort will be made by him this week He
has not asked for an opportunity TO pass
the bill under q suspension of the rules, aud
it is asserted by his opponents that he could
not SO pass the bill If he tried Two other
courses are open to him; first to get a special
order from the rules committee giving
him a day for his bill, and then
to vote down the previous question as
the silver men attempted unsuccessfully TO
do and amend the order by making closure
part of it, Second, to move to 90 into
committee OF the whole TO consider revenue
bills This latter course would put no curb
on the fiibusters, and therefore Mr. Hatch
is not likely to take this course. If he did
so the fight would be one Of endurance be-
tween the friends and opponents of the enti-
options bill. Notice has been given that
the car coupler bill with the Senate amend
ments will be called up next Tuesday.