The evening bulletin., 1893-08-28
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What is Expected During the
Present Week.
AvOTE ON THE SILVER QUESTION

of Bills Are Expected-Some Important
| Committee Work Is Also Expected.
Probable Program of Both Houses.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-When the
| house Of representatives meets it will
begin voting upon the several PROPOSE.
| tions included within the order adopted
| 10 days ago for the consideration and
| disposal of the silver purchase question.
| The vote will be taken first upon the
proposition to provide free coinage of
| silver at ratio Of 16 to /. This fail
ing, other ratios up to 90 to 1 will be
voted upon; then the house will be
| given an opportunity to say whether or
not it will restore the Bland Allison act
| of 1878. All these are connected with
! the repeal of the silver purchasing
| clause of the Sherman law of 1890; that
| is doomed in any event. Finally, all
these having failed, assuming that
they will fail, the naked issue, uncon-
| ditional repeal. 1t is generally con-
ceded that all of the propositions re.
lating to the coinage of silver will be
| defeated, and that unconditional repeal
will be carried; only the detail of ma.
jorities is in doubt.
On Tuesday the report of the COM
! mittee ON rules recommending the code
| for the government of the Eifry-third
congress. will be taken up, and it
|. is believed. adopted without much de-
| lay. There is no intention manifested
at this time to antagoniZe the commit
| tees recommendations, and after expla-
nation of the effect of the proposed
changes by Mr.. Catchings and proba-
bly, some further observations by
Messrs. Reed and Burrows, the minori-
ty of the committee, a vote is expected.
After the rules have been adopted,
the program in the house is uncertain.
A recess for three days may be taken
which will give members and employees
an opportunity to recover from the un-
usual and exhaustive strain of the past
two weeks. Or the house may deter.
mine to continue in session that mem.
bers may present the bills already pre-.
pared and waiting to be introduced.
But whether at once or later in the
week, bill day will be provided. \
small avalanche is expected of measures
which failed to secured favorable ac-
| tion in frevious congresses, establish
| ing at once calendars of considerable
magnitude and giving the new COM
mittees plenty of material for examin-
alton and report
Some important results are probable
from committee action during the week.
The ways and means committee will
meet Tuesday at which time course of
procedure will probably be decided
upon, including such matters as the ap-
propriate date when tariff bill shall
be reported, whether the committee
will give hearings to interested persons
or not, and other details relating to the
work with which it is charged. Chair
man Wilson is reported to have pre-
pared bill covering the subject of
tariff revision in a general way, which
he will submit to the committee. There
are also several other bills on the sub
ject ready for the committee considera-
tion, notably those of the New York re-
form club, known as E. Ellery Ander-
sons, and Of Mr.. Edward Atkinson, the
well known political economist, OF Bos-
ton.
On the same day the committee on
banking and currency will meet with
the expectation of concluding a report
upon the bill of Representative Tom L.
johnson, providing for the exchange of
national bonds for currency at the de-
mand of the holder. The committee, it
is believed, will favorably report the
bill with an amendment intended to
protect the good of the treasury from
raids by those who receive currency for
their bonds.
The committee may also take up the
question of repeating the ten per cent
tax on the circulation of state banks.
On this point Chairman Springer is
quoted as saying: Il do not believe the
committee will report bill in favor of
the repeal Of the tax on state banks. |
do not believe in going back to the days
of the old state oBnking system, and of
being compelled to have forty-four diff
ferent kinds of currency in this conn
try. The removal of the tax upon state
banks and the reestablishment of the
old system would be an obstruction to
business. i. for one. am against it,
and / do not believe that such bill
can pass. / favor stable currency.
good alike in all the states, accepted
without question everywhere. and
familiar othe people, and printed upon
such papOr that counterfeits can be
readily be detected. Any other cur
rency is an obstruction to business, and
/ shall oppose it"
Some time in the course of the week
the committee on appropriations will
report bills pursuant TO the recon-
mendations of Secretary Carlisle for an
appropriation of $500, 900 for continuing
the recoinage of fractional silver coin
and an appropriation of S44, 300 for dis
tinctive paper for printing treasury
notes. These matters must be provided
for speedily, if there is to be no stop
page Of the work.
In the senate the week will probably
begin tamely, with the Mantle case in
the foreground. 1t has been agreed
that an early vote shall be taken upon
the pending motion of Senator Vance