Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-20
III NAY CONE SOON
Villas Says an Extra Session Of
Congress
WILL Be NEEDED At ONCE
The Appropriation Bals Have DfsgEs -
the Business oas 10 . Great
Lsngsh-Tns Remedy.

wA-HlSoToS. Feb. 10 The back
ward state of the appropriate bill
lends serious interest 10 the remark
that Senator yilas dropped yesterday.
dunng the long debate on the sherman
bond Amendment. that there might be
only short interval between the ad-
Journment OF this congress aud tue as-
semblylng OF the next There are two
or three other matters OF discussion
stili 10 come up IN connection with the
pending sundry civil bill in the senate,
whose consideration has already con-
sumed the psst part of the week. In.
ciuded among these 10 the proposed
amendment IN regard 10 the site for .
new government printing othos, round
which many opposing Interests seem TO
have centered and hAve enlisted cham
plons on the senate floor. After that
tall Is disposed Of there 10 the legisla-
tive appropriation bill ready for action,
upon which there are . bali dozen hot
lights immine nt. There are the PEN
sion aud pos;oi.ice appropriation bills
to fall. Both of these measures have
been productive of many columns of
eloquence in the housc. and II - not
likely that tney will be more lightly
passed over IN the senate.
Many BiIis. Little Time.
Mr.. Allison, chairman Of the appro-
priation committee, yesterday threat
ened night sessions Of the senate TO
dispose of these appropriation bills;
bul experience has shown that lt is i'm
possible 10 hold the senate together in
night session for more than one or two
nights. and those are generally emer-
gency nights At the very close Of the
session.
the Nicarsgus bill, another fruitful
topic OF talk, 10 the unfinished business,
and there is the Hawaiian treaty to be
disposed of IN executive session. The
appropriation bills are in so backward
q state IN the house, owing largely 20
what threatened to be an intermenable
debate over the pension appropriation
ball, and recourse will be had tomor-
row to rapid transit in parliamentary
procedure by the passage of the agrI-
culture and naval appropriation bills
under suspenson of the rules.
IL 10 possible tho New York bridge
bill and the Utah admission bill, slso,
may come up under suspension Of the
rules. The passage of the agricultural
and naval bills will leave before the
houze only the postoftice and Indian
appropriation bills. IL should not be
tedious task TO get acton. by the
house, on these. All the bills hereto.
fore passed have been amended by the
| senate, however, and considerable time
between now and March wall have TO
be spent IN acting on conference re-
ports on the appropriations.
FARMER Hatch Restless.
Mr.. Hatch 10 getting very restless
over the delay IN the rules committee
on his request for day for the anti
option bill, and 1t is almost certain that
move Of sOme sort will re- made by
him this week. He has not asked for
an opportunity to pass the bill under
the suspension of the rules, and il 10
asserted by its opponents that he could
| not so pass the bill If he tried. Two
| other courses are oben 10 him; first. TO
get special order. tho rules committee
giving him day for he bill, and then
10 vote down the previous question, as
the silver men attempted unsuccess-
fully To do. and amend the order by
making cloture q part Of II; second. TO
mote TO 20 into committee Of the whole
TO Consider revenye bills. This latter
course would put no curb on the fill
busters and therefore Mr.. Hatch is not
likely to take this course. IL he did so
the night would be one of endurance be-
tween the friends aud opponents of the
xnti-optson bill. Notice has been gwen
that the car coupler bill, with amend
ments. will be called up next Tuesday.