The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-03
MEETING Of CONGRESS-
The Final SEES sion Of the Fifty
third Com ress Opened.
THE SENATE Han AFULL CALENDAR

II In Not Yet Known, However, What
Measures VIII DO Brought Up First.
Senate Finance Committee to Meet To-
morrow-No Program for the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The senate was
called to order today at noon, when the
last session Of the Fifty-third congress be-
gan. The vice president presides. The
session begins with full calendar, the re-
suit Of committee action during the long
session, and it contains at least 200 items,
covering wide range Of matters. Moth
ing has transpired to indicate which of
these 200 questions will receive first atten-
tion-whether they will be taken in their
order, or whether the calendar will be fol
lowed at all.
Much Significance is attached to SEN
ator Voorhees, declaration that he will ask
the finance committee to sit tomorrow.
Tuesday is the day for the regular weekly
meeting Of this committee, but 1t does not
ordinarily meet SO promptly after the as
sembling of the senate. Chairman Voor
bees declines to state the object of the
meeting further than to say that it is to be
held for the purpose Of permitting an ex-
change of views among members.
1t is possible that Mr.. Voorhees, policy
1hhy NC W PoiiAy hRoiA ea~ SuPT
Elementary tariff bills. These bills have
all been reported by the committee, but it
may be considered necessary to discuss
them further before deciding upon q plan
of action. The Democratic majority Of tho
finance committed is on record in favor of
the passage of the bills and 1t Is not i'm
probable. that the early action of the COM
mittee is sought I'd forestall any attempt
to prevent consideration. This is not al
together surimise, for it is known that
some of the so-calltd conservative senator's
have advised that D general party confer
ence be held for the consideration of this
question. The experience of last session
showed that whenever caucuses were held
tie conservatives carried their points.
Hence there is room for the prompt action
of the friends of the supplementary bills.
There appears to be nothing outside of
financial or tariff questions likely to ex-
cite n ripple during the week, and it is not
certain that, whatever may happen later
in the session, there will be much in those
lines to disturb tho general serenity of the
senate during the next few days
When it gets down to business the sem
ate may take up the calendar in regular
Order or it may proceed to consider out of
order some of moro important bills which
have been reported such us those for tho
admission of Arizona and New Mexico, or
the bankruptcy. ahti-option or Nicaragua
bill. In any event the daily sessions of the
week will be short with the probabilities
strongly in favor df an adjournment from
Thursday until Monday of next week.
In the house, beyond the passage of the
regular appropriation bills, it seems prob
able that little in the way of legislation
will be accomplished at the short session,
although several important propositions
will doubtless be pressed to the front.
Among the members of the dominant
party in the house, over half of whom were
defeated for reelection, there is great
deal of bitter feeling against the admins
tration for real or fancied grievances. 1t
will be tho purpose of the Democrats to
curb as far rs possible the display of re-
sentiment, but the Republicans will spare
no pains to provoke and goad their de-
feated advcrsaries into letting loose their
walls of wrath.
In the course of the session 1t Is under
stood that the Nicaragua canal project
will be brought prominently forward. At
the outset, however routine matters will
be kept to the fore to stave off as far as
possible unpleasant references to the cleo
ton which would prove distasteful to the
majority, but this policy can be only par
| TALLY successful, as tho latitude allowed
In debate on appropriation bills will throw
the doors open to remarks on any subject.
Before the Adjournment for the holidays
1t will be necessary to pass an appropria-
tion to carry out the tariff bill provision
levying n tax on Incomes the collection of
which begins Jan l, and while it will no
doubt meet with much opposition and
| lend to n general Ieview of the arguments
against such tau the general impression
is that it will pass by II large majority.
The impeachment of Judge Kicks of
the northern district of Ohio, will also
furnish diversion before the holidays if
the judiciary committee which inyesti-
gated the charges should present reso-
| luton of impeachment and it should
carry. The trial would occur in the sem
ate, the chief justice presiding Impeach-
ment proceedings are rare and novel, and
this one the first since the trial of Presi-
dent johnson, would attract national at
tention.
Representative McCrcary, of Kentucky,
! will modify to some extent and reintro-
duce his bill for u financial commission
which he presented ut tho last session of
congress. The bill at present provides for
commission to examine into the depre-
citation of silver and inquire il it was due
/ to the appreciation of gold Mr.. Me.
Creary's modification will provide that
the commission shall make a thorough ex-
animation of the currency and the banks
and banking system. The commission Is
to consist of three senators, three repre-
sentatives and three men to be named by
the president.
| Comptroller Eckels' Report.