The Portland daily press., 1894-12-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Programme Laid Ont For This Week
In Congress.
NO FILIBUSTERTNG INTENDED BY
REPUBLICANS.

They Wish to Pass Appropriation Bills and
Adjourn-The Pooling Bill VIII Come
to Vote Unless Side Tracked by the
Deficiency Bill-The Nicaragua Canal
Will be Brought Before the Senate To
day-Report of the Inter state Com
merce Commission-Other News.
Washington, Decem ber 9.--There will
be no well defined business policy in the
Senate until the Democratic steering
committee has carried out the instruo-
tions of the recent caucus. This will
probably be done early this week. No
real effort will be made to get down to
persistent work until after the holiday
recess. Without waiting for the steer
ing committee, Mr.. Morgan will begin
the consideration of the Nicaragua canal
bill, and will address the Senate upon
that measure tomorrow. His remarks
will doubtless call out others, as he pro-
poses to keep the subject actively before
the Senate until some action is taken.
Wednesday, Mr.. Morrill, will submit
some remarks on the several bills intro
duced by Mr.. PETER and others, relating
to proposed financial legislation.
MIR. Hunter has given notice that the
next day he will call up bill to estab-
lish national university. The order
in which the measures of the proposed
legislation endorsed by the Democratic
caucus may be presented to the Senate
will be agreed to at an early date AS the
steering committee can get together.
A prominent member of that commit
tee is authority for the statement that
it has been practically agreed that the
bankruptcy bill shall haveH precedence
over all others.
The policy of the Repu blicans is caus-
ing the majority some concern. and fear
has been expressed that system of fill
clustering may be inauQurated. This is
denied by the Repu blican leaders. 1t
is understood they will not make any
objection to the appropriation for the
enforcement of the income tax for the
reason they believe its enforcement will
only result in making the law more
unpopular. The Repu plicans assume
the position of favoring the passage OF
various appropriation bills and adjourn
ing, but beyond this they will lend their
opponents no assistance.
WHAT THE HOUSE WILL DO.
Democrat, of Tennessee, in charge of the
railroad pooling bill, has given notice
that he will ask the House to vote upon
it's passage Tuesday afternoon, the fate
of the b i'll primarily depends upon the
action of the appropriation committee.
If the urgent deficiency bill, which the
committee is now working upon, shall
be ready to report to the House when it
meets Tuesday, chairman Sayers says he
will present it, and then urge it's inn
mediate consideration. 1t is believed
that such a request will be seconded by
the House and the pooling bill be laid,
but if the appropriation bill is not ready,
vote on the pooling bill may be taken
Tuesday. The general opinion is it will
pass, but possibly so amended as to give
the interstate commerce commission final
jurisdiction of the proposed contracts
between the companies.
Tomorrow, under the rules, is to be
devoted to the consideration of the
affairs of the District of Colum bia, un-
less the rules are suspended, the local,
legislation for Washington city will pe
taken up.
Mr.. O'Neil Democrat, of Massachu-
setts, announced his intention to call up
Wedn esday the pension appropriation bill
for 1S95-96. This will evoke discussion
of tine pension policy of the administra-
tion, and may occupy the time of the
House for more than a day. In that
case, it will meet the antagonisml of Mr..
Brown, Democrat, of Indiana, chairman
of the committee on elections, who will
on Thursday. ask the consideration of
the Williams-Se contested election
case from the Fifth North Carolina dis