The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-17
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
A Vote on the Nicaragua Canal
Bill Expected This Week.
THE CARLISLE BILL IN THE HOUSE.

An Effort to be Made to Press the Meas
There Is Opposition to Such Speedy 40
tion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Nicaragua
canal bill holds its place as tho unfinished
business in the senate calendar and the
general understanding appears to be that
II will continue to occupy the attention Of
the senate with few Interruptions, and
those by consent, until a vote Is taken
upon 1T. The bill only comes up on each
day after the disposal of the morning busl-
ness, and 1t will surrender this place tenn
porarily on Thursday to permit the cere-
monies in commemoration of Webster and
Stark and the unveiling of their statues,
which have been placed in the Capitol.
There is also probability that the COM
mittee on appropriations may ask consid-
GRAFTON for tho urgent deficiency bill to-
ward the last of the week. There Is little
probability, however, that any of the other
appropriation bills will receive the atten.
tion OF the senate during the week
The disposition among senators is favor
able to an adjournment on Thursday until
after tho Christmas holidays, but 1t is
probable that the house will not consent to
this arrangement, and that the adjourn
ment will be delayed until Saturday. The
program therefore with reference to the
holiday adjournment, so far as one has
been arranged, is to adjourn on Saturday
until Thursday, Jan. 3.
Some senators predict that the final vote
on the Nicaragua bill will be reached this
week, but the friends of the bill scarcely
hope for this result. They realize that the
precedents Of the senate are all against
such speedy action on q measure of such
Importance, and they are also prepared to
encounter opposition which has not yet
taken definite shape Senator Caffery's
objection to nm agreement for a vote on
the bill on Wednesday next is understood
to have been made upon constitutional
grounds, and 1t is quite probable that he,
with several other senators, including Tel
Ter, Vest, George and Villas, will desire to
be heard in opposition to the measure be-
fore it shall be disposed Of
The week promises to be an exciting ono
In the house. The banking and currency
committee have arranged to bring forward
the Carlisle banking bill, and today pre-
ferred request to the committee on rules
for special order, which will set aside
the remainder of the week, beginning to-
morrow, for debate on the bill, with pro-
vision for final vote on Friday next The
banking committee desires to prolong the
sessions so as TO begin at II a. IN. and CON
tinuo until lO:3O at night, with a recess
from until Sp. m.
There is considerable opposition among
the Democrats of the house to the short
time 1t is proposed to act upon the debate.
Many of them feel that n measure involy-
ing such gigantic interests, contemplating
as 1t does a revolution in the entire bank.
ing system of the country, should not be
crowded through in haste This feeling
is shared by some of the most prominent
Democratic leaders of the house. and ii
seems largo possibility, that the banking
and currency committee will be oyerruled,
and the special order will give this week
to debate, with provision for IL final vote
after the holiday recess