The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-11
SHORT SESSION of CONGRESS.
Little business Will BE Transacted
The Gree Bills.


WASHINGTON. Nov 10-The approach
on the 5sh Of December, is not expected
by those familiar with congressional methods
to be one Of great activity or productive
OF much legislation. The fact that II will
continue for only three months: that II will
be the last session of the Congress and
that il so closely follows a general cleo
tion are all considered as indications that
but comparatively little real work will be at
tempted and still less accomplished. The
greater part of the session will, in all prob
ability, be consumed in an exchange OF
chatting over the results of election and
the session will be memorable more
on account of talk than work. 1t is prob
able that next to nothing will be done
before the Christmas holidays and pre-
dictions are freely made that 1t will be difi-
cult to maintain or obtain a quorum pre-
vious to Christmas. After the holidays
there will be but two months left for work
and speech making. It will, Of course, be
necessary to pass the usual appropriation
bills. These bills touch variety OF inter-
estS and while, upon OCCASION they can be
disposed of with considerable celerity. they
can always be SO manipulated 10 kill
much time when there is any considerable
element which desires to so use them
When the last session adjourned the
measures attracting most attention Wero
the supplemental tariff or free raw material
been favorably reported, with material
amendments, by the Senate committee on
OF the Democratic Senators appeared friend
ly to those bills there was a considerable
element in that party opposed to their
Repubsican Senator'S f ThIs eement at was sas
able to prevent the Senate taking up the
to is Be seem whether the friends OF the bis
will persist In this. policy at the forthcom-
ing session and whether If they do mani
she face of opposition Of few Democrats
and the almost solid Republican side of the
further legislation in the direction of tariff
reduction. Representatives of the latter
class do not hesitate TO declare that what
ever the policy of the Democratic majority
they viii be able to prevent serious con-
sideration of these bills because OF the
short session They also claim if vote
on them should be reached there will be
a majority against them. IL should be
stated. however, that there is a division
Of opinion @ among sg5 the Of the
and some conservative Democrats have ex-
pressed a willingness 20 allow this bill TO
are that the fate of the bill will be de-
ternined by that of the others OF the same
class
will be renewal or the agitation of the
financial question on propositions looking
to the free coinage or silver and for an
other bond issue. The starting of the bond
question would depend upon the admins
tration and there appears now no reason
for the suggestion that IL will be revived
except in the ina ginasions of those who
would oppose the measure If ii should be
brought in. There is little doubt that the
silver question will be raised in some form,
but the probabilities are tnat there viii
be no serious united effort on the part OF
any considerable element 10 push silver
to the front. The more general opinion is
that silver will be reserved for the long
session of Congress so as to make IL an
issue in the presidential campaign OF 1896.