Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-03

The Present Week Promises to lie u
Quiet one.

Washington. Dcc s-llhe senate viii
be called TO order Monday at y o'clock
noon when the last session Of the Fifty
third congress win begin. The vice.
president Is in the city and win pre-
side. The session Win begin with "a
full calendar of committee action. dur
ing the long session, and It contains
at least two hundred itemB covering
wide range OF matters. Nothing
has transpired 10 Indicate which of
these 200 questions viii receive first at
tentlon, whether they viii BE- taken in
their order. or whether the calendar
will be followed at all
Much interest ~ felt among senators
Of all political beliefs In the presidents
message, and In the recommendations
which The secretary Of the treasury Win
make ON financial questions THESE
Will have much to do In directing the
course OF the senate. II there are rec
concentrations for radical departures
In financial methods they are sure 10
lend to much speech making early IN
the session and later 10 form the basis
Of committee actions.
Significance " also attached 10 Sem
aior voorhees, declaration that he Will
ask the finance committee to sit Tues
day Tuesday IL the day for the reg
ular weekly meeting q the committee,
but Il does not ordinarily meet no
promptly after the aesemhlage Of the
senate. Chairman Voorhees, declines
to state the object of the meeting FUR
Their than TO say Il Is 10 be held FOR the
purpose OF permitting an exchange of
views among the membera II the pres
! dents message is received Monday the
executive recommendation could, Of
course. be taken W, but as there had
been no positive assurance as to when
the message would come IN when the
meeting was decided upon. Il would APP
pear that The chairman had other OH
JectB IN View. It u possible that his
purpose may be TO arrange d policy
upon the supplemental tariI bills These
bills have ali been reported by the
committee but X may be considered
necessary TO discuss them further be-
fore deciding upon the plan. The ma
j0rity or the finance committee 81 on
record In favor OF the passage OF the
bills and IL Is not improbable that
the early action of the committee IL
sought 20 Illustrate any attempt to
prevent consideration. This Il not al
together surmise. for II u known that
some of the 40 called conservative sem
atOrs have advised that a general par
convene. fcr the confederation " this
question
The experience of last aessiOn showed
that whenever caucuses were held the
conservatives carried their points
i5ence there Is reason for the prompt
action OF the friends Of the supple
mentary bill.
Thare appears 70 be nothing outside
OF hnaucial' or tErir questions llkely
10 excite n ripple during the week. and
Il " not certain. Thateyer may happen
later IN the Hessi0n. there Will NOT be
much ia these Hines 10 disturb the gem
erai serenity Of the nenRte during the
next few days After the receipt ~
the Presidents mcgrage ana AFTER Il
gets 70 business sht senate may take
up the calendar Ia the regular order
or q may proceed 70 conslder out u
order some or the most important bills
which haze been reported. such a. Those
FOR the admission u Arizona and New
Mexico. or tAe bankruptcy, anti-locai
opfion Or Nicaragua bin
III any event. the daily sessions OF
the week B1k be ahoss. EI:h tAs rroe-