The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-03
.MEETTNG ON CONGRESS.
The Final Session Of the Fifty
third Congress Opened,
Observation-Disclosures

u Is Not Yet Known, However, what
Measures WIN be brought Up FIRST
Senate Finance Committee TO Meet To-
morrow-No Program for the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-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 a W.de 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
Rtor 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 it does not
ordinarily meet so promptly after the as
sembling Of the senate. Chairman Voor-
hees 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
may be to arrange a policy upon the sup
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 plan
of action. The Democratic majority Of the
finance committee is on record in favor of
the passage Of the bills, and it is not inn
probable that the early action of the com
mittee is sought to forestall any attempt
| to prevent consideration. This is not al
together surlnise, for it is known that
some Of the so-called conservative senators
have advised that a general party confer
ence be held for the consideration of this
question. The experience of last session
showed that whenever caucuses were held
the 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 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 the general serenity of the
senate during the next few days.
| When it gets down to business the sen
ate may take up the calendar in regular
order, or it may proceed to consider out of
order some of more important bills which
have been reported, such as those for the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico, or
the bankruptcy, anti-option or Nicaragua
bill. In any event the daily sessions of the
week will be short, with the probabilities
strongly in favor of an adjournment from
Thursday until Monday of next week
In the house, beyond the passage of the
regular appropriation bills, it seems prob
| Ia, of lott
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 the purpose of the Democrats to
curb as far as possible the display Of re-
sentiment, but the Republicans will spare
no pains to provoke and goad their de-
featrd adyersarius into letting loose their
vials of wrath.
In the course of the session it 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 elec-
tion which would prove distasteful to the
majority, but this policy can be only par
tally successful, as the latitude allowed
in debate on appropriation bills will throw
the doors open to remarks on any subject.
Before the adjournment for the holidays
it will be necessary TO pass an appropria
tion to carry out the tariff bill provision
levying Il tax on incomes, the collection Of
which begins Jan l. and while it will nc
doubt meet with much opposition and
lead to general review of the arguments
against such tax the general impression
is that it will pass by large majority.
The impeachment of Judge Kicks, oi
the northern district of Ohio, will alsC
furnish diversion before the holidays i
d the judiciary committee which investi
: ! gated the charges should present a reso
luton of impeachment and it SHOULD
carry. The trial would occur in the sen
!, ate, the chief justice presiding. Impeach
: ment proceedings are rare and novel, anC
this one, the first since the trial of Presi
! dent johnson, would attract national at
!, tention
Representative McCreary, of Kentucky
will modify to some extent and reintro
duce his bill for a financial commission
v which he presented at the last session o
# congress. The bill at present provides 70
r a commission TO examine into the depre
p citation OF silver and inquire if it was du
J. to the appreciation of gold. Mr. Nc
l. Crearys modification will provide tina
n the commission shall make n thorough eX
lt animation OF the currency and the bank
" and banking system. The commission i
I. to consist of three senators, three repre-
q. sentatiyos and three men TO be named b.
IS the president
10 Comptroller EclNels Report.
g. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The report c