The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-16
A WEEKS WORK IN CONGRESS.
WHAT THE TWO BRANCHES WILL
PROBABLY DO.

The senate Committees Expected to
Pass Into the Hands Of the Repub-
Ifcans-steWart to Speak on silver.
Hill to Take Issue with CuIIOm on
the Monroe DOctrfne-White 10
Speak on Limiting Debates-Car-
isles Message TO BE Received.
The House Waiting for the An
nOuncement Of the Committees.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The third week of
the sena:- will open with that body no
better equipped for the transaction of
business than on the day congress first
assembled, although il is more than prob
able that before the week is over the eau
Gus committees will have agreed and the
Senate committees will have passed into
the hands of the republicans. If the sug-
gestons of some of the younger senators
are followed, it is not impossible that this
week may find the Senate testing the
strength of the two parties over the sub
ject of the reorganization Of the elective
officers.
Tomorrow Mr.. Stewart will make his
first silver speech of this session. Thurs
day he introduced a resolution TO direct
the finance committee to inquire what eff
feet the difference of exchange between
gold standard and silver standard coun-
tries has upon the agricultural and manu-
featuring industries of the United States
and report by bill or otherwise. This reso-
luton will be the text for Mr.. Stewards
first speech.
Senator Hill takes issue with Senator
Cullom on his conclusions relative TO the
Monroe doctrine, and may address The
Senate on the resolution now on the ia
bic early in the week. possibly tomorrow.
Senator White of California, who last
week offered an amendment that all de-
bate shall be relevant and confined to the
subject directly before the Senate, Will
speak or the resolution on Tuesday. 1t is
one of the many propositions now pending
to change the rules of the Senate with a
view TO limiting debates.
The receipt of Secretary Carlisles re-
port to morrow will be the signal for the
noodgates OF financial debate TO open. Sew
eral senators. among them Mr.. Sherman,
are preparing to discuss the monetary
portion of the Presidents message, but
have kept silence pending the report OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, which is
supplemental to the recommendations of
the President. Mr.. Sherman will hardly
be prepared to speak this week, but it
would not cause surprise if a discussion
were precipitated at any time.
Inc only thing that is expected in the
Of t6e tns Week b is he Ras9 s15
when that is made adjournment for the
mondays IS anticipated. 1t may be that
the committees on rules and election will
be announced tomorrow, and in case that
should be done, a report from the former
committee will probably be presented
and discussed before the week closes.
The House, at present, is operating
under the rules of the Fifty-hrst con-
gress, and If the proposition to make
two or three committees on elections
which has been under consideration, is
10 be carried out, a change in the rules
TO that effect must first be made. One
change in the rules that is looked for
in view of Speaker Reeds expressions
of opinion thereon, is a reduction of the
number constituting a quorum of the
committee Of the whole House from a
majority of the full membership of the
House.. What figure will be fixed upon
cannot be stated, but it is believed that
ii will not exceed 100, and maybe consid-
erably less. Speaker Reed is satifed that
such change will materially aid in the
dispatch of business, and be a means of
inducing of a more general attendance
upon the sessions of the House.