Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-23
SIX DAYS M 0 R E
Congress Will Adjourn a Week From
Monday.
CONDITION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS
The Financial Question May Come
Up in the Senate.
NIGHT SESSIONS LIK Ell Y

Congress has now just six more days to
live after today, and there is in prospect
one of the hveliest weeks that was ever
known in the history of legislation. The
session ends at noon week from Monday,
and between now and that time action is
to be had by the Senate upon four of the
largest and most important Of the appro-
priation bills, besides upon several confer
ence reports. Under ordinary circumstances
this would not be a great task when the
well-known powers of the legislative ma
chine for grinding out quick work are con-
sidered. But this year there are several
conditions that make it probable that the
Senate and the House will be under a
greater pressure during the next few days
than for many years.
To Open the Financial Question.
In the first place. on the very next ap-
preparation bill to be taken up-the sum
dry civil-there is an amendment which
will reopen, without doubt, the entire
financial question, ana the conditions are
ripe for a prolonged and bitter contro-
v.rsy Not cnly Will the bond question
be made a subject for debate by
the amendment providing for the issue of
$1OO,OOO,OOU in debt certificates, but there
will be legitimate discussion on the whole
silver question by amend
ment offered this morning by Mr.. Wolcott
looking to provisions for an international al
conference on bimetallism In the light Of
the past two weeks, 1t is altogether likely
that the debate the sundry civil bill
nay occupy several days. If this were the
beginning instead of the end of the ses-
sion. the bill would probably be debated
for over week.
Appropriation Bills.
Next will come the legislative appropria-
ton bill, with its multitude of items, aggre-
eating many millions of dollars. There are
several subjects for heated controversy in
this bill that cannot be disposed of in less
than day at the very least
The last of the regular annual appropria-
ton bills to be considered, except the de-
ficiency will be the naval bill, which is ex-
pected to give rise to good deal of talk,
owing to it's large appropriations for the
Increase of the navy. The deficiency bill
itself is such dumping ground for miscel-
1aneouS items that cannot be placed e.Sa-
where that there is always scramble for
position on it, and it is proverhial time
killer.
In addition to these bills, which can
scarcely be disposed of inside of a week.
unless night sessions are resorted to, there
are several conference reports to be dis
cusSed the chief of which and the most
important is that soon to be expected on
the diplomatic consular bill relating to
the Hawaiian cable. If the House should
not surrender to the Senate in this par
ticular. a prolonged debate in the Senate
is inevitable.
May he Night Sessions.
So it will be seen that the task of the
appropriations committee for the next two
days is sure to be one Of the greatest ditti-
Guilty and perhaps danger. There is a
welI-defned feeling abroad that some one
of the appropriation bills may fail 1t is
stated, however, that greater chasms have
been crossed ere now, and there is the
regular biennial revival of "reminiscences
of appropriation bills passed in the very
nick of time. 1t would not be surprising
to see resolution looking to night ses-
sons of the Senate passed very soon.