New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-23
AN EXTRA SESSION LIKELY.
ONLY A CHANGE OF TEMPER IN THE
SENATE CAN AVERT IT.
DEMOCRATS DETERMINE TO TAKE UP THE POOL
ING BILL AND LET APPROPRIATIONS
SHIFT FOR HEMsELvES-PROsPECT
OF THE FAILURE OF ONE OR
MORE MONEY BILLS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


Washington Feb 22-The failure Of the Senate
to make even moderate progress to-day with the
Indian Appropriation bill. and the begerent and
ouarrelsome spirit aroused by the decision of the
Democratic Steering Committee to push for a
vote on the Pooling bill in spite Of the decided op-
position of a strong minority to that measure,
augur unfavoraoly for the completion Of the nee
e5sary work of the session before noon OF March
A. Practically no headway was made this after
noon, and no consent for vote tomorrow on the
pending Appropriation bill could be obtained by
the Democratic managers. who have shown oy
their determination to take up the Pooling bill to-
morrow az all hazards a significant readiness to
let the appropriation bills Shift for themselves
without regard to the probable effect Of such
policy in entailing the immediate reassembling Of
Congress by the end of next month
Ii is now said that Mr.. German proposes to
make an obstinate fight for the adoption Of his
rider on the Sundry Civil bill authorizing an
issue of sl0O,OOO,O0O in exchequer notes or cur
rency certificates and annulling the option given
by the President to the Bemont-Morgan syndi-
cate on all further bond sales between now and
October If this is true, further spirit Of bitter.
ness and reckessness will be developed in the
Senate, and the passage of the Sundry Civil bill
will be gravely handicapped. 1t is also believed
that the President will veto the Sundry Civil bill
If IL contains the German rider and the Dpo-
matte and Consular Appropra ton bill if. as now
seems likely the Senates Hawaiian cable appro-
priation is accepted by the House.
Altogether, the prospect of a failure OF one or
more OF the money bills is strengthening daily.
and only a complete and speedy change of feel
ing in the Senate will insure the staving off OF the
much-discussed but not seriously dreaded extra
session.
TO-days session OF the Senate was taken up
almost exclusively with the consideration OF the
Indian APPROXIMATION bill, and yet when the SEN
ate adjourned at j35 o'clock that bill after three
days being devoted to III was far from finished,
and proposition that the final vote should pc
taken on IL before adjournment tomorrow, re-
quir!ng unanimous consent, was promptly Mega
tlved with an objection from MI Chandler
(Rep., y. H.).
4 prior proposition that the vote should Do
taken at 3 D. m tomorrow had been defeated by
an objection from Mr.. Pett.grew tRep., s d.,
who spoke of an attempt that was 10 be made at
that hour TO get up the Railroad Pooling Dill ana
10 sit II out, holding sessions tomorrow evening
and Sunday. He gave notice that as soon as the
Indian Appropriation bill disposed OF ,egiti-
matey he would interpose delay in every way
possible and that the PCoiing bill would not be-
come law at this session of Congress If he could
preyent IL; much less would 1t be considered on
Sunday.
With business in this unsatisfactory condition.
and notwithstanding a warning from Mr.. Cau
Dem FlaO In charge of the Indian Appropria-
ton b.u that IL that hi, were not passed to.
night some OF the great appropriation bills would
fai the Senate quietly proceeded to considera-
ton of executive business, and at 5:3o o'clock ad-
iourupd